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                   CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                 2023

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                      C O M M I T T E E  P R I N T

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                   on

                     H.R. 2617 / Public Law 117-328

              [Legislative Text and Explanatory Statement]

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                     COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

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	       ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut, Chair


MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio			KAY GRANGER, Texas			
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina		HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky	
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California	ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., 		Georgia	MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
BARBARA LEE, California			JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota		KEN CALVERT, California
TIM RYAN, Ohio				TOM COLE, Oklahoma
C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland	MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida	STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas			CHUCK FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine		        JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois	        	DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
DEREK KILMER, Washington		ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania		MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
GRACE MENG, New York			CHRIS STEWART, Utah
MARK POCAN, Wisconsin			STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts	DAVID G. VALADAO, California
PETE AGUILAR, California		DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
LOIS FRANKEL, Florida			JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois		        JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN, New Jersey	BEN CLINE, Virginia
BRENDA L. LAWRENCE, Michigan		GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania
NORMA J. TORRES, California		MIKE GARCIA, California
CHARLIE CRIST, Florida			ASHLEY HINSON, Iowa
ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona		TONY GONZALES, Texas
ED CASE, Hawaii				JULIA LETLOW, Louisiana
ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York		
JOSH HARDER, California
JENNIFER WEXTON, Virginia
DAVID J. TRONE, Maryland
LAUREN UNDERWOOD, Illinois
SUSIE LEE, Nevada
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York

	      Robin Juliano, Clerk and Staff Director


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                            C O N T E N T S


Provisions Applying to All Divisions of the Consolidated Act___________
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DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Page

Title I--Department of the Interior____________________________________
  1441..................................
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency______________________________
  1472..................................
Title III--Related Agencies____________________________________________
  1483..................................
Title IV--General Provisions___________________________________________
  1503..................................

DIVISION G--Explanatory Statement______________________________________
  1519..................................

DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I--Department of Labor___________________________________________
  1809..................................
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services______________________
  1830..................................
Title III--Department of Education_____________________________________
  1864..................................
Title IV--Related Agencies_____________________________________________
  1876..................................
Title V--General Provisions____________________________________________
  1884..................................

DIVISION H--Explanatory Statement______________________________________
  1893..................................

DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I--Legislative Branch____________________________________________
  2289..................................
Title II--General Provisions___________________________________________
  2311..................................

DIVISION I--Explanatory Statement______________________________________
  2315..................................

DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I--Department of Defense_________________________________________
  2359..................................
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs_______________________________
  2371..................................
Title III--Related Agencies____________________________________________
  2393..................................
Title IV--General Provisions___________________________________________
  2394..................................

DIVISION J--Explanatory Statement______________________________________
  2397..................................

DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I--Department of State and Related Agency________________________
  2497..................................
Title II--United States Agency for International Development___________
  2507..................................
Title III--Bilateral Economic Assistance_______________________________
  2508..................................
Title IV--International Security Assistance____________________________
  2515..................................
Title V--Multilateral Assistance_______________________________________
  2518..................................
Title VI--Export and Investment Assistance_____________________________
  2520..................................
Title VII--General Provisions__________________________________________
  2524..................................

DIVISION K--Explanatory Statement______________________________________
  2621..................................

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DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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Title I--Department of Transportation__________________________________
  2709..................................
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development__________________
  2756..................................
Title III--Related Agencies____________________________________________
  2800..................................
Title IV--General Provisions--This Act_________________________________
  2802..................................

DIVISION L--Explanatory Statement______________________________________
  2809..................................

DIVISION M--ADDITONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I--Department of Agriculture_____________________________________
  3131..................................
Title II--Department of Defense________________________________________
  3131..................................
Title III--Department of Energy________________________________________
  3136..................................
Title IV--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
the President__________________________________________________________
  3137..................................
Title V--Department of Health and Human Services_______________________
  3137..................................
Title VI--Legislative Branch___________________________________________
  3137..................................
Title VIII--Department of State and Related Agency_____________________
  3138..................................

DIVISION N--DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

Title I--Department of Agriculture_____________________________________
  3147..................................
Title II--Department of Commerce_______________________________________
  3149..................................
Title III--Department of Defense_______________________________________
  3153..................................
Title IV--Corps of Engineers--Civil____________________________________
  3153..................................
Title V--Independent Agencies__________________________________________
  3159..................................
Title VI--Department of Homeland Security______________________________
  3159..................................
Title VII--Department of the Interior__________________________________
  3161..................................
Title VIII--Department of Health and Human Services____________________
  3165..................................
Title IX--Department of Defense________________________________________
  3169..................................
Title X--Department of Transportation__________________________________
  3170..................................
Title XI--General Provisions___________________________________________
  3172..................................

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                               Clerk's Note


    This committee print provides a compilation of the enacted 
text and applicable explanatory material for the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617, P.L. 117-328).
    The Act consists of 12 divisions related to regular annual 
appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2023 (divisions A through 
L), and two supplemental appropriations Acts (division M, which 
contains the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2023, and division N, which contains the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023), which provide 
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2023. The Act also 
includes 25 additional divisions largely unrelated to 
appropriations matters (divisions O through MM). This 
compilation includes only the 14 divisions related to regular 
and supplemental appropriations matters (A-N). It also includes 
the front matter of the Act, which contains provisions 
applicable to the entire consolidated Act.
    Divisions A through L are the products of negotiations 
between the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on final 
fiscal year 2023 appropriations for all 12 annual 
appropriations bills.
    The legislative text of the consolidated Act was submitted 
by Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Committee 
on Appropriations, as an amendment (Senate Amendment 6552) to 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment to an unrelated 
bill pending in the Senate, H.R. 2617. The Senate agreed to 
that amendment on December 22, 2022, after adopting 8 
additional amendments to Senate Amendment 6552. The House 
agreed to the measure on December 23, 2022. The President 
signed the legislation on December 29, 2022, and it became 
Public Law 117-328.
    Because an ``amendments-between-the-Houses'' process was 
used instead of a conference committee, there is no conference 
report and no ``Joint Explanatory Statement of the Managers'' 
for H.R. 2617. An explanatory statement relating to Senate 
Amendment 6552 was filed by Senator Leahy in the Congressional 
Record on December 20, 2022.\1\ Section 4 of the front matter 
of the consolidated Act provides that this explanatory 
statement ``shall have the same effect with respect to the 
allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through L 
of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference.''
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    \1\ The explanatory statement appears in Books I, II, and III of 
the December 20, 2022, Congressional Record. (See pages S7819-S9590.)
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    For the convenience of users, the legislative text of each 
of divisions A through L is paired with the applicable division 
of the explanatory statement. Divisions M and N do not have 
associated explanatory material.

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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                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)), $1,368,969,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024; of which $76,187,000 for annual maintenance and 
deferred maintenance programs and $147,888,000 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 $3,500,000 may be made 
available for the purposes described in section 122(e)(1)(A) of 
division G of Public Law 115-21 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $3,500,000 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 2023, 
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more 
than $1,368,969,000, 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; $120,334,000, 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, 
$1,555,684,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That not to exceed $23,398,000 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, $25,641,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, 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; $29,904,000, 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), $24,564,000, 
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.), $50,000,000, 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.), $5,100,000, 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.), $21,000,000, 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, $73,812,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$6,200,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes 
not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: 
Provided further, That $7,612,000 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 $13,812,000 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 2023 to any 
State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains 
unobligated as of September 30, 2024, shall be reapportioned, 
together with funds appropriated in 2025, 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: Provided further, That the second proviso under the 
heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource 
Management'' in title I of division E of Public Law 112-74 (16 
U.S.C. 742l-1) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting 
``2023'' and striking ``$400,000'' and inserting ``$750,000''.

                         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, $2,923,424,000, of which $11,661,000 for 
planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades 
restoration and $135,980,000 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, 2024: 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, 
2023'' and inserting ``July 1, 2024''.
  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, $92,512,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
of which $2,919,000 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), $204,515,000, to be derived from the 
Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, of which $26,500,000 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; $29,000,000 is for 
competitive grants to preserve the sites and stories of the 
Civil Rights movement; $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 Historical Preservation Act; $10,000,000 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 $29,115,000 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, $239,803,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
any project initially funded in fiscal year 2023 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, $15,000,000, 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 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.

                    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; $1,497,178,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024; of which $92,184,000 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, $2,130,000 
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.

                       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 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, $219,960,000, of 
which $182,960,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2024, and of which $37,000,000 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 2023 
appropriation estimated at not more than $182,960,000: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for 
reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and 
marine cleanup activities.

             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, $175,886,000, of which $153,886,000 is to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and of which $22,000,000 is 
to remain available until expended, including $3,000,000 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 2023 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $156,886,000.
  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 2023, as provided in this Act: Provided, That to the 
extent that amounts realized from such inspection fees exceed 
$38,000,000, the amounts realized in excess of $38,000,000 
shall be credited to this appropriation and remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, 
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, $121,026,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which $65,000,000 shall be available for State and 
tribal regulatory grants: 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 2023 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $121,026,000.

                    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, 
$33,904,000, 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.
  In addition, $135,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for grants 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 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, $88,042,000 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, 
$35,218,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three 
Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of 
unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,740,000 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 additional amount shall be allocated to 
States and Indian Tribes within 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

                             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.), 
$1,906,998,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed 
$8,500 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 $63,586,000 shall remain available 
until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, land 
acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, land records 
improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$4,240,000 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, 2024, may be transferred during fiscal year 2025 
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, 2025: 
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 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), 
$8,000,000, 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 
2023, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2024: 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 
2023, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2024: 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; 
$153,309,000, 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 Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians 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, 114-322, and 116-260, and for 
implementation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$825,000, to remain available until expended.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

  For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$13,884,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, of 
which $2,680,000 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 $150,213,551.

                       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.), $1,133,552,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2024, 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, 2023, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024: 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, 2023: 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; $267,887,000 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.

           Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

                         federal trust programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $111,272,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $17,867,000 from this or any other Act, may 
be available for historical accounting: 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 2023, 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 Office of the 
Special Trustee 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 transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 
authorized by law, $135,884,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024; 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 Office of the Special 
Trustee ``Federal Trust Programs'' account: Provided further, 
That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated 
during fiscal year 2023, 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.

                       administrative provisions

  For fiscal year 2023, 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, $120,357,000, of which: (1) $110,140,000 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, 2024, 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, $8,463,000, 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: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 is for 
deposit into the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands as compensation authorized by Public Law 108-
188 for adverse financial and economic impacts.

                       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, 
$101,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

                      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, 2024.

                        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, $663,786,000, 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 $247,000,000 is 
for fuels management activities: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided $20,470,000 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.

              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, 
$340,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is 
additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of 
section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in 
the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022: 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.), $10,064,000, 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, $5,000,000, 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., $8,037,000, 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, $112,198,000, 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, $174,934,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024; 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 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians 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 historical accounting 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 2023. 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 2023, 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 2023 
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 2023. Fees for fiscal year 
2023 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 2023. Fees for fiscal year 2023 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 2023, 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 2023'' 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.

                 national heritage areas and corridors

  Sec. 118. (a) Section 109(a) of the Quinebaug and Shetucket 
Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (title I 
of Public Law 103-449), is amended by striking ``$17,000,000'' 
and inserting ``$19,000,000''.
  (b) Section 409(a) of the Steel Industry American Heritage 
Area Act of 1996 (title IV of division II of Public Law 104-
333) is amended by striking ``$20,000,000'' and inserting 
``$22,000,000''.
  (c) Section 608(a) of the South Carolina National Heritage 
Corridor Act of 1996 (title VI of division II of Public Law 
104-333) is amended by striking ``$17,000,000'' and inserting 
``$19,000,000''.
  (d) Subsection 157(h)(1) of the Wheeling National Heritage 
Area Act of 2000 (section 157 of Public Law 106-291) is amended 
by striking ``$15,000,000'' and inserting ``$17,000,000''.
  (e) Sections 411, 432, and 451 of title IV of the 
Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
229), are each amended by striking ``the date that is 15 years 
after the date of'' and all that follows through the end of 
each section and inserting ``September 30, 2024.''.
  (f) Section 512 of the National Aviation Heritage Area Act 
(title V of division J of Public Law 108-447), is amended by 
striking ``2022'' and inserting ``2024''.
  (g) Section 608 of the Oil Region National Heritage Area Act 
(title VI of Public Law 108-447) is amended by striking 
``2022'' and inserting ``2024''.
  (h) Section 125(a) of Public Law 98-398, as amended by 
section 402 of Public Law 109-338 (120 Stat. 1853), is amended 
by striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$12,000,000''.
  (i) Section 125(a) of Public Law 98-398 is amended by 
striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$12,000,000''.

                        appraiser pay authority

  Sec. 119.  For fiscal year 2023, 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. 120.  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. 121.  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.

                     lowell national historic park

  Sec. 122.  Section 103(a) of Public Law 95-290 (16 U.S.C. 
410cc-13(a); 92 Stat. 292) is amended by striking paragraph (1) 
and redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1).

                visitor experience improvement authority

  Sec. 123.  Section 101938 of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``7'' and inserting ``9''.

                      delaware water gap authority

  Sec. 124.  Section 4(b) of The Delaware Water Gap National 
Recreation Area Improvement Act, as amended by section 1 of 
Public Law 115-101, shall be applied by substituting ``2023'' 
for ``2021''.

                                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, $802,276,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of 
the funds included under this heading, $30,751,000 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 $13,251,000 
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 $9,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $3,286,330,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds included under 
this heading may be used for environmental justice 
implementation and training grants, and associated program 
support costs: 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.
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 2023 
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 2023 shall 
be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts 
received during fiscal year 2023, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2023 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 
amount in excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the ``TSCA 
Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary offsetting receipts in 
fiscal year 2023, 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, $44,030,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024.

                        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, $48,752,000, 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, $1,282,700,000, to remain available until 
expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust 
Fund on September 30, 2022, 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 $1,282,700,000 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, $11,800,000 
shall be paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' 
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
$31,607,000 shall be paid to the ``Science and Technology'' 
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2024.

          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, $93,205,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $67,425,000 shall be for carrying out 
leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized 
by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,780,000 
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, $22,072,000, 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, $4,480,428,000, 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 $863,108,642 of the funds 
        made available for capitalization grants for the Clean 
        Water State Revolving Funds and $609,255,899 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 SRF'' and ``STAG--Clean Water 
        SRF'' 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 for fiscal year 2023, 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 2023, 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 2023 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 2023, 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 
        2023, 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 2023, 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 2023, 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 2023, 
        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 2023, 
        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 2023, 
        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 $12,000,000 of the amounts made available 
        for fiscal year 2023 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, $13,300,000 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;
          (2) $36,386,000 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) $39,686,000 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) $100,000,000 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) $100,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
        subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
          (6) $69,927,000 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) $30,158,000 shall be for grants under subsections 
        (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking 
        Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a);
          (8) $30,500,000 shall be for grants under section 
        1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
        24(d));
          (9) $25,011,000 shall be for grants under section 
        1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
        19b);
          (10) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
        1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
        300j-19a(l));
          (11) $27,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
        104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
        (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8));
          (12) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
        221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
        U.S.C. 1301);
          (13) $6,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
        4304(b) of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 
        2018 (Public Law 115-270);
          (14) $6,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 
        302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 
        4283(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) $16,973,000 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) $5,000,000 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) $3,000,000 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) $4,000,000 shall be for grants under section 124 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
        1276); and
          (21) $1,160,625,000 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: $47,195,000 shall be 
        for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $10,836,000 
        shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network 
        grants, including associated program support costs; 
        $1,505,000 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, $68,000,000, 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, 2024.

       Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

                     (including transfers of funds)

  For fiscal year 2023, 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 2023.
  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 2023, 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 2023, 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 2023 to provide grants to 
implement the Southeastern 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 2023, 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.

                               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, $1,152,744,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026: 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 cyber security 
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, $307,273,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$32,197,000 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 and private forestry

  For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing 
technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
possessions, and others, and for forest health management, 
including for invasive plants, and conducting an international 
program and trade compliance activities as authorized, 
$337,758,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, 
as authorized by law, of which $30,167,000 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, $1,974,388,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
of the funds provided, $32,000,000 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, 
$40,000,000 shall be for forest products: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $207,000,000 shall be for hazardous 
fuels management activities, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 
may be used to make grants, using any authorities available to 
the Forest Service under the ``State and Private 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 and Private 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, $158,048,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
and infrastructure; and 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 
$5,048,000 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 
2023 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, 2026, (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, 2026, 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, 2026, 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, 2026.

                        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, $945,956,000, 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.

              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, 
$2,210,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is 
additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of 
section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in 
the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022: 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, 2026: 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.
  Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the National 
Forest System heading shall be available for the Secretary of 
Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with other 
Federal agencies, tribes, States, local governments, private 
and nonprofit entities, and educational institutions to support 
the work of forest or grassland collaboratives on activities 
benefitting Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands, 
including for technical assistance, administrative functions or 
costs, and other capacity support needs identified by the 
Forest Service.
  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.
  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

                    (including rescission of funds)

  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, $4,919,670,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, except as otherwise 
provided herein; and, in addition, $4,627,968,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2023, and remain available 
through September 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided 
herein; together with payments received during each 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 $2,500,000 shall be available for each of fiscal years 
2023 and 2024 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 of the total amount of funds provided, 
$1,993,510,000 shall remain available until expended for 
Purchased/Referred Care, of which $996,755,000 shall be from 
funds that become available on October 1, 2023: Provided 
further, That of the total amount specified in the preceding 
proviso for Purchased/Referred Care, $108,000,000 shall be for 
the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund of which 
$54,000,000 shall be from funds that become available on 
October 1, 2023: Provided further, That for each of fiscal 
years 2023 and 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 of the total amount of funds provided, 
$116,000,000, including $58,000,000 from funds that become 
available on October 1, 2023, 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 for each of 
fiscal years 2023 and 2024 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 grants, 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, 2023, may be used for 
implementation of the Electronic Health Record System or the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Fund: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided, $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: 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.
  Of the unobligated balances under the heading ``Indian Health 
Services'' from amounts made available in title III of division 
G of Public Law 117-103 for the fiscal year 2022 costs of 
staffing and operating new facilities, $29,388,000 are hereby 
rescinded.

                         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 2023, 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 
2023, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2024: 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, $958,553,000, to remain available 
until expended; and, in addition, $501,490,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2023, 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 each of fiscal years 
2023 and 2024 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, 2023, 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 2023 for Sanitation Facilities 
Construction, $15,192,000 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 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. 450 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, $83,035,000.

            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, 
$85,020,000: 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 2023, 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, $4,676,000: 
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, 
$3,060,000, 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, 2023, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024.

                        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, 2024, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $26,974,000 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, $251,645,000, 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, $170,240,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, 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, $39,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 
$27,208,000 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, 
$27,640,000, to remain available until September, 30, 2024.

                     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, $17,740,000, 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, 2024.

           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 $188,250,000 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 $18,750,000 shall be available to carry out the 
matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 
Act, including $15,750,000 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 2023 
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 Act related to coronavirus or any other law 
providing appropriations for the purpose of preventing, 
preparing for, or responding to coronavirus 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, 
2025, 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: Provided, 
That such section is amended by striking ``$150,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$250,000,000''.

                   World War I Centennial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  Notwithstanding section 9 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), for necessary 
expenses of the World War I Centennial Commission, $1,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That in 
addition to the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, 
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.

              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, 
2024.

  Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children

  For necessary expenses of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 
Soboleff Commission on Native Children (referred to in this 
paragraph as the ``Commission''), $550,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to the 
authority provided by section 3(g)(5) and 3(h) of Public Law 
114-244, the Commission may hereafter accept in-kind personnel 
services, contractual support, or any appropriate support from 
any executive branch agency for activities of the Commission.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (including transfers 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, 2024, 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 
2023.

          contract support costs, fiscal year 2023 limitation

  Sec. 406.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2023 
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 2023 
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. 450 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. 450b(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 2023.

                          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, 
2023'' 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, 2024'' 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 2023'' 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 2023'' 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, 2023'' for ``September 30, 2019''.

             puerto rico schooling authorization extension

  Sec. 426.  The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered 
paragraph under heading ``Administrative Provisions, Forest 
Service'' in title III of Public Law 109-54, as amended, shall 
be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2023'' for ``fiscal 
year 2019''.

    forest botanical products fee collection authorization extension

  Sec. 427.  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 
2023'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

                              chaco canyon

  Sec. 428.  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. 429. (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 2023 
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. 430.  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 2023'' 
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. 431. (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 2023 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 2023'' 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 2023 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 2023'' 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 2023'' 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 2023'' 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, 2022 (Public 
                Law 117-103).
  (d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
President for fiscal year 2024, 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 2024, 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 2024, 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. 432.  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. 433.  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. 434.  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. 435.  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. 436.  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. 437.  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. 438.  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.

                           road construction

  Sec. 439.  Section 8206(a)(4)(B)(i) of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(4)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting 
``or Bureau of Land Management managed'' after ``National 
Forest System''.

                          firefighter pay cap

  Sec. 440.  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 2023'' after ``or 2022'' each place it appears.

                forest service interest bearing account

  Sec. 441. (a) Investment Authority.--Any monies covered into 
the Treasury under section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 
(Public Law 85-464; 16 U.S.C. 579c), including all monies that 
were previously collected by the United States in a forfeiture, 
judgment, compromise, or settlement, shall be invested by the 
Secretary of the Treasury in interest bearing obligations of 
the United States to the extent the amounts are not, in the 
judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, required to meet 
current withdrawals.
  (b) Availability of Funds.--Any interest earned under 
subsection (a) shall be available in the same manner as the 
monies covered into the Treasury under section 7 of the Act of 
June 20, 1958 (Public Law 85-464; 16 U.S.C. 579c) to cover the 
costs to the United States specified in section 7 of that Act.
  (c) Use of Funds.--Any portion of the monies received or 
earned under subsection (a) in excess of the amount expended in 
performing the work necessitated by the action which led to 
their receipt may be used to cover the other work specified in 
section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 (Public Law 85-464; 16 
U.S.C. 579c).
  (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                          technical correction

  Sec. 442.  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 117-103 and in the table under the 
heading ``Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items'' in such explanatory statement, the project 
relating to ``City of Metlakatla for Solid Waste Multi Use 
Portable Shredder'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``City 
of Metlakatla for Solid Waste Multi Use Portable Shredder'' and 
inserting ``Metlakatla Indian Community for Solid Waste Multi 
Use Portable Shredder''.

                     hazardous substance superfund

  Sec. 443. (a) Section 613 of title VI of division J of Public 
Law 117-58 is repealed.
  (b) For this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, 
such sums as are available in the Hazardous Substance Superfund 
established under section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 at the end of the preceding fiscal year from taxes 
received in the Treasury under subsection (b)(1) of such 
section shall be available, without further appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, to be used to carry out the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.): Provided, That 
the amount provided by this subsection is designated by the 
Congress as being for 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.
  (c) Expenditures made pursuant to section 613 of title VI of 
division J of Public Law 117-58 shall be charged to the 
appropriation in subsection (b).

                  golden gate national recreation area

  Sec. 444.  Section 3 of Public Law 92-592 (16 U.S.C. 460cc-2) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
  ``(j) Authority to Grant Easements and Rights-of-Way 
Permit.--
          ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
        grant, to any State or local government, an easement or 
        right-of-way permit over Federal lands within Golden 
        Gate National Recreation Area for operation and 
        maintenance of projects for control and prevention of 
        flooding and shoreline erosion and associated 
        structures for continued public access.
          ``(2) Charges and reimbursements of costs.--The 
        Secretary may grant such an easement or right-of-way 
        permit without charge for the value of the use so 
        conveyed, except for reimbursement of costs incurred by 
        the United States for processing the application 
        therefore and managing such use. Amounts received as 
        such reimbursement shall be credited to the relevant 
        appropriation account.''.

     alaska native regional health entities authorization extension

  Sec. 445.  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, 2023'' for ``December 
24, 2022''.
  This division may be cited as the ``Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2023''.

    [Clerk's note.--Reproduced below is the material relating 
to division G contained in the Explanatory Statement regarding 
H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.\1\]
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on
December 20, 2022 by Mr. Leahy of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. The statement appears on page S8646 of 
Book II.
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   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

    The following statement is an explanation of the effects of 
Division G, which provides appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the 
Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and related agencies 
for fiscal year 2023.
    The joint explanatory statement accompanying this division 
is approved and indicates congressional intent. Unless 
otherwise noted, the language set forth in House Report 117-400 
carries the same weight as language included in this joint 
explanatory statement and should be complied with unless 
specifically addressed to the contrary in this joint 
explanatory statement. While some language is repeated for 
emphasis, it is not intended to negate the language referred to 
above unless expressly provided herein.
    In cases where the House report or this joint explanatory 
statement direct the submission of a report, such report is to 
be submitted to both the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. Where this joint explanatory statement refers 
to the Committees or the Committees on Appropriations, unless 
otherwise noted, this reference is to the House Subcommittee on 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and the Senate 
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
    Each department and agency funded in this Act is directed 
to follow the directions set forth in this Act and the 
accompanying statement and to not reallocate resources or 
reorganize activities except as provided herein or otherwise 
approved by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
through the reprogramming process as referenced in this Act. 
This joint explanatory statement addresses only those agencies 
and accounts for which there is a need for greater explanation 
than provided in the Act itself. Funding levels for 
appropriations by account, program, and activity, with 
comparisons to the fiscal year 2022 enacted level and the 
fiscal year 2023 budget request, can be found in the table at 
the end of this division.
    Unless expressly stated otherwise, any reference to ``this 
Act'' or ``at the end of this statement'' shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of this division.
    Continued Directives.--The Committees continue the 
directives in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
117-103 regarding Deferred Maintenance; Training, Hiring, and 
Public Lands Education in Alaska; and the Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act. The Committees also continue the 
directives in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
116-94 regarding Everglades Restoration as well as the 
directives in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
116-260 regarding Transparency of Information Regarding Grants, 
Agreements, Research, and Conferences Attendance.
    Disaster Recovery Needs.--The Committees direct the 
Department of the Interior and the other agencies funded in 
this bill to establish quarterly reporting requirements for 
their component bureaus, regions, offices, and programs, as 
appropriate, to maintain up-to-date comprehensive information 
for supplemental funding needs related to disaster recovery, 
which shall be delivered to the Committees within 30 days of a 
quarter closing.
    Land Grants, Acequias and Community Ditches.--The 
Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of Agriculture are urged to recognize the 
traditional use of State-recognized community land grants, 
acequias, and community ditches in the American Southwest 
during the land use planning process. The Department of the 
Interior and the Forest Service shall, in accordance with 
applicable law, consider and, as appropriate, provide for 
traditional-historic uses by these entities within land 
management plans.
    Secretarial Order 3407.--Within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act, the Committees direct the Department of the Interior 
to provide a written plan regarding implementation of 
Secretarial Order 3407, including specific steps planned and a 
timeline.
    Tribal Lease Payments.--The Committees are aware of recent 
litigation in Federal courts regarding what constitutes 
reasonable lease costs under the 105(l) program. As part of the 
consultation required by language in Title IV of this Act, the 
Indian Health Service and the Department of the Interior are 
expected to consult with Tribes and Tribal organizations 
regarding agency regulations and policies that determine the 
amount of space and other standards necessary to carry out 
Federal programs under a section 105(l) lease, and to ensure 
that such regulations and policies are consistent, transparent, 
and clearly communicated to affected Tribes. The Service and 
the Department are expected to periodically update the 
Committees on the status of the consultation.

                    Land and Water Conservation Fund

    With enactment of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) 
(Public Law 116-152), Congress provided a permanent 
appropriation of $900,000,000 per year from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund (LWCF). Along with other mandatory 
appropriations, LWCF programs are subject to a 5.7% 
sequestration, with those sequestered amounts becoming 
available in the subsequent fiscal year. GAOA also mandated 
that account allocations and detailed project information be 
proposed by the administration each year through the 
President's annual budget submission, and that such 
allocations, following review by the Committees on 
Appropriations, may be modified through an alternate 
allocation.
    A detailed table accompanying this explanatory statement 
shows the LWCF allocation for fiscal year 2023 by agency, 
account, activity, and project, including lists of specific 
Federal land acquisition projects and Forest Legacy Program 
projects, including congressionally directed spending. 
Additional tables provide the sequestration adjustments and 
details for the reallocation of unobligated balances 
appropriated in previous years to projects that have been 
completed, deferred, or terminated and are being transferred to 
currently viable projects. The agencies are expected to 
continue to follow the directions included in the explanatory 
statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260) under General Implementation. 
Specific additional directions follow.
    Department of the Interior.--The recently-established 
Department-wide working group on appraisal and land acquisition 
is working to identify root causes for delays and challenges in 
the current Appraisals and Valuation Services Office (AVSO) and 
bureau realty processes. The working group shall evaluate 
processes to improve uniform Departmental appraisal policies, 
options for returning some appraisal or valuation functions to 
the bureaus, if any, utilizing third party contracting, and 
clarifying the roles and responsibilities of federal and non-
federal parties. AVSO should incentivize recruitment, invest in 
retention and apprenticeship, improve process efficiency, and 
improve collaboration with its client bureaus. Requesting 
bureaus may release unredacted appraisal reports to intended 
users after a report has been reviewed and approved for agency 
use after consultation with AVSO. In addition to the reporting 
requirement in House Report 117-400, the Department is directed 
to report to the Committees on process improvements within 90 
days of enactment of this Act.
    Bureau of Land Management.--The Bureau should prioritize 
recreational access funds to acquire conservation easements or 
right of way acquisitions for high priority access parcels 
identified as part of the Department's conformance with Section 
4105 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9) in order to reduce areas of 
public lands that have significantly restricted public access.
    Fish and Wildlife Service.--The Service is expected to 
provide outreach to all units of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System, including Clarks, Edwards, Green River, Loxahatchee, 
McKinney, and Ottawa, to ensure these refuges are accessing all 
available funding tools, including recreational access and 
inholdings. The Service is strongly encouraged to begin due 
diligence work on the accumulating backlog of parcels available 
at Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge. The Committees 
encourage the Service toconsider habitat conservation plan land 
acquisition applications that enhance efforts to establish state 
research forests through the Cooperative Endangered Species 
Conservation program.
    National Park Service.--The bill provides $336,028,000 for 
the state assistance program. In addition, the Service has 
$59,900,000 in unobligated funds from Fiscal Year 2019 and 
prior years not associated with any State's allocation. The 
bill also provides authority for the Service to use up to seven 
percent of the funds provided for State Conservation Grants to 
support States in covering their administrative costs, which 
will allow the program to improve its ability to obligate funds 
in a timely manner.
    Forest Service.--The Forest Service is strongly encouraged 
to explore funding opportunities for tracts available for 
acquisition in the Talladega and Conecuh National Forests. The 
Service should examine ways to improve the appraisal process, 
including uniform Service-wide appraisal and real estate 
policies that provide consistency across regions and ensure 
delivery of timely appraisals, as well as effective, 
collaborative use of partners to improve efficiency and project 
success, allowing for third party contracting and other 
engagement where appropriate. The Service is directed to report 
to the Committees on appraisal program improvements within 90 
days of enactment of this Act.
    Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Service shall 
submit a reprogramming request in accordance with the 
Committees' established reprogramming guidelines for additional 
unobligated balances to be used for Forest Legacy Program 
projects included in the supplemental list submitted to the 
Committees pursuant to Public Law 116-220.

                        REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

    The following are the procedures governing reprogramming 
actions for programs and activities funded in the Department of 
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act. The agencies funded in this Act are reminded that these 
reprogramming guidelines are in effect, and must be complied 
with, until such time as the Committees modify them through 
bill or report language.
    Definitions.--``Reprogramming,'' as defined in these 
procedures, includes the reallocation of funds from one budget 
activity, budget line-item, or program area to another within 
any appropriation funded in this Act. In cases where either the 
House or Senate Committee on Appropriations report displays an 
allocation of an appropriation below that level, the more 
detailed level shall be the basis for reprogramming.
    For construction, land acquisition, and forest legacy 
accounts, a reprogramming constitutes the reallocation of 
funds, including unobligated balances, from one construction, 
land acquisition, or forest legacy project to another such 
project.
    A reprogramming shall also consist of any significant 
departure from the program described in the agency's budget 
justifications. This includes all proposed reorganizations or 
other workforce actions detailed below which affect a total of 
10 staff members or 10 percent of the staffing of an affected 
program or office, whichever is less, even without a change in 
funding. Any change to the organization table presented in the 
budget justification shall also be subject to this requirement.
    Agencies are reminded that this agreement continues 
longstanding General Guidelines for Reprogramming that require 
agencies funded by this Act to submit reorganization proposals 
for the Committees' review prior to their implementation. It is 
noted that such reprogramming guidelines apply to proposed 
reorganizations, workforce restructure, reshaping, transfer of 
functions, or bureau-wide downsizing and include closures, 
consolidations, and relocations of offices, facilities, and 
laboratories. In addition, no agency shall implement any part 
of a reorganization that modifies regional or State boundaries 
for agencies or bureaus that were in effect as of the date of 
enactment of this Act unless approved consistent with the 
General Guidelines for Reprogramming procedures specified 
herein. Any such reprogramming request submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations shall include a description of 
anticipated benefits, including anticipated efficiencies and 
cost-savings, as well as a description of anticipated personnel 
impacts and funding changes anticipated to implement the 
proposal.
    General Guidelines for Reprogramming.--
    (a) A reprogramming should be made only when an unforeseen 
situation arises, and then only if postponement of the project 
or the activity until the next appropriation year would result 
in actual loss or damage.
    (b) Any project or activity, which may be deferred through 
reprogramming, shall not later be accomplished by means of 
further reprogramming, but instead, funds should again be 
sought for the deferred project or activity through the regular 
appropriations process.
    (c) Except under the most urgent situations, reprogramming 
should not be employed to initiate new programs or increase 
allocations specifically denied or limited by Congress, or to 
decrease allocations specifically increased by the Congress.
    (d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval will be 
considered as expeditiously as possible, and the Committees 
remind the agencies that in order to process reprogramming 
requests, adequate and timely information must be provided.
    Criteria and Exceptions.--A reprogramming must be submitted 
to the Committees in writing prior to implementation if it 
exceeds $1,000,000 annually or results in an increase or 
decrease of more than 10 percent annually in affected programs 
or projects, whichever amount is less, with the following 
exceptions:
    (a) With regard to the Tribal priority allocations of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Bureau of Indian Education 
(BIE), there is no restriction on reprogrammings among these 
programs. However, the Bureaus shall report on all 
reprogrammings made during a given fiscal year no later than 60 
days after the end of the fiscal year.
    (b) With regard to the EPA, the Committees do not require 
reprogramming requests associated with the States and Tribes 
Partnership Grants or up to a cumulative total of $5,000,000 
from carryover balances among the individual program areas 
delineated in the Environmental Programs and Management 
account, with no more than $1,000,000 coming from any 
individual program area. No funds, however, shall be 
reallocated from individual Geographic Programs.
    (c) With regard to the National Park Service, the 
Committees do not require reprogramming requests associated 
with the park base within the Park Management activity in the 
Operation of the National Park System Account. The Service is 
required to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on spending trends for the park base within 60 
days of enactment of this Act.
    Assessments.--``Assessment'' as defined in these procedures 
shall refer to any charges, reserves, or holdbacks applied to a 
budget activity or budget line item for costs associated with 
general agency administrative costs, overhead costs, working 
capital expenses, or contingencies.
    (a) No assessment shall be levied against any program, 
budget activity, subactivity, budget line item, or project 
funded by the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act unless such assessment and the basis 
therefor are presented to the Committees in the budget 
justifications and are subsequently approved by the Committees. 
The explanation for any assessment in the budget justification 
shall show the amount of the assessment, the activities 
assessed, and the purpose of the funds.
    (b) Proposed changes to estimated assessments, as such 
estimates were presented in annual budget justifications, shall 
be submitted through the reprogramming process and shall be 
subject to the same dollar and reporting criteria as any other 
reprogramming.
    (c) Each agency or bureau which utilizes assessments shall 
submit an annual report to the Committees, which provides 
details on the use of all funds assessed from any other budget 
activity, line item, subactivity, or project.
    (d) In no case shall contingency funds or assessments be 
used to finance projects and activities disapproved or limited 
by Congress or to finance programs or activities that could be 
foreseen and included in the normal budget review process.
    (e) New programs requested in the budget should not be 
initiated before enactment of the bill without notification to, 
and the approval of, the Committees. This restriction applies 
to all such actions regardless of whether a formal 
reprogramming of funds is required to begin the program.
    Quarterly Reports.--All reprogrammings between budget 
activities, budget line-items, program areas, or the more 
detailed activity levels shown in this agreement, including 
those below the monetary thresholds established above, shall be 
reported to the Committees within 60 days of the end of each 
quarter and shall include cumulative totals for each budget 
activity or budget line item, or construction, land 
acquisition, or forest legacy project.
    Land Acquisitions, Easements, and Forest Legacy.--Lands 
shall not be acquired for more than the approved appraised 
value, as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646, 
unless such acquisitions are submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations for approval in compliance with these 
procedures.
    Land Exchanges.--Land exchanges, wherein the estimated 
value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is greater than 
$1,000,000, shall not be consummated until the Committees have 
had 30 days in which to examine the proposed exchange. ln 
addition, the Committees shall be provided advance notification 
of exchanges valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
    Budget Structure.--The budget activity or line item 
structure for any agency appropriation account shall not be 
altered without advance approval of the Committees.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

    Management of Lands and Resources (MLR).--The bill provides 
$1,368,969,000 for the Management of Lands and Resources 
appropriation. All programs and activities are funded at the 
amounts enacted in fiscal year 2022 unless otherwise specified 
below or in the table at the end of this division. Fixed costs 
are provided. The Bureau is expected to comply with the 
instructions and requirements at the beginning of this division 
and in House Report 117-400 unless otherwise specified below. 
While some language is repeated for emphasis, it is not 
intended to negate the language referred to above unless 
expressly provided herein. The Bureau will also continue to 
follow the directives included in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103 related to the Wild Horse and 
Burro Program, National Trails, Circumpolar Wildland Fire, 
Vacant Grazing Allotments, Sheep Disease Transmission, Coos Bay 
Wagon Road Act Lands, Sudden Oak Death, and Tribal Coordination 
on Energy. Funding for the National Scenic Historic Trails has 
been consolidated in a new line in National Conservation Lands.
    Rangeland Management.--The agreement provides $112,340,000. 
House report 117-400 direction for grazing permit renewals is 
maintained.
    Forestry Management.--The agreement provides $10,814,000 
which includes a program increase of $200,000 for general 
programs.
    Land Management Priorities.--The bill provides $3,500,000 
for congressionally directed spending in this program. A 
detailed list of projects is included in the ``Interior and 
Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' table accompanying 
this statement.
    Wildlife Habitat Management.--The agreement provides 
$148,938,000 which includes $20,600,000 for Plant Conservation 
and Restoration, $71,000,000 for sage-grouse habitat, and 
$34,000,000 for Threatened and Endangered Species. The Bureau 
is directed to provide a report within 180 days of enactment of 
this Act on a needs assessment and cost analysis of 
conservation actions to ensure the future sustainability of 
habitat identified in recent departmental work on ungulate 
migrations in the Western United States and improving habitat 
quality in western big game winter range and migration 
corridors. The Committees continue to focus on improving and 
restoring sage-grouse habitat and expect the Bureau to use the 
resources provided to increase capacity, implement the National 
Seed Strategy, and detect and remove invasive plants.
    Legacy Wells.--The bill provides no less than $28,900,000 
for legacy well remediation to maintain program capacity and 
continue progress toward cleanup of the next cluster of legacy 
wells in need of remediation.
    Resource Management Planning.--The bill provides 
$69,029,000 which maintains $10,000,000 for sage grouse. The 
Committees understand the Bureau is expected to finalize the 
resource management plan amendments currently underway for 
Greater sage-grouse conservation and is encouraged to consider 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern designations where 
appropriate.
    Abandoned Mine Lands and Hazardous Materials Management.--
The agreement provides $57,166,000 which includes program 
increases and $16,503,000 for remediation of abandoned mine 
land sites.
    Administrative Support.--The agreement provides $56,305,000 
which includes the budget request for diversity, inclusion and 
compliance, Justice 40, HR support, and the Foundation for 
America's Public Lands. Bill language and direction as outlined 
in House Report 117-400 is maintained.
    National Conservation Lands.--The agreement provides 
$61,599,000 which includes $11,000,000 in a new line for the 
National Scenic and Historic Trails.
    The Committees expect the increase provided will create 
capacity to initiate or revise management plans for recently 
designated or expanded monuments, including Cascade-Siskiyou 
National Monument and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, 
and address other high priority areas.
    Off-Highway Vehicle Pilot Program.--In addition to the 
direction in House Report 117-400, the Committees strongly 
encourage the Bureau to dedicate two additional employees to 
support high-volume special recreation permit (SRP) offices and 
examine moving the threshold for recovering SRP processing 
costs from 50 to 100 hours.

                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

    The bill provides $120,334,000 for the Oregon and 
California Grant Lands appropriation. Specific allocations at 
the activity and subactivity level are contained in the table 
at the back of this explanatory statement. The Bureau will 
continue to follow and implement the directives included in the 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117--103 under 
this heading.

                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

    The bill provides $10,000,000 to be derived from public 
lands receipts and Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act lands grazing 
receipts.

               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

    The bill provides an indefinite appropriation estimated to 
be $30,000,000 for Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures.

                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

    The bill provides an indefinite appropriation estimated to 
be $26,000,000 for Miscellaneous Trust Funds.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $1,555,684,000 for Resource Management. 
All programs and activities are funded at the amounts enacted 
in fiscal year 2022 unless otherwise specified below or in the 
table at theend of this division. Fixed costs are provided. The 
Service is expected to comply with the instructions and requirements at 
the beginning of this division and in House Report 117-400 unless 
otherwise specified below. While some language is repeated for 
emphasis, it is not intended to negate the language referred to above 
unless expressly provided herein.
    The Service is expected to comply with language contained 
in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103, 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 regarding Traditional 
Knowledge, Subsistence Activities, Continued Funding 
Prohibitions, Sea Otters, Polar Bear Tourism, Conservation 
Banking Report, and Ozark Hellbender. The agreement reiterates 
the direction in House Report 117-83 and the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 116-260 regarding American 
red wolves. In addition, language contained in Senate Report 
116-123 subtitled Native Handicrafts, Central Everglades 
Planning Project, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, is 
restated. The agreement reiterates that the Service's 2016 
regulation does not apply to Alaska Native handicrafts made 
from walrus ivory and mammoth ivory.
    Ecological Services.--The agreement provides $296,033,000 
for programs and activities within Ecological Services, 
including $23,398,000 for listing.
    Planning and Consultation.--The agreement provides 
$120,858,000 which maintains $4,000,000 for Gulf Coast 
restoration activities and provides $96,373,000 for general 
program activities for building staff capacity. The Committees 
understand concerns exist regarding the timing of processing of 
Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation requests, such as 
in West Virginia. While the Committees recognize the Service is 
working to clear the backlog, the Service is directed to report 
to the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on a 
review of the process and provide recommendations on ways to 
improve and expedite the process.
    Conservation and Restoration.--The agreement provides 
$37,653,000 for conservation and restoration activities which 
includes $7,220,000 for marine mammals with the increase 
directed toward manatees; $500,000 for the Alaska Nannut Co-
Management Council (ANCC); $250,000 for the Eskimo Walrus 
Commission (EWC); and $15,037,000 for candidate conservation. 
The Service is expected to complete the survey and stock 
assessment of northern sea otters in Southeast Alaska and 
assess this population relative to the optimum sustainable 
level, improve management strategies, and document ecological 
impacts of sea otters. Upon finalization of this report, the 
Service shall transmit the report to the Committees.
    Collaboration between Federal Agencies and Private Forest 
Owners.--The Committees recognize that many at-risk species 
inhabit private lands, and that the Service must consider non-
regulatory and voluntary collaborative conservation efforts 
with private landowners to accomplish its mission. The Service 
is directed to continue to utilize its grant and other programs 
to pursue collaborative species conservation to the maximum 
extent practicable, specifically for the Northern Long-Eared 
Bat and the Wood Turtle. Overall, these ongoing collaborative 
efforts with private landowners through programs such as the 
Wildlife Conservation Initiative will play a vital role in 
conserving at-risk and listed species, allow for cooperation, 
and ultimately help achieve important wildlife conservation 
outcomes.
    Recovery.--The agreement provides $114,124,000 for 
activities in support of the recovery and delisting of 
threatened and endangered species which includes $4,750,000 for 
the State of the Birds to respond to the urgent needs of 
critically endangered birds that, due to climate change, now 
face imminent extinction from non-native mosquitoes that carry 
avian malaria and other pathogens lethal to these birds; 
$2,300,000 for the Prescott Grant program; $1,000,000 for the 
wolf-livestock demonstration program; and $87,192,000 for 
general program activities with a particular focus on building 
staff capacity.
    The agreement provides $10,500,000 for Recovery Challenge 
matching grants. Recovery Challenge grants are to be used to 
implement high priority recovery actions as prescribed in 
recovery plans to recover federally listed species. Actions 
should include, but are not limited to, genetically-sound 
breeding, rearing, and reintroduction programs. Project 
partners must provide contributions at least 50% of the project 
cost, with the remaining funding coming from Recovery Challenge 
funds. Partner contribution calculations may include in-kind 
services. Unless an affected State is a partner on the project, 
no funds may be awarded to a project until the project partners 
have consulted with such State.
    State Research Forests.--The Service is encouraged to 
support cooperative research, monitoring, and recovery efforts 
for the protection and recovery of spotted owl and marbled 
murrelet species on state research forests.
    Florida Grasshopper Sparrow.--The Service is directed to 
continue to support the Florida grasshopper sparrow recovery 
efforts and the captive breeding program as managed by its 
conservation partners as referenced in Senate Report 116-123 
and the agreement provides $350,000.
    Western Monarchs and Other Pollinators.--The Service is 
directed to utilize Service-managed lands to the maximum extent 
practicable to serve as habitat corridors for migrating 
monarchs, in particular the western monarch. The Committees 
recognize the Service provides resources for monarchs and other 
pollinators across multiple accounts, and this agreement 
provides no less than $7,000,000 for the western monarch 
butterfly and other pollinators which includes $4,000,000 
within National Wildlife Refuge System, Inventory and 
Monitoring and $3,000,000 in Science Support. The Service is 
encouraged to work alongside Federal agencies, State, Tribal, 
and non-governmental organizations on a comprehensive strategy 
to increase habitat and monitoring of critical pollinator 
species. The Service is expected to continue to work with the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to expand and leverage 
monarch recovery efforts.
    Western Yellow Rail.--The Service is encouraged to 
contribute to regional cooperative efforts in the study, 
conservation, and management of the western Yellow Rail in the 
Pacific Northwest.
    Habitat Conservation.--The agreement provides $74,224,000 
for habitat conservation programs, of which $60,267,000 is for 
the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program and $13,957,000 is 
for the Coastal Program. The agreement provides $3,200,000 for 
nutria eradication project and notes additional funding is 
provided in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
    Klamath Restoration.--The Service is directed to consider 
additional activities that could be undertaken to recover 
endangered and threatened species, restore habitat, and improve 
the health of the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges with 
the funds provided in fiscal year 2023 and during the fiscal 
year 2024 budget formulation. The Service is also encouraged to 
continue to coordinate with the Bureau of Reclamation where 
appropriate and consult with Tribes.
    National Wildlife Refuge System.--The agreement provides 
$541,555,000 for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
    Wildlife and Habitat Management.--The agreement provides 
$16,925,000 for invasive species to focus on high priority 
invasive species including nutria, buffelgrass, and cheatgrass; 
$3,000,000 for nutria eradication; $500,000 to help refuges 
improve water efficiency in order to maintain, improve, replace 
and upgrade refuge infrastructure on areas such as the Quivira 
National Wildlife Refuge; $2,500,000 for Marine National 
Monuments and maintains the direction in House Report 117-400 
on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National 
Monument; $25,924,000 for inventory and monitoring including no 
less than $4,000,000 for western monarchs and pollinators and 
$1,000,000 for chronic wasting disease.
    Staffing of the National Wildlife Refuge System.--Over the 
past 10 years, the Refuge System's full-time equivalent (FTE) 
staffing has decreased while the Refuge System has continued to 
grow. Funding increases have been provided so the Service can 
prioritize hiring FTEs to the maximum extent practicable, 
particularly to fill longstanding vacancies in the refuge 
system such as at the Northern Maine Wildlife Refuge Complex 
and Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
    Visitor Services.--The agreement includes $80,859,000 which 
includes $7,000,000 for the Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership 
program and $500,000 for Arctic Youth.
    Refuge Management Plans.--The agreement includes $3,684,000 
for Conservation Planning and notes the increase over the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level is for the Service to prioritize 
updating refuge management plans that predate the National 
Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, to improve the 
management of refuges in a manner consistent with the strategic 
vision of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
    Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.--The Service is 
directed to continue to follow the directive from previous 
fiscal years that prohibits a caribou hunt on Kagalaska Island 
and efforts to remove cattle on Chirikof and Wosnesenski 
Islands in the State of Alaska.
    John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge.--The Committees 
support the salt marsh restoration work in the John H. Chafee 
National Wildlife Refuge to enhance salt marsh resiliency with 
native plantings, tidal flushing, and other drainage work. The 
Service is encouraged to prioritize these ongoing efforts.
    Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.--The Committees are aware 
the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has identified 2,500 acres 
of forested habitat impacted by spruce bark beetles that is 
currently ready for treatment, several acres of which are 
adjacent to existing roads, facilities, campgrounds, trails, 
and other high use recreation sites. To protect the Refuge and 
surrounding communities, the Committees encourage the Service 
to treat the 2,500 high priority acres ready for treatment 
within the funds provided. These treatments would meet multiple 
objectives by removing beetle-killed trees and reducing risk to 
the public, employees, and infrastructure, while reducing 
accumulations of hazardous fuels.
    Good Neighbor Agreements.--The Committees note that forest 
ecosystems in the National Wildlife Refuge System are 
susceptible to elevated wildfire risk, drought, and insect and 
disease infestation. The Committees recognize that the 
environmental stewardship of national wildlife refuges and 
adjacent non-Federal lands would benefit if the Service offered 
cross-boundary fuels reduction projects to neighboring State, 
local, and Tribal governments similar to those issued by other 
land management agencies under Good Neighbor Agreements [GNA]. 
Therefore, the Department of the Interior is encouraged to 
develop a legislative proposal that would provide GNA authority 
to the Service.
    Refuge Maintenance.--The agreement includes $25,850,000 for 
annual maintenance; $46,579,000 for deferred maintenance; 
$12,201,000 for equipment and vehicles; and $65,581,000 for 
maintenance support.
    Conservation and Enforcement.--The agreement provides 
$175,038,000 for other conservation and enforcement programs as 
described below.
    Migratory Bird Management.--The agreement provides 
$53,860,000 which includes $30,935,000 for Conservation and 
Monitoring of which $600,000 is to manage bird-livestock 
conflicts, $333,000 is for urban bird treaties, and $800,000 is 
for clean energy; $5,513,000 is for Permits; $591,000 is for 
the Federal Duck Stamp program; and $16,821,000 is for the 
North American Waterfowl Management Plan/Joint Ventures 
program.
    Law Enforcement.--The agreement provides $92,099,000 for 
law enforcement activities, including the requested internal 
transfer of $144,000 to General Operations, and $3,500,000 to 
continue the Service's work with the Indian Arts and Crafts 
Board to combat international trafficking of counterfeit arts 
and crafts and to conduct criminal investigations of alleged 
violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (Public Law 101-
644).
    Within 120 days of enactment of this Act, the Committees 
direct the Service to develop a report outlining the challenges 
associated with combatting wildlife trafficking, including 
those challenges associated with hiring and retraining law 
enforcement personnel and payments made to informants to gather 
intelligence.
    International Affairs.--The agreement provides $29,079,000 
including $10,098,000 for International Conservation and 
$18,981,000 for International Wildlife Trade. Funds requested 
to continue progress on the electronic permit application and 
processing system are provided. The Theodore Roosevelt Genius 
Prizes for technological innovation to help conserve and manage 
wildlife is maintained at the fiscal year 2022 enacted level.
    The Committees are aware of proposed import revisions and 
direct the Service to continue to apprise the Committees of any 
additional actions regarding protecting lions and other iconic 
species that are hunted for trophies to ensure the conservation 
and survival of those species.
    Fish and Aquatic Conservation.--The agreement provides 
$241,571,000 for fish and aquatic conservation programs.
    National Fish Hatchery System Operations.--The agreement 
provides $76,356,000 which includes: $3,750,000 for Klamath 
Basin restoration activities and directs the Service to work 
with the affected Tribes on fish restoration activities; 
$4,700,000 for mitigation of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and 
directs the Service to work in cooperation with State fish and 
game agencies and which includes $1,556,000 for implementation 
of the Yukon River Salmon Agreement and funding for anadromous 
salmonids. The Service is directed to continue to work in 
cooperation with State fish and game agencies on marking of 
anadromous fish and the agreement maintains funding for mass 
marking at the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. None of the 
funds provided under this subactivity may be used to terminate 
operations or to close any facility of the National Fish 
Hatchery System. None of the production programs listed in the 
March 2013 National Fish Hatchery System Strategic Hatchery and 
Workforce Planning Report may be reduced or terminated without 
advance, informal consultation with affected States and Tribes. 
The Service is encouraged to include adequate support for 
mitigation activities at National Fish Hatcheries in future 
budget submissions.
    The bill provides $8,000,000 for the Warm Springs Fish 
Health Center (FHC) which provides disease diagnosis, 
biosecurity and disease management, disease treatment and 
prevention, fish health inspection services for Federal, State, 
and Tribal hatcheries responsible for production of salmonids 
and warm water species for recovery, restoration, and 
recreational fisheries, and inspection and certificates for the 
National Triploid Grass Carp Protection. Additional funding is 
provided to develop environmental DNA tools to forecast and 
detect aquatic invasive species, aquatic nuisance species, 
aquatic pathogens, and rare species for Federal, State, and 
Tribal hatcheries.
    Habitat Assessment and Restoration.--The agreement provides 
$51,826,000, which includes $11,500,000 to implement the 
Delaware River Basin Conservation Act; $200,000 for the Truckee 
River Operating Agreement; $268,000 for the Chehalis Fisheries 
Restoration Program; $18,598,000 for the National Fish Passage 
Program which includes $5,000,000 to implement the Fisheries 
Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (Public Law 106-502) 
for fish passage devices, fish screens and other related 
features to mitigate the impacts on fisheries in the Pacific 
Ocean drainage of Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, and 
California; and $9,750,000 to implement Klamath Basin 
restoration activities.
    Population Assessment and Cooperative Management.--The 
agreement provides $36,932,000 which includes $3,000,000 for 
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act grants; 
$1,000,000 for Great Lakes Consent Decree; $818,000 for the 
Lake Champlain Sea lamprey program; and $1,000,000 in General 
Program Activities for snakehead eradication. The agreement 
also provides $500,000 in General Program Activities for 
American Shad and in addition to direction in House Report 117-
400, the Service is encouraged to collaborate with academic 
research institutions, and State, Tribal, and local 
governments.
    Within one year of enactment of this Act, the Committees 
direct the Service to work with the State of Alaska to develop 
a joint strategy with management recommendations on subsistence 
hunting and fishing that will help increase food security in 
rural areas in the State. This joint strategy should include 
public input from Alaska's rural residents, document and apply 
local and traditional knowledge, and identify any needed 
regulatory flexibilities to respond to the timing and changing 
distributions of fish and wildlife populations.
    Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.--The 
agreement provides $700,000 for the Connecticut River Atlantic 
Salmon Compact, as authorized in Public Law 98-138, for 
research, monitoring, conservation, and habitat restoration 
work related to this high-priority watershed. The Committees 
direct that the Secretary undertake a special resource study of 
the national significance of, and the suitability and 
feasibility of carrying out a basin-scale, nonregulatory 
program of conservation, stewardship, and enhancement of 
habitat for fish and wildlife in the Connecticut River basin.
    Aquatic Invasive Species.--The agreement includes 
$50,143,000 for aquatic invasive species programs, of which 
$2,749,000 is for Prevention; $5,038,000 is to implement 
subsection 5(d)(2) of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act which is 
supplemented by funding provided in Public Law 117-58 for 
fiscal year 2023; $31,000,000 is for invasive carp as outlined 
in House Report 117-400 and Senate Report 116-123 including not 
less than $4,000,000 for contract fishing; $2,834,000 for NISA 
State Plans and $1,566,000 for NISA implementation which help 
control the spread of invasive carp; $3,500,000 is to prevent 
the spread of quagga and zebra mussels; $1,500,000 is for 
research on hydrilla, eel, and milfoilinvasive grasses; and 
$1,011,000 is for Great Lakes Sea Lamprey administration costs. 
Direction to the Office of the Secretary contained in House Report 117-
400 is maintained. The Committees urge the Secretary to provide the 
necessary resources for National Early Detection and Rapid Response 
Framework and Rapid Response Fund.
    Invasive Carp.--The Committees recognize the importance of 
the work conducted by the Service to combat the serious threat 
of invasive carp and the bill provides $27,000,000 for invasive 
carp activities, as directed in House Report 117-400 including 
the direction for contract fishing. The Service should consider 
the utility of creating a dedicated funding source to increase 
the intensity and geographic scope of efforts to prevent entry 
into the Great Lakes and control in areas where invasive carp 
are currently located. The Committees encourage the Service to 
work with those States with existing cooperative agreements, 
including nonprofits, to develop and implement innovative 
solutions to reduce invasive carp populations in the Ohio River 
basin, with emphasis on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. 
Additionally, while the Committees recognize the importance of 
studying and understanding invasive carp patterns, the Service 
is encouraged to take action on a strategy that increases the 
focus on biomass removal and restricts carp progression by 
coordinating with other Federal partners on constructing 
invasive carp barriers. The Committees direct the Service to 
report back within 60 days of enactment of this Act detailing 
how fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 funds have been 
expended, along with a strategy for targeting and removing 
increased tonnage of invasive carp in the Ohio, Tennessee, and 
Cumberland River basins.
    European Green Crab.--Over the last three years, the 
population of invasive European Green Crab in the Salish Sea 
has grown exponentially. This invasive species is resilient to 
rising water temperatures caused by climate change. This crab 
species preys on native vegetation which is important habitat 
for endangered salmon and other species that are critical to 
uphold Tribal treaty rights, and Puget Sound recovery. The 
Committees are aware the Service is working with the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on eradication efforts 
and direct the Service to report back within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act outlining these collaborative efforts.
    The Service is expected to continue to pursue methods for 
invasive species control that do not result in the addition of 
chemical agents to the ecosystem and harmful secondary by-
products such as algal blooms, as directed in House Report 117-
400.
    Cooperative Landscape Conservation.--The agreement 
maintains the merging of this activity into Science Support and 
creates a new subactivity Science Partnerships as outlined in 
House Report 117-400.
    Science Support.--The agreement provides $35,372,000 for 
Science Support which includes $26,400,000 for Science 
Partnerships and $8,972,000 for Service Science. The bill 
provides $3,500,000 for white nose syndrome; the fiscal year 
2022 enacted level for Gulf Coast ecosystem restoration; 
$8,000,000 for Chesapeake WILD; and $3,000,000 for research on 
western monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Best 
practices developed in response to white nose syndrome are 
directed to be applied in response to other new and emerging 
high-risk wildlife diseases. The Service should also continue, 
along with the U.S. Geological Survey, to lead and implement 
the North American Bat Monitoring Program in association with 
other Federal natural resource management agencies and offices, 
States, Tribes, and non-governmental partners.
    General Operations.--The agreement provides $166,250,000 
for general operations which includes the internal transfer of 
$144,000 from Law Enforcement.
    Stewardship Priorities.--The agreement provides $25,641,000 
in congressionally directed spending for stewardship projects 
to further conservation goals. Further detail on these projects 
is provided in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' accompanying this 
explanatory statement.
    The agreement continues support for the Everglades at not 
less than the fiscal year 2022 enacted level.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    The bill provides $29,904,000 for Construction and includes 
fixed costs. No additional funding is provided for fleet 
related infrastructure, and field communication modernization. 
The agreement continues to support the Service's objective 
priority-setting process and expects the Service to follow its 
recast project priority list submitted on July 11, 2022, with 
the funds provided. When a construction project is completed or 
terminated and appropriated funds remain, the Service may use 
those balances to respond to unforeseen reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of facilities or equipment damaged or 
destroyed by storms, floods, fires, and similar unanticipated 
natural events. The detailed allocation of funding by activity 
is included in the table at the end of this explanatory 
statement.

            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

    The bill provides $24,564,000 in discretionary funding from 
the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund for 
conservation grants, habitat conservation planning grants, and 
program administration. In addition, the bill allocates 
$32,800,000 in mandatory funding from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund for species recovery and habitat conservation 
plan land acquisitions. Detailed tables of funding allocations 
below the account level are provided at the end of this 
explanatory statement.

                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

    The bill provides $13,228,000 for payments to counties from 
the National Wildlife Refuge Fund.

               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

    The bill provides $50,000,000 for the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Fund.

              NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND

    The bill provides $5,100,000 for the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Fund.

                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

    The bill provides $21,000,000 for the Multinational Species 
Conservation Fund. The detailed allocation of funding by 
activity is included in the table at the end of this 
explanatory statement.

                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

    The bill provides $73,812,000 for State and Tribal Wildlife 
Grants which includes $60,000,000 for State Wildlife Formula 
grants, $7,612,000 for State Wildlife Competitive grants, and 
$6,200,000 for Tribal Wildlife grants.

                         NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

                 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

    The bill provides $2,923,424,000 for Operation of the 
National Park System (ONPS). For this and all other Service 
accounts funded in this bill, the Service is expected to comply 
with the instructions and requirements at the beginning of this 
division and in House Report 117-400, unless otherwise 
specified below. Additional details, instructions, and 
requirements follow below and in the table at the end of this 
division.
    The Service is expected to execute its spending at the 
levels provided. The Service may not redistribute the 
allocations in a fiscal year 2023 operating plan. The Service 
is directed to continue to refine the Operation of the National 
Park Service Realignment and collaborate with the Committees 
with the goal to develop an updated methodology to improve the 
budgeting process.
    The agreement provides fixed costs and funding for New 
Responsibilities at New and Existing Park Areas and for 
Additional Responsibilities, as requested. This funding 
provided will address a number of new requirements at national 
park units across the country, including at Ste. Genevieve 
National Historical Park [MO], Katmai National Park and 
Preserve [AK], Catoctin Mountain Park [MD], and the National 
Mall and Memorial Parks [DC]. The agreement also provides an 
increase of $31,500,000 to the enacted level to restore 
staffing capacity across the system. Additional funding 
guidance is provided below.
    Resource Stewardship.--The bill includes: $5,300,000 for 
the Partnership Wild & Scenic Rivers program and other 
similarly managed rivers; $2,000,000 for Active Forest 
Management; $6,500,000 for Quagga and Zebra Mussel programs; 
$800,000 for Cave and Karst Ecosystem Research; $400,000 for 
Recreational Access--Support Alaska Subsistence; $18,856,000 
for the National Trails System; and $2,500,000 for 
socioeconomic monitoring. The agreement provides $9,143,000 for 
the National Networks. Within this amount, the African American 
Civil Rights Network is funded at the requested level of 
$5,384,000 and the National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom is funded at $2,505,000.
    Visitor Services.--Funding is provided at the enacted level 
to expand recreational fishing, camping, and instruction 
focusing on introductory recreation experiences in parks 
throughout the year in a variety of recreational activities. 
Funding is also provided at the enacted level for the National 
Capital Area Performing Arts Program and at not less than the 
enacted level for the Indian Youth Service Corps. The agreement 
includes an increase of $776,000 for the Volunteers in Parks 
program.
    Park Protection.--The bill provides $950,000 for veterans' 
fire corps.
    Park Support.--The proposed transfers have been accepted 
and $400,000 is provided for the Diversity, Inclusion, and 
Compliance initiative. The requested level of $4,635,000 is 
provided for servicewide bandwidth.
    Global Positioning System Modernization.--The agreement 
provides $1,500,000 for the sustainment of recently acquired 
Global Positioning System (GPS) data collection devices used by 
the Service for facilities planning, lands administration, 
visitor safety, and infrastructure protection.
    National Park Foundation.--The agreement provides 
$10,000,000 for the National Park Foundation.
    Additional Guidance.--The following additional guidance is 
included:
    Appalachian National Scenic Trail.--The Committees are 
aware that the Trail is experiencing increased visitation and 
encourage the Service to include sufficient resources in future 
budget requests to meet its expanded visitor services, law 
enforcement, compliance, and land acquisition requirements.
    Biscayne National Park.--The Committees are pleased with 
the recent Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] between Biscayne 
National Park [BNP] and the State of Florida's Fish and 
Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC], which affirms fishing 
rights within the boundaries of BNP and affirms the regulatory 
responsibilities of the Service and the FWC to manage wildlife 
and regulate commercial and recreational fishing within 
Biscayne National Park, in conformance with Federal and State 
law. The Committees commend the parties for their commitment to 
engage in good faith with regard to any disputes that may arise 
in the future related to the MOU.
    Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor.--The 
Committees continue the fiscal year 2022 enacted directive 
regarding cooperative agreements with the local coordinating 
entity for the Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor. 
The Committees believe the acquisition of Slater Mill's 
historic dam will contribute positively to the cultural, 
natural, and recreational resource base of the Park. The 
Service shall brief the Committees on its plan to fulfill this 
directive within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
    Chesapeake Bay Office.--The Service is a lead implementing 
partner for four goals (land conservation, public access, 
citizen stewardship, and education) of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay 
Watershed Agreement. The National Park Service Chesapeake Bay 
office has continued, despite funding challenges, to expand its 
activities and responsibilities related to expanding public 
access to the Bay and serves as the lead agency on several 
multi-State and Federal conservation goals as a part of the 
2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The Committees support 
operational funding for the Chesapeake Bay Office in order to 
meet the conservation and public access goals established by 
the Bay Watershed Agreement.
    Cumberland Island National Seashore.--The Committees are 
concerned about erosion impacting the Cumberland Island 
National Seashore. The Committees direct the Service to consult 
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to exchange information 
regarding currently available science related to climate 
vulnerability of Cumberland Island in order to gain common 
understanding of available tools for assessing and addressing 
erosion. The Committees direct the Service to keep the 
Committees apprised of developments related to climate 
assessments of Cumberland Island National Seashore.
    Continued Directives.--The Committees continue the 
directives regarding Director's Order 21, Roosevelt-Campobello 
International Park, and Katahdin Wood and Waters National 
Monument contained in Senate Report 116-123.
    Glen Echo Park.--The Committees encourage the Service to 
provide a report on the facility condition assessment and cost 
estimate on necessary deferred maintenance to the Crystal Pool 
and Spanish Ballroom within Glen Echo Park. The Service is also 
encouraged to collaborate with Montgomery County on the Glen 
Echo Park Master Plan to ensure that park operations are 
beneficial to those who enjoy and use the park while reducing 
the financial burden on the Service.
    Honouliuli National Historic Site and Pearl Harbor National 
Memorial.--The Committees direct the Service to maintain the 
line item and program summary in the budget for Honouliuli. 
Further, the Service shall not construe Section 2206 of the 
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation 
Act to result in any reduction in funding for Pearl Harbor 
National Memorial or Honouliuli National Historic Site.
    National Trails System.--The Committees understand the 
importance of providing adequate funding to develop and 
maintain the National Trails System for future generations to 
enjoy. The Committees urge the Service to continue its efforts 
to support construction and maintenance projects and volunteer 
coordination efforts, including activities in support of non-
unit National Scenic Trails.
    Public-Private Partnership [P3] Authorities.--The 
Committees direct the Service to provide a report on its plan 
to use its existing P3 authorities to work with public- and 
private-sector entities that have experience designing, 
developing, and constructing facilities, including in the 
Arctic, to develop proposals for affordable and sustainable 
employee housing options. The report should identify where, if 
any, existing authorities limit the viability of potential P3s.
    South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.--Consistent 
with the budget request, the bill provides $11,661,000 to 
support the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to 
develop and implement responses to invasive species threatening 
the integrity of the Everglades ecosystem, pursuant to Section 
528(f)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 
Stat. 3771) as amended by Public Law 116--260.
    Tok/Ahtna Visitor Center.--The Committees appreciate the 
efforts by the Service to collaborate in the development of 
plans for interpretive facilities, information about 
recreational opportunities, and support with volunteer staffing 
at the Tok Visitor Center, which serves as a gateway for 
visitors to nearby Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-
St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and the Yukon-Charley 
Rivers National Preserve.
    Additionally, the Committees appreciate Wrangell-St. Elias 
National Park and Preserve's commitment to the Ahtna Cultural 
Center. The Park's current visitor center co-management 
strategy with Ahtna Incorporated honors the original 
Congressional intent to collaborate with the Ahtna people, and 
the Committees expect the Service to continue this partnership 
and to provide the Committees with information regarding any 
facilities maintenance issues that need to be addressed to 
further facilitate this partnership.

                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

    The bill provides $92,512,000 for national recreation and 
preservation. The amounts recommended by the Committees 
compared with the budget estimates by activity are shown in the 
table at the end of this explanatory statement.
    The bill provides $13,000,000 for the Rivers, Trails, and 
Conservation AssistanceProgram; $3,027,000 for Chesapeake Bay 
Gateways and Trails; $3,407,000 for Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Grants; $4,655,000 for Japanese Confinement Site 
Grants; $2,750,000 for American Indian and Native Hawaiian Art and 
Culture Grants; and, $4,000,000 for the competitive grant program, as 
authorized by the 9/11 Memorial Act (Public Law 115-413).
    Cultural Programs.--The Committees recognize the importance 
of supporting Native culture and arts development, which 
contributes to maintaining the cultural diversity of the Nation 
and the cultural survival of the regional indigenous 
populations. Funding is provided for grants to nonprofit 
organizations or institutions for the purpose of supporting 
programs for Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native culture and arts 
development at a total program level of $2,750,000, an increase 
of $1,250,000 to the enacted level, which is provided to 
support both continued participation and encourage new entities 
to apply.
    Heritage Partnership Programs.--The bill provides 
$29,232,000 for Heritage Partnership Programs. The directive 
contained in the explanatory statement that accompanied Public 
Law 116-6 with regards to funding distribution is continued. 
The Committees note that areas that have not completed their 
management plan continue to be eligible for funding regardless 
of the status of their management plan.

                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

    The bill provides $204,515,000 for historic preservation.
    Competitive Grants.--The bill provides $24,000,000 for the 
African American Civil Rights Grants, as requested. 
Additionally, $5,000,000 is provided for the History of Equal 
Rights grants and $1,250,000 for grants to underserved 
communities.
    Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants.--The bill 
provides $12,500,000 for historic revitalization grants and 
retains the directives regarding the distribution of funding 
included in Senate Report 116-123.
    Save America's Treasures.--The Save America's Treasures 
program is provided $26,500,000. The Committees support this 
program because of its important role in providing preservation 
and conservation assistance to nationally significant 
historical properties and collections, including historic 
courthouses.
    Semiquincentennial Preservation Grants.--The bill provides 
$10,000,000 for the Service to assist states in preparing for 
the upcoming Semiquincentennial celebration and to celebrate 
the Nation's history. Funds from this allocation should be used 
for a competitive grant program to support the restoration of 
sites that honor the 250th anniversary of the country's 
founding, including Revolutionary War monuments. Eligible sites 
shall include those that commemorate the anniversary of the 
country's founding even if they were constructed later than the 
end of the Revolutionary War. Priority should be given to 
state-owned sites. A site must be listed in, or be eligible to 
be listed in, the National Register of Historic Places in order 
to be eligible.
    State Historic Preservation Offices [SHPOs].--The bill 
provides $62,150,000 for grants to State Historic Preservation 
Offices, an increase of $4,475,000 to the enacted level which 
shall be allocated consistent with the newly updated 
apportionment formula. The Committees note that this funding 
level will ensure that each SHPO will receive no less than the 
fiscal year 2022 amount.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    The bill provides $239,803,000 for construction.
    Line-Item Construction.--Funding for line-item construction 
projects is provided as outlined in the table contained in 
House Report 117-400.
    Denali National Park Road.--The Committees recognize the 
importance of the Denali Park Road as the sole method of motor 
vehicle access to Denali National Park and Preserve and will 
continue to support the Service as it works to complete the 
bridge construction and reopen the road as quickly as possible.
    Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.--The Committees 
support the ongoing efforts to develop a plan for long-term 
usage of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. It is 
critical that that an actionable plan for rehabilitation of the 
facility be produced as soon as is practicable. Within 90 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Service shall provide to 
the Committees a completed action plan to facilitate this work.
    Ocmulgee River Corridor.--The Committees support the 
Service's initiation of the Ocmulgee River Corridor Special 
Resource Study to evaluate its potential for designation as a 
national park unit and directs the Service to complete the 
report in a timely manner.
    Valles Caldera National Preserve.--The Committees are 
concerned about the presence of illegal trespass cattle on the 
Valles Caldera National Preserve in violation of the Preserve's 
authorizing statute and Service policy. The Service, in 
cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, is urged to make 
progress on infrastructure improvements that will effectively 
exclude unauthorized cattle from the Preserve.

                          CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

    The bill provides $15,000,000 for the Centennial Challenge 
matching grant program.

                    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

                 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $1,497,178,000 for Surveys, 
Investigations, and Research of the U.S. Geological Survey 
(USGS, or the Survey). All programs and activities are funded 
at the amounts enacted in fiscal year 2022 unless otherwise 
specified below or in the table at the end of this division. 
Fixed costs are provided. The Survey is expected to comply with 
the instructions and requirements at the beginning of this 
division and in House Report 117-400 unless otherwise specified 
below. While some language is repeated for emphasis, it is not 
intended to negate the language referred to above unless 
expressly provided herein.
    Ecosystems.--The agreement provides $307,176,000 as 
outlined below.
    Environmental Health Program.--The agreement provides 
$30,457,000 for Environmental Health, which includes 
$12,528,000 for Contaminant Biology and $17,929,000 for Toxic 
Substances Hydrology. The agreement includes no less than a 
$2,000,000 increase above the enacted level for research on 
harmful algal blooms; $2,700,000 for research on the 
transmission of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFOA/PFAS) 
in watersheds and aquifers; and the $1,000,000 requested for 
mitigation of contaminant exposures and recycling of mine 
waste. The Survey is to continue its research as directed in 
House Report 117-400.
    Plastics.--The Survey is urged to emphasize plastics 
research, including microplastics and nanoplastics research, in 
the environmental health strategic vision the Survey is 
developing and to brief the Committees on its findings after 
release of the review.
    Species Management Research Program.--The agreement 
provides $63,904,000 which includes an increase of $500,000 for 
Hawaiian forest birds to respond to the urgent needs of 
critically endangered Hawaiian forest birds that, due to 
climate change, now face imminent extinction from non-native 
mosquitoes that carry avian malaria and other pathogens lethal 
to these birds; $500,000 to support and collaborate with the 
USA National Phenology Network; $2,000,000 for deepwater 
fisheries research at the Great Lakes Science Center; and the 
requested funding rebase of $5,087,000. The Survey is directed 
to follow the guidance on saline lakes contained in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Land Management Research Program.--The agreement provides 
$54,806,000 including $8,000,000 for Chesapeake Bay activities; 
an increase of $1,000,000 to expand research on 
vegetationtreatments to restore the integrity of native Sagebrush Sea 
ecosystems; and a reduction of $7,707,000 as requested to rebase 
funding.
    Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program.--
The agreement provides $46,622,000 including $4,970,000 for 
chronic wasting disease (CWD) and maintaining the direction for 
CWD contained in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 117-103. The agreement provides $700,000 for coral 
disease and $2,000,000 for research to develop integrated 
approaches to tick management including using biodiversity and 
ecosystem services to lower population counts. This research 
should be conducted with coordination from several States in a 
region that is most heavily impacted by the prevalence of ticks 
and tick-borne disease. The agreement also provides $11,000,000 
for invasive carp research, of which $3,000,000 is for research 
on grass carp. The direction found in Senate Report 116-123 is 
continued for invasive carp, coral disease, and invasive 
species research, detection, and response efforts. Additional 
resources for invasives species were provided in Public Law 
117-58 to the Office of the Secretary. The requested funding 
rebase of $2,620,000 is provided and funding is continued at 
the enacted level for white-nose syndrome (WNS) research and 
the direction found in Senate Report 116-123 is continued for 
WNS research.
    Climate Adaptation Science Center and Land Change Science 
Program.--The agreement provides $83,181,000 of which 
$63,115,000 is for the National and Regional Climate Adaptation 
Science Centers. The agreement also provides $20,066,000 for 
Land Change Science.
    Cooperative Research Units Program.--Cooperative Research 
Units (CRUs) are funded at $28,206,000 in accordance with the 
specifications outlined in House Report 117-400. Of the funds 
provided, the Survey is directed to use at least $800,000 from 
within available funds to establish a CRU at a land-grant 
institution within a State that does not have a CRU. Priority 
should be given to funding a CRU that can serve the diverse 
aquatic and ecological landscapes, including urban and rural 
components, that encompass the Lake Michigan and Ohio River 
ecosystems. The agreement also provides $250,000 from within 
available funds for research into the causes of malignant 
melanomas affecting 25 percent or more of brown bullhead 
(Ameiurus nebulosus) in some northern New England waters and 
related fishery research at the host institution.
    Great Lakes Science.--The Survey is directed to follow the 
guidance contained in House Report 117-400.
    Energy and Mineral Resources.--The agreement provides 
$104,220,000 for Energy and Mineral Resources. Mineral 
Resources is funded at $70,855,000 which provides $10,848,000 
for the critical minerals Earth Mapping Resources Initiative 
(Earth MRI) and provides an increase of $5,000,000 for mine 
waste research and to characterize mine waste as a potential 
source for critical minerals. Energy Resources is funded at 
$33,365,000 including $2,977,000 for geologic carbon 
sequestration, a portion of which is to advance the 
understanding of alkalinity sources of carbon mineralization as 
outlined in House Report 117-83.
    The Committees urge the Survey, when developing critical 
mineral maps, to consider other sensitive resources such as 
sacred Tribal sites, sensitive watersheds, critical habitat, 
and other areas with special designations, and prioritize 
mapping in those areas that do not conflict with other 
previously identified sensitive resources. The Committees 
encourage the Survey to work with partner agencies responsible 
for permitting critical mineral projects and to increase the 
provision and public release of science to inform decision-
making for permitting processes, including data and analysis 
from the Earth MRI program and mineral resource assessments as 
called for under the Energy Act of 2020.
    The Survey is expected to continue critical mineral mapping 
efforts in Alaska, pursuant to the budget request, at no less 
than the fiscal year 2022 enacted level and to brief the 
Committees on such efforts within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act.
    Natural Hazards.--The agreement provides $200,256,000 for 
the Natural Hazards Program, including $92,651,000 for 
earthquake hazards. Within this funding, $28,600,000 is 
included for continued development and expansion of the 
ShakeAlert West Coast earthquake early warning (EEW) system to 
enable its completion by 2025, as well as the timely processing 
of station permits and License to Operate applications. The 
establishment of a memorandum of understanding between the 
Survey and its ShakeAlert state government partners to enable 
closer collaboration and coordination on future system 
improvements is supported. Continued efforts to complete and 
operate the EEW system on the West Coast are supported.
    Concerns remain regarding the lack of knowledge and 
offshore real time instrumentation available for the Cascadia 
subduction zone and the direction in House Report 117-400 is 
maintained.
    The agreement continues no less than the enacted level for 
the national seismic hazard map, including for expansion to 
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, for regional networks to 
operate and maintain recently acquired USArray stations, for 
the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) and for regional 
seismic networks including the Central and Eastern U.S. 
Network.
    The agreement provides $37,500,000 for volcano hazards.
    In 2019 the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring 
System (NVEWS) was initiated. The Survey is completing the two 
prerequisite steps to NVEWS expansion and upgrades and is 
encouraged to accelerate the pace of these activities where 
possible. The agreement provides $18,349,000 for NVEWS an 
increase of $2,591,000 over the enacted level. Within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act, the Survey is directed to brief the 
Committees on the NVEWS program and how this increase is 
allocated within the program. The agreement further provides an 
increase of $750,000 for Volcanic Hazards Assessments. The 
Survey is directed to follow the guidance regarding early 
warning systems contained in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    The agreement includes $14,432,000 for landslide hazards 
which includes an increase of $4,774,000 for science as 
outlined in House Report 117-400.
    The agreement also includes an increase of $500,000 above 
the fiscal year 2022 enacted level towards collaborating with 
State, local, and regional entities in Alaska, particularly 
areas with heightened risk like those communities in Prince 
William Sound and Southeast Alaska to develop, support, and 
maintain landslide monitoring systems. The Survey is directed 
to collaborate with local and Indigenous people and entities to 
support and maintain landslide monitoring systems. The Survey 
is directed to continue to collaborate with the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and State and local 
governments to assess landslide potential and hazards and 
implement tsunami warning capabilities in Southeast Alaska and 
Prince William Sound, expanding its work to locations that have 
recently experienced landslides and will continue to face the 
threat of devastating landslides, including through the use of 
physical instrumentation or remote sensing technologies, 
particularly where the threat of a landslide and tsunami 
presents the most serious risks to residents, visitors, and 
property. Further, the Survey is directed to brief the 
Committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act on what 
resources are needed to aid the development and deployment of 
early warning technologies to affected communities.
    The agreement provides $5,251,000 for Geomagnetism 
including no less than the fiscal year 2022 enacted level for 
the magnetotelluric survey to advance the collection of 
magnetotelluric observations of the Earth's naturally occurring 
electric and magnetic fields in the U.S. regions.
    Water Resources.--The agreement provides $304,434,000 for 
Water Resources, with $66,529,000 for activities associated 
with the Cooperative Matching Funds. Water Availability and Use 
Science is funded at $74,296,000, which includes $1,000,000 for 
the U.S.-Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment; $13,500,000 
for integrated water prediction to continue to utilize the best 
available technology to develop advanced modeling tools, state-
of-the-art forecasts, and decision support systems and to 
incorporate these capabilities into daily water operations; 
$1,750,000 for a regional Integrated Water Availability 
Assessment (IWAA) study program for saline lakes to expand the 
assessment and monitoring of the hydrology of saline lakes in 
the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife 
dependent on those habitats; $3,500,000 for the Survey's work 
with the Open ET consortium and the Open ET software system; 
and $2,000,000 for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) IWAA to 
focus on delivery of a groundwater model-based decision support 
system to support water sustainability decision-making and a 
basin-wide model and monitoring program for irrigation water-
use.
    The agreement provides $5,000,000 to establish a center to 
study complete water cycles and watersheds from mountaintops to 
shorelines. The center should focus on freshwater ecosystems 
with diverse industries, water use, and geological surroundings 
that impact the local watershed. All aspects of the water cycle 
should be considered including negative outcomes such as 
drought, flooding, and harmful algal blooms. This center should 
be located near and work in collaboration with at least one 
Water Resources Research Institute and collaborate with other 
relevant water institutes such as Sea Grant and the 
Northeastern States Research Cooperative.
    The agreement provides $1,000,000 to the Survey, in 
cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, to increase its 
investment in streamflow permanence modeling in the Pacific 
Northwest.
    Groundwater and Streamflow Information is funded at 
$114,558,000 which includes $500,000 to maintain operational 
capacity within the existing super-gage network along the Ohio 
River in basins containing unique geology, distinct soils, and 
a significant agricultural presence. The agreement also 
includes $25,715,000 for Federal priority streamgages and 
$29,500,000 for the Next Generation Water Observing System 
(NGWOS). The Survey is encouraged to partner, where 
appropriate, with State and local government officials and with 
the academic research community. Funding for NGWOS includes the 
enacted level of $4,500,000 to continue work with universities 
and other partners to develop innovative water resource sensor 
technologies that are scalable to regional and national 
monitoring networks. The Survey is directed to deliver a report 
to the Committees within 180 days of the enactment of this Act 
on a plan for full national implementation of the NGWOS. The 
agreement provides $3,870,000 to support and maintain 
operational capacity of existing streamgages on certain 
transboundary rivers, including those at risk from mining 
pollution originating in Canada, including in the Kootenai 
watershed. This includes at least $1,500,000 for implementation 
of the baseline strategy for transboundary rivers, as outlined 
by the Survey's Water Quality Baseline Assessment for 
Transboundary Rivers; $120,000 for the streamgage on the Unuk 
River; and an additional $750,000 above enacted levels for 
expanded water quality monitoring and analysis efforts in the 
Kootenai watershed to support interagency efforts to evaluate 
and reduce transboundary pollution through the installation of 
new streamgages, expanded analyses, and related activities. The 
Survey is directed to continue to expand its streamgage 
monitoring of transboundary watersheds and to work with the 
Environmental Protection Agency to ensure the relevant 
equipment is deployed to the Kootenai watershed to support the 
agency's work to evaluate and reduce transboundary pollution. 
The direction is continued that the Survey enter into a formal 
partnership with local Tribes and other Federal agencies as 
necessary in the area to develop a water quality strategy for 
the transboundary rivers.
    On-going monitoring of critical water budget components in 
the Klamath Basin is critical to provide the information needed 
to assess controls of inflow to Upper Klamath Lake from surface 
water and groundwater, improve snowmelt prediction, and 
forecast impacts of drought and other drivers on water 
availability for both human and ecological uses and the 
agreement provides at least the fiscal year 2022 enacted level 
to continue to expand this work.
    Hydrological Science Talent Pipeline.--Robust participation 
with universities in the hydrologic sciences is essential to 
building a talent pipeline as well as building capacity to 
support future hydrological research and operational efforts. 
To support this, the agreement continues funding of $2,000,000 
within the Water Availability and Use Science Program and 
$2,000,000 within the National Groundwater and Streamflow 
Information Program to pursue such cooperative research 
agreements with an emphasis on locations where the Survey has 
pending hydrological facilities as well as where there are 
other Federal operational hydrologic resources.
    The agreement includes $100,080,000 for the National Water 
Quality program which includes $7,490,000 for harmful algal 
bloom research. The agreement provides an increase of $500,000 
to support PFAS substances research. The Survey is directed to 
consult with States and Tribes to determine priority mapping 
areas for PFAS contamination and to follow the direction in 
House Report 117-400.
    Water Resources Research Institutes.--The agreement 
provides $15,500,000 including $1,500,000 for research on the 
control and management of aquatic invasive species in the Upper 
Mississippi River region and an increase of $500,000 over the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level for PFAS research as directed in 
House Report 117-400. The remaining fiscal year 2023 increase 
over the fiscal year 2022 enacted level is to be directed 
toward annual base grants (104b).
    Special Initiatives.--The agreement provides an additional 
amount of $2,130,000 in congressionally directed spending for 
Special Initiatives projects. Further detail on these projects 
is located in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' accompanying this 
explanatory statement.
    Core Science Systems.--The agreement provides $284,607,000, 
which includes $30,480,000 for science, synthesis, analysis, 
and research including an increase of $3,650,000 for 
supercomputing associated with high-risk accelerated climate 
research and maintains the fiscal year 2022 enacted level of 
funding for National Geologic and Geophysical Data Preservation 
which is supplemented by funding provided in Public Law 117-58. 
The agreement provides $44,556,000 for the National Cooperative 
Geologic Mapping of which the increase above fixed costs is 
outlined in House Report 117-400.
    The National Geospatial program is funded at $93,650,000 
including $500,000 for the 3D National Topography Model; 
$42,905,000 for 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) providing an 
increase of $3,000,000 for Federal lands in western states; 
$330,000 for geospatial work focused on Tribal lands; 
$1,900,000 for the United States Board of Geographic Names; 
$1,350,000 for the National Digital Trails project; and an 
increase of $250,000 for topoBuilder.
    No less than $10,000,000 is provided for the Alaska mapping 
and map modernization initiative, which includes modernizing 
Alaskan hydrography datasets. The direction contained in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 
regarding Alaska mapping is continued.
    The National Land Imaging program is funded at $115,921,000 
which includes $92,184,000 for Satellite Operations and 
maintains the enacted level for the National Civil Applications 
Center. The agreement recognizes the value of the Remote 
Sensing State Grants program and provides $1,465,000 to ensure 
the on-going viability of the program nationwide. The agreement 
also includes an increase of $500,000 for biologic carbon 
sequestration.
    Science Support.--The agreement includes $106,304,000 which 
includes $82,179,000 for administration and management 
including increases of $724,000 for scientific integrity; 
$100,000 for fleet enhancement; and increases outlined in House 
Report 117-400; and $24,125,000 for Information Services which 
provides an increase of $1,500,000 for cloud and high-
performance computing.
    Facilities.--The agreement provides funding for deferred 
maintenance and capital improvement projects as requested 
including $176,000 for Field Communications Modernization as 
requested.

                   BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

                        OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

    The bill provides $219,960,000 for the Ocean Energy 
Management appropriation, which is partially offset through the 
collection of rental receipts and cost recovery fees totaling 
$37,000,000, resulting in a net appropriation of $182,960,000. 
Specific allocations at the activity level are contained in the 
table accompanying this explanatory statement.
    The Bureau will follow the directives contained in the 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 related 
to Offshore Wind Site Identification, Regional Citizen Advisory 
Councils, and Marine Minerals.
    Renewable Energy.--The bill provides $42,818,000 for 
renewable energy. The Bureau is expected to collaborate with 
existing Regional Ocean Partnerships to inform the siting and 
development of wind energy areas. Further, project boundaries 
will be drawn in partnership with a diversity of maritime users 
and stakeholder groups, particularly on the West Coast. The 
Bureau is directed to consider working groups or other 
mechanisms to ensure appropriate engagement occurs with local 
communities and stakeholders in the Pacific Northwest.
    Conventional Energy.--The bill provides $61,487,000 for 
conventional energy.
    Geologic Carbon Sequestration.--The agreement includes not 
less than $2,000,000 for geologic carbon sequestration on the 
Outer Continental Shelf as authorized by the Infrastructure 
Investment andJobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 43 U.S.C. 
1337(p)(1)(E)). The Committees expect the Bureau to build and support 
necessary expertise using funds within Environmental Programs and 
Conventional Energy. The Committees direct the Bureau to complete the 
necessary technical, safety, and environmental work expeditiously to 
begin implementation and ensure long-term secure storage while reducing 
the risk of environmental impacts. The Bureau is further directed to 
brief the Committees on this effort within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act.
    Environmental Assessment.--The bill provides $82,373,000 
for environmental assessment. Up to $5,000,000 is available for 
the Bureau to partner with academia and state agencies to 
establish a Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme 
Events. The Bureau will provide the Committees with a spend 
plan detailing the establishment of the center, its location, 
and associated costs within 90 days of enactment of this Act.

             Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

             OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

    The bill provides $213,886,000 for the Offshore Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement appropriation. This amount is 
partially offset through the collection of rental receipts, 
cost recovery fees and inspection fees totaling $57,000,000, 
resulting in a net appropriation of $156,886,000. Specific 
allocations at the activity level are contained in the table 
accompanying this explanatory statement.

                           OIL SPILL RESEARCH

    The bill provides $15,099,000 for Oil Spill Research.
    Arctic Oil Spill Research.--The Bureau will continue to 
follow the directive regarding Arctic Oil Spill Research 
contained in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
117-103.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

    The bill provides $121,026,000 for the Regulation and 
Technology appropriation.

                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

    The bill provides $168,904,000 for the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund appropriation. Of the funds provided, 
$33,904,000 shall be derived from the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund and $135,000,000 shall be derived from the 
General Fund. The Office is directed to work with States to 
determine how reclamation grants may be used to address the 
long term abatement and treatment of acid mine drainage.
    Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER).--The 
bill provides a total of $135,000,000 for grants to States and 
federally recognized Indian Tribes for the reclamation of 
abandoned mine lands in conjunction with economic and community 
development and reuse goals. For fiscal year 2023, $88,042,000 
shall be divided equally between the three Appalachian States 
with the largest unfunded needs for the reclamation of Priority 
1 and Priority 2 sites as delineated in the AML Inventory 
System; $35,218,000 shall be divided equally between the next 
three Appalachian States with the largest unfunded needs for 
the reclamation of Priority 1 and Priority 2 sites as 
delineated in the AML Inventory System; and $11,740,000 shall 
be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes. The Office 
is expected to continue to follow the additional program 
direction provided in Senate Report 116-123. The Committees 
expect the Office to increase its capacity and expertise to 
improve collaboration with States and Tribes and to process 
proposed projects in a timely and transparent manner. The 
detailed allocation of funding by activity is included in the 
table accompanying this explanatory statement.

                             INDIAN AFFAIRS

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $1,906,998,000 for Operation of Indian 
Programs. All programs, projects, and activities are maintained 
at fiscal year 2022 enacted levels, except fixed costs and 
internal transfers as recast, or unless otherwise specified 
below. Additional increases are general program increases 
unless otherwise specified. For this and all other Bureau 
accounts funded in this bill, Indian Affairs is expected to 
comply with the instructions and requirements at the beginning 
of this division and in House Report 117-400, unless otherwise 
specified below. Language contained in the explanatory 
statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2022 (Public Law 117-103) regarding Missing and Murdered 
Indigenous Women (MMIW), advanced training for public safety 
and justice training needs, Indian Police Academy, the Tiwahe 
expansion plan, pre-fire detection technology, Osage Nation 
records, law enforcement training needs, Alaska Native housing 
mortgage assistance, tribal land trash assessment, and MMIW 
Initiative comprehensive review is restated. Additional 
details, instructions, and requirements are included below and 
in the table at the end of this division. Indian Affairs is 
reminded of the importance of meeting reporting requirement 
deadlines so that the Committees can properly evaluate 
programs. Failure to do so could negatively impact future 
budgets.
    Tiwahe.--The bill includes additional funds, as noted 
below, under Human Services to expand the Tiwahe Initiative to 
more Tribes for human services-related Tiwahe activities. As 
part of the expansion, the Bureau may consider including Tribal 
consortiums as eligible entities. Further, the Committees 
expect funding to existing Tiwahe pilot programs to continue in 
the same amounts to the same recipients, including funding to 
support women and children's shelters.
    Tribal Government.--The agreement provides $368,988,000 for 
Tribal Government programs. The Committees encourage the Bureau 
to provide technical assistance to the maximum extent 
practicable to recently federally recognized Tribes on how best 
to leverage funding through existing programs. Indian Affairs 
is directed to brief the Committees on the status of pending 
requests by Alaska Natives seeking organization under the 
Alaska amendment to the Indian Reorganization Act and how 
Indian Affairs plans to bring these pending cases to a 
resolution.
    The Committees have consistently included funding and 
directives regarding the Small and Needy Tribes supplement and 
continue to be concerned about the overall administration of 
this important program. Within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Committees direct the Bureau to prepare a report for 
the current and prior two fiscal years identifying which Tribes 
qualify for the small and needy supplement, explaining in 
detail the methodology used to calculate each Tribe's revenue 
to determine eligibility for the small and needy supplement 
(listing the programs that are counted against the cap), and 
provide a chart showing how those calculations were made for 
each eligible Tribe each year. Upon completion of the report, 
the Committees expect the Bureau to post this data online for 
at least 60 days to enable Tribes time to review it and confirm 
the correct data is used before funds are distributed. Further, 
the Committees understand the Bureau is undergoing
    Tribal consultation to determine if changes should be made 
to the program and directs the agency to notify the Committees 
within 30 days before adopting or finalizing any changes to the 
current formula.
    The agreement also includes $39,190,000 for the Road 
Maintenance program, which continues funding at fiscal year 
2022 levels for school bus roads and the NATIVE Act (Public Law 
114-22). The Committees direct the Bureau to report back within 
60 days of enactment of this Act on funds provided to implement 
the NATIVE Act that have not been utilized for roads along with 
a strategy outlining how to meet the increased demand to 
address tourism needs across Indian Country. The BIA Road 
Maintenance and Repair program faces significant backlogs with 
some roads in need of repair for decades, including BIA Routes 
3, 7, 8, and 12, which require re-graveling and improvements to 
address safety concerns. The Committees encourage BIA to fund 
these repair projects and make the necessary safety 
improvements to the roads, within funding limitations. Further, 
the Committees direct the Bureau to report onimplementation of 
the GAO-17-423 recommendations and provide an allocation and obligation 
plan for fiscal year 2023 funding within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act.
    Human Services.--The bill provides $166,985,000 for Human 
Services programs. The Committees provide $54,934,000 for 
Social Services (TPA), which includes an additional $1,000,000 
to expand the Tiwahe Initiative to new sites, as noted above, 
and an additional $1,000,000 to implement the Indian Child 
Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (Public Law 101-
630). For the Indian Child Welfare Act program, $17,848,000 is 
provided, which includes an additional $1,000,000 to expand the 
Tiwahe Initiative to new sites, as noted above, and an 
additional $500,000 is included to implement section 202 of the 
Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1932). The agreement 
includes $12,219,000 for the Housing Improvement Act. The 
Bureau is further directed to provide to the Committees within 
120 days of enactment of this Act an analysis of Alaska 
Natives' eligibility for both Housing Improvement Program 
mortgage assistance grants and mortgages, as well as any 
barriers to affording new, energy-efficient homes in western 
Alaskan villages off-road system.
    Trust--Natural Resources Management.--The bill provides 
$333,119,000 for Natural Resources Management programs, which 
continues funding at the fiscal year 2022 enacted level for the 
Everglades. For Natural Resources (TPA), the agreement provides 
$16,903,000, which includes an additional $1,000,000 for the 
Indian Youth Service Corps and maintains funding for land 
acquisitions for newly recognized or landless Tribes at the 
authorized level. The Bureau is encouraged to work with the 
committees of jurisdiction to evaluate whether a change in 
authorization for land acquisition is warranted. The agreement 
includes an additional $1,000,000 to replace the National 
Indian Irrigation Management System in Irrigation Operations 
and Maintenance programs for a total funding level of 
$15,269,000. The agreement provides $49,200,000 for Rights 
Protection Implementation (RPI), which maintains funding for 
law enforcement needs, operations and maintenance needs, and 
includes $1,300,000 for construction, all as required to 
implement the Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access 
Sites Improvement Act (Public Law 116-99). Within the general 
program increase for RPI, the Committees expect funding to be 
distributed to all those who receive distributions, including 
funding for tribes who must implement terms of the Pacific 
Salmon Treaty.
    The bill provides $18,544,000 for Tribal Management/
Development programs (TMDP), which includes a general program 
increase of $3,000,000 to be distributed to all the lines 
within the funding allocation table and an additional 
$1,000,000 to implement Public Law 116-260 with respect to the 
return of the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish 
and Kootenai Tribe as outlined in the budget request. The 
Committees are aware the Bureau entered into cooperative 
agreements with Ahtna Inter-Tribal Resource Commission and the 
Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission and has 
initiated similar agreements with other organizations. 
Therefore, the Committees expect these pilot projects and 
programs to continue, and the Bureau is expected to report to 
the Committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act on a 
distribution plan for these funds. An additional $1,000,000 is 
included for Endangered Species programs for uses as proposed 
in the request for a total of $6,243,000.
    For Tribal Climate Resilience, the agreement provides 
$34,991,000, which includes an additional $750,000 for Tribal 
climate adaptation grants to be used by the Bureau to report to 
the Committees within one year of enactment of this Act 
information on the estimated unmet need of coastal Tribes in 
the lower 48 states that are facing relocation due to climate 
impacts. An additional $1,500,000 is provided for Tribal 
relocation grants, for which all Tribes shall be eligible, and 
$750,000 is to implement the Pathways Internship Program. The 
Committees remind the Bureau that the Denali Commission was 
designated as the lead coordinating agency for Alaska Native 
village relocation in 2015, and the Commission has been leading 
the efforts since then. The Committees recommend the Bureau 
work closely with the Commission to avoid duplication of work 
and to take advantage of the Commission's expertise in the area 
when considering relocation grants.
    The bill provides $39,438,000 for Agriculture and Range 
programs, which includes an additional $500,000 for the 
invasive species program. For Forestry Programs, the agreement 
provides $66,017,000, which provides a $2,500,000 general 
program increase for Forestry Program (TPA) and an additional 
$1,000,000 in Forestry Projects for uses as requested.
    For Water Resources programs, the agreement provides 
$18,426,000, which includes $500,000 to install water 
filtration systems, an additional $1,500,000 general program 
increase for Water Resources (TPA), and an additional $500,000 
for the Water Resources Technician training program in Water 
Management, Planning and Pre-development. For Fish, Wildlife 
and Parks programs, the agreement provides $23,699,000, which 
includes a $2,000,000 general program increase for Wildlife and 
Parks (TPA) and an additional $1,000,000 in Fish, Wildlife, and 
Parks Projects for operation of fish hatcheries. As requested, 
the Committees rename the Mineral and Mining program to Energy 
and Minerals to encompass the full array of existing activities 
and provide an additional $1,000,000 for uses as outlined in 
the budget request.
    The Committees understand the investigation in the Chaco 
Canyon region of the Southwest is complete. Funding provided in 
previous years for this purpose are repurposed as a general 
program increase in Resource Management Program Oversight.
    Trust--Real Estate Services.--The bill provides 
$159,003,000 for Trust--Real Estate Services, of which $500,000 
within Trust Services (TPA) is to implement the Gila River 
Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary 
Clarification Act (Public Law 115-350), an additional 
$2,000,000 is to continue remediating open dumps and prepare 
for other environmental quality challenges, and an additional 
$1,000,000 is to complete demolition and abatement of the 
vacant BIA buildings at Shiprock as detailed in the budget 
request, both within Environmental Quality Projects. Funding is 
continued at fiscal year 2022 enacted levels with fixed costs 
for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act historical places. 
An additional $1,374,000 is included for additional realty 
staff as requested in Trust--Real Estate Services Oversight.
    Public Safety and Justice.--The bill provides $579,725,000 
for Public Safety and Justice programs. For Criminal 
Investigations and Police Services, the agreement includes 
$7,000,000 for Tribes not receiving law enforcement services or 
funding, as detailed below. The agreement maintains $62,000,000 
to implement public safety changes resulting from the McGirt v. 
Oklahoma Supreme Court decision, however funding is 
redistributed based on a reprogramming request by the Bureau 
after consultation with impacted Tribes. As a result, the 
amount for Criminal Investigations and Police Services reflects 
a $15,546,000 transfer to Detentions/Corrections, and a 
$23,341,000 transfer to Tribal Courts (TPA). Further, funds 
provided in fiscal year 2022 for bodyworn cameras is repurposed 
as a general program increase, as requested. Funding for MMIW 
cold cases, background checks to hire more law enforcement 
officers, and law enforcement to implement the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is continued at 
fiscal year 2022 enacted levels. The Committees remain 
concerned about theft, looting, and trafficking of sacred 
objects and items of cultural patrimony, and note the 
importance of enforcing NAGPRA and related laws. The bill 
continues funding for opioids grants and maintains flexibility 
for use of the funds against other illicit drugs.
    The Committees understand there are over 30 Tribes, 
including some in Oregon, Wisconsin, and elsewhere, for which 
BIA is responsible for providing law enforcement services, but 
which are not receiving either direct services or funding from 
BIA to provide the services on their own. The agreement 
includes $7,000,000 for law enforcement services for these 
Tribes. Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Committees 
direct the Bureau to provide a report of all Tribes that meet 
this requirement and the amount of additional funding required 
to provide them parity in funding with other Tribes. In 
addition, the Committees expect the Bureau to consult with the 
Tribes regarding the allocation of funds and to submit a 
subsequent reprogramming request to allocate portions of the 
funding to other public safety and justice functions as 
necessary.
    Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Bureau shall 
brief the Committees on the status of law enforcement vacancies 
in each Bureau region, as well as the number of law enforcement 
background checks pending as of the date of enactment.
    The agreement includes $136,324,000 for Detention/
Corrections, which maintains previously provided increases for 
Indian Country detention facilities and background checks, and 
includes the previously mentioned transfer because of the 
McGirt reprogramming. Due to reports of high numbers of deaths 
in BIA-funded detention facilities, the Committees direct the 
Office of the Inspector General(OIG) to follow-up on closed OIG 
recommendations to determine whether changes made by BIA in response to 
prior recommendations are being implemented correctly. As part of the 
review, the Committees expect the OIG to examine appropriations 
provided for Detention/Corrections in prior years to determine how the 
funds were spent and whether they were spent correctly. This review 
should begin no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act.
    The agreement includes $25,094,000 for Law Enforcement 
Special Initiatives, which continues funding at enacted levels 
for the MMIW Tribal Public Safety initiative, Tiwahe recidivism 
initiative, equipment to collect and preserve evidence at crime 
scenes, and victim witness specialists.
    For Tribal Justice Support, $34,836,000 is provided, which 
maintains $3,000,000 to implement and ensure compliance with 
the Violence Against Women Act and provides an additional 
$2,000,000 to address the needs of Tribes affected by Public 
Law 93-280 as outlined in the Senate Report 116-123. The 
agreement includes $71,770,000 for Tribal Courts (TPA), of 
which an additional $1,000,000 is for operation and maintenance 
of courts, as requested.
    Community and Economic Development.--The bill provides 
$31,172,000 for Community and Economic Development programs, 
which includes $13,759,000 for Job Placement and Training 
(TPA), $5,855,000 for Economic development (TPA), of which an 
additional $500,000 is for business incubators; and $11,558,000 
is for Community Development Central Oversight, of which an 
additional $2,000,000 is for grants to federally recognized 
Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to provide native 
language instruction and immersion programs to Native students 
not enrolled at BIE schools, including those Tribes and 
organizations in states without Bureau-funded schools. Funding 
for Public Law 114-22 is maintained at the fiscal year 2022 
enacted level, less a transfer of $1,176,000 to the Office of 
the Secretary to carry out the program for Native Hawaiian 
Organizations.
    Executive Direction and Administrative Services.--The bill 
includes $263,766,000 for Executive Direction and 
Administrative Services, of which: $19,409,000 is for Assistant 
Secretary support, which maintains funding to implement the 
PROGRESS Act, the Diversity and Inclusion program for BIA and 
OST, and the Native boarding school initiative. Within 
Administrative Services (Central), $74,000 is provided for 
fixed costs while no fixed costs are included for 
Administrative Services (Regional). Within Human Capital 
Management, an additional $160,000 is provided for uses as 
requested. The bill includes $4,240,000 for Special Initiatives 
identified in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included at the end 
of this division.

                       INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

    The bill provides $8,000,000 for Indian Land Consolidation. 
Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Bureau is directed 
to submit administrative expense estimates and performance 
metrics, including the proposed number of fractionated 
interests to be purchased and acreage consolidated. Going 
forward, the Bureau is expected to include this data in the 
annual budget justification.

                         CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

    The bill provides an indefinite appropriation for contract 
support costs, consistent with fiscal year 2022 and estimated 
to be $328,000,000 in fiscal year 2023.

                       PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES

    The bill provides an indefinite appropriation for payments 
under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act, consistent with fiscal year 2022 and 
estimated to be $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2023.

                              CONSTRUCTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $153,309,000 for Construction. All 
programs, projects, and activities are maintained at fiscal 
year 2022 levels, except for fixed cost and transfers as 
recast, or unless otherwise specified below. Increases are 
general program increases unless otherwise noted. Language 
contained in the explanatory statement accompanying the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) 
regarding the San Carlos Apache Tribe's public safety 
facilities is restated.
    Public Safety and Justice Construction.--The bill provides 
$51,561,000 for Public Safety and Justice Construction programs 
and includes the following: $33,500,000 for facilities 
replacement and new construction; $4,744,000 for employee 
housing; $9,872,000 for facilities improvement and repair; 
$171,000 for fire safety coordination; and $3,274,000 for fire 
protection.
    The Bureau is expected to distribute funds provided in this 
Act to expeditiously complete construction of adult detention 
center projects that were previously awarded. Remaining amounts 
should be considered available for all public safety and 
justice facilities, consistent with previous direction. 
Direction is provided for the Bureau to: (1) produce a plan on 
how to spend unobligated public safety and justice balances on 
facilities in poor condition; and (2) provide the plan to the 
Committees within 120 days of enactment of this Act.
    Resources Management Construction.--The bill provides 
$75,213,000 for Resources Management Construction programs. 
Within this amount, $28,716,000 is for irrigation project 
construction, of which $10,000,000 is continued for projects 
authorized by the WIIN Act (Public Law 114--322). The 
Committees expect the funds designated for WIIN Act activities 
will be deposited into the Indian Irrigation Fund to fund those 
projects authorized by Public Law 114--322. Further, the 
agreement includes $2,758,000 for engineering and supervision; 
$1,016,000 for survey and design; $671,000 for Federal power 
compliance; and $42,052,000 for dam safety and maintenance, 
which includes an additional $1,000,000 for dam maintenance. 
The Committees direct the Bureau to begin dam safety work 
expeditiously and to provide a report to the Committees on the 
number of reservation dams in need of a safety review and 
hazard classification.
    Other Program Construction.--The bill provides $26,535,000 
for Other Program Construction. This amount provides $2,419,000 
for telecommunications, which includes $1,000,000 for the 
Interior-wide field communication modernization project; 
$4,619,000 for facilities and quarters, which includes an 
additional $550,000 for fleet management infrastructure; and 
$19,497,000 for program management, and an additional $74,000 
to continue the project at Fort Peck.

 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

    The bill provides $825,000 for Indian Land and Water Claim 
Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians. Additional 
details are included in the bill language and in the table at 
the end of this division.

                 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The bill provides $13,884,000 for the Indian Guaranteed 
Loan Program Account to facilitate business investments in 
Indian Country. This includes a general program increase and 
funding to expand technical assistance, both as requested.

                       Bureau of Indian Education

                 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    Bureau of Indian Education.--The bill includes 
$1,133,552,000 for Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Operation 
of Indian Education Programs. All programs, projects, and 
activities are maintained at fiscal year 2022 enacted levels, 
except for fixed costs and internal transfers as recast, or 
unless otherwisespecified below. Increases are general program 
increases unless otherwise specified. For this and all other Bureau 
accounts funded in this bill, the Bureau is expected to comply with the 
instructions and requirements at the beginning of this division and in 
House Report 117-400, unless otherwise specified below. Additional 
details, instructions, and requirements follow below and in the table 
at the end of this division. Language contained in the explanatory 
statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116-260) regarding displaying amounts required to comply 
with Department of Defense Education Activity, collecting fixed cost 
information from Tribal colleges and universities, and Tribal colleges 
and universities operations, maintenance, and infrastructure needs is 
restated.
    Elementary/Secondary Programs (forward funded).--The bill 
includes $706,185,000 for Elementary/Secondary Programs. Tribal 
grant support costs are fully funded. Within Education Program 
Enhancements, $2,153,000 is included for teacher recruitment 
and retention, as requested, and an additional $2,000,000 is 
included for Native language immersion grants at BIE-funded 
schools. An additional $3,000,000 is provided in Early Child 
and Family Development to increase support for existing early 
child and family development programs and to expand to new 
programs.
    Post-Secondary Programs (forward funded).--Post-secondary 
programs (forward-funded) are provided with $127,407,000, which 
includes $2,000,000 for endowments at Tribal colleges and 
universities.
    Johnson O'Malley.--The agreement provides $21,570,000 for 
Johnson O'Malley programs. In prior years, the Committees 
included funding for capacity building but for fiscal year 
2023, this funding is repurposed as a general program increase. 
Indian Affairs is expected to comply with the reporting 
requirements in House Report 117-400 as well as develop 
recommended processes and timelines to ensure the JOM program 
operates effectively and efficiently and to submit a report to 
the Committees within 120 days from enactment of this Act on 
the progress being made towards meeting GAO recommendations. 
Further Indian Affairs is expected to include estimates of 
necessary appropriations levels to provide per pupil funding 
levels equal to the fiscal year 2018 level per pupil levels for 
all newly reported eligible students.
    Education Management.--The agreement includes $39,291,000 
for Education Management, which includes increases as requested 
for Education Program Management and an additional $4,000,000 
for requested Education IT uses. Within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act, the Bureau is directed to provide a detailed spend 
plan with timelines for the Education IT funds.

                         EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

    Education Construction.--The bill provides $267,887,000 for 
schools and related facilities within the BIE system. All 
programs, projects, and activities are maintained at fiscal 
year 2022 levels, except for requested fixed costs and internal 
transfers, or unless otherwise specified below. All increases 
are general program increases unless otherwise noted below. 
Language contained in the explanatory statement accompanying 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) 
regarding Tribal college and university operations, maintenance 
and infrastructure needs is restated. The agreement includes 
the following: $116,504,000 for replacement school campus 
construction; $23,935,000 for replacement facility 
construction; $1,500,000 for replacement/new employee housing; 
$13,595,000 for employee housing repair; $96,353,000 for 
facilities improvement and repair; and $16,000,000 for Tribal 
colleges and universities' facilities requirements.

           Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $111,272,000 for the Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) and rejects the 
proposed budget structure for a new Bureau of Trust Funds 
Administration (BTFA) within the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary-Indian Affairs. This should not be construed as 
interfering with the statutorily required sunset of OST. This 
amount includes fixed costs as recast and internal transfers to 
effectuate historical trust accounting. It does not include 
requested internal transfers for new employees, nor are any 
funds included for these positions. The Committees await a 
requested Government Accountability Office report expected to 
be completed in 2023.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Office of the Secretary

                        DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $135,884,000 for the Office of the 
Secretary, Departmental Operations appropriation. Specific 
allocations at the activity level are contained in the table at 
the back of this explanatory statement. Fixed costs are 
provided as requested. The bill provides $1,176,000 for 
implementation of the NATIVE Act, equal to the enacted level, 
and previously provided through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
The Committees recommend not less than $500,000 to carry out 
land assessments, appraisals, surveys and other activities in 
support of the Secretary's responsibilities under the Hawaiian 
Home Lands Recovery Act, including up to $200,000 to add 
capacity related to infrastructure programs.
    Indian and Arts and Crafts Board [IACB].--The bill includes 
not less than $1,806,000 for the IACB, an increase of $125,000 
to the request to enhance support activities related to 
enforcement of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
    Plum Island.--The Committees express support for the 
permanent conservation of Plum Island for the protection in 
perpetuity of its natural and cultural resources. The 
Committees request that the Department of the Interior, in 
conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and 
the General Services Administration, provide a briefing to the 
Committees regarding the closure and disposal process for the 
island's permanent conservation, the possibility of interim 
ecological management, and options for permanent ownership of 
Plum Island, including management of and partnerships with 
State, Federal, and Tribal entities, potential costs for 
managing the island, the status and schedule of cleanup and 
monitoring, and the procedures for a subsequent owner to invoke 
DHS's responsibility to ensure that DHS's certification that 
its remedial actions on Plum Island protect human health and 
the environment remains valid.
    Zero Emission Vehicles [ZEV].--The bill includes funding 
within the Department's bureaus for the Department-wide 
initiative to begin installing, or securing access to, electric 
charging and hydrogen fueling stations to support the ZEV 
transition and to replace vehicles at the end of their life 
cycle with ZEVs. The Committees appreciate the Department's 
efforts to ensure that all new charging infrastructure provides 
universal access to all types of electric vehicles by utilizing 
the U.S. standard level 2.

                            Insular Affairs

                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

    The bill provides $120,357,000 for Assistance to 
Territories. The detailed allocation of funding is included in 
the table at the end of this explanatory statement.
    Kwajalein Masterplan Implementation.--The Office is 
directed to report to the Committees within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act on implementation of activities the 
Department is undertaking pursuant to the Kwajalein Atoll 
Masterplan to address the special needs of communities within 
Kwajalein Atoll.

                      Compact of Free Association

    The bill provides $8,463,000 for Compact of Free 
Association, equal to the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. A 
detailed table of funding allocations below the account level 
is provided at the end of this explanatory statement.
    Compact of Free Association--Federal Services.--The 
Committees recommend $7,813,000 for Federal Services, equal to 
the enacted level and the budget request. The Committees 
recognize the importance of the relationship between the United 
States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands and provides 
$5,000,000 as the fourth and final payment towards the 
$20,000,000 requested by the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
in September 2009 for Compensatory Adjustments, as authorized 
in section 111(d) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99-239; 99 Stat. 1799; 48 U.S.C. 1911) and 
section 108(b) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 117 Stat. 2755; 48 U.S.C. 
1921g). The Compacts and related laws provided for an 
additional $40,000,000 available to the Freely Associated 
States for compensatory adjustments which, if not substantiated 
by a party to the Compact to the fully authorized level within 
15 years, could be applied to another nation. The Committees 
direct the Office to submit to Congress within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act a plan to apply unsubstantiated funds to 
eligible nations. The Committees are encouraged by reports 
regarding progress towards renegotiation of expiring Compacts 
of Free Association and directs the Office to brief the 
Committees quarterly on the status of these negotiations.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $101,050,000 for the Salaries and 
Expenses appropriation within the Office of the Solicitor. 
Specific allocations at the activity level are contained in the 
table at the back of this explanatory statement. The Committees 
provide fixed costs and internal transfers, as requested. 
Remaining funds may be used to fund necessary costs required 
for office moves. To the extent funding is available, the 
Committees urge the office to consider further increases to 
staffing to address the department-wide backlog of pending 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.FOIA Office staff 
are directed to brief the Committees semiannually on their 
efforts related to the backlog.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $67,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General.

                        Department-Wide Programs

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $663,786,000 for Department of the 
Interior Wildland Fire Management. In total, the annual funding 
for fire suppression operations at the Department is 
$798,657,000, including $458,657,000 in emergency funding and 
$340,000,000 in the Wildfire Suppression Operations Reserve 
Fund. The bill also provides an additional $45,343,000 for 
preparedness in emergency supplemental funding. The detailed 
allocation of funding by activity is included in the table 
accompanying this explanatory statement.
    Other Operations.--The bill provides $281,970,000 for other 
wildland fire management operations. The Department will 
continue to follow the directives included in the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 under the ``Other 
Operations'' heading. The Department must continue to develop 
technologies to allow aerial suppression assets to safely 
operate in degraded visual environments, specifically wildfire 
smoke, and should solicit external information to better 
understand industry capabilities in this arena. The Department 
is directed to provide $4,500,000 to the Joint Fire Science 
program for fiscal year 2023, which combined with funding in 
the Forest Service provides $9,000,000 in total.

              WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes $340,000,000 for the Wildfire Suppression 
Operations Reserve Fund, which is $10,000,000 above the enacted 
level. S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 and section 1(g) 
of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
Representatives on June 8, 2022, included a budget cap 
adjustment for wildfire suppression costs and this additional 
funding is included for fiscal year 2023.

                    CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

    The bill provides $10,064,000 for the Central Hazardous 
Materials Fund appropriation.

                ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $5,000,000 for the Energy Community 
Revitalization Program. The Department is expected to comply 
with the instructions in House Report 117-400. The detailed 
allocation of funding is included in the table at the end of 
this explanatory statement.

           NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

    The bill provides $8,037,000 for the Natural Resource 
Damage Assessment Fund appropriation. Specific allocations at 
the activity level are contained in the table at the end of 
this explanatory statement.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

    The bill provides $112,198,000 for the Working Capital Fund 
appropriation.

                  OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

    The bill provides $174,934,000 for the Natural Resources 
Revenue appropriation.
    Distribution of GOMESA Revenues.--The Office is directed to 
distribute revenues from Gulf of Mexico operations in a manner 
consistent with current law, including the Gulf of Mexico 
Energy Security Act (GOMESA) of 2006 (Public Law 109-432), as 
amended.

             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes various legislative provisions affecting 
the Department in Title I of the bill, ``General Provisions, 
Department of the Interior.'' The provisions are:
    Section 101 provides Secretarial authority for the intra-
bureau transfer of program funds for expenditures in cases of 
emergencies when all other emergency funds are exhausted.
    Section 102 provides for the Department-wide expenditure or 
transfer of funds by the Secretary in the event of actual or 
potential emergencies including forest fires, range fires, 
earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, storms, oil spills, 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks, and surface mine 
reclamation emergencies.
    Section 103 provides for the use of appropriated funds by 
the Secretary for contracts, rental cars and aircraft, 
telephone expenses, and other certain services.
    Section 104 provides for the expenditure or transfer of 
funds from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 
Education, and the Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians, for Indian trust management and reform activities.
    Section 105 permits the redistribution of Tribal priority 
allocation and Tribal base funds to alleviate funding 
inequities.
    Section 106 authorizes the acquisition of lands for the 
purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support 
visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands.
    Section 107 continues Outer Continental Shelf inspection 
fees to be collected by the Secretary of the Interior.
    Section 108 provides the Secretary of the Interior with 
authority to enter into multi-year cooperative agreements with 
non-profit organizations for long-term care of wild horses and 
burros.
    Section 109 addresses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 
responsibilities for mass marking of salmonid stocks.
    Section 110 allows the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau 
of Indian Education to more efficiently and effectively perform 
reimbursable work.
    Section 111 provides for the establishment of a Department 
of the Interior Experienced Services Program.
    Section 112 requires funds to be available for obligation 
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment.
    Section 113 provides the Secretary of the Interior the 
ability to transfer funds among and between the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education.
    Section 114 provides funding for the Payments in Lieu of 
Taxes (PILT) program.
    Section 115 directs notification of any deviation in 
procedure or equipment.
    Section 116 allows the National Park Service to convey 
lands for purposes of transportation and recreation for a 
specific project.
    Section 117 authorizes Tribally controlled schools access 
to interagency motor vehicles in the same manner as if 
performing activities under the Indian Self Determination and 
Education Assistance Act.
    Section 118 addresses National Heritage Areas.
    Section 119 provides the Secretary of the Interior with 
certain pay authority for the Appraisal and Valuation Services 
Office.
    Section 120 addresses the issuance of rules for sage-
grouse.
    Section 121 authorizes the National Park Service to retain 
up to 7 percent of State Conservation Grants to provide 
matching grants to support state program administrative costs.
    Section 122 allows additional funding to be provided for 
Lowell National Historical Park.
    Section 123 extends Visitor Experience Improvement 
authority by two years.
    Section 124 extends the authorization for the Delaware 
Water Gap National Recreation Area.

               TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    The agreement provides $10,135,433,000 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Agency is expected 
to comply with the instructions and requirements at the 
beginning of this division and in House Report 117-400, unless 
otherwise specified below. Additional details, instructions, 
and requirements follow below and in the table at the end of 
this division.
    Congressional Budget Justification.--The Committees direct 
the Agency to include in future justifications the provisions 
included in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public 
Law 116-260.
    Operating Plan.--Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Agency is directed to submit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations its annual operating plan for 
fiscal year 2023. The operating plan shall adhere to the 
program area levels, and where applicable, the program project 
levels, specified within this explanatory statement. For 
program project levels not otherwise specified herein, the 
operating plan should detail how the Agency plans to allocate 
funds at the program project level. Further, the budgets of 
each major office should be itemized to indicate the source of 
funds for each major office by program project level. Further, 
the Agency is directed to continue the longstanding practice of 
submitting quarterly statement of balances reports, and the 
Agency is directed to display data separately for both the 
current fiscal year and the prior fiscal year.
    Workforce and Staffing Plans.--The Committees direct the 
Agency to adhere to the provisions included in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 116-260.
    PFAS and Contaminants of Emerging Concern.--The Committees 
encourage the Agency to continue to take action on PFAS, 
including addressing contamination, advancing clean up and 
treatment solutions, conducting research, and undertaking 
needed rulemaking actions. Within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Agency is directed to brief the Committees on planned 
fiscal year 2023 PFAS-related actions and provide the 
Committees with a spend plan that details funding at the 
program project level.
    Combination of Separate Fiscal Year Grant Funding.--The 
Committees continue the directive contained in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 116-260.
    Changes to Grant Formulas or Allocations.--The Committees 
are concerned that the Agency has proposed changes to a 
categorical grant funding allocation without providing the 
Committees any notification. The Agency is directed to brief 
the Committees before making any allocation or formula change 
to a grant.

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    For Science and Technology programs, the agreement provides 
$802,276,000. The bill transfers $31,607,000 from the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund account to this account. The agreement 
provides the following specific funding levels and direction:
    Clean Air.--The Committees direct the Agency to provide a 
briefing within 60 days of enactment of this Act on current and 
future plans for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network, 
National Trends Network, and Ammonia Monitoring Network as well 
as funding requirements to keep the networks active at their 
fiscal year 2021 levels, including anticipated fixed cost 
increases.
    The Committees appreciate the work of the Agency to advance 
the rule permitting the production, transfer, and use of 
Renewable Fuels Standard credits from renewable electricity, 
also referred to as eRINS. The Committees urge the Agency to 
continue this rulemaking in a timely manner, including 
processing all pending pathway petitions.
    Research: Air and Energy.--Within available funds, the 
Committees continue funding for the study under the heading 
``Partnership Research'' contained in the explanatory statement 
of Public Law 115-141.
    Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability.--Of the funds 
provided, $1,500,000 shall be used to develop and demonstrate 
nano-sensor technology with functionalized catalysts that have 
potential to degrade selected contaminants in addition to 
detecting and monitoring pollutants.
    Research: National Priorities.--The agreement provides 
$30,751,000 for Research: National Priorities, including 
$9,500,000 for extramural research grants, independent of the 
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grant program, as specified 
under this heading in Public Law 116-260.
    The Committees support the Agency's effort to prioritize 
new federal research that will help farmers, ranchers, and 
rural communities manage PFAS impacts in agricultural settings 
and communities and provide $8,000,000 to continue that work. 
The Agency is directed to work with the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture to invest in agronomic research to better 
understand PFAS uptake into plants and animals to help reduce 
PFAS exposure in our food supply and promote farm viability.
    The agreement provides $13,251,000 for Congressionally 
Directed Spending grants. Further detail on the projects is 
located in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' accompanying this 
explanatory statement.
    Research: Safe and Sustainable Water Resources.--Of the 
funds provided, up to $5,000,000 shall be used for grants under 
section 2007 of America's Water Infrastructure Act (P.L. 115-
270).
    Additional Guidance.--The following additional guidance is 
included:
    Harmful Algal Blooms.--The agreement provides $6,000,000 
and the Agency is directed to follow the guidance in House 
Report 117-83 and Senate Report 116-123.
    Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program.--In lieu 
of the directive in House Report 117-400 under the heading, 
``Maintaining IRIS Program Integrity,'' the Agency is directed 
to follow the guidance in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Landfill Emissions Research.--The Committees encourage the 
Agency to prioritize efforts to refine greenhouse gas and air 
pollutant measurement. In particular, municipal solid waste 
landfills continue to be a significant source of greenhouse gas 
and hazardous air pollutant emissions. The Committees direct 
that at least $2,000,000 be used by the Office of Research and 
Development to support research to quantify emissions of 
methane and hazardous air pollutants from landfills using the 
most effective technologies, including near-infrared imaging 
from satellites as appropriate, and, during the times the 
emissions are measured, measurement of any quantity of methane 
captured by the landfill gas collection system.
    New Approach Methods.--The Agency is directed to follow the 
guidance in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public 
Law 117-103.
    Plastics.--The Committees support the Agency's research on 
plastics in water supplies, including microplastics, 
nanoplastics, and plastic pellets, and encourage the Agency to 
characterize the risks to human and ecosystem health.
    Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Grants.--The agreement 
provides funds to continue the STAR program and directs the 
Agency to distribute grants consistent with fiscal year 2022. 
The Committees also direct that funding for Children's 
Environmental Health and Disease Prevention be continued. The 
Committees support the efforts of the Agency to focus this 
funding on research related to early life stage, including 
prenatal, vulnerabilities to environmental stressors. The 
Agency is directed to brief the Committees on the program 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
    Water Security Test Bed.--Consistent with House Report 117-
400 direction, the agreement provides up to $1,500,000 for 
advancing full scale applied research and testing capabilities 
to address threats to drinking water and associated 
infrastructure at Water Security Test Bed facilities.
    Wildfire Smoke Research.--The Agency is directed to follow 
the guidance in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 117-103.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

    For Environmental Programs and Management, the bill 
provides $3,286,330,000. The agreement provides the following 
specific funding levels and direction:
    Clean Air.--The Committees recognize the value of and 
continue to support the EnergySTAR program and other programs 
where EPA works collaboratively with non-governmental entities 
to identify beneficial methods to reduce emissions, reduce 
pollution, or increase efficiency.
    The agreement provides up to $3,000,000 for the Agency to 
study and prototype capabilities for a greenhouse gas 
monitoring and information system that will integrate data from 
a variety of sources. The goal of such a system should be to 
make data more accessible and usable to Federal, State, Tribal, 
and local governments, researchers, the public, and other 
users. The Committees encourage the Agency to work with current 
and new partners to utilize commercial assets to monitor 
emissions.
    The Committees commend the Agency for its efforts through 
the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map to better forecast and 
communicate the impact of wildfire smoke on communities. The 
Committees are concerned that air quality monitors are not 
currently distributed equitably across impacted communities. 
The Committees encourage the Agency to expand its support for 
wildfire smoke monitoring, including improving instrumentation, 
technical assistance, and outreach, using the resources 
provided in this bill with a focus on traditionally underserved 
or under-monitored communities. The bill includes an increase 
of $3,000,000 in accordance with the request for wildfire 
smoke-related activities.
    The agreement provides a $1,000,000 increase to the fiscal 
year enacted level for the Agency's wood stove certification 
and testing standards work. The Agency is directed to use the 
additional $1,000,000 to increase its staffing and other 
required efforts to support the wood stove certification and 
testing program. The Agency is further directed to brief the 
Committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act on 
improvements the Agency plans to make to the program and how it 
will better communicate with State and local stakeholders.
    Environmental Protection: National Priorities.--The 
agreement provides $30,700,000, an increase of $5,000,000 above 
the enacted level, for a competitive grant program for 
qualified non-profit organizations to provide technical 
assistance for improved water quality or safe drinking water, 
adequate waste-water to small systems, or individual private 
well owners. The Agency shall provide $26,000,000 for 
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance 
Act (Public Law 114-98), for activities specified under section 
1442(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
1(e)(8)). The Agency is also directed to provide $3,450,000 for 
grants to qualified not-for-profit organizations for technical 
assistance for individual private well owners, with priority 
given to organizations that currently provide technical and 
educational assistance to individual private well owners. The 
Agency is directed to provide on a national and multi-State 
regional basis, $1,250,000 for grants to qualified 
organizations for the sole purpose of providing on-site 
training and technical assistance for wastewater systems. The 
Agency shall require each grantee to provide a minimum 10 
percent match, including in-kind contributions. The Agency is 
directed to allocate funds to grantees within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act.
    Geographic Programs.--The agreement provides $681,726,000 
as described in the table at the end of this division, and 
includes the following direction:
    Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.--The Agency shall 
continue to follow the direction as provided in House Report 
117-83 and Senate Report 115--276 related to the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative.
    Chesapeake Bay.--From the total amount provided, at least 
$10,000,000 is for nutrient and sediment removal grants, at 
least $10,000,000 is for small watershed grants to control 
polluted runoff from urban, suburban and agricultural lands, 
and at least $8,000,000 is for state-based implementation in 
the most effective basins.
    San Francisco Bay.--The Committees direct the Agency to 
undertake priority activities within the San Francisco Bay 
estuary Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan approved 
under section 320 of the Clean Water Act.
    Puget Sound.--The Agency is directed to follow the guidance 
in House Report 117-83.
    Long Island Sound.--The Agency is directed to follow the 
guidance in House Report 117-83.
    South Florida.--Within the funds provided, the Committees 
recommend at least $2,000,000 to monitor coral health in South 
Florida; $1,150,000 to enhance water quality and seagrass 
monitoring in the Caloosahatchee Estuary and Indian River 
Lagoon, especially with respect to assessing the impact of Lake 
Okeechobee discharges and harmful algal blooms; $1,150,000 to 
enhance water quality and seagrass monitoring in Florida Bay 
and Biscayne Bay, especially with respect to assessing the 
impact of Everglades Restoration projects and harmful algal 
blooms; and $1,000,000 for the expansion of the water quality 
and ecosystem health monitoring and prediction network which 
will use vetted, modern procedures for long-term monitoring of 
Florida waters, including Molecular, Algal, Ocean Floor, and 
Seagrasses.
    Gulf of Mexico.--The Committees note that hypoxia continues 
to be a growing cause for concern. The Committees direct the 
Agency to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the 
Gulf States, and other State, local, and private partners to 
leverage greater resources toward conservation projects on 
working-lands within the Gulf Region and Mississippi River 
Basin. The Agency is directed to distribute funds in the same 
manner as fiscal year 2022.
    Lake Champlain.--These funds shall be allocated through the 
Lake Champlain Basin Program, other than $8,000,000 which shall 
be directed to support significant, impactful projects 
identified in theState implementation plan that will make 
measurable progress towards meeting the phosphorus reduction targets of 
the EPA's 2016 Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load Plan for Lake 
Champlain.
    Southern New England Estuaries.--The Agency is directed to 
follow the guidance in House Report 117-83.
    Lake Pontchartrain.--The Lake Pontchartrain Restoration 
Program has been administered through the active participation 
of stakeholders within the sixteen-parish basin since the 
program's inception and the Committees expects local 
stakeholder consensus to continue to play an integral role in 
the approval of recommended projects. The Committees are 
concerned regarding changes the Agency is proposing to the 
program in light of Public Law 117-58. The Agency is directed 
to brief the Committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act 
on these potential changes.
    Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Program.--
The Committees appreciate the ongoing research to combat 
aquatic nuisance species transported by commercial shipping and 
ballast water operations in order to implement the Great Lakes 
and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Program as authorized by 
the Vessel Incident Discharge Act (Public Law 115-282). The 
Committees direct the Agency to use funds from the appropriate 
Geographic Program to build on these implementation efforts to 
reduce the risk of introduction of invasive species into the 
Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. The Agency is directed to 
include details of these amounts as part of the Agency's 
operating plan.
    Indoor Air and Radiation.--The Agency is directed to 
continue to operate the Radon program as in fiscal year 2022. 
Additionally, the Committees note the need to ensure access to 
the U.S. primary radon reference and calibration program by 
states and industry as the national benchmark for radon 
measurement devices and encourages the Agency to support 
efforts by states and the Centers for Disease Control to 
collect and disseminate available radon test data.
    Information Exchange/Outreach.--Environmental Education is 
funded at not less than $9,500,000. The Committees are 
concerned that the smart skin cancer education program has 
recently received insufficient attention from the Agency; 
therefore, the Agency is directed to use Environmental 
Education funds for the smart skin cancer education program, 
similar to prior years.
    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).--Of the 
funds provided under this program area, $9,000,000 is for 
implementation of a Federal permit program for coal combustion 
residuals in non-participating states, as authorized under 
section 4005(d)(2)(B) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6945(d)(2)(B)), or to provide technical assistance to 
states establishing their own permitting program under section 
4005(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6945(d)).
    The Committees appreciate the Agency's work to develop a 
national strategy to reduce plastic and other waste in 
waterways and oceans. The Committees direct the Agency to 
provide an update within 90 days of enactment of this Act on 
the National Academy of Sciences study, funded in Public Law 
117-103, of the costs of recycling programs to State, Tribal, 
local and municipal governments (including recycling fees paid 
directly by residents) and related policy recommendations. The 
Agency is directed to follow the guidance regarding improving 
markets for recycled materials included in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Alaska Contaminated Sites.--The Committees recognize the 
injustice done to Alaska Natives when in return for settling 
their aboriginal rights to land under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, the Federal Government conveyed to them 
thousands of contaminated sites which to-date largely remain 
contaminated because of Federal inaction. This enduring 
environmental injustice poses a significant threat to human 
health and the environment, including to drinking water 
sources, homes, schools, and more. The agreement provides 
$20,000,000 for the inventory, verification, assessment, and 
remediation of these contaminated sites, as well as related 
community outreach and involvement. The Committees recognize 
that neither the State of Alaska nor the Agency are responsible 
for the contamination. The Committees thank Agency leadership 
for its recent attention and work on this issue and look 
forward to continuing their close working relationship with the 
Agency in finding solutions to this longstanding environmental 
injustice.
    Toxics Risk Review and Prevention.--The Agency is directed 
to follow the guidance regarding the Service Fees Rule included 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-
103.
    The Committees support the Safer Choice program and direct 
that the program be funded at no lower than the enacted level 
and operated consistent with prior years.
    Ensure Clean Water: National Estuary Program/Coastal 
Waterways.--The agreement provides $40,000,000 for National 
Estuary Program (NEP) grants as authorized by section 320 of 
the Clean Water Act, and other activities. This amount is 
sufficient to provide each of the 28 national estuaries in the 
program with a grant of at least $850,000. Further, in the 
Administrative Provisions section, the bill directs that 
$2,500,000 in competitive grants be made available for 
additional projects.
    Ensure Safe Water.--The agreement provides funding to 
support monitoring for unregulated contaminants under Section 
1445(a)(2)(C) of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Committees 
direct the Agency to brief the Committees on the Agency's 
implementation plan within 180 days of the enactment of this 
Act.
    The Committees encourage the swift completion of the 2022 
Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey Assessment, in 
particular the assessment of the costs of replacing all lead 
service lines.
    The agreement provides an additional $3,000,000 for the 
Agency to implement the needs assessment for nationwide rural 
and urban low-income community water assistance authorized in 
section 50108 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117-58).
    To the extent there are eligible permit and primacy 
applications for review, the agreement provides $5,000,000 for 
the Agency's continued work within the Underground Injection 
Control program related to Class VI wells for geologic 
sequestration to help develop expertise and capacity at the 
Agency. In addition, the agreement provides $1,200,000 to 
support Class VI regulator education and training programs in 
conjunction with States, or other eligible entities such as an 
association of States. The Committees direct the Agency to 
brief the Committees within 120 days of enactment of this Act 
on efforts to enhance permitting tools, public engagement, and 
outreach and on current and anticipated Full-Time Employee 
levels within the UIC program working on Class VI permitting.
    The agreement provides an increase of $5,300,000 to support 
administration, management, and oversight of water 
infrastructure grants.
    Ensure Clean Water.--The Agency is directed to follow the 
guidance regarding infrastructure solutions in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    The Committees support the Agency's ongoing activities 
related to integrated planning, which will be increasingly 
necessary as States and communities work to meet their myriad 
clean water obligations while keeping rates affordable for 
water ratepayers. The agreement provides up to $2,000,000 for 
integrated planning activities consistent with Section 402(s) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(s)).
    The Committees support the WaterSense program and 
appreciate the Agency's work to advance water recycling through 
the National Water Reuse Action Plan (WRAP). The Committees 
note the establishment of the Water Reuse Interagency Working 
Group in May of this year and encourage the working group to 
analyze the public benefit of a Federal investment tax 
incentive that will encourage and leverage private investment 
in water reuse and recycling infrastructure.
    The agreement provides an increase of $8,000,000 to support 
administration, management, and oversight of water 
infrastructure grants.
    Additional Guidance.--The following additional guidance is 
included:
    Administrator Priorities.--The Agency is directed to submit 
a report within 90 days of enactment of this Act that 
identifies how any fiscal year 2020, 2021, and 2022 funding was 
used, by account, program area, and program project. Each 
activity funded should include a justification for the effort 
and any anticipated results.
    Biointermediates.--The Committees appreciate the work of 
the Agency to finalize the rule permitting the production, 
transfer, and use of biointermediates. The Agency is directed 
to brief the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act 
on its implementation efforts.
    Chemical Reviews.--To help ensure that unreasonable risks 
from chemicals are addressed in a timely manner, the Committees 
encourage the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention todevelop improved outreach and guidance so that 
submitters understand information needs, processes, and requirements 
prior to and during submission of pre-manufacturing notices. In 
addition, the Committees urge the Agency, as resources allow, to 
enhance existing submitter engagement procedures to facilitate timely 
communication and resolution of any issues that may arise during the 
review period while continuing to protect public health.
    Community Air Quality Monitoring.--The Agency is directed 
to follow the guidance in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program.--The 
Committees support the work that the Agency has done to improve 
the sustainable marketplace through the Environmentally 
Preferable Purchasing Program, which uses purchasing power to 
help catalyze sustainable products innovation. The Committees 
recommend that as the Agency continues to expand the 
Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for 
Federal Purchasing, the Agency should examine ways to reduce 
plastic and other waste.
    Output-Based Regulations.--The Agency is directed to follow 
the guidance included in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Outreach to Farm Workers.--The Committees direct the Agency 
to extend its Spanish-language outreach program educating farm-
workers and pesticide handlers about improving workers safety 
when applying pesticides in agriculture operations through 
radio and other media. The Committees note support from outside 
parties of the radio outreach effort as having materially 
improved farm workers' knowledge and ability to reduce exposure 
risks for themselves and their families, and that research 
indicates the importance of message repetition over an extended 
period. The Committees encourage the Agency to continue its 
Spanish-language outreach program educating farm workers and 
pesticide handlers about improving workers safety when applying 
pesticides in agriculture operations through media such as 
radio.
    Pre-Commercial Thinning.--The Agency is directed to follow 
the guidance included in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Small Refinery Relief.--The Agency is directed to follow 
the guidance in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 117-103.
    Transboundary Watersheds.--The Agency is directed to follow 
the guidance in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 117-103.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The bill provides $44,030,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General. The bill transfers $11,800,000 from the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund account to this account.
    The Committees remind the Office of Inspector General of 
its stated core values of customer service, integrity, and 
accountability, including a commitment to transparent processes 
and compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and sound 
business practices. The Committees remain concerned that the 
Office undertook a significant reorganization without prior 
notification to Congress as consistent with past practice and 
required by Public Law 117-103. The Office is reminded of the 
Committees' reprogramming rules and guidelines outlined in the 
front matter of this report.
    The Office of Inspector General is directed to provide a 
quarterly report that includes all activities and expenditures 
related to its work on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act, including any travel or conference expenditures. The 
report shall include a description of the activity, budget 
authority allocated for that activity, obligations, and 
outlays. It shall also include the number of full-time 
equivalents assigned to each activity. The Office is reminded 
of its duty to properly account for these funds, to make sure 
that they are not comingled with its annual appropriated 
dollars, and to ensure that its work returns value to 
stakeholders, taxpayers, and others. The first report is due 
within 90 days of enactment of this Act.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The bill provides $48,752,000 for Buildings and Facilities.

                     HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $1,282,700,000 for the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund account and includes bill language to 
transfer $11,800,000 to the Office of Inspector General account 
and $31,607,000 to the Science and Technology account. The 
agreement provides the following additional direction:
    Research: Chemical Safety and Sustainability.--The 
agreement provides $12,961,000 for Research: Chemical Safety 
and Sustainability. The Agency is directed to include these 
funds as part of the transfer to the Science and Technology 
account.
    Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities.--The 
agreement provides $16,937,000 for Research: Sustainable and 
Healthy Communities. The Agency is directed to include these 
funds as part of the transfer to the Science and Technology 
account.
    Superfund Cleanup.--Within available funds for Superfund 
Remedial, the agreement includes $3,856,000 as requested to 
replace and upgrade aging analytical equipment and modernize 
associated IT infrastructure across regional offices and in 
regional EPA laboratories that provide sound, legally 
defensible scientific data to support decisions by EPA's 
Superfund Remedial Program.
    Additional Guidance.--The following additional guidance is 
included:
    Adaptive Management.--The Agency is directed to follow the 
guidance regarding Adaptive Management Guidance in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103. The 
Committees also encourage the Agency to create an 
implementation plan, which aims to educate the Regions as well 
as stakeholders regarding the proper use and consistent 
application of the Guidance.
    Bubbly Creek, Illinois.--The Committees direct the Agency 
to brief the Committees on what current EPA authorities and 
programs exist to advance the restoration of urban rivers and 
environmental justice areas that have historic contamination 
but that do not meet the levels needed to be considered 
Superfund sites. The Committees remain concerned about the lack 
of progress on the restoration of the South Fork of the South 
Branch of the Chicago River known as ``Bubbly Creek'' and 
encourage the Agency to use its existing authorities and 
programs to advance the project.
    Contaminants of Emerging Concern.--The Agency is directed 
to follow the guidance in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Manganese.--The Agency is directed to follow the guidance 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-
103. The Committees encourage further community engagement as 
EPA monitors and tests manganese contaminated sites in Chicago 
as well as continued EPA assistance to assess and safely clean 
up affected areas.
    Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup.--The Committees note the 
Agency's work and agreement with the Department of Energy and 
State of Tennessee to remediate the legacy waste at the Oak 
Ridge Reservation. The Committees further note the time-
sensitive need for approval of a final Record of Decision on a 
future CERCLA disposal facility. The Agency is encouraged to 
execute all actions under its regulatory responsibility 
required for a final Record of Decision approval in a timely 
fashion.
    Polychlorinated Byphenyls (PCB) Contamination.--The Agency 
is directed to follow the guidance in Senate Report 116-123. 
The Committees also direct the Agency to move expeditiously 
through the final portions of the Shaffer Equipment/Arbuckle 
Creek site risk assessment and remedial action plans and begin 
helping residents address this contamination as quickly as 
possible.
    Tribal Guidance.--The Agency is directed to follow the 
guidance in Senate Report 116-123.

          LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM

    The bill provides $93,205,000 for the Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program.
    Additional Guidance.--The following additional guidance is 
included:
    Tribal Consultation.--The Agency is directed to follow the 
guidance in Senate Report 116-123.

                       INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

    The bill provides $22,072,000 for Inland Oil Spill 
Programs.

                   STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $4,480,428,000 for the State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants program and includes the following specific 
funding levels and direction:
    Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
Spending Items.--From within funds provided for capitalization 
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, the Committees recommend 
$863,108,642 from the Clean Water SRF and $609,255,899 from the 
Drinking Water SRF be for Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending grants for the construction 
of drinking water, waste-water, and storm-water infrastructure 
and for water quality protection. The Agency is directed to 
follow the guidance in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Of the unobligated balances available prior to fiscal year 
2012 for ``special project grants'' or ``special needs 
infrastructure grants,'' or for the administration, management, 
and oversight of such grants, $13,300,000 are permanently 
rescinded.
    The Committees remind the Agency of the importance of 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
projects to hundreds of communities across the country. The 
Agency should prioritize the proper oversight and execution of 
these dollars.
    Infrastructure Assistance.--The Agency is directed to 
follow the guidance regarding certified operators in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Brownfields Program.--The agreement directs the Agency to 
follow the guidance in House Report 117-400.
    Diesel Emission Reductions Grants (DERA).--The Committees 
support the use of DERA funding in transportation 
electrification projects.
    Targeted Airshed Grants.--The Agency is directed to follow 
the guidance in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 117-103.
    Wildfire Smoke Preparedness.--The Agency is directed to 
follow the guidance in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    New Grant Programs.--The agreement provides $16,000,000 for 
new infrastructure assistance grant programs including the 
Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure 
Resilience and Sustainability program, the Indian Reservation 
Drinking Water Program, Stormwater Infrastructure Technology, 
and Enhanced Aquifer Use and Recharge. Funding is listed by 
account in the table accompanying this explanatory statement.
    Categorical Grants.--The agreement provides $1,160,625,000 
for Categorical Grants. Funding levels are specified in the 
table at the end of this division.
    Categorical Grant: Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste 
Grants.--The bill includes a provision to spend categorical 
grant funds for the purpose of providing grants to assist 
States in the development and implementation of state programs 
for the control of coal combustion residuals under section 2301 
of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-322), and 
the Agency is directed to allocate $4,000,000 from the 
Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance categorical grants program 
project for this purpose. The Committees note that funds 
awarded under the authority provided by this Act are not 
subject to section 3011 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (Public 
Law 89-272).
    Categorical Grant: Public Water System Supervision.--Of the 
funds provided, $12,000,000 is to further support States, 
Territories, and Tribes in addressing PFAS and other 
contaminants of emerging concern as they carry out their Public 
Water System Supervision programs.
    Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality 
Management.--The Agency is directed to allocate funds for this 
program using the same formula as fiscal year 2015. Should the 
Agency seek to change the formula, it should submit a proposal 
in its fiscal year 2024 budget justification for consideration 
by the Committees.
    Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance Program.--For 
fiscal year 2023, the Agency is directed to allocate funds for 
this program using the same formula as fiscal year 2022.
    Additional Guidance.--The following additional guidance is 
included:
    Innovative Technologies for Water Infrastructure.--The 
Committees are aware that capital investment in innovative 
technologies, including but not limited to, distribution 
network leak detection, pressure monitoring, water chemistry, 
sanitary and combined sewer monitoring, enhanced nutrient 
removal, and membrane treatment during upgrades to water and 
wastewater systems, is essential to optimize water delivery 
performance, reduce energy usage, limit water waste in 
distribution systems, protect public health, and enhance the 
modeling and operation of sewer collection networks and 
wastewater treatment facilities. Such technologies will help to 
improve operations, maintenance, and capital expenditures in 
planning and budgeting and increase spatial and temporal 
monitoring data available on U.S. water quality and quantity. 
The Committees also are aware that these technologies may be 
funded by both the Drinking Water and Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds, as well as various other water infrastructure 
grant programs, and may be funded separately or as part of an 
overall project to upgrade water infrastructure. As such, the 
Committees direct the Agency to make it clear through guidance 
or other means that, where eligible, funding may be used for 
such innovative technologies and that the Agency encourages 
applicants to State Revolving Fund programs to utilize 
technology to optimize water delivery performance, reduce 
energy consumption, and limit water waste in distribution 
systems.
    Use of Iron and Steel.--The bill includes language in title 
IV general provisions that stipulates requirements for the use 
of iron and steel in State Revolving Fund projects, and the 
agreement includes only the following guidance: the Committees 
acknowledge that the Agency may issue a waiver of said 
requirements for de minimis amounts of iron and steel building 
materials. The Committees emphasize that any coating processes 
that are applied to the external surface of iron and steel 
components that otherwise qualify under the procurement 
preference shall not render such products ineligible for the 
procurement preference regardless of where the coating 
processes occur, provided that final assembly of the products 
occurs in the United States.

      WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement provides a total of $75,640,000 for the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program.

       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill continues several administrative provisions from 
previous years.
    The bill increases the cost ceiling per project to $300,000 
for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities.
    The bill directs the availability of not less than 
$2,500,000 of funds for the National Estuary Program for 
competitive grants.
    The bill provides for the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water in fiscal year 
2023 to use up to $2,000,000 to hire students and recent 
graduates as contractors on a temporary or intermittent basis.

                      TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Department of Agriculture

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources And Environment

    The bill provides $1,000,000 for the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment.

                             FOREST SERVICE

    The agreement maintains funding for the activities 
delineated in House Report 117-83, unless otherwise specified 
herein, which the Service will fund with the appropriate 
combination of salaries and expenses and programmatic funds 
within each appropriations account.
    Sudden Oak Death.--Within funds provided, the bill provides 
$2,000,000 for Sudden Oak Death treatments and partnerships 
with States and private landowners.
    Transfers within Appropriations.--The Service is directed 
to include a list of approved administrative transfers for the 
previous fiscal year, including those made between accounts 
affected by budget restructuring and for hazardous fuels 
mitigation, in the annual budget submission.
    21st Century Conservation Service Corps and Job Corps.--The 
Service is directed to continue to expand advance wildfire 
training offerings at Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers 
and to brief the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act on barriers to expanding these offerings.
    Local Hiring and Workforce.--The Service must work with 
state workforce development offices to ensure that local 
residents are aware of available jobs and should use 
contracting mechanisms that focus on local hiring, such as 
stewardship contracts, preferential treatment for businesses 
that hire locally as authorized in this bill, and utilization 
of graduates of Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation 
Centers. The Service must also work with the Department of 
Labor to ensure that contractors are in compliance with the law 
and regulations for temporary non-agricultural visas.
    Forest and Grassland Collaboratives.--In lieu of the House 
direction on Forest Collaboratives, the Committees have 
included bill language that gives the Service authority to 
better support local organizations' capacity to collaborate on 
projects that benefit the National Forest System and provide up 
to $2,000,000 for these activities.
    The Service should partner with Tribes to prioritize 
recovery on lands impacted by wildfire.

                       FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $1,152,744,000 for Forest Service 
Operations. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is 
included in the table accompanying this explanatory statement.

                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

    The bill provides $307,273,000 for Forest and Rangeland 
Research. The Committees support the current structure 
consisting of the five regional research stations, the 
International Institute of Tropical Forestry, and the Forest 
Products Laboratory, and direct that each of the existing 
facilities and programs be funded at least at the enacted 
level. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is 
included in the table accompanying this explanatory statement.
    Funding Directives.--The agreement provides for the 
following research priorities, for which funding of 
geographically-based items is in addition to funds otherwise 
provided to individual research units and therefore is not to 
be factored into base allocations:
    --$4,500,000 to the Joint Fire Science program, which 
combined with funding in the Department of Interior provides 
$9,000,000 in total.
    --$2,000,000 for collaborative research to determine the 
quantity and spatial distribution of forest biomass and carbon 
at multiple spatial scales and analyze the financial impact of 
this determination to provide forest carbon program 
participants with greater opportunities for income generation.
    --$3,000,000 to conduct collaborative research to determine 
the distribution and movement of needle pathogens, understand 
the disease cycle and the environmental factors that drive the 
emergence and distribution of the needle pathogens, and 
determine if the appearance is due to more aggressive strains 
of the pathogens and the origins of the pathogens.
    --$5,000,000 to support the Northeastern States Research 
Cooperative, a collaboration among universities in Maine, New 
Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, sponsoring research to 
sustain the health of northern forest ecosystems and 
communities, develop new forest products and improve forest 
biodiversity management. Of this amount, $4,000,000 shall be 
provided directly to the Cooperative within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act, and $1,000,000 shall be directed to 
Service research projects identified as priority needs by an 
advisory committee of community, business, and industry leaders 
in the region. None of these funds shall be factored into the 
base allocation of the Northern Research Station.
    --$2,000,000 for research on forest-based cellulose 
nanomaterials, including material forms, manufacturing 
processes, and technology transfer.
    --$2,000,000 to support new and existing academic 
partnerships to further explore the use of available 
technologies like remote sensing and methodologies such as 
small area estimation to further refine county and State 
biomass estimates as outlined in Sec. 8632 of the Agriculture 
Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334).
    --$4,000,000 for cooperative research to develop new 
understandings and innovative solutions to address wildfire 
impacts on forested source water, downstream clean water, and 
water treatability.
    --$3,000,000 for university-led research and partnerships 
to better understand fires in the wildland-urban interface, 
improve workforce development for wildfire management 
professionals, and improve the safety and efficiency of 
wildland firefighting techniques.
    --$1,500,000 to conduct collaborative research to develop 
remote sensing capabilities that deploy acoustic technologies 
for wildfire monitoring.
    --$200,000 to study the impact of reduced snowpack on the 
Northern Waterthrush.
    --$500,000 to increase modeling work to better understand 
the upper limit of fish distribution in the Pacific Northwest.
    --$1,500,000 to continue Forest Products Laboratory 
university partnerships to optimize biomass commercialization, 
including lumber standards, mass timber construction, and 
durability.

                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

    The bill provides $337,758,000 for State and Private 
Forestry. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is 
included in the table accompanying this explanatory statement. 
All funding for specific programs, directives, or 
congressionally directed spending identified herein is in 
addition to funds otherwise provided to States and regions 
through the formula and competitive grant process and therefore 
is not to be factored into those allocations.
    Cooperative Forestry.--The Committees remain concerned 
about the high rate of tree mortality on National Forests due 
to bark beetle infestations, which can increase the risk and 
severity of wildfires for communities and adjacent lands. The 
Service is directed to work with States and Tribes to 
prioritize insect prevention, suppression, and mitigation 
projects on non-Federal land that support community wildfire 
protection and State forest action plans.
    Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative.--Within the funds 
provided, $1,000,000 is for the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring 
Cooperative to support existing academic partnerships in the 
Northern Forest Region. A reduced non-Federal cost share shall 
be negotiated with the host agencies to enable full 
implementation of the program. The Committees direct the 
Service to continue to utilize existing partnerships with 
research institutions and States to fund research to establish 
methods, tools, and standard protocols that help quantify 
forest ecosystem services, particularly carbon, in natural 
forested regions as a resource that can be managed by forest 
landowners for ecological and economic benefit.
    Forest Resource Information and Analysis.--The bill 
provides $30,167,000 for congressionally directed spending in 
this program. A detailed list of projects is included in the 
``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' table 
accompanying this statement. In order to align with new 
guidance related to matching requirementsannounced by the 
Service on July 22, 2022, the Committees direct that no match shall be 
required for these projects. The Committees intend that this 
clarification, in addition to the projects' funding coming from a 
separate line within State and Private Forestry, should simplify the 
process for recipients and the Service.

                         NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

    The bill provides $1,974,388,000 for the National Forest 
System. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is 
included in the table accompanying this explanatory statement.
    The Service will continue to follow the directive on 
Tariffs on Timber Exports contained in Senate Report 116-123.
    Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness.--Within the funds 
provided, $1,000,000 is included to continue implementation of 
the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience 
[NATIVE] Act (Public Law 114-221) and $3,000,000 is included to 
support infrastructure and trails development and to build the 
capacity of local user groups and partnership organizations, to 
be divided equally between National Recreation Areas 
administered by the Forest Service and established after 1997.
    Grazing Management.--The bill provides $6,300,000 for 
Grazing Management. The Service is encouraged to prioritize 
management of active allotments that are not meeting or are 
inconsistent with current forest plan standards or do not have 
current assessments, and reducing the backlog of active 
allotments requiring analysis and new management decisions 
under the National Environmental Policy Act, according to the 
priorities established in the Forest Service Handbook. The 
Service is directed to brief the Committees within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act on its progress to relieve the backlog of 
fully processed permits. Further, the Service shall evaluate 
the condition of permitted lands with Greater sage-grouse 
habitat and is expected to consider modifying usage to assure 
achievement of sage-grouse habitat requirements, taking into 
account drought, climate change, and its multiple use mandate.
    Fuels Management.--The bill provides $207,000,000 for fuels 
management activities and does not transfer the program to 
Wildland Fire Management, as proposed in the budget. This 
program was transferred to National Forest System in fiscal 
year 2018 to align hazardous fuels work with other forest 
management activities. The Committees will consider moving this 
budget line item once the Service has provided an analysis of 
how relocation of the program aligns with the long-term 
workforce planning effort currently underway. Of the funds made 
available for fuels management, $15,000,000 is for the 
Community Wood Energy Program; $30,000,000 is for Wood 
Innovation Grants; $6,600,000 is provided for the Southwest 
Ecological Restoration Institutes; and no less than the enacted 
level is to implement section 5 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration 
Act (Public Law 106-506).
    Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.--The bill provides 
$24,000,000 for Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management. The 
Service should create a system for integrating both 
comprehensive and discrete projects to meet fish and wildlife 
habitat conservation goals into its spending plans. 
Consequently, the bill provides no less than an increase of 
$2,000,000 above the enacted level of funding for threatened 
and endangered species activities to contribute to significant 
recovery actions. The Service is directed to brief the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on 
performance indicators and other accountability measures for 
these activities in order to track its expenditures to comply 
with reporting requirements.

                  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $158,048,000 for Capital Improvement and 
Maintenance programs.
    The Service is directed to brief the Committees within 90 
days of enactment of this Act on a plan to delineate between 
new construction and the maintenance and repair of existing 
infrastructure in future budget submissions.
    Facilities.--The bill provides $54,000,000 for Facilities. 
The Service is directed to use an appropriate level of funding 
for shared repository care of the National historical 
collection.
    The Service should work with the Federal Aviation 
Administration to update charting of airstrips located on 
National Forest System lands for administrative, recreational, 
and emergency purposes.
    The Service is directed to brief the Committees within 120 
days of enactment of this Act on its plan to rebuild the Ocoee 
Whitewater Center, including the anticipated cost and 
timeframe.
    The Service is directed to prioritize funding available for 
public-use cabins on maintenance, ensuring structural 
integrity, and the general hygiene of existing cabins prior to 
the construction of new cabins.
    Trails.--The bill includes $20,000,000 for Trails. Of the 
funds provided, no less than an increase above enacted of 
$500,000 for trail operation, maintenance and construction on 
National Scenic and Historic Trails. The Service is directed to 
develop a plan to address gaps in the Alaska Long Trail between 
Moose Path and Portage within the Chugach National Forest.
    Legacy Roads and Trails.--The bill provides $6,000,000 for 
Legacy Roads and Trails.
    Construction Projects.--The bill provides $5,048,000 for 
congressionally directed spending in this program. A detailed 
list of projects is included in the ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' table accompanying 
this explanatory statement.

         ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

    The bill provides $664,000 for the Acquisition of Lands for 
National Forests Special Acts.

            ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

    The bill provides $150,000 for the Acquisition of Lands to 
Complete Land Exchanges.

                         RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

    The bill provides $1,719,000 for the Range Betterment Fund.

    GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

    The bill provides $45,000 for Gifts, Donations and Bequests 
for Forest and Rangeland Research.

        MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

    The bill provides $1,099,000 for the Management of National 
Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses.

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $945,956,000 for Forest Service Wildland 
Fire Management. In total, the annual funding for fire 
suppression operations at the Forest Service is $3,596,000,000, 
including $1,386,000,000 in emergency funding and 
$2,210,000,000 in the Wildfire Suppression Operations Reserve 
Fund. The bill also provides an additional $160,000,000 for 
preparedness in emergency supplemental funding. The detailed 
allocation of funding by activity is included in the table 
accompanying this explanatory statement.
    Firefighter Housing.--The Service shall brief the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the 
housing needs necessary to support a permanent wildfire 
workforce, detailing the deferred maintenance for existing 
housing and required new housing, and highlighting any current 
barriers such as market rate requirements and Federal housing 
price determinations.
    Aviation Resources.--The Service is directed to develop 
policies to implement the findings in its Aerial Firefighting 
Use and Effectiveness study, and brief the Committees within 90 
days of enactment ofthis Act on how it will spend funding 
appropriated for Preparedness and Suppression in a manner consistent 
with those findings.

              WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes $2,210,000,000 for the Wildfire 
Suppression Operations Reserve Fund, which is $90,000,000 above 
the enacted level. S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 and 
section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in 
the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, included a budget 
cap adjustment for wildfire suppression costs and this 
additional funding is included for fiscal year 2023.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides a total of $6,958,223,000 for the Indian 
Health Service (IHS), of which $4,890,282,000 is for the 
Services account, and a rescission of $29,388,000 of 
unobligated balances as detailed below. All programs, projects, 
and activities are maintained at fiscal year 2022 enacted 
levels unless otherwise specified below. All increases are 
general program increases unless otherwise stated. The Service 
is expected to comply with the instructions and requirements at 
the beginning of this division and in House Report 117-400, 
unless otherwise specified below. Language contained in the 
explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) regarding market-
specific pay scales, limitations on incentives, tracking 
improvements to patient health, use of accreditation emergency 
funds, joint venture solicitations, and interoperability and 
compatibility of the new electronic health record system with 
the Department of Veterans Affairs system, is restated, and 
first aid kit enhancements is restated as well as language 
contained in the Public Law 116-260, Consolidated 
Appropriations Act 2021, regarding the dental health therapist 
training program is also restated. Additional details, 
instructions, and requirements follow below and in the table at 
the end of this division.
    Advance Appropriations.--The agreement provides advance 
appropriations for the Indian Services and Indian Health 
Facilities accounts totaling $5,129,458,000 for fiscal year 
2024. Additional details, instructions, and requirements follow 
in the table at the end of this division.
    Addressing Sexual Abuse.--The Committees remain deeply 
concerned about reports of sexual abuse at IHS operated 
facilities. IHS is to take prompt action on any new 
allegations, and keep the Committees apprised on implementation 
of recommendations to prevent sexual abuse. Further the 
Committees remind IHS of the direction contained in the House 
bill and incorporate language included in the fiscal year 2022 
explanatory statement related to addressing sexual abuse.
    Current Services.--The agreement includes $109,082,000 for 
pay costs and inflation, which is based upon updated recent 
estimates provided to the Committees. The Committees expect IHS 
to disburse all funding provided for current services upon 
receipt, and to consult with the Committees before withholding 
any appropriated funds.
    Staffing for New Facilities.--The agreement includes 
$60,384,000 for staffing newly opened health facilities, which 
is the full amount required in fiscal year 2023 based upon 
updated estimates provided to the Committees. Funds for 
staffing of new facilities are limited to facilities funded 
through the Health Care Facilities Construction Priority System 
or the Joint Venture Construction Program that have opened in 
fiscal year 2022 or will open in fiscal year 2023. None of 
these funds may be allocated to a facility until such facility 
has achieved beneficial occupancy status. As initial estimates 
included as part of the annual budget request are refined, IHS 
is expected to communicate updated cost estimates to the 
Committees.
    In fiscal year 2022 the Committees provided funds for the 
staffing of facilities scheduled to obtain beneficial occupancy 
status. Due to unforeseen delays these facilities were not able 
to achieve beneficial occupancy nor are they expected to do so 
in fiscal year 2023. Consequently, these previously provided 
funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2023. Rather than 
let these funds expire and go unused, the Committees are 
required to rescind these funds and provide appropriations when 
the facilities are scheduled to achieve beneficial occupancy. 
The Committees expect the Service to provide periodic status 
updates on these facilities and to request the necessary 
staffing funds at the appropriate time.
    Hospitals and Health Clinics.--The agreement provides 
$2,503,025,000 for Hospitals and Health Clinics, which includes 
an additional $10,000,000 for Tribal epidemiology centers, 
$2,000,000 for village built clinics, and an additional 
$1,000,000 to improve maternal health. This amount also 
includes requested reallocation of prior year staffing funds 
for the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Cherokee Nation, and 
United Keetoowah Band. The agreement maintains funding at 
fiscal year 2022 enacted levels for the Alzheimer's program and 
Produce Prescription Pilot program. The agreement also 
continues funding at the fiscal year 2022 enacted levels for 
the domestic violence prevention program, accreditation 
emergencies as discussed in the House report, health 
information technology, healthy lifestyles in youth project, 
and the National Indian Health Board cooperative agreement.
    Village Built Clinics (VBC).--The Committees remind the 
Service of fiscal year 2022 direction to work collaboratively 
with impacted Tribes and Tribal organizations to produce the 
data needed to accurately calculate the funding for VBC lease 
funding, including the number of active VBC facilities, their 
current funding levels, and if necessary, any additional 
amounts needed to fully fund the eligible operating and 
ownership costs for all VBC facilities. The Service is directed 
to brief the Committees on the status of this directive within 
60 days of enactment of this Act, which shall include providing 
a copy of the data collected to date.
    Electronic Health Records.--The agreement provides 
$217,564,000 for Electronic Health Records (EHR), which 
includes an increase for uses as requested. The Committees 
expect the Service to provide detailed quarterly progress 
updates on the obligation and expenditure of these funds as 
well as status updates on progress of the Service's 
modernization efforts.
    Mental Health.--The bill provides $127,171,000 for Mental 
Health, which continues funding at fiscal year 2022 enacted 
levels for the behavioral health integration initiative, for 
suicide prevention, and for the Telebehavioral Health Center of 
Excellence and includes the requested reallocation of staffing 
funds. The Director of IHS, in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, shall award 
grants for providing services, provide technical assistance to 
grantees under this section, and evaluate performance of the 
program.
    Alcohol and Substance Abuse.--The bill provides 
$266,440,000 for the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs, 
which includes a general program increase to support existing 
programs, including, among others, the Special Behavioral 
Health Pilot Program that addresses behavioral health 
challenges in Indian Country. In addition, the agreement 
continues the Generation Indigenous, Youth Pilot project, and 
essential detoxification services, which shall be distributed 
as directed in Senate Report 116-123. This amount also includes 
the requested reallocation of former National Institute on 
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) funds to the Urban Indian 
Health line.
    Purchased/Referred Care.--The agreement includes 
$996,755,000 for the Purchased/Referred Care program, which 
includes an additional $1,000,000 funding for the Indian 
Catastrophic Health Fund.
    Urban Indian Health.--The agreement includes $90,419,000 
for the Urban Indian health program, which includes the 
reallocation of former NIAAA funds.
    Indian Health Professions.--The agreement provides 
$80,568,000 for Indian health professions, which includes an 
additional $5,000,000 for the loan repayment program and a 
general program funding increase to be allocated for all 
programs, including among others, the InMed program, the fourth 
site expansion, Quentin N. Burdick Indians into Nursing, and 
the American Indians into Psychology Programs.
    Direct Operations.--The bill provides $103,805,000 for 
direct operations, which includes an increase of $5,000,000 for 
quality and oversight, for uses as requested, and an increase 
of $1,000,000 for management and operations.

                         CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

    The bill continues language from fiscal year 2022 providing 
an indefinite appropriation to fully fund contract support 
costs, which are estimated to be $969,000,000 in fiscal year 
2023.

                       PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES

    The bill continues language from fiscal year 2022 providing 
an indefinite appropriation to fully fund payments for Tribal 
leases, which are estimated to be $111,000,000 in fiscal year 
2023.

                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

    The bill provides $958,553,000 for Indian Health 
Facilities. All programs, projects, and activities are 
maintained at fiscal year 2022 enacted levels unless otherwise 
specified below. IHS is expected to comply with the 
instructions and requirements at the beginning of this division 
and in House Report 117-400, unless otherwise specified below. 
Language contained in explanatory statement accompanying Public 
Law 116-6 regarding health impacts of inadequate sanitation, 
Mt. Edgecombe, and Alaska facility assessments is restated.
    Current Services.--The agreement includes $11,324,000 for 
pay costs and inflation, which is based upon updated estimates 
provided to the Committees. The stipulation included in 
``Indian Health Services'' regarding prompt distribution of 
funds pertains to this account as well.
    Staffing for New Facilities.--The bill includes $5,398,000 
for staffing newly opened health facilities, which is the full 
amount based upon updated estimates provided to the Committees. 
Funds for staffing of new facilities are limited to facilities 
funded through the Health Care Facilities Construction Priority 
System or Joint Venture Construction Program that have opened 
in FY 2022 or will open in FY 2023. Further, the stipulations 
included in the ``Indian Health Services'' account regarding 
the allocation of funds pertain to this account as well.
    Sanitation Facilities Construction.--The agreement provides 
$196,167,000 for sanitation facilities construction, which 
accounts for a transfer of $3,000,000 for certification 
training to the Facilities and Environmental Health funding 
line as requested in a reprogramming request by the Service. 
The bill also includes $15,192,000 for congressionally directed 
spending (CDS) projects as shown on the table titled ``Interior 
and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' accompanying 
this explanatory statement. Further, the Committees expect IHS 
to include an updated five-year spend plan in fiscal year 2023 
for any funds requested.
    Health Care Facilities Construction.--The agreement 
provides $260,896,000 for health care facilities construction, 
which includes an additional $1,000,000 for quarters. The 
agreement continues funding at fiscal year 2022 enacted levels 
for green infrastructure as directed in the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 116-94, and small ambulatory 
clinics, including the funds for replacement and expansion 
projects. The agreement directs the Service to report to the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on how these 
funds will be distributed as well as the estimated number of 
quarters and associated costs for new staff quarters at 
existing health facilities.
    Facilities and Environmental Health.--The agreement 
provides $298,297,000 for this program, which maintains 
$3,000,000 for preliminary engineering reports and repurposes 
prior year staffing funds as requested. This also includes a 
transfer from the Sanitation Facilities Construction funding in 
order to provide technical assistance, training, and guidance 
to sanitation operators, families, and communities regarding 
the operation and maintenance of water supply and sewage 
disposal facilities as outlined in a reprogramming request by 
the Service.
    Equipment.--The bill provides $32,598,000 for equipment, 
which continues $500,000 for TRANSAM and includes an additional 
$1,000,000 for emergency generators, as directed in House 
Report 117-400.

                     National Institutes of Health

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

    The agreement provides $83,035,000 for the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The Committees 
continue the $2,000,000 provided in fiscal year 2022 to further 
the Institute's work on PFAS and other contaminants of emerging 
concern. The Institute both leads and supports significant 
research on PFAS that will result in better remediation 
outcomes. Further, of the funds provided, not less than 
$1,750,000 shall be to support risk reduction for Native 
Americans to hazardous metals mixtures from abandoned uranium 
mine waste.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

    The agreement provides $85,020,000. The Committees continue 
the $2,000,000 provided in fiscal year 2022 to further the 
Agency's work on PFAS and other contaminants of emerging 
concern.
    Birth Cohort Study.--The bill provides funding for 
continuation of the birth cohort study on the Navajo Nation. 
The Committees support the study to better understand the 
relationship between uranium exposures, birth outcomes, and 
early developmental delays on the Navajo Nation.
    Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units.--The 
Committees encourage the Agency to continue support for 
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units.

                         Other Related Agencies

                   Executive Office of the President

  COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

    The agreement provides $4,676,000 for the Council on 
Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality.

             Chemical Safety And Hazard Investigation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $14,400,000 for the Chemical Safety and 
Hazard Investigation Board, which includes funding for the 
docket management system as requested. The Committees urge the 
Board to address long-standing management challenges and staff 
vacancy issues so that it can effectively and fully accomplish 
its critical mission. The Committees also direct the Board to 
brief the Committees on proposed funding needs and budget 
structure for fiscal year 2024.

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill does not provide new appropriations for fiscal 
year 2023, however, a total of $3,060,000 is made available 
from unobligated balances for fiscal year 2023 operations. The 
bill continues the direction provided in the explanatory 
statement accompanying Division G of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31). There is 
continued commitment to bringing the relocation process to an 
orderly conclusion and ensuring all eligible relocatees receive 
the relocation benefits to which they are entitled. 
Consultation with all affected parties and agencies is the key 
to a transparent, orderly closeout.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

    The bill provides $13,482,000 for fixed costs and academic 
programs of the Institute of American Indian Arts.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement provides a total of $1,144,500,000 for all 
Smithsonian Institution accounts, of which $892,855,000 is 
provided for salaries and expenses, which includes fixed costs. 
The agreement also includes the following program increases: 
$600,000 for National Zoological Park animal welfare; the 
requested program increases for the National Museum of the 
American Latino and the Smithsonian Women's History Museum; 
$3,000,000 to support digital transformation efforts across the 
Institution ensuring access to the Smithsonian's digital 
content; and $3,050,000 for the Research Program Initiatives 
Pool, with a particular focus on recycling research; $3,600,000 
for IT security; and $500,000 for facilities security. The 
detailed allocation of funding is included in the table at the 
end of this explanatory statement.
    Repressed Cultures Preservation.--Global conflicts and 
repressive regimes continue to threaten cultural and linguistic 
heritage across the world. The bill includes $500,000 in World 
Culture Consortium to enhance the Smithsonian's work in this 
area, to include preservation efforts as well as research, 
exhibitions, and education programming. Within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act, the Smithsonian is directed to brief the 
Committees on its plans for such activities for fiscal year 
2023.
    Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Smithsonian is 
directed to brief the Committees on the funding it is 
allocating to deferred maintenance and how it is addressing the 
deferred maintenance backlog.

                           FACILITIES CAPITAL

    The agreement provides $251,645,000 for Facilities Capital. 
The Smithsonian is directed to use planning and design funding 
for the new museums as requested in the budget.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $170,240,000 for the Salaries and 
Expenses account of the National Gallery of Art, of which not 
to exceed $3,875,000 is for the special exhibition program.

            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $39,000,000 for the Repair, Restoration 
and Renovation of Buildings account and includes funds for the 
design and construction of an off-site art storage facility in 
partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

    The bill provides $27,640,000 for the Operations and 
Maintenance account.

                     CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

    The bill provides $17,740,000 for the Capital Repair and 
Restoration account.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $15,000,000 for the Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars to continue the Federal 
commitment and support operations.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

    The bill provides $207,000,000 for the National Endowment 
for the Arts (NEA) to continue the important work of the 
Endowment. Changes to the enacted level are included in the 
table at the end of this explanatory statement. The agreement 
reiterates the direction contained in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2022, regarding the Creative Forces NEA Healing Arts 
Network, and the collaborative relationship between NEA and 
States.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

    The bill provides $207,000,000 for the National Endowment 
for the Humanities (NEH) to continue the important work of the 
Endowment. Changes to the enacted level are included in the 
table at the end of this explanatory statement. The agreement 
reiterates the direction contained in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 116-260, Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021, regarding the ``We the People Initiative'', and 
Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, 
regarding the support for projects that illustrate the 
transformative role of women in American history.
    Endangered Languages.--The Committees support the 
Documenting Endangered Languages Initiative and NEH's 
partnership with the National Science Foundation [NSF] to 
develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human 
languages. The Committees are especially concerned with the 
linguistic threats faced by ethnic and religious minorities in 
Central and East Asia, including the Uyghurs, Tibetans, and 
Mongolians. The Committees direct the NEH to brief the 
Committees within 90 days of the enactment of this Act on the 
ongoing endangered languages work with emphasis on this region.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $3,661,000 for the Commission of Fine 
Arts.

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

    The bill provides $5,000,000 for the National Capital Arts 
and Cultural Affairs program. The agreement provides bill 
language regarding eligibility for grants. Grant funds shall be 
distributed consistent with the established formula and 
eligibility requirements used in fiscal year 2022.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $8,585,000 for the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $8,750,000 for the National Capital 
Planning Commission, including funding for lease costs.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                       Holocaust Memorial Museum

    The bill provides $65,231,000 for the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum.

                             Presidio Trust

    The bill provides $90,000,000 in loan authority for the 
Presidio Trust and increases the limit for the aggregate amount 
of outstanding obligations to $250,000,000.

                   World War I Centennial Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $1,000,000 for the Salaries and Expenses 
account of the World War I Centennial Commission.

              United States Semiquincentennial Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $15,000,000 for the necessary expenses of 
the United States Semiquincentennial Commission.

  Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children

    The bill provides $550,000 for necessary expenses of the 
Commission. The Commission is directed to conduct a 
comprehensive study of Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
programs that serve Native children.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes various legislative provisions in Title 
IV of the bill. The provisions are:
    Section 401 continues a provision providing that 
appropriations available in the bill shall not be used to 
produce literature or otherwise promote public support of a 
legislative proposal on which legislative action is not 
complete.
    Section 402 continues a provision providing for annual 
appropriations unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act.
    Section 403 continues a provision providing restrictions on 
departmental assessments unless approved by the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Section 404 continues a limitation on accepting and 
processing applications for patents and on the patenting of 
Federal lands.
    Section 405 continues a provision regarding the payment of 
contract support costs.
    Section 406 addresses the payment of contract support costs 
for fiscal year 2023.
    Section 407 continues a provision providing that the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered in violation 
of certain provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act solely because more than 15 years have 
passed without revision of a forest plan, provided that the 
Secretary is working in good faith to complete the plan 
revision.
    Section 408 continues a provision limiting preleasing, 
leasing, and related activities within the boundaries of 
National Monuments.
    Section 409 restricts funding appropriated for acquisition 
of land or interests in land from being used for declarations 
of taking or complaints in condemnation.
    Section 410 continues a provision which prohibits no-bid 
contracts.
    Section 411 continues a provision which requires public 
disclosure of certain reports.
    Section 412 continues a provision which delineates the 
grant guidelines for the National Endowment for the Arts.
    Section 413 continues a provision which delineates the 
program priorities for the programs managed by the National 
Endowment for the Arts.
    Section 414 requires the Department of the Interior, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service and Indian 
Health Service to provide the Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations.
    Section 415 extends certain authorities allowing the Forest 
Service to renew grazing permits.
    Section 416 prohibits the use of funds to maintain or 
establish a computer network unless such network is designed to 
block access to pornography websites.
    Section 417 addresses the humane transfer and treatment of 
excess wild horses and burros.
    Section 418 extends the authority of the Forest Service 
Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act.
    Section 419 sets requirements for the use of American iron 
and steel for certain loans and grants.
    Section 420 provides authority for the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into training agreements and to transfer 
excess equipment and supplies for wildfires.
    Section 421 provides a one-year extension of the Federal 
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
    Section 422 incorporates Reprogramming Guidelines into the 
Act.
    Section 423 continues a provision authorizing the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to consider 
local contractors when awarding contracts for certain 
activities on public lands.
    Section 424 extends the authority for the Shasta-Trinity 
Marina fee for one year.
    Section 425 extends the authority for the Interpretive 
Association for one year.
    Section 426 extends the authority for Puerto Rico Schooling 
for one year.
    Section 427 extends the authority for Forest Botanical 
Products fee collection for one year.
    Section 428 includes certain limitations on oil and gas 
development near Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
    Section 429 requires 105(l) Tribal lease payments to begin 
no earlier than the date the lease proposal is submitted and 
for the Federal agencies to consult with Tribes on lease 
requirements.
    Section 430 extends the authority for the Forest Ecosystem 
Health and Recovery Fund by one year.
    Section 431 requires the allocation of funds from the 
National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and Land 
and Water Conservation Fund.
    Section 432 addresses carbon emissions from forest biomass.
    Section 433 addresses the use of small remote incinerators 
in the State of Alaska.
    Section 434 addresses timber sales involving Alaska western 
red and yellow cedar.
    Section 435 provides transfer authority to the Federal 
Highway Administration for the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund.
    Section 436 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
funds to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 
issuance of permits under Title V of the Clean Air Act for 
carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane 
emissions.
    Section 437 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
funds to implement any provision in a rule if that provision 
requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from 
manure management systems.
    Section 438 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
funds to regulate the lead content of ammunition or fishing 
tackle.
    Section 439 makes road construction more inclusive.
    Section 440 provides for wildland firefighter pay cap 
waiver.
    Section 441 establishes an interest bearing account.
    Section 442 provides a technical correction to a fiscal 
year 2022 project.
    Section 443 provides an emergency designation to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund account.
    Section 444 allows easement or right-of-way permits over 
certain Federal lands.
    Section 445 extends authorization for Alaska Native 
regional health entities.
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          ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2023
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                State(s)                    Station or Unit Name             Project             Funding Amount
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                                            BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
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AK.....................................  Anchorage District.......  Glennallen Warehouse               4,706,000
                                                                     Consolidation.
AZ.....................................  Gila District............  Hot Well Dunes Facilities          5,180,000
                                                                     and Site Repairs.
CA.....................................  California Desert          Cahuilla Ranger Station            8,225,000
                                          District.                  Replacement.
CO.....................................  Grand Junction Air Center  Grand Junction Air Center          3,470,000
                                                                     Tanker Base Repairs
                                                                     (Phase II).
ID.....................................  Coeur d'Alene District,    Idaho Recreation Site              6,377,000
                                          Idaho Falls District,      Repairs.
                                          and Twin Falls District.
ID.....................................  National Interagency Fire  Airfield Ramp Tarmac               2,500,000
                                          Center.                    Replacement.
MT.....................................  Eastern Montana Dakotas    Recreation, Roads, Dams,           7,681,000
                                          District, North Central    and Building Repair
                                          District, Western          Project.
                                          Montana District.
NM.....................................  Farmington District......  Wild Rivers Back Country           4,851,000
                                                                     Byway Repairs (Phase II).
NV.....................................  Elko District............  Elko District Office              12,830,000
                                                                     Building Replacement and
                                                                     Repairs.
OR.....................................  Northwest Oregon District  Yaquina Head Outstanding           9,582,000
                                                                     Natural Area Site
                                                                     Maintenance.
OR.....................................  Vale District............  Vale District Building             4,557,000
                                                                     Renovation.
UT.....................................  West Desert District.....  Little Sahara Recreation           6,057,000
                                                                     Area Maintenance (Phases
                                                                     II and III).
VA.....................................  Northeastern States        Meadowood Repairs........            400,000
                                          District.
WY.....................................  High Desert District,      Wyoming Safety of Dams             5,263,000
                                          Wind River/Bighorn Basin   Repairs and Maintenance
                                          District, and High         (Phase II).
                                          Planes District.
                                         Program Administration     .........................          2,850,000
                                          (Indirect Costs).
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................         10,662,093
                                         Sequestration, 2023......  .........................        (5,415,000)
                                         Previously Sequestered
                                          Budget Authority, 2022.
                                         .........................  5,415,000................
                                         TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND      .........................         95,191,093
                                          MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.
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                                         U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AL.....................................  Bon Secour National        Replace Headquarters               1,918,904
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Office and Maintenance
                                                                     Building.
AL.....................................  Wheeler National Wildlife  Replace Compound                   1,769,260
                                          Refuge.                    Maintenance Shop.
AZ.....................................  Buenos Aires National      Consolidate and Modernize         14,760,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Public Use Facilities
                                                                     and Improve Recreational
                                                                     Access (Phase I).
CA.....................................  San Luis National          Modernize Infrastructure           2,250,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge Complex.   to Improve Waterfowl
                                                                     Hunting Areas and
                                                                     Improve Recreational
                                                                     Access (Phase II).
CA.....................................  San Luis National          Repair Water Management            5,400,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge Complex.   and Public Outdoor
                                                                     Recreation
                                                                     Infrastructure (Phase
                                                                     III).
GA.....................................  Okefenokee National        Replace Administrative             1,800,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           and Visitor Center.
IA.....................................  Upper Mississippi          Replacement, Repair, and          10,620,000
                                          National Wildlife and      Consolidation of
                                          Fish Refuge.               McGregor District
                                                                     Headquarters and
                                                                     Facilities.
LA.....................................  Red River National         Replacement of the                   900,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Primary Boardwalk and
                                                                     Trail Bridge.
LA.....................................  Southeast Louisiana        Replacement of the Public          1,556,000
                                          Refuges.                   Use Facilities and
                                                                     Critical Infrastructure.
MQ.....................................  Midway Atoll National      Replace Waste Treatment            7,380,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Plant.
OK.....................................  Wichita Mountains          Consolidate and Modernize          3,635,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Public Use Facilities
                                                                     and Improve Recreational
                                                                     Access (Phase II).
PR.....................................  Cabo Rojo National         Replace Cabo Rojo                  3,763,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Headquarters/Visitor
                                                                     Center Building.
UT.....................................  Bear River Migratory Bird  Rehabilitation of Water           15,472,240
                                          Refuge.                    Management
                                                                     Infrastructure.
VT.....................................  Missisquoi National        Rehabilitation of the                 81,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Multipurpose
                                                                     Administration and
                                                                     Visitor Facility.
VT.....................................  Silvio O. Conte National   Rehabilitation of                    900,000
                                          Fish and Wildlife          Infrastructure and
                                          Refuge--Nulhegan Basin     Public Use Facilities.
                                          Division.
WV.....................................  Canaan Valley National     Rehabilitation of the                150,000
                                          Wildlife Refuge.           Schaeffer Building.
WV.....................................  Ohio River Islands         Rehabilitation of the                100,000
                                          National Wildlife Refuge.  Multipurpose
                                                                     Headquarters Building.
Mult...................................  National Wildlife Refuges  Salary Funding for                 4,253,596
                                                                     National Maintenance
                                                                     Action Team Strike
                                                                     Forces (Year 3).
Mult...................................  National Wildlife Refuges  Salary Funding for                 2,000,000
                                                                     Supplemental
                                                                     Conservation Workforce
                                                                     (Year 2).
                                         Program Administration     .........................          2,850,000
                                          (Indirect Costs).
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................         13,632,093
                                         Sequestration, 2023......  .........................        (5,415,000)
                                         Previously Sequestered     .........................          5,415,000
                                          Budget Authority, 2022.
                                         TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND       .........................         95,191,093
                                          WILDLIFE SERVICE
                                          PROJECTS.
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                                              NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
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AL.....................................  Freedom Riders National    Rehabilitate Civil Rights-         7,451,000
                                          Monument, Birmingham       Related Structures,
                                          Civil Rights National      Including the Greyhound
                                          Monument.                  Bus Depot, Mural
                                                                     Building, and Interior
                                                                     of A.G. Gaston Motel.
AR.....................................  Hot Springs National Park  Rehabilitate Historic             16,729,000
                                                                     Bathhouses.
AZ.....................................  Petrified Forest National  Rehabilitate Painted              33,327,000
                                          Park.                      Desert Community Complex.
AZ, UT.................................  Glen Canyon National       Rehabilitate Critical             72,489,000
                                          Recreation Area.           Utility Systems.
CA.....................................  Golden Gate National       Stabilize and                     63,584,000
                                          Recreation Area.           Rehabilitate Alcatraz
                                                                     Island Historic
                                                                     Structures.
CA.....................................  San Francisco Maritime     Rehabilitate Hyde Street         102,282,000
                                          National Historical Park.  Pier and the National
                                                                     Historic Landmark Eureka
                                                                     Ferryboat.
DC.....................................  National Mall and          Rehabilitate Seawalls and        124,292,000
                                          Memorial Parks.            Shoreline Landscape
                                                                     (Phase I).
FL.....................................  Everglades National Park.  Rehabilitate Parkwide             36,916,000
                                                                     Water and Wastewater
                                                                     Systems.
GA.....................................  Chickamauga and            Repair, Rehabilitation,            5,666,000
                                          Chattanooga National       and Reconstruction of
                                          Military Park.             Roads and Parking.
HI.....................................  Haleakala National Park,   Rehabilitate Perimeter            30,539,000
                                          Hawaii Volcanoes           Fences to Protect Park
                                          National Park, Kalaupapa   Resources.
                                          National Historical Park.
ID.....................................  Craters of the Moon        Rehabilitate Operational           9,932,000
                                          National Monument and      Buildings at Idaho Parks.
                                          Preserve, Hagerman
                                          Fossil Beds National
                                          Monument, Minidoka
                                          National Historic Site.
IN.....................................  Indiana Dunes National     Rehabilitate Historic             14,812,000
                                          Park.                      Structures.
MA.....................................  Boston National            Rehabilitate Building 107         36,628,000
                                          Historical Park.           and Demolish Hoosac
                                                                     Stores Warehouse
                                                                     Building (Phase I).
MD.....................................  Clara Barton National      Rehabilitate the Clara            14,982,000
                                          Historic Site.             Barton National Historic
                                                                     Site.
MI.....................................  Pictured Rocks National    Complete Pavement                  6,625,000
                                          Lakeshore, Sleeping Bear   Rehabilitation on High-
                                          Dunes National Lakeshore.  Priority NPS Roads in
                                                                     Michigan.
MO.....................................  George Washington Carver   Complete Pavement                 15,156,000
                                          National Monument, Ozark   Rehabilitation on High-
                                          National Scenic            Priority NPS Roads in
                                          Riverways, Wilson's        Missouri.
                                          Creek National
                                          Battlefield.
MO.....................................  Ozark National Scenic      Project Planning and                 400,000
                                          Riverways, Alley Springs   Compliance.
                                          Campground.
MS.....................................  Natchez Trace Parkway....  Rehabilitate Sections of          46,212,000
                                                                     the Natchez Trace
                                                                     Parkway (Phase II).
NJ.....................................  Delaware Water Gap         Rehabilitate and Repair           16,869,000
                                          National Recreation Area.  Critical Sections of Old
                                                                     Mine Road.
NV.....................................  Great Basin National Park  Rehabilitate Deteriorated          4,504,000
                                                                     Wastewater Collection
                                                                     and Water Distribution
                                                                     Systems.
NY.....................................  Gateway National           Rehabilitate Deteriorated         34,150,000
                                          Recreation Area.           and Failing Mission-
                                                                     Critical Utility System
                                                                     Infrastructure (Phase I).
PA.....................................  Independence National      Rehabilitate the Interior         30,163,000
                                          Historical Park.           and Exterior of First
                                                                     Bank.
WV.....................................  New River Gorge National   Remove Excess Structures           1,237,000
                                          Park and Preserve.         and Abandoned Buildings
                                                                     Parkwide and Address
                                                                     Utility Needs (Phase I).
WY.....................................  Yellowstone National Park  Rehabilitate Old Faithful         33,630,000
                                                                     Wastewater Collection
                                                                     and Treatment System.
Mult...................................  Preservation Maintenance   .........................         20,000,000
                                          Action Teams at Multiple
                                          Parks.
                                         2024+ Project Planning     .........................        224,600,000
                                          and Compliance.
                                         Program Administration     .........................         39,900,000
                                          (Indirect Costs).
                                         Project Management.......  .........................         46,816,000
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................        242,783,268
                                         Sequestration, 2023......  .........................       (75,810,000)
                                         Previously Sequestered     .........................         75,810,000
                                          Budget Authority, 2022.
                                         TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK       .........................      1,332,674,268
                                          SERVICE PROJECTS.
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                                           BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
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AZ.....................................  Shonto Preparatory School  Shonto Preparatory School         11,636,000
                                                                     Employee Housing New
                                                                     (Replacement) or
                                                                     Improvement Repair.
AZ.....................................  Shonto Preparatory School  Shonto Preparatory School         60,482,000
                                                                     Replacement.
SD.....................................  Wounded Knee District      Wounded Knee District             10,500,000
                                          School.                    Employee Housing New
                                                                     (Replacement) or
                                                                     Improvement Repair.
                                         Program Administration     .........................          2,850,000
                                          (Indirect Costs).
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................          9,723,093
                                         Sequestration, 2023......  .........................        (5,415,000)
                                         Previously Sequestered     .........................          5,415,000
                                          Budget Authority, 2022.
                                         TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN    .........................         95,191,093
                                          EDUCATION PROJECTS.
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                                               U.S. FOREST SERVICE
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Mult...................................  Research and Development   Research and Development          12,686,500
                                          Stations.                  Deferred Maintenance.
MT.....................................  Beaverhead-Deerlodge       Beaverhead-Deerlodge               2,291,000
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
ID, MT.................................  Bitterroot National        Bitterroot National                1,105,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MT.....................................  Custer Gallatin National   Custer Gallation National          4,380,300
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
ND, SD.................................  Dakota Prairie Grasslands  Dakota Prairie Grasslands            374,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MT.....................................  Flathead National Forest.  Flathead National Forest           2,208,800
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MT.....................................  Helena-Lewis and Clark     Helena-Lewis and Clark             5,020,000
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
ID.....................................  Idaho Panhandle National   Idaho Panhandle National           6,369,000
                                          Forests.                   Forests Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MT.....................................  Kootenai National Forest.  Kootenai National Forest             584,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MT.....................................  Lolo National Forest.....  Lolo National Forest               2,255,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
ID.....................................  Nez Perce-Clearwater       Nez Perce-Clearwater               4,215,100
                                          National Forests.          National Forests
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CO.....................................  Arapaho and Roosevelt      Arapaho and Roosevelt              4,099,300
                                          National Forests and       National Forests and
                                          Pawnee National            Pawnee National
                                          Grassland.                 Grassland Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
WY.....................................  Bighorn National Forest..  Bighorn National Forest            3,612,100
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
SD.....................................  Black Hills National       Black Hills National               2,505,400
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
CO.....................................  Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre,   Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre,           3,895,800
                                          and Gunnison National      and Gunnison National
                                          Forests.                   Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
CO.....................................  Medicine Bow-Routt         Medicine Bow-Routt                   922,500
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
CO.....................................  Pike-San Isabel National   Pike-San Isabel National           1,017,000
                                          Forests and Cimarron and   Forests and Cimarron and
                                          Comanche National          Comanche National
                                          Grasslands.                Grasslands Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
CO.....................................  Rio Grande National        Rio Grande National                  413,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
WY.....................................  Shoshone National Forest.  Shoshone First Forest and            729,000
                                                                     Facility Maintenance.
CO.....................................  White River National       White River National               7,088,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
AZ.....................................  Apache-Sitgreaves          Forest-Wide Developed                650,000
                                          National Forests.          Recreation Site
                                                                     Renovation.
NM.....................................  Carson National Forest...  Carson National Forest             2,798,600
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
NM.....................................  Cibola National Forest...  Sandia Crest Recreation            1,601,500
                                                                     Complex Design and
                                                                     Construction.
AZ.....................................  Coconino National Forest.  Coconino National Forest             870,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
AZ.....................................  Coronado National Forest.  Coronado National Forest           2,473,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
NM.....................................  Gila National Forest.....  Gila National Forest               5,640,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
AZ.....................................  Kaibab National Forest...  Road 307 and Road 310                578,000
                                                                     Improvements and Parking
                                                                     Lot Reconstruction.
NM.....................................  Lincoln National Forest..  Cedar Creek Trail Access             175,000
                                                                     Capital Improvement.
AZ.....................................  Prescott National Forest.  Trails Deferred                      225,000
                                                                     Maintenance.
NM.....................................  Santa Fe National Forest.  Santa Fe National Forest           8,193,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
AZ.....................................  Southwestern Region......  Arizona National Scenic              360,000
                                                                     Trail (AZT) Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
AZ.....................................  Tonto National Forest....  Retrofitting Four                    418,500
                                                                     Composting toilets to
                                                                     Vault toilets.
UT, WY.................................  Ashley National Forest...  Ashley National Forest             1,743,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
ID.....................................  Boise National Forest....  Boise National Forest                909,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
WY.....................................  Bridger-Teton National     Bridger-Teton National               788,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
ID, WY.................................  Caribou-Targhee National   Caribou-Targhee National           2,082,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
UT.....................................  Dixie National Forest....  Duck Creek Campground              1,728,500
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance
                                                                     Reduction.
UT.....................................  Fishlake National Forest.  Fishlake National Forest           4,171,200
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA, NV.................................  Humboldt-Toiyabe National  Humboldt-Toiyabe National            981,500
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
UT.....................................  Manti-La Sal National      Manti-La Sal National              1,123,500
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
ID.....................................  Payette National Forest..  Payette National Forest            1,574,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
ID.....................................  Salmon-Challis National    Salmon-Challis National            1,169,300
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
ID.....................................  Sawtooth National Forest.  Sawtooth National Forest           1,273,800
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
UT.....................................  Uinta-Wasatch-Cache        Uinta-Wasatch-Cache                5,010,300
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Angeles National Forest..  Angeles National Forest            1,750,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Eldorado National Forest.  Eldorado National Forest           3,570,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Inyo National Forest.....  Inyo National Forest              13,840,300
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Lake Tahoe Basin           Bayview Parking Lot                  400,000
                                          Management Unit.           Upgrades.
CA.....................................  Lassen National Forest...  Recreation Deferred                  555,600
                                                                     Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Mendocino National Forest  Critical Forest-Wide Roof            122,000
                                                                     Replacement.
CA.....................................  Modoc National Forest....  Blue Lake Recreation               2,550,000
                                                                     Improvements.
CA.....................................  Plumas National Forest...  Plumas National Forest               531,000
                                                                     Fire Detection and
                                                                     Recreation Lookouts
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance
                                                                     Upgrades.
CA.....................................  San Bernardino National    San Bernardino National              270,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Sierra National Forest...  Sierra National Forest             8,619,300
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Tahoe National Forest....  Tahoe Public Service               1,400,000
                                                                     Center and Hotshot
                                                                     Facilities Modernization.
WA.....................................  Columbia River Gorge       Columbia River Gorge               1,066,700
                                          National Scenic Area.      National Scenic Area
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
WA.....................................  Colville National Forest.  Colville National Forest           1,705,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
OR.....................................  Deschutes National Forest  Forest-Wide Trail Bridge             130,000
                                                                     Reconstruction.
OR.....................................  Fremont-Winema National    Oregon Timber Trail                  150,000
                                          Forest.                    Access Improvements
                                                                     Recreation.
WA.....................................  Gifford Pinchot National   Gifford Pinchot National           2,775,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
WA.....................................  Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie       Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie               3,835,000
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
OR.....................................  Mt. Hood National Forest.  Timberline Lodge Boiler            7,000,000
                                                                     System Replacement.
OR.....................................  Ochoco National Forest...  Ochoco National Forest             3,425,500
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
WA.....................................  Okanogan-Wenatchee         Okanogan-Wenatchee                 1,810,000
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
OR, WA.................................  Pacific Northwest Region.  Pacific Northwest Region-          1,300,000
                                                                     Wide Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
OR.....................................  Rogue River-Siskiyou       Quosatana Campground                 175,000
                                          National Forest.           Septic Replacements.
OR.....................................  Siuslaw National Forest..  Vssitor Center and Roof              400,000
                                                                     Replacements.
OR.....................................  Umatilla National Forest.  Blue Mountain Scenic                 500,000
                                                                     Byway Chip Seal.
OR.....................................  Umpqua National Forest...  Umpqua National Forest             2,310,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
OR.....................................  Wallowa-Whitman National   Wallowa-Whitman National           1,800,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
OR.....................................  Willamette National        Willamette National                1,670,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
TN.....................................  Cherokee National Forest.  Cherokee National Forest           9,595,700
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
SC.....................................  Francis Marion-Sumter      Palmetto Trail Enoree                 70,000
                                          National Forests.          Passage Rehabilitation.
VA.....................................  George Washington and      George Washington-                 3,936,700
                                          Jefferson National         Jefferson National
                                          Forests.                   Forests Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
AL.....................................  National Forests in        National Forests in                2,065,700
                                          Alabama.                   Alabama Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
FL.....................................  National Forests in        National Forests in                2,070,000
                                          Florida.                   Florida Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MS.....................................  National Forests in        Turkey Fork Recreation               450,000
                                          Mississippi.               Area Boat Launch
                                                                     Resurfacing.
NC.....................................  National Forests in North  National Forests in North          3,781,300
                                          Carolina.                  Carolina Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
AR.....................................  Ouachita National Forest.  Shady Lake Recreation              1,300,000
                                                                     Site Day Use Renovation.
AR.....................................  Ozark-St. Francis          Ozark-St Francis National          7,181,900
                                          National Forests.          Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
PA.....................................  Allegheny National Forest  Allegheny National Forest          6,849,300
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
WI.....................................  Chequamegon-Nicolet        Chequamegon-Nicolet                1,603,000
                                          National Forest.           National Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MN.....................................  Chippewa National Forest.  Chippewa National Forest             638,700
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
NY, VT.................................  Green Mountain and Finger  Green Mountain and Finger            661,200
                                          Lakes National Forests.    Lakes National Forest
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MI.....................................  Hiawatha National Forest.  Hiawatha National Forest             990,900
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
IN.....................................  Hoosier National Forest..  Hoosier National Forest              866,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MI.....................................  Huron-Manistee National    Huron-Manistee National            2,075,000
                                          Forests.                   Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MO.....................................  Mark Twain National        Mark Twain National                1,650,200
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
WV.....................................  Monongahela National       Monongahela National               1,092,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MI.....................................  Ottawa National Forest...  Ottawa National Forest             1,115,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
IL.....................................  Shawnee National Forest..  Shawnee National Forest            2,500,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MN.....................................  Superior National Forest.  Superior National Forest           2,420,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
OH.....................................  Wayne National Forest....  Wayne National Forest                855,300
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
NH.....................................  White Mountain National    White Mountain National              967,900
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
AK.....................................  Chugach National Forest..  Chugach National Forest            2,085,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
AK.....................................  Tongass National Forest..  Tongass National Forest           14,398,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
                                         Administrative Funds.....  .........................         21,568,300
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................         16,788,142
                                         Sequestration, 2023......  .........................       (16,245,000)
                                         Previously Sequestered     .........................         16,247,749
                                          Budget Authority, 2022.
                                         TOTAL, U.S. FOREST         .........................        285,545,891
                                          SERVICE PROJECTS.
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     ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2022 REVISIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DE.....................................  Coastal Delaware NWR       Eliminate DM Backlog at            5,480,000
                                          Complex.                   Prime Hook NWR and
                                                                     Bombay Hook NWR.
Mult...................................  MAT Strikeforce..........  National Maintenance               2,000,000
                                                                     Action Team, Year 2.
NY.....................................  Montezuma NWR............  Consolidate and Modernize          7,071,000
                                                                     Public Use Facilities
                                                                     and Improve Recreational
                                                                     Access.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CA.....................................  Yosemite National Park...  Ahwahnee Hotel and                34,213,059
                                                                     Correct Critical Safety
                                                                     Hazards (Rescoped).
NC.....................................  Blue Ridge Parkway.......  Rehabilitate Sections of          26,789,000
                                                                     Blue Ridge Parkway in
                                                                     North Carolina
                                                                     (Rescoped).
VA.....................................  Blue Ridge Parkway.......  Rehabilitate Sections of          32,834,000
                                                                     Blue Ridge Parkway in
                                                                     Virginia (Rescoped).
WY.....................................  Yellowstone National Park  Rehabilitate/Replace              52,588,000
                                                                     Canyon & Grant Village
                                                                     Wastewater Collection
                                                                     and Treatment Systems
                                                                     (Rescoped).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               U.S. FOREST SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CA.....................................  Mendocino National Forest  Mendocino National Forest            250,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Plumas National Forest...  Plumas National Forest               436,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
CA.....................................  Cleveland National Forest  Cleveland National Forest          1,420,000
                                                                     Deferred Maintenance.
MO.....................................  Mark Twain National        Mark Twain National                1,694,000
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
MO.....................................  Ottawa National Forest...  South Branch Paint River           1,030,000
                                                                     Bridge Replacement for
                                                                     Timber Access and
                                                                     Recreation.
WV.....................................  Monongahela National       Monongahela National               7,364,370
                                          Forest.                    Forest Deferred
                                                                     Maintenance.
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     ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2021 REVISIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CO.....................................  Grand Junction Air Center  Grand Junction Air Center            172,967
                                                                     Repair Containment Pond.
MT.....................................  Western Montana District.  Moose Creek Road                     450,000
                                                                     Resurfacing.
NM.....................................  Las Cruces District......  Caballo-Cooke's Road                 103,430
                                                                     Repairs.
NM.....................................  Las Cruces District......  Permian Trackways Road               199,999
                                                                     Repairs.
WY.....................................  High Plains District.....  Mills Ware Yard Paving...            299,983
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................            349,821
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                                              NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AZ.....................................  Grand Canyon National      Rehabilitate and Preserve                  0
                                          Park.                      Historic Powerhouse
                                                                     Building for Future Use.
NC.....................................  Blue Ridge Parkway.......  Blue Ridge Parkway               123,500,000
                                                                     Reconstruction (NC)
                                                                     (Rescoped).
WA.....................................  Mount Rainier National     Rehabilitate Ohanapecosh           2,886,000
                                          Park.                      Campground and Replace
                                                                     Sewer Collection System
                                                                     (Rescoped).
                                         Contingency Fund.........  .........................         20,223,010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AZ, NM.................................  Navajo Region............  Navajo--Education                  7,112,000
                                                                     Demolition Project C
                                                                     (Rescoped).
ND, SD.................................  Great Plains Region......  Great Plains--Education              524,272
                                                                     Demolition Project.
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                                               U.S. FOREST SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SD.....................................  Dakota Prairie Grasslands  Forest Road 5733                           0
                                                                     Reconditioning and
                                                                     Drainage Repairs.
ND.....................................  Dakota Prairie Grasslands  Civilian Conservation                375,000
                                                                     Corps Campground Updates
                                                                     near Maah-Daah-Hey
                                                                     Trail, Theodore National
                                                                     Park and Bakken Oil
                                                                     Formation.
CO.....................................  Pike-San Isabel National   Devil's Head Toilet                        0
                                          Forests and Cimarron and   Replacement.
                                          Comanche National
                                          Grasslands.
CO.....................................  Pike-San Isabel National   Vault Toilet Replacement.            329,000
                                          Forests and Cimarron and
                                          Comanche National
                                          Grasslands.
NV.....................................  Humboldt-Toiyabe National  Lamoille Canyon Road                       0
                                          Forest.                    Pavement Preservation.
NV.....................................  Humboldt-Toiyabe National  Mt Rose and Tahoe Meadows            828,500
                                          Forest.                    Restroom Reconstruction.
CA.....................................  Mendocino National Forest  Hammerhorn Accessibility                   0
                                                                     Improvements.
CA.....................................  Cleveland National Forest  Renovate Blue Jay                    385,000
                                                                     Campground.
WV.....................................  Monongahela National       Elleber North Fork Deer                    0
                                          Forest.                    Creek Bridge Replacement.
WV.....................................  Monongahela National       West Fork Greenbrier                       0
                                          Forest.                    Bridge Replacement for
                                                                     Laurel Fork Wilderness
                                                                     Access.
WI.....................................  Chequamegon-Nicolet        South Branch Oconto River            520,042
                                          National Forest.           Accessible Fishing Pier
                                                                     Replacement.
MI.....................................  Ottawa National Forest...  South Branch Paint River             520,042
                                                                     Bridge Replacement for
                                                                     Timber Access and
                                                                     Recreation.
PA.....................................  Grey Towers National       Replace Temporary                          0
                                          Historic Site.             Structure at Grey Towers
                                                                     National Historic Site.
PA.....................................  Grey Towers National       Grey Towers Deferred                  75,000
                                          Historic Site.             Maintenance.
PR.....................................  El Yunque National Forest  El Portal Bridge                           0
                                                                     Replacement and Visitor
                                                                     Improvements.
VA.....................................  George Washington and      Lower Sherando Dam                         0
                                          Jefferson National         Spillway Upgrade.
                                          Forests.
AR.....................................  Ozark-St Francis National  Cove Lake Dam Spillway               315,000
                                          Forests.                   Rehabilitation.
AR.....................................  Ozark-St Francis National  Bear Creek Lake Spillway           1,200,000
                                          Forests.                   Rehabilitation.
                                         Mission Support funds....  .........................         22,742,907
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                     ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2023
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State(s)                          Agency--Account--Activity--Project           Funding Amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
---------------------------------------------OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY--------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  Departmental Operations.........................
  .........................................  Appraisal and Valuation Services--Federal Lands.         19,000,000
  .........................................  TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY..................         19,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  Land Acquisition................................
  .........................................  Acquisition Management..........................          8,137,000
  .........................................  Recreational Access.............................         20,500,000
  .........................................  Inholdings, Emergencies & Hardships.............         13,500,000
Mult.......................................  California National Historical Trail (CA/NV)....          2,000,000
MT.........................................  Big Hole River Access...........................          5,300,000
ID.........................................  Upper Snake/South Fork River Special Recreation           6,250,000
                                              Management Area and Tex Creek Wildlife
                                              Management Area.
OR.........................................  Pipe Fork-Port Orford Cedar Research Natural                500,000
                                              Area.
MT.........................................  Blackfoot River Watershed.......................          1,000,000
WY.........................................  Mule Creek Ranch................................          1,700,000
NM.........................................  Rio Grande del Norte National Monument..........          9,990,000
OR.........................................  Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument..............          1,200,000
  .........................................  Subtotal, Land Acquisition Projects.............         27,940,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT................         70,077,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  Land Acquisition................................
  .........................................  Highlands Conservation Act (Public Law 108-421).         10,000,000
  .........................................  Land Acquisition Management.....................         18,028,000
  .........................................  Sportsmen and Recreational Access...............         15,500,000
  .........................................  Inholding/Emergencies and Hardships.............         10,000,000
  .........................................  Exchanges.......................................          1,591,000
  .........................................  Land Protection Planning........................            493,000
ME.........................................  Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge..........          2,000,000
TX.........................................  Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge.......          3,000,000
Mult.......................................  Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge (CT/MA/ME/         1,500,000
                                              NH/NY/RI).
AR.........................................  Cache River National Wildlife Refuge............          1,000,000
Mult.......................................  Dakota Grassland Conservation Area (ND/SD)......          3,000,000
Mult.......................................  Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife                3,000,000
                                              Refuge (CT/MA/NH/VT).
Mult.......................................  Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife                500,000
                                              Refuge (IA/MN).
TX.........................................  Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge........          4,000,000
CA.........................................  Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge.......          1,000,000
FL.........................................  Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge/           4,000,000
                                              Conservation Area.
PA.........................................  Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge..........          3,000,000
Mult.......................................  Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife Management              1,000,000
                                              Area (ND/SD).
Mult.......................................  Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (IL/WI).....          1,100,000
CA.........................................  Grasslands Wildlife Management Area.............          1,000,000
AK.........................................  Alaska Refuges..................................          2,800,000
AR.........................................  Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge.............          3,000,000
FL.........................................  St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge..............          2,000,000
WA.........................................  Willapa National Wildlife Refuge................          3,500,000
MT.........................................  Montana Conservation Areas......................         12,000,000
IN.........................................  Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge...........          2,500,000
CA.........................................  San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge......          2,000,000
CA.........................................  Tulare Basin Wildlife Management Area...........          1,000,000
MO.........................................  Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.....            429,000
  .........................................  Subtotal, Land Acquisition Projects.............         58,329,000
  .........................................  Total, Land Acquisition.........................        113,941,000
  .........................................  Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund
  .........................................  Species Recovery Land Acquisition...............         11,162,000
  .........................................  Habitat Conservation Plan Acquisition...........         21,638,000
  .........................................  Total, Cooperative Endangered Species                    32,800,000
                                              Conservation Fund.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE...........        146,741,000
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                                              NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  Land Acquisition and State Assistance...........
  .........................................  State Conservation Grants.......................        200,000,000
  .........................................  LWCF Outdoor Recreation Legacy Grants...........        125,000,000
  .........................................  State Conservation Grants Administration........         11,028,000
  .........................................  Subtotal, State Assistance......................        336,028,000
  .........................................  American Battlefield Protection Program (Public          20,000,000
                                              Law 113-287).
  .........................................  Acquisition Management..........................         14,500,000
  .........................................  Recreational Access.............................         14,500,000
  .........................................  Emergencies, Hardships, Relocations, and                  3,421,000
                                              Deficiencies.
                                             Inholding, Donations, and Exchanges.............          7,000,000
HI.........................................  Haleakala National Park.........................         12,900,000
FL.........................................  Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.......          4,950,000
CA.........................................  Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.         12,600,000
GA.........................................  Cumberland Island National Seashore.............          2,850,000
AR.........................................  Buffalo National River..........................          1,635,000
FL.........................................  Big Cypress National Preserve...................          1,500,000
TN.........................................  Big South Fork National River and Recreation              5,600,000
                                              Area.
Mult.......................................  Battlefield Parks...............................          2,500,000
NY.........................................  Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic             840,000
                                              Site.
MT.........................................  Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.........            770,000
GA.........................................  Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park........          1,150,000
SC.........................................  Congaree National Park..........................            200,000
NM.........................................  Petroglyph National Monument....................          2,630,000
MI.........................................  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore..........          2,170,000
AZ.........................................  Saguaro National Park...........................          4,125,000
AZ.........................................  Petrified Forest National Park..................          1,235,000
GA.........................................  Cumberland Island National Seashore.............          8,700,000
  .........................................  Subtotal, Land Acquisition Projects.............         66,355,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE....................        461,804,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               U.S. FOREST SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  Land Acquisition................................
  .........................................  Acquisition Management..........................         14,000,000
  .........................................  Recreational Access.............................         17,000,000
  .........................................  Critical Inholdings/Wilderness..................          5,500,000
  .........................................  Cash Equalization...............................            250,000
AK.........................................  Chugach National Forest.........................          4,000,000
WA.........................................  Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest..............          6,500,000
NC.........................................  National Forests in North Carolina..............          3,600,000
MT.........................................  Lolo National Forest............................          9,000,000
GA.........................................  Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests...........          8,050,000
OR.........................................  Umatilla National Forest........................         10,000,000
CO.........................................  Rio Grande National Forest......................          8,000,000
MT.........................................  Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest............          3,000,000
AZ.........................................  Prescott National Forest........................          9,500,000
SC.........................................  Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests......          5,000,000
CA.........................................  Tahoe National Forest...........................          9,750,000
MT.........................................  Custer Gallatin National Forest.................          2,000,000
PR.........................................  El Yunque National Forest.......................          2,388,000
CO.........................................  Pike and San Isabel National Forests............          3,400,000
VT.........................................  Green Mountain National Forest--Taconic Gateway/          3,500,000
                                              Big Spruce.
  .........................................  Subtotal, Land Acquisition Projects.............         87,688,000
  .........................................  Total, Land Acquisition.........................        124,438,000
  .........................................  Forest Legacy Program...........................
  .........................................  Administrative Funds............................          8,000,000
MT.........................................  Upper Thompson Connectivity Project.............          6,000,000
WI.........................................  Pelican River-Forest Project....................         11,000,000
ID.........................................  International Selkirk Loop Conservation Project.          7,000,000
FL.........................................  Wolfe Creek Forest Project......................          9,155,000
ME.........................................  South Bog Stream & Beaver Mountain Project......          3,665,000
HI.........................................  Kaneohe Pali Project............................          1,800,000
CA.........................................  Trinity Timberlands Project.....................          3,000,000
GA.........................................  Suwannee River Headwaters Forest Project........          1,860,000
VA.........................................  Southern Shenandoah Borderlands Project.........          7,095,000
WA.........................................  Kittitas Working Forest Project.................          5,700,000
MS.........................................  Wolf River Forest Conservation Project..........          7,000,000
AR.........................................  Hot Springs Forest Project......................          1,345,000
SC.........................................  Southern Coastal Biodiversity Project...........          3,975,000
HI.........................................  Maunawili Valley Project........................          1,345,000
  .........................................  Subtotal, Forest Legacy Projects................         69,940,000
  .........................................  Total, Forest Legacy Program....................         77,940,000
  .........................................  TOTAL, U.S. FOREST SERVICE......................        203,378,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  .........................................  TOTAL, LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FISCAL          900,000,000
                                              YEAR 2023.
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                ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2022 REVISIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PA.........................................  Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreation River......                  0
MA.........................................  Lowell National Historical Park.................            200,000
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                ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2021 REVISIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MT.........................................  Big Snowy Mountain Access.......................                  0
MT.........................................  High Divide.....................................         12,100,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OH.........................................  William Howard Taft National Historic Site......                  0
KS.........................................  Fort Scott National Historic Site...............                  0
CO.........................................  Dinosaur National Monument......................            488,667
OH.........................................  Cuyahoga Valley National Park...................          5,081,333
MS.........................................  Natchez National Historical Park................          1,330,000
MA.........................................  Lowell National Historical Park.................            200,000
Mult.......................................  Inholdings and Recreational Access..............            375,000
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 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FISCAL YEAR 2023
                              SEQUESTRATION
                         (Amounts in thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of the Secretary-Departmental Operations, Appraisal
 and Valuation Services--Federal Lands
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................       19,000
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............      (1,083)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................        1,083
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................       19,000
Bureau of Land Management-Land Acquisition
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................       70,077
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............      (3,843)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................        4,004
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................       70,328
Fish and Wildlife Service-Land Acquisition
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................      113,941
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............      (6,571)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................        6,490
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................      113,860
Fish and Wildlife Service-Cooperative Endangered Species
 Conservation Fund
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................       32,800
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............      (1,870)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................        1,870
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................       32,800
National Park Service-Land Acquisition and State Assistance
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................      461,804
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............     (25,496)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................       26,373
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................      462,681
U.S. Forest Service-Land Acquisition
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................      124,438
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............      (7,372)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................        7,076
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................      124,142
U.S. Forest Service-Forest Legacy
  New Budget Authority, 2023...............................       77,940
  Previously Sequestered Budget Authority, 2022............      (5,066)
  Sequestration, 2023......................................        4,405
  Net Budget Authority, 2023...............................       77,279
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   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) 
included in the bill or this explanatory statement, along with 
the name of each House Member, Senator, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee of 
jurisdiction for each item so identified. For each item, a 
Member is required to provide a certification that neither the 
Member nor the Member's immediate family has a financial 
interest, and each Senator is required to provide a 
certification that neither the Senator nor the Senator's 
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such 
congressionally directed spending item. Neither the bill nor 
the explanatory statement contains any limited tax benefits or 
limited tariff benefits as defined in the applicable House and 
Senate rules.

     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

     [Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending]
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

  For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA'') and the 
National Apprenticeship Act, $4,140,911,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:
          (1) for grants to States for adult employment and 
        training activities, youth activities, and dislocated 
        worker employment and training activities, 
        $2,929,332,000 as follows:
                  (A) $885,649,000 for adult employment and 
                training activities, of which $173,649,000 
                shall be available for the period July 1, 2023 
                through June 30, 2024, and of which 
                $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
                October 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024;
                  (B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which 
                shall be available for the period April 1, 2023 
                through June 30, 2024; and
                  (C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 
                employment and training activities, of which 
                $235,553,000 shall be available for the period 
                July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, and of 
                which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
                period October 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024:
        Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
        outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of 
        the WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 
        section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided further, 
        That notwithstanding the requirements of WIOA, outlying 
        areas may submit a single application for a 
        consolidated grant that awards funds that would 
        otherwise be available to such areas to carry out the 
        activities described in subtitle B of title I of the 
        WIOA: Provided further, That such application shall be 
        submitted to the Secretary of Labor (referred to in 
        this title as ``Secretary''), at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the 
        Secretary may require: Provided further, That outlying 
        areas awarded a consolidated grant described in the 
        preceding provisos may use the funds for any of the 
        programs and activities authorized under such subtitle 
        B of title I of the WIOA subject to approval of the 
        application and such reporting requirements issued by 
        the Secretary; and
          (2) for national programs, $1,211,579,000 as follows:
                  (A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
                assistance national reserve, of which 
                $125,859,000 shall be available for the period 
                July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, and of 
                which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
                period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 
                2024: Provided, That funds provided to carry 
                out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 
                used to provide assistance to a State for 
                statewide or local use in order to address 
                cases where there have been worker dislocations 
                across multiple sectors or across multiple 
                local areas and such workers remain dislocated; 
                coordinate the State workforce development plan 
                with emerging economic development needs; and 
                train such eligible dislocated workers: 
                Provided further, That funds provided to carry 
                out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may 
                be used for technical assistance and 
                demonstration projects, respectively, that 
                provide assistance to new entrants in the 
                workforce and incumbent workers: Provided 
                further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 
                the WIOA, of the funds provided under this 
                subparagraph, the Secretary may reserve not 
                more than 10 percent of such funds to provide 
                technical assistance and carry out additional 
                activities related to the transition to the 
                WIOA: Provided further, That of the funds 
                provided under this subparagraph, $115,000,000 
                shall be for training and employment assistance 
                under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding 
                the 10 percent limitation in such section) and 
                170 of the WIOA as follows:
                          (i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers 
                        in the Appalachian region, as defined 
                        by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in 
                        the Lower Mississippi, as defined in 
                        section 4(2) of the Delta Development 
                        Act (Public Law 100-460, 102 Stat. 
                        2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)), and workers 
                        in the region served by the Northern 
                        Border Regional Commission, as defined 
                        by 40 U.S.C. 15733; and
                          (ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the 
                        purpose of developing, offering, or 
                        improving educational or career 
                        training programs at community 
                        colleges, defined as public 
                        institutions of higher education, as 
                        described in section 101(a) of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 and at 
                        which the associate's degree is 
                        primarily the highest degree awarded, 
                        with other eligible institutions of 
                        higher education, as defined in section 
                        101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
                        1965, eligible to participate through 
                        consortia, with community colleges as 
                        the lead grantee: Provided, That the 
                        Secretary shall follow the requirements 
                        for the program in House Report 116-62: 
                        Provided further, That any grant funds 
                        used for apprenticeships shall be used 
                        to support only apprenticeship programs 
                        registered under the National 
                        Apprenticeship Act and as referred to 
                        in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA;
                  (B) $60,000,000 for Native American programs 
                under section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be 
                available for the period July 1, 2023 through 
                June 30, 2024;
                  (C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 
                farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
                WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula grants 
                (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
                employment and training services), $6,591,000 
                for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
                less than 70 percent shall be for permanent 
                housing), and $671,000 for other discretionary 
                purposes, which shall be available for the 
                period April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024: 
                Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law or related regulation, the 
                Department of Labor shall take no action 
                limiting the number or proportion of eligible 
                participants receiving related assistance 
                services or discouraging grantees from 
                providing such services: Provided further, That 
                notwithstanding the definition of ``eligible 
                seasonal farmworker'' in section 167(i)(3)(A) 
                of the WIOA relating to an individual being 
                ``low-income'', an individual is eligible for 
                migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under 
                section 167 of the WIOA under that definition 
                if, in addition to meeting the requirements of 
                clauses (i) and (ii) of section 167(i)(3)(A), 
                such individual is a member of a family with a 
                total family income equal to or less than 150 
                percent of the poverty line;
                  (D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
                described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
                shall be available for the period April 1, 2023 
                through June 30, 2024;
                  (E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activities, 
                under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, 
                which shall be available for the period April 
                1, 2023 through June 30, 2024: Provided, That 
                of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 
                competitive grants to national and regional 
                intermediaries for activities that prepare for 
                employment young adults with criminal legal 
                histories, young adults who have been justice 
                system-involved, or young adults who have 
                dropped out of school or other educational 
                programs, with a priority for projects serving 
                high-crime, high-poverty areas;
                  (F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality 
                Initiative, under the authority of section 169 
                of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
                period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024;
                  (G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 
                through apprenticeships only registered under 
                the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
                to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be 
                available to the Secretary to carry out 
                activities through grants, cooperative 
                agreements, contracts and other arrangements, 
                with States and other appropriate entities, 
                including equity intermediaries and business 
                and labor industry partner intermediaries, 
                which shall be available for the period July 1, 
                2023 through June 30, 2024; and
                  (H) $217,324,000 for carrying out 
                Demonstration and Pilot projects under section 
                169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 
                for the period April 1, 2023 through June 30, 
                2024, in addition to funds available for such 
                activities under subparagraph (A) for the 
                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 funds may be used for projects that 
                are related to the employment and training 
                needs of dislocated workers, other adults, or 
                youth: Provided further, That the 10 percent 
                funding limitation under such section of the 
                WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 
                further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA 
                shall not apply to such funds: Provided 
                further, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act 
                shall not apply to such funds.

                               job corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

  To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including 
Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and 
repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of 
real property for training centers as authorized by the WIOA, 
$1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
          (1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which 
        shall be available for the period July 1, 2023 through 
        June 30, 2024;
          (2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
        acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
        available for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 
        2026, and which may include the acquisition, 
        maintenance, and repair of major items of equipment: 
        Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 15 
        percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of 
        such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: 
        Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant 
        to the preceding proviso shall not be available for 
        obligation after June 30, 2023: Provided further, That 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
        days in advance of any transfer; and
          (3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, 
        which shall be available for obligation for the period 
        October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023:
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 
used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps Centers.

            community service employment for older americans

  To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ``OAA''), $405,000,000, which shall 
be available for the period April 1, 2023 through June 30, 
2024, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with 
section 517(c) of the OAA.

              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

  For payments during fiscal year 2023 of trade adjustment 
benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 
of that Act; and for training, employment and case management 
services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related 
State administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including 
benefit payments, allowances, training, employment and case 
management services, and related State administration provided 
pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade 
Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $494,400,000 together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to 
September 15, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 
of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 
heading may remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 245(c) of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).

     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,925,084,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund (``the Trust Fund''), of which--
          (1) $3,134,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants 
        to States for the administration of State unemployment 
        insurance laws as authorized under title III of the 
        Social Security Act (including not less than 
        $375,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and 
        eligibility assessments under section 306 of such Act, 
        any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in 
        such section, including those who are profiled as most 
        likely to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for 
        such services and assessments: Provided, That of such 
        amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under 
        section 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided 
        to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget in the Senate and section 1(j)(2) of H. Res. 
        1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
        Representatives on June 8, 2022, and $258,000,000 is 
        additional new budget authority specified for purposes 
        of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate 
        and section 1(j) of such House resolution; and 
        $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment 
        Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
        administration of unemployment insurance for Federal 
        employees and for ex-service members as authorized 
        under 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the administration of 
        trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade 
        adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment 
        assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under 
        section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
        Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the 
        Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and section 
        285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall 
        be available for obligation by the States through 
        December 31, 2023, except that funds used for 
        automation shall be available for Federal obligation 
        through December 31, 2023, and for State obligation 
        through September 30, 2025, or, if the automation is 
        being carried out through consortia of States, for 
        State obligation through September 30, 2029, and for 
        expenditure through September 30, 2030, and funds for 
        competitive grants awarded to States for improved 
        operations and to conduct in-person reemployment and 
        eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
        improper payment reviews and provide reemployment 
        services and referrals to training, as appropriate, 
        shall be available for Federal obligation through 
        December 31, 2023 (except that funds for outcome 
        payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social 
        Security Act shall be available for Federal obligation 
        through March 31, 2024), and for obligation by the 
        States through September 30, 2025, and funds for the 
        Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence 
        shall be available for obligation by the State through 
        September 30, 2024, and funds used for unemployment 
        insurance workloads experienced through September 30, 
        2023 shall be available for Federal obligation through 
        December 31, 2023;
          (2) $23,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
        activities necessary to support the administration of 
        the Federal-State unemployment insurance system;
          (3) $658,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
        $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is 
        for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of 
        the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for 
        Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2023 through 
        June 30, 2024;
          (4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
        activities of the Employment Service, including 
        administration of the work opportunity tax credit under 
        section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
        (including assisting States in adopting or modernizing 
        information technology for use in the processing of 
        certification requests), and the provision of technical 
        assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser 
        Act;
          (5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
        administration of foreign labor certifications and 
        related activities under the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act and related laws, of which $60,528,000 
        shall be available for the Federal administration of 
        such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available for 
        grants to States for the administration of such 
        activities; and
          (6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
        workforce information, national electronic tools, and 
        one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act 
        and shall be available for Federal obligation for the 
        period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, of which up 
        to $9,800,000 may be used to carry out research and 
        demonstration projects related to testing effective 
        ways to promote greater labor force participation of 
        people with disabilities: Provided, That the Secretary 
        may transfer amounts made available for research and 
        demonstration projects under this paragraph to the 
        ``Office of Disability Employment Policy'' account for 
        such purposes:
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2023 is projected by 
the Department of Labor to exceed 1,778,000, an additional 
$28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available for 
obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level 
(including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 
100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act that are 
allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of 
the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist 
other States in carrying out activities under such title III if 
the other States include areas that have suffered a major 
disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States for the use of the National 
Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act 
to make payments on behalf of States to the entity operating 
the State Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish 
a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State 
unemployment insurance, employment service, or immigration 
programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements 
with States and non-State entities: Provided further, That 
States awarded competitive grants for improved operations under 
title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State 
unemployment insurance system, may award subgrants to other 
States and non-State entities under such grants, subject to the 
conditions applicable to the grants: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized 
under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-
Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation 
efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed 
under the final rule entitled ``Uniform Administrative 
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for 
Federal Awards'' at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the 
request of a State participating in a consortium with other 
States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 
III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in 
the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemployment 
Insurance Information Technology Support Center in order to 
carry out activities that benefit the administration of the 
unemployment compensation law of the State making the request: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for the 
costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and 
reporting services relating to the National Agricultural 
Workers Survey requested by State and local governments, public 
and private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit 
organizations and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the 
provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural 
Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet 
the information collection and reporting needs of such 
entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024, for such 
purposes.

        advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

  For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security 
Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized 
by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 
for nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by 
section 901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment 
Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ``Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances'' account, such sums as 
may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2024.

                         program administration

  For expenses of administering employment and training 
programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed $54,015,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

               Employee Benefits Security Administration

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall 
be made available through September 30, 2024, for the 
procurement of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

               pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

  The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'') is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial 
assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within 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 31 
U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out the program, 
including associated administrative expenses, through September 
30, 2023, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds 
available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2023 shall be 
available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess 
of $493,314,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
number of new plan participants in plans terminated by the 
Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2023, an amount not 
to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available through 
September 30, 2027, for obligations for administrative expenses 
for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided 
further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided for 
administrative expenses in this paragraph may be incurred and 
shall be available through September 30, 2027 for obligation 
for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or termination 
expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related 
expenses after approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
an additional amount shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2027 to the extent the Corporation's costs exceed 
$250,000 for the provision of credit or identity monitoring to 
affected individuals upon suffering a security incident or 
privacy breach, not to exceed an additional $100 per affected 
individual.

                         Wage and Hour Division

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies 
and their employees for inspection services rendered, 
$260,000,000.

                  Office of Labor-Management Standards

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $48,515,000.

             Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $110,976,000.

                Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with $2,205,000 
which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with 
sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers' Compensation Act.

                            special benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses not otherwise authorized) 
accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as provided for under 
the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal Security 
Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation 
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War 
Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations incurred under 
the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits required 
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act, $250,000,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year 
appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the 
Employees' Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 
8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 
5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is 
not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the 
salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided 
further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on 
September 30, 2022, shall remain available until expended for 
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided 
further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other 
corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) 
to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of 
administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the 
cost of administration for employees of such fair share 
entities through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That of 
those funds transferred to this account from the fair share 
entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, $81,752,000 shall be made 
available to the Secretary as follows:
          (1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
        processing systems operations and telecommunications 
        systems, $27,727,000;
          (2) For automated workload processing operations, 
        including document imaging, centralized mail intake, 
        and medical bill processing, $26,125,000;
          (3) For periodic roll disability management and 
        medical review, $26,126,000;
          (4) For program integrity, $1,744,000; and
          (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
        Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying 
information (including Social Security account number) as such 
regulations may prescribe.

               special benefits for disabled coal miners

  For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275, 
$36,031,000, to remain available until expended.
  For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs 
incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be 
necessary.
  For making benefit payments under title IV for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2024, $10,250,000, to remain available 
until expended.

    administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
                           compensation fund

  For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $64,564,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under 
the Act provide as part of such claim such identifying 
information (including Social Security account number) as may 
be prescribed.

                    black lung disability trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund (the ``Fund''), to remain available until expended, 
for payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), 
(2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 
repayment of, and payment of interest on advances, as 
authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the 
following amounts may be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 
2023 for expenses of operation and administration of the Black 
Lung Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not 
to exceed $42,194,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to exceed 
$38,407,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries 
and Expenses''; not to exceed $353,000 for transfer to 
Departmental Management, ``Office of Inspector General''; and 
not to exceed $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts 
for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $632,309,000, including not to exceed 
$120,000,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for 
grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act (the ``Act''), which grants shall be no less 
than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and 
health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by 
the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year 
of training institute course tuition and fees, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums 
for occupational safety and health training and education: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is 
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, 
to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in 
accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 
national and international laboratory recognition programs that 
ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 
the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is 
applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, 
regulation, or order under the Act with respect to any employer 
of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (``DART'') 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise 
industrial classification code for which such data are 
published, less than the national average rate as such rates 
are most recently published by the Secretary, acting through 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 
of the Act, except--
          (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, 
        consultation, technical assistance, educational and 
        training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
          (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
        response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
        for violations found during such inspection, and to 
        assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
        within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
        willful violations found;
          (3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
        respect to imminent dangers;
          (4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
        respect to health hazards;
          (5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
        respect to a report of an employment accident which is 
        fatal to one or more employees or which results in 
        hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 
        any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by 
        the Act; and
          (6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
        respect to complaints of discrimination against 
        employees for exercising rights under the Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to 
any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not 
maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $12,787,000 shall be 
available for Susan Harwood training grants, of which not more 
than $6,500,000 is for Susan Harwood Training Capacity Building 
Developmental grants, for program activities starting not later 
than September 30, 2023 and lasting for a period of 12 months: 
Provided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for 
Voluntary Protection Programs.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase and bestowal 
of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and 
first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery 
activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State assistance 
grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to 
exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health 
and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of 
training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, to be available for mine safety and health education 
and training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees 
collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 
materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 
such sums for such activities: Provided further, That the 
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
and other contributions from public and private sources and to 
prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration is authorized to promote health and 
safety education and training in the mining community through 
cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety 
associations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 
as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 
reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and 
Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters 
or in the national organization: Provided further, That any 
funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with 
the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine 
rescue and survival operations in the event of a major 
disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for services rendered, 
$629,952,000, together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which may 
be expended from the Employment Security Administration account 
in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people 
with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than 
$9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration projects 
related to testing effective ways to promote greater labor 
force participation of people with disabilities: Provided, That 
the Secretary may transfer amounts made available under this 
heading for research and demonstration projects to the ``State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations'' 
account for such purposes.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including 
the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $391,889,000, 
together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $81,725,000 for the 
Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for 
obligation through December 31, 2023: Provided further, That 
funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs 
may be used to administer or operate international labor 
activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assistance, 
and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants, 
subgrants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 
less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat 
exploitative child labor internationally and not less than 
$30,175,000 shall be used to implement model programs that 
address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade 
agreements or trade preference programs: Provided further, That 
$8,281,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2024: Provided 
further, That funds available for program evaluation may be 
used to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: 
Provided further, That grants made for the purpose of 
evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open competition: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evaluation 
may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the 
Department for such purpose: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer: Provided further, That the funds available to the 
Women's Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote the 
interests of women in the workforce: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available to the Women's Bureau, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in 
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act.

                   veterans' employment and training

  Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 
38, United States Code, of which--
          (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
        grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled 
        veterans' outreach program specialists under section 
        4103A of such title and local veterans' employment 
        representatives under section 4104(b) of such title, 
        and for the expenses described in section 
        4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for 
        expenditure by the States through September 30, 2025, 
        and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal 
        expenditures for data systems and contract support to 
        allow for the tracking of participant and performance 
        information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds 
        may be used to support such specialists and 
        representatives in the provision of services to 
        transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have 
        participated in the Transition Assistance Program and 
        have been identified as in need of intensive services, 
        to members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or 
        injured and receiving treatment in military treatment 
        facilities or warrior transition units, and to the 
        spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, 
        ill, or injured members;
          (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition 
        Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 
        1144;
          (3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of 
        chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 
        2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
        Provided, That, up to $500,000 may be used to carry out 
        the Hire VETS Act (division O of Public Law 115-31); 
        and
          (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' 
        Employment and Training Services Institute under 38 
        U.S.C. 4109:
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above 
an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from 
which such reallocation is made.
  In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 2023, the 
Secretary may award grants through September 30, 2023, to 
provide services under such section: Provided further, That 
services provided under sections 2021 or under 2021A may 
include, in addition to services to homeless veterans described 
in section 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless 
at some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 
veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 60 
days, and that services provided under section 2023 may 
include, in addition to services to the individuals described 
in subsection (e) of such section, services to veterans 
recently released from incarceration who are at risk of 
homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding paragraph 
(3) under this heading, funds appropriated in this paragraph 
may be used for data systems and contract support to allow for 
the tracking of participant and performance information: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 2021(e)(2) and 
2021A(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, such funds shall 
be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553.
  In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE 
Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) of the HIRE 
Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available to the Secretary 
to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as 
authorized by such Act, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to any 
other funds available for such purposes, including funds 
available under paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided 
further, That section 2(d) of division O of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 
note) shall not apply.

                            it modernization

  For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to 
support systems and modernization, $34,269,000, which shall be 
available through September 30, 2024.

                      office of inspector general

  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $91,187,000, together with not to exceed $5,841,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more 
than $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading may 
be available until expended.

                           General Provisions

  Sec. 101.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an 
individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an 
indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 102.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred 
between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, 
project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section shall not be used to create any new 
program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 
are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
  Sec. 103.  In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 
this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of 
goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 
rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child 
labor in industries and host countries already identified by 
the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of 
this Act.
  Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for 
grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used 
for any purpose other than competitive grants for training 
individuals who are older than 16 years of age and are not 
currently enrolled in school within a local educational agency 
in the occupations and industries for which employers are using 
H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 
necessary to support such training.
  Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ``Employment and Training Administration'' shall be 
used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the 
salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or 
indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This 
limitation shall not apply to vendors providing goods and 
services as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A-133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States may 
establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those 
receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 
funds, taking into account factors including the relative cost-
of-living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable 
State or local government employees, and the size of the 
organizations that administer Federal programs involved 
including Employment and Training Administration programs.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-
aside, for technical assistance services to grantees to 
``Program Administration'' when it is determined that those 
services will be more efficiently performed by Federal 
employees: Provided, That this section shall not apply to 
section 171 of the WIOA.
  (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer 
not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation 
made available to the Employment and Training Administration by 
this Act to ``Program Administration'' in order to carry out 
program integrity activities relating to any of the programs or 
activities that are funded under any such discretionary 
appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding section 102 and 
the preceding proviso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 
0.5 percent of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of the ``Office of Job Corps'' account to paragraph (3) of such 
account to carry out program integrity activities related to 
the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds transferred 
under this subsection shall be available to the Secretary to 
carry out program integrity activities directly or through 
grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and other 
arrangements with States and other appropriate entities: 
Provided further, That funds transferred under the authority 
provided by this subsection shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2024.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act 
identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations 
of any of the programs or activities that are funded under such 
accounts. Any funds reserved under this section shall be 
transferred to ``Departmental Management'' for use by the 
Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the Department of 
Labor, and shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2024: Provided, That such funds shall only be available if 
the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate describing the evaluations to be 
carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer.
  (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
``Training and Employment Services'', ``Job Corps'', 
``Community Service Employment for Older Americans'', ``State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations'', 
``Employee Benefits Security Administration'', ``Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs'', ``Wage and Hour Division'', 
``Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'', ``Office of 
Labor Management Standards'', ``Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration'', ``Mine Safety and Health Administration'', 
``Office of Disability Employment Policy'', funding made 
available to the ``Bureau of International Labor Affairs'' and 
``Women's Bureau'' within the ``Departmental Management, 
Salaries and Expenses'' account, and ``Veterans' Employment and 
Training''.
  Sec. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such section:
  ``(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for a 
period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to 
any employee--
          ``(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting 
        from or relating to such major disaster, by an employer 
        not engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in 
        underwriting, selling, or marketing property, casualty, 
        or liability insurance policies or contracts;
          ``(B) who receives from such employer on average 
        weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per week 
        or any minimum weekly amount established by the 
        Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of 
        weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activities 
        described in subparagraph (C); and
          ``(C) whose duties include any of the following:
                  ``(i) interviewing insured individuals, 
                individuals who suffered injuries or other 
                damages or losses arising from or relating to a 
                disaster, witnesses, or physicians;
                  ``(ii) inspecting property damage or 
                reviewing factual information to prepare damage 
                estimates;
                  ``(iii) evaluating and making recommendations 
                regarding coverage or compensability of claims 
                or determining liability or value aspects of 
                claims;
                  ``(iv) negotiating settlements; or
                  ``(v) making recommendations regarding 
                litigation.
  ``(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the 
exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
  ``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
          ``(A) the term `major disaster' means any disaster or 
        catastrophe declared or designated by any State or 
        Federal agency or department;
          ``(B) the term `employee employed to adjust or 
        evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
        major disaster' means an individual who timely secured 
        or secures a license required by applicable law to 
        engage in and perform the activities described in 
        clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to 
        a major disaster, and is employed by an employer that 
        maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or 
        protection for its employees, if required by applicable 
        law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, and local 
        income and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and 
        any benefits of such employees; and
          ``(C) the term `affiliate' means a company that, by 
        reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of 
        the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
        securities of one or more companies, directly or 
        indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under 
        common control with, another company.''.
  (b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act.
  Sec. 109. (a) Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of H-
2B Nonimmigrants Working in the Seafood Industry.--
          (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), if a 
        petition for H-2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in 
        the seafood industry is granted, the employer may bring 
        the nonimmigrants described in the petition into the 
        United States at any time during the 120-day period 
        beginning on the start date for which the employer is 
        seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without 
        filing another petition.
          (2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day.--An 
        employer in the seafood industry may not bring H-2B 
        nonimmigrants into the United States after the date 
        that is 90 days after the start date for which the 
        employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants 
        unless the employer--
                  (A) completes a new assessment of the local 
                labor market by--
                          (i) listing job orders in local 
                        newspapers on 2 separate Sundays; and
                          (ii) posting the job opportunity on 
                        the appropriate Department of Labor 
                        Electronic Job Registry and at the 
                        employer's place of employment; and
                  (B) offers the job to an equally or better 
                qualified United States worker who--
                          (i) applies for the job; and
                          (ii) will be available at the time 
                        and place of need.
          (3) Exemption from rules with respect to 
        staggering.--The Secretary of Labor shall not consider 
        an employer in the seafood industry who brings H-2B 
        nonimmigrants into the United States during the 120-day 
        period specified in paragraph (1) to be staggering the 
        date of need in violation of section 655.20(d) of title 
        20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other 
        applicable provision of law.
  (b) H-2B Nonimmigrants Defined.--In this section, the term 
``H-2B nonimmigrants'' means aliens admitted to the United 
States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
  Sec. 110.  The determination of prevailing wage for the 
purposes of the H-2B program shall be the greater of--(1) the 
actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees with 
similar experience and qualifications for such position in the 
same location; or (2) the prevailing wage level for the 
occupational classification of the position in the geographic 
area in which the H-2B nonimmigrant will be employed, based on 
the best information available at the time of filing the 
petition. In the determination of prevailing wage for the 
purposes of the H-2B program, the Secretary shall accept 
private wage surveys even in instances where Occupational 
Employment Statistics survey data are available unless the 
Secretary determines that the methodology and data in the 
provided survey are not statistically supported.
  Sec. 111.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in 20 
CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition found 
in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further, for the 
purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers under the 
H-2B program, the definition of temporary need shall be that 
provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B).
  Sec. 112.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 of excess 
personal property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to 
apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices 
in those programs.
  Sec. 113. (a) The Act entitled ``An Act to create a 
Department of Labor'', approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, 
chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text is part 
of such Act:

``SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL.

  ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor is authorized to 
employ law enforcement officers or special agents to--
          ``(1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor 
        during the workday of the Secretary and during any 
        activity that is preliminary or postliminary to the 
        performance of official duties by the Secretary;
          ``(2) provide protection, incidental to the 
        protection provided to the Secretary, to a member of 
        the immediate family of the Secretary who is 
        participating in an activity or event relating to the 
        official duties of the Secretary;
          ``(3) provide continuous protection to the Secretary 
        (including during periods not described in paragraph 
        (1)) and to the members of the immediate family of the 
        Secretary if there is a unique and articulable threat 
        of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines 
        established by the Secretary; and
          ``(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of 
        Labor or another senior officer representing the 
        Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 
        unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 
        accordance with guidelines established by the 
        Secretary.
  ``(b) Authorities.--The Secretary of Labor may authorize a 
law enforcement officer or special agent employed under 
subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the duties 
authorized under subsection (a), to--
          ``(1) carry firearms;
          ``(2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense 
        against the United States committed in the presence of 
        such officer or special agent;
          ``(3) perform protective intelligence work, including 
        identifying and mitigating potential threats and 
        conducting advance work to review security matters 
        relating to sites and events;
          ``(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; 
        and
          ``(5) initiate criminal and other investigations into 
        potential threats to the security of the Secretary, in 
        coordination with the Inspector General of the 
        Department of Labor.
  ``(c) Compliance With Guidelines.--A law enforcement officer 
or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise 
any authority provided under this section in accordance with 
any--
          ``(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and
          ``(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
        Labor.''.
  (b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act.
  Sec. 114.  The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or 
divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, 
including an agreement or partnership to construct a new Job 
Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on which 
the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is situated. Any sale or 
other disposition, to include any associated construction 
project, will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal 
law or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 
property or relating to Federal procurement, including but not 
limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the 
United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of 
the United States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of 
subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. The net 
proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, 
which shall be available until expended to carry out the Job 
Corps Program on Treasure Island.
  Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to--
          (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement 
        between the United States Department of Labor and the 
        United States Department of Agriculture; or
          (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, 
        except if such closure is necessary to prevent the 
        endangerment of the health and safety of the students, 
        the capacity of the program is retained, and the 
        requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA are met.

                              (rescission)

  Sec. 116.  Of the unobligated funds available under section 
286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(s)(2)), $142,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not 
later than September 30, 2023.
  This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2023''.

                                TITLE II

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                          primary health care

  For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ``PHS Act'') with 
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health 
Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, That no more than 
$1,000,000 shall be available until expended for carrying out 
the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That no more than $120,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for carrying out subsections (g) through (n) and 
(q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by 
the Department of Health and Human Services (referred to in 
this Act as ``HHS'') pertaining to administrative claims made 
under such law.

                            health workforce

  For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act 
with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 
of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality 
Improvement Act of 1986, $1,390,376,000: Provided, That section 
751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding amounts 
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act 
shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for any program operating under section 
751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as the 
``Secretary'') may hereafter waive any of the requirements 
contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act 
for the full project period of a grant under such section: 
Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act shall 
apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(a) of such 
Act: Provided further, That no funds shall be available for 
section 340G-1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That fees 
collected for the disclosure of information under section 
427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and 
sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall 
be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
programs authorized by such sections and shall remain available 
until expended for the National Practitioner Data Bank: 
Provided further, That funds transferred to this account to 
carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of 
the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments to 
awards made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 
That $125,600,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
purposes of providing primary health services, assigning 
National Health Service Corps (``NHSC'') participants to expand 
the delivery of substance use disorder treatment services, 
notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under 
sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS 
Act, and making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program 
under section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 
the amount made available in the previous proviso, $15,600,000 
shall remain available until expended for the purposes of 
making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 
section 338B of the PHS Act to individuals participating in 
such program who provide primary health services in Indian 
Health Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health 
Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are 
defined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment 
priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: 
Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two 
provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied 
as if the term ``primary health services'' includes clinical 
substance use disorder treatment services, including those 
provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 
treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be available to 
make grants to establish, expand, or maintain optional 
community-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs that are 
accredited or in the accreditation process, with a preference 
for those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for practicing 
postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral 
health: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for activities under section 775 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That the United States may recover liquidated 
damages in an amount determined by the formula under section 
338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either fails to 
begin or complete the service obligated by a contract under 
section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That for 
purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the Secretary may 
include other mental and behavioral health disciplines as the 
Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may terminate a contract entered into under section 
775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated in section 
206 of this title for fiscal year 2023 contracts entered into 
under section 338B of the PHS Act.
  Of the funds made available under this heading, $60,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for grants to public 
institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate 
education for physicians provided by such institutions, 
including funding for infrastructure development, maintenance, 
equipment, and minor renovations or alterations: Provided, 
That, in awarding such grants, the Secretary shall give 
priority to public institutions of higher education located in 
States with a projected primary care provider shortage in 2025, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That grants 
so awarded are limited to such public institutions of higher 
education in States in the top quintile of States with a 
projected primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum amount of 
a grant so awarded to such an institution shall be not less 
than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a grant 
may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided 
further, That such a grant awarded with respect to a year to 
such an institution shall be subject to a matching requirement 
of non-Federal funds in an amount that is not less than 10 
percent of the total amount of Federal funds provided in the 
grant to such institution with respect to such year.

                       maternal and child health

  For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act 
with respect to maternal and child health and title V of the 
Social Security Act, $1,171,430,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social 
Security Act, not more than $219,116,000 shall be available for 
carrying out special projects of regional and national 
significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and 
$10,276,000 shall be available for projects described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.

                      ryan white hiv/aids program

  For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to 
the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,571,041,000, of which 
$2,045,630,000 shall remain available to the Secretary through 
September 30, 2025, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS 
Act, and of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of section 
2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which $165,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available to the 
Secretary for carrying out a program of grants and contracts 
under title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on 
ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants issued 
under such section 311(c) administered in conjunction with 
title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limitation on 
administrative expenses.

                             health systems

  For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic 
and Research Act of 2005, $99,009,000, of which $122,000 shall 
be available until expended for facilities-related expenses of 
the National Hansen's Disease Program.

                              rural health

  For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 
of the Social Security Act, $352,407,000, of which $64,277,000 
from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the 
Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading for 
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $20,942,000 shall 
be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 
Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 
information technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
available to award grants to public or non-profit private 
entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance 
Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with funds provided for 
grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and 
implementation of telehealth services and other efforts to 
improve health care coordination for rural veterans between 
rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the 
PHS Act, $12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of 
Rural Health: Provided further, That $12,500,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025, to support the Rural 
Residency Development Program: Provided further, That 
$145,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities Opioids 
Response Program.

                            family planning

  For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act to 
provide for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000: 
Provided, That amounts provided to said projects under such 
title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy 
counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall 
not be expended for any activity (including the publication or 
distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
candidate for public office.

                hrsa-wide activities and program support

  For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service Act 
and for cross-cutting activities and program support for 
activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act 
for the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
$1,735,769,000, of which $38,050,000 shall be for expenses 
necessary for the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, 
including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the 
advancement of telehealth activities: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used to supplement program 
support funding provided under the headings ``Primary Health 
Care'', ``Health Workforce'', ``Maternal and Child Health'', 
``Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program'', ``Health Systems'', and 
``Rural Health'': Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $1,521,681,000 shall be used for 
the projects financing the construction and renovation 
(including equipment) of health care and other facilities, and 
for the projects financing one-time grants that support health-
related activities, including training and information 
technology, 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 none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding 
proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or 
section 205 of this Act.

             vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

  For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
Trust Fund (the ``Trust Fund''), such sums as may be necessary 
for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, 
pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That for necessary 
administrative expenses, not to exceed $15,200,000 shall be 
available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary.

                  covered countermeasures process fund

  For carrying out section 319F-4 of the PHS Act, $7,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                 immunization and respiratory diseases

  For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory 
diseases, $499,941,000.

     hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
                        tuberculosis prevention

  For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually 
transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,391,056,000.

               emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 
of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic 
infectious diseases, $698,772,000: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, up to $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended to pay for the 
transportation, medical care, treatment, and other related 
costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or State 
quarantine law.

            chronic disease prevention and health promotion

  For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health 
promotion, $1,175,464,000: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading may be available for making grants under 
section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 States, 
tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $16,500,000 shall be 
available to continue and expand community specific extension 
and outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the 
highest levels of obesity: Provided further, That the 
proportional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the 
PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading.

   birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

  For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, 
disabilities and health, $205,560,000.

                   public health scientific services

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, 
and workforce development, $754,497,000.

                          environmental health

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $229,850,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading up to $4,000,000 
may remain available until expended for carrying out the Vessel 
Sanitation Program, in addition to user fee collections 
available for such purpose: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
use of funds pursuant to the preceding proviso.

                     injury prevention and control

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $761,379,000.

         national institute for occupational safety and health

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, 
sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine 
Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 
21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with 
respect to occupational safety and health, $362,800,000.

       energy employees occupational illness compensation program

  For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount 
shall be available consistent with the provision regarding 
administrative expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title 
I of Public Law 106-554.

                             global health

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which: (1) 
$128,921,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2024 
for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) $293,200,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025 for global public health 
protection: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries.

                public health preparedness and response

  For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to public health preparedness and response, and for 
expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical 
threats to civilian populations, $883,200,000: Provided, That 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(referred to in this title as ``CDC'') or the Administrator of 
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail 
staff without reimbursement to support an activation of the CDC 
Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director or 
Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority, a 
full report within 30 days after use of this authority which 
includes the number of staff and funding level broken down by 
the originating center and number of days detailed, and an 
update of such report every 180 days until staff are no longer 
on detail without reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations 
Center.

                        buildings and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, 
installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 
$40,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That funds made available to this account in 
this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition of 
real property or for construction or improvement of facilities 
shall be available to make improvements on non-federally owned 
property, provided that any improvements that are not adjacent 
to federally owned property do not exceed $2,500,000, and that 
the primary benefit of such improvements accrues to CDC: 
Provided further, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for 
repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and 
Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety 
research facility: Provided further, That funds made available 
to this account in this or any prior Act that are available for 
the acquisition of real property or for construction or 
improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 
replacement mine safety research facility shall be available to 
make improvements on non-federally owned property, provided 
that any improvements that are not adjacent to federally owned 
property do not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That in 
addition, the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts 
assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC made available 
for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 
merged with the amounts made available under this heading to 
support the replacement of the mine safety research facility.

                cdc-wide activities and program support

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and 
program support for activities funded in other appropriations 
included in this Act for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, $563,570,000, of which: (1) $350,000,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2024, for public health 
infrastructure and capacity; and (2) $50,000,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024 for forecasting epidemics 
and outbreak analytics: Provided, That paragraphs (1) through 
(3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in all other 
accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $35,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available to the Director of the CDC 
for deposit in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve 
Fund established by section 231 of division B of Public Law 
115-245: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used to support a contract for the operation and 
maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of activities 
throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address 
public health preparedness emergencies: Provided further, That 
employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian 
and commissioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, 
or other organizations under authority of section 214 of the 
PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-
Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be 
included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, 
Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment: 
Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts 
appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Director of CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums 
as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 
authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and the 
Respirator Certification Program shall be available through 
September 30, 2024.

                     National Institutes of Health

                       national cancer institute

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cancer, $7,104,159,000, of which up to $30,000,000 
may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the 
National Cancer Institute--Frederick Federally Funded Research 
and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.

               national heart, lung, and blood institute

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood 
and blood products, $3,982,345,000.

         national institute of dental and craniofacial research

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $520,163,000.

    national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 
$2,300,721,000.

        national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,588,925,000.

         national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $6,562,279,000.

             national institute of general medical sciences

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to general medical sciences, $3,239,679,000, of which 
$1,412,482,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 
of the PHS Act: Provided, That not less than $425,956,000 is 
provided for the Institutional Development Awards program.

  eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
                              development

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to child health and human development, $1,749,078,000.

                         national eye institute

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $896,549,000.

          national institute of environmental health sciences

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health sciences, $913,979,000.

                      national institute on aging

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to aging, $4,407,623,000.

 national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 
$685,465,000.

    national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to deafness and other communication disorders, 
$534,333,000.

                 national institute of nursing research

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to nursing research, $197,693,000.

           national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $595,318,000.

                    national institute on drug abuse

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000.

                  national institute of mental health

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, $2,112,843,000.

                national human genome research institute

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to human genome research, $663,200,000.

      national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, 
$440,627,000.

        national center for complementary and integrative health

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to complementary and integrative health, $170,384,000.

      national institute on minority health and health disparities

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$524,395,000.

                  john e. fogarty international center

  For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title 
IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000.

                      national library of medicine

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to health information communications, $497,548,000: 
Provided, That of the amounts available for improvement of 
information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2023, 
the National Library of Medicine may enter into personal 
services contracts for the provision of services in facilities 
owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the 
National Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as 
``NIH'').

          national center for advancing translational sciences

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to translational sciences, $923,323,000: Provided, That 
up to $70,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 
of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: 
Provided further, That at least $629,560,000 is provided to the 
Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards program.

                         office of the director

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, NIH, $2,642,914,000: Provided, That funding shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds 
credited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for 
one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are 
deposited: Provided further, That $180,000,000 shall be for the 
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: 
Provided further, That $722,401,000 shall be available for the 
Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses 
when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided 
further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of 
the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make 
grants for construction or renovation of facilities as provided 
for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That $80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of the 
PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283K), relating to biomedical and behavioral 
research facilities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the 
``Office of Inspector General'' for oversight of grant programs 
and operations of the NIH, including agency efforts to ensure 
the integrity of its grant application evaluation and selection 
processes, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for oversight of the NIH: Provided further, That the 
funds provided in the previous proviso may be transferred from 
one specified activity to another with 15 days prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That the 
Inspector General shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
before submitting to the Committees an audit plan for fiscal 
years 2023 and 2024 no later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are also available to establish, 
operate, and support the Research Policy Board authorized by 
section 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading for 
the Office of Research on Women's Health shall also be 
available for making grants to serve and promote the interests 
of women in research, and the Director of such Office may, in 
making such grants, use the authorities available to NIH 
Institutes and Centers.
  In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 
is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric 
Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose 
of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act 
(relating to pediatric research), as authorized in the 
Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act.

                        buildings and facilities

  For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation 
of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by 
NIH, including the acquisition of real property, $350,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2027.

                   nih innovation account, cures act

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described in 
section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 
to amounts available for such purposes in the appropriations 
provided to the NIH in this Act, $1,085,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts are 
appropriated pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to 
be derived from amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) 
of such Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health to other accounts of the National 
Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided in such 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Director 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 the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                             mental health

  For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy for 
Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act, $2,693,507,000: Provided, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $93,887,000 shall 
be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS 
Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 
be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act 
to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to 
fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading for subpart I of part B 
of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be 
available to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided 
further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to 
carry out the Children's Mental Health Services program may be 
used to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for early 
interventions with persons not more than 25 years of age at 
clinical high risk of developing a first episode of psychosis: 
Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall 
not apply to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 
2023: Provided further, That $385,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2025 for grants to communities and 
community organizations who meet criteria for Certified 
Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 
of Public Law 113-93: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to 
section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to 
carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 
of 2014 (Public Law 113-93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note).

                       substance abuse treatment

  For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such Act with 
respect to substance abuse treatment and prevention, and the 
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, $4,076,098,000: 
Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for State Opioid 
Response Grants for carrying out activities pertaining to 
opioids and stimulants undertaken by the State agency 
responsible for administering the substance abuse prevention 
and treatment block grant under subpart II of part B of title 
XIX of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-21 et seq.): Provided 
further, That of such amount $55,000,000 shall be made 
available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That 15 percent of the remaining amount shall be for 
the States with the highest mortality rate related to opioid 
use disorders: Provided further, That in allocating the amount 
made available in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall 
ensure that the formula avoids a significant cliff between 
States with similar overdose mortality rates to prevent 
unusually large funding changes in States when compared to 
prior year allocations: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for State Opioid Response Grants not more than 2 
percent shall be available for Federal administrative expenses, 
training, technical assistance, and evaluation: Provided 
further, That of the amount not reserved by the previous four 
provisos, the Secretary shall make allocations to States, 
territories, and the District of Columbia according to a 
formula using national survey results that the Secretary 
determines are the most objective and reliable measure of drug 
use and drug-related deaths: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall submit the formula methodology to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not less than 21 days prior to publishing a 
Funding Opportunity Announcement: Provided further, That 
prevention and treatment activities funded through such grants 
may include education, treatment (including the provision of 
medication), behavioral health services for individuals in 
treatment programs, referral to treatment services, recovery 
support, and medical screening associated with such treatment: 
Provided further, That each State, as well as the District of 
Columbia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the 
following amounts shall be available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of 
title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical 
assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 
activities, and further that the total available under this Act 
for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of 
the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; 
and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment 
programs: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for 
section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants 
shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.

                       substance abuse prevention

  For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000.

                health surveillance and program support

  For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ``Mental 
Health'', ``Substance Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse 
Prevention'' in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental 
Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, $301,932,000: Provided, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $160,777,000 shall be used for 
the 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 none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding 
proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or 
section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under 
section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 
carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to 
collect and analyze program data, and to conduct public 
awareness and technical assistance activities: Provided 
further, That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs 
of publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis 
completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a public 
or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended for 
such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall 
remain available through September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading (other than 
amounts specified in the first proviso under this heading) may 
be used to supplement program support funding provided under 
the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance Abuse Treatment'', 
and ``Substance Abuse Prevention''.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                    healthcare research and quality

  For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A of 
title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 
of 2003, $373,500,000: Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS 
Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That 
in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act 
fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 
data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024.

                Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

                     grants to states for medicaid

  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and 
XIX of the Social Security Act, $367,357,090,000, to remain 
available until expended.
  In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 2023, 
for the last quarter of fiscal year 2023 for unanticipated 
costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended.
  In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2024, $197,580,474,000, to remain 
available until expended.
  Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such 
quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved 
in that or any subsequent quarter.

                payments to the health care trust funds

  For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D-16 of the 
Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social 
Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 
97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $548,130,000,000.
  In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 
and benefit payments under section 1860D-16 of the Social 
Security Act that were not anticipated in budget estimates, 
such sums as may be necessary.

                           program management

  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and 
XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement 
Amendments of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not to exceed $3,669,744,000 
to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security 
Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with 
section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to 
section 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as 
may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of 
data, which shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established 
under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and 
available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect 
fees in fiscal year 2023 from Medicare Advantage organizations 
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and 
from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under 
section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of 
that Act: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, and shall be available for the Survey and 
Certification Program: Provided further, That amounts available 
under this heading to support quality improvement organizations 
(as defined in section 1152 of the Social Security Act) shall 
not exceed the amount specifically provided for such purpose 
under this heading in division H of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141).

              health care fraud and abuse control account

  In addition to amounts otherwise available for program 
integrity and program management, $893,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024, to be transferred from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which 
$665,648,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services program integrity activities, of which $105,145,000 
shall be for the Department of Health and Human Services Office 
of Inspector General to carry out fraud and abuse activities 
authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 
$122,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry 
out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) 
of such Act: Provided, That the report required by section 
1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2023 
shall include measures of the operational efficiency and impact 
on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP 
programs for the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$317,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent 
resolution on the budget in the Senate, and $576,000,000 is 
additional new budget authority specified for purposes of a 
concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 
1(h) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the 
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022 for additional health 
care fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 from 
amounts made available under this heading and amounts made 
available for fiscal year 2023 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of 
the Social Security Act for the Senior Medicare Patrol program 
to combat health care fraud and abuse.

                Administration for Children and Families

  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-
D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act 
of July 5, 1960, $2,883,000,000, to remain available until 
expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2024, $1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended.
  For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and 
XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for 
the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated 
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may 
be necessary.

                   low income home energy assistance

  For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 
2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $1,500,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than 
$9,600,000 may be reserved by the Secretary for technical 
assistance, training, and monitoring of program activities for 
compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures, and 
to supplement funding otherwise available for necessary 
administrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the 
Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in 
section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with 
private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit 
organizations: Provided further, That all but $884,848,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading in this Act and in 
the second paragraph under this heading in the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 shall be allocated as 
though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal 
year 2023 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, 
after applying all applicable provisions of section 2604 of 
such Act and the previous proviso, each State or territory that 
would otherwise receive an allocation, from the amount 
appropriated under this heading in this Act together with the 
amount appropriated in the second paragraph under this heading 
in the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, 
that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it received 
under this heading for fiscal year 2022 from amounts 
appropriated in Public Law 117-103 shall have its allocation 
increased to that 97 percent level, with the portions of other 
States' and territories' allocations that would exceed 100 
percent of the amounts they respectively received in such 
fashion for fiscal year 2022 being ratably reduced.

                     refugee and entrant assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(``TVPA''), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 
$6,427,214,000, of which $6,377,459,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025 for carrying out such sections 414, 
501, 462, and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 
heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 
research and evaluation with respect to activities under such 
Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 205 of 
this Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation shall 
apply to transfers to appropriations under this heading by 
substituting ``15 percent'' for ``3 percent'': Provided 
further, That the contribution of funds requirement under 
section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 
shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for any month in fiscal year 2023 that 
the number of unaccompanied children referred to the Department 
of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 462 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235 of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2008 exceeds 13,000, as determined by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, an additional $27,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, shall be made available for 
obligation for every 500 unaccompanied children above that 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 
500), for carrying out such sections 462 and 235.

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

  For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (``CCDBG Act''), $8,021,387,000 shall be used to 
supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child 
care assistance for low-income families: Provided, That 
technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may 
be provided directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided 
further, That all funds made available to carry out section 418 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds 
appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 or any other 
provision of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds 
authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the 
CCDBG Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts 
required to be reserved by the Secretary under section 
658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $214,960,000 shall be for Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, the Secretary may 
reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses.

                      social services block grant

  For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such 
Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph 
for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX-A 
of such Act shall be 10 percent.

                children and families services programs

  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student 
Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title 
II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption 
Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B-1 of title 
IV and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the 
Social Security Act, and the Community Services Block Grant Act 
(``CSBG Act''); and for necessary administrative expenses to 
carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX-A of the 
Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-
Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, $14,618,437,000, of 
which $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2024, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 
guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 473A of 
the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions and legal 
guardianships completed before September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That $11,996,820,000 shall be for making payments under the 
Head Start Act, including for Early Head Start-Child Care 
Partnerships, and, of which, notwithstanding section 640 of 
such Act:
          (1) $596,000,000 shall be available for a cost of 
        living adjustment, and with respect to any continuing 
        appropriations act, funding available for a cost of 
        living adjustment shall not be construed as an 
        authority or condition under this Act;
          (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by 
        the Secretary to supplement activities described in 
        paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head 
        Start Act under the Designation Renewal System, 
        established under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 
        645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and such funds 
        shall not be included in the calculation of ``base 
        grant'' in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is 
        used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act;
          (3) $262,000,000 shall be available for quality 
        improvement consistent with section 640(a)(5) of such 
        Act except that any amount of the funds may be used on 
        any of the activities in such section, of which not 
        less than $13,000,000 shall be available to migrant and 
        seasonal Head Start programs for such activities, in 
        addition to funds made available for migrant and 
        seasonal Head Start programs under any other provision 
        of section 640(a) of such Act;
          (4) $100,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
        available for such purposes under section 640 of the 
        Head Start Act, shall be available through September 
        30, 2024, for awards to eligible entities for Head 
        Start and Early Head Start programs and to entities 
        defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of such Act 
        for high quality infant and toddler care through Early 
        Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and for training 
        and technical assistance for such activities: Provided, 
        That of the funds made available in this paragraph, up 
        to $21,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for 
        the administrative costs of carrying out this 
        paragraph;
          (5) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal 
        Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 
        Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; and
          (6) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement 
        funding otherwise available for research, evaluation, 
        and Federal administrative costs:
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation 
of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu of 
reducing the reservation of funds under sections 640(a)(2)(B), 
640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: Provided further, 
That $315,000,000 shall be available until December 31, 2023 
for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student 
Succeeds Act: Provided further, That up to 3 percent of the 
funds in the preceding proviso shall be available for technical 
assistance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 
section 9212: Provided further, That $804,383,000 shall be for 
making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That for 
services furnished under the CSBG Act with funds made available 
for such purpose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 2022, 
States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of the 
CSBG Act by substituting ``200 percent'' for ``125 percent'': 
Provided further, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 of 
the CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be for 
section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall be for 
section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to the 
extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as 
grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under 
such Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall 
remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year 
for expenditure by such entity consistent with program 
purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 
procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and 
program income that permit such assets acquired with, and 
program income derived from, grant funds authorized under 
section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of such 
grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end 
of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible 
assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt 
instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for any 
eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the 
CSBG Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply 
to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) 
of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business 
enterprises owned by community development corporations: 
Provided further, That $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
section 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act, of which $7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding 
section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of 
such Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 
section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a human services 
case management system for federally declared disasters, to 
include a comprehensive national case management contract and 
Federal costs of administering the system: Provided further, 
That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public 
Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to 
States to support data collection for a study of the system's 
effectiveness: Provided further, That $107,848,000 shall be 
used for the 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 none of the funds made available for projects 
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 
241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act.

                   promoting safe and stable families

  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 
of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying out, 
except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, 
$86,515,000: Provided, That of the funds available to carry out 
section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated consistent with 
subsections (b) through (d) of such section: Provided further, 
That of the funds available to carry out section 437, to assist 
in meeting the requirements described in section 471(e)(4)(C), 
$20,000,000 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and 
Indian tribe operating title IV-E plans for developing, 
enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as 
described in section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $6,750,000, in 
addition to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for 
such purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 
to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to the 
evaluation of child and family services: Provided further, That 
section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous 
proviso by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``3.3 percent'', and 
notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may be 
used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices 
to meet the criteria specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): 
Provided further, That the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and 
the limitations in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds 
specified in the second proviso: Provided further, That the 
minimum grant award for kinship navigator programs in the case 
of States and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case 
of tribes, shall be $25,000.

                payments for foster care and permanency

  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of 
the Social Security Act, $7,606,000,000.
  For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of 
the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2024, $3,200,000,000.
  For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current 
fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                  Administration for Community Living

                 aging and disability services programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (``OAA''), the RAISE Family 
Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 
1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare 
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, title XX-B 
of the Social Security Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of 
subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and 
section 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy and 
program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, 
$2,482,545,000, together with $55,242,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 
4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: 
Provided, That of amounts made available under this heading to 
carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one 
percent of such amounts shall be available for developing and 
implementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 
nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
funds made available under this heading to carry out section 
311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for adult protective 
services grants under section 2042 of title XX of the Social 
Security Act may be used to make grants to Tribes and tribal 
organizations: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to support alternative financing programs 
that provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, 
such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; 
a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance 
program: Provided further, That applicants shall provide an 
assurance that, and information describing the manner in which, 
the alternative financing program will expand and emphasize 
consumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 
agencies and community-based disability organizations that are 
directed by and operated for individuals with disabilities 
shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading may be used by an 
eligible system (as defined in section 102 of the Protection 
and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 
10802)) to continue to pursue any legal action in a Federal or 
State court on behalf of an individual or group of individuals 
with a developmental disability (as defined in section 
102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is 
attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental 
and physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the 
closure of State operated intermediate care facilities for 
people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless 
reasonable public notice of the action has been provided to 
such individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the 
legal guardians who have been specifically awarded authority by 
the courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on 
behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such action, 
within 90 days of instituting such legal action, which informs 
such individuals (or such legal guardians) of their legal 
rights and how to exercise such rights consistent with current 
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided further, That the 
limitations in the immediately preceding proviso shall not 
apply in the case of an individual who is neither competent to 
consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply 
in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State or 
subject to public guardianship: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $41,644,000 shall be 
used for the 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 none of the funds made available for projects 
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 
241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act.

                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor 
vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and 
section 229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border 
Health Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 
of the Social Security Act, $537,144,000, together with 
$64,828,000 from the amounts available under section 241 of the 
PHS Act to carry out national health or human services research 
and evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 
$60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive contracts and grants to public and private entities 
to fund medically accurate and age appropriate programs that 
reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with 
administering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of 
which not more than 10 percent of the available funds shall be 
for training and technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, 
and additional program support activities, and of the remaining 
amount 75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have 
been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce 
teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage 
pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent 
shall be available for research and demonstration grants to 
develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and 
innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations 
(including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy 
prevention approaches: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive grants which exclusively implement education in 
sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from 
non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding 
for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 
medically accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed 
publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or 
health organizations; implement an evidence-based approach 
integrating research findings with practical implementation 
that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the 
intended audience; and teach the benefits associated with self-
regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy 
relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, 
dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as 
underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing teen 
sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent 
of the funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk 
avoidance shall be available for technical assistance and 
administrative costs of such programs: Provided further, That 
funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities may 
be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, through 
grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative 
services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, 
That such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 
59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize 
competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to 
accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and 
treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of 
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3719)).

                     medicare hearings and appeals

  For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and appeals in 
the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024, to be transferred in 
appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

  office of the national coordinator for health information technology

  For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the 
development and advancement of interoperable health information 
technology, $66,238,000 shall be from amounts made available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act.

                      office of inspector general

  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of such 
amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing 
protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-
payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a 
Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, necessary sums 
shall be available for carrying out activities authorized under 
section 3022 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj-52).

                        office for civil rights

  For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$39,798,000.

     retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

  For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for 
payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan 
and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents 
and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act, 
such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year.

            public health and social services emergency fund

  For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, 
chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 
and for other public health emergencies, $1,647,569,000, of 
which $950,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2024, for expenses necessary to support advanced research and 
development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and other 
administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading for the purpose of acquisition of security 
countermeasures shall be in addition to any other funds 
available for such purpose: Provided further, That products 
purchased with funds provided under this heading may, at the 
discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 
National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available 
to support emergency operations shall remain available through 
September 30, 2025: Provided further, That $75,000,000 of the 
amounts made available to support coordination of the 
development, production, and distribution of vaccines, 
therapeutics, and other medical countermeasures shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024.
  For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures 
(as defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), 
$820,000,000, to remain available until expended.
  For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F-2(a) of the 
PHS Act, $965,000,000, to remain available until expended.
  For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare 
for or respond to an influenza pandemic, $335,000,000; of which 
$300,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities 
including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, 
necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance 
tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS 
Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of 
privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic 
influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds 
such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient 
supplies of such vaccines or biologics.

              advanced research projects agency for health

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to advanced research projects for health, 
$1,500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That the President shall appoint in the Department of 
Health and Human Services a director of advanced research 
projects for health (Director): Provided further, That funds 
may be used to make or rescind appointments of scientific, 
medical, and professional personnel without regard to any 
provision in title 5 governing appointments under the civil 
service laws: Provided further, That funds may be used to fix 
the compensation of such personnel at a rate to be determined 
by the Director, up to the amount of annual compensation 
(excluding expenses) specified in section 102 of title 3, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Director may use 
funds made available under this heading to make awards in the 
form of grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and cash 
prizes, and enter into other transactions (as defined in 
section 319L(a)(3) of the PHS Act): Provided further, That 
activities supported with funds provided under this heading 
shall not be subject to the requirements of sections 
406(a)(3)(A)(ii) or 492 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may transfer the Advanced Research Projects 
Agency for Health, including the functions, personnel, 
missions, activities, authorities, and funds, within 30 days of 
enactment of this Act to any agency or office of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes 
of Health: Provided further, That the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
shall be notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer 
pursuant to the preceding proviso.

                           General Provisions

  Sec. 201.  Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary.
  Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated in this title shall 
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or 
other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
title shall be used to prevent the NIH from paying up to 100 
percent of the salary of an individual at this rate.
  Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for 
funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps 
and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the 
preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.
  Sec. 204.  Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, 
such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more 
than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs 
authorized under such Act shall be made available for the 
evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and the 
implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in this 
title.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer 
authority granted by this section shall not be used to create 
any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no 
funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
  Sec. 206.  In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of a 
contract awarded in fiscal year 2023 under section 338B of such 
Act, or at any time if the individual who has been awarded such 
contract has not received funds due under the contract.
  Sec. 207.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act 
unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary 
that it encourages family participation in the decision of 
minors to seek family planning services and that it provides 
counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors 
into engaging in sexual activities.
  Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 
exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest.
  Sec. 209.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to 
carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary 
denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible 
entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because 
the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay 
for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective 
adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based 
on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of 
providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided 
further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to 
change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a 
Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall 
be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain 
information about all Medicare covered services.
  Sec. 210.  None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun 
control.
  Sec. 211.  The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health 
Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in 
AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for 
International Development, the United Nations International 
Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.
  Sec. 212.  In order for HHS to carry out international health 
activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, 
chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities 
abroad during fiscal year 2023:
          (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent 
        to that available to the Secretary of State in section 
        2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
        1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of 
        State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the 
        authority provided in this section is exercised in a 
        manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign 
        Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes 
        administered by the Department of State.
          (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds 
        by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State 
        as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, 
        lease, alteration, renovation, and management of 
        facilities outside of the United States for the use of 
        HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with 
        the Secretary to ensure that HHS has secure, safe, 
        functional facilities that comply with applicable 
        regulation governing location, setback, and other 
        facilities requirements and serve the purposes 
        established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 
        in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 
        grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 
        public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
        participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
        lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries 
        as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for 
        international health activities, including activities 
        relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, 
        chronic and environmental diseases, and other health 
        activities abroad.
          (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
        personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
        serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
        provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
        Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 
        and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 
        Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to 
        provide locality-based comparability payments (stated 
        as a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 
        comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
        would be payable to such personnel under section 5304 
        of title 5, United States Code if such personnel's 
        official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
        Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
        shall be on the same basis as that provided under 
        subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
        Code, or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 
        1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 213.  The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director 
of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent 
among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified 
by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to 
the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 214.  Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, 
the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency 
virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made 
available to the ``Office of AIDS Research'' account. The 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from 
such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) 
of the PHS Act.
  Sec. 215. (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Director of NIH (``Director'') may use funds 
authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter 
into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative 
agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified 
pursuant to or research and activities described in such 
section 402(b)(12).
  (b) Peer Review.--In entering into transactions under 
subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review 
procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific 
experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain 
assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures 
shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and 
advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be 
required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 
406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
  Sec. 216.  Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National 
Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or 
improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and 
efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not 
to exceed $5,000,000 per project.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 217.  Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent 
of the amount made available for National Research Service 
Awards (``NRSA'') shall be made available to the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make 
NRSA awards for research in primary medical care to individuals 
affiliated with entities who have received grants or contracts 
under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent 
of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available 
to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality to make NRSA awards for health service research.
  Sec. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (``BARDA'') may enter into a contract, 
for more than one but no more than 10 program years, for 
purchase of research services or of security countermeasures, 
as that term is defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(1)(B)), if--
          (1) funds are available and obligated--
                  (A) for the full period of the contract or 
                for the first fiscal year in which the contract 
                is in effect; and
                  (B) for the estimated costs associated with a 
                necessary termination of the contract; and
          (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
        contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
        Government by encouraging full and open competition or 
        promoting economy in administration, performance, and 
        operation of BARDA's programs.
  (b) A contract entered into under this section--
          (1) shall include a termination clause as described 
        by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United 
        States Code; and
          (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 
        requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.
  Sec. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 
2024 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites 
information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent 
Federal employees or contractors for the purposes of 
implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying 
out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments made by that 
Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year since the 
enactment of the ACA.
  (b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all 
funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and 
the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, 
at a minimum, the following information:
          (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 
        Act under which such funds were appropriated, a 
        statement indicating the program, project, or activity 
        receiving such funds, the Federal operating division or 
        office that administers such program, and the amount of 
        funding received in discretionary or mandatory 
        appropriations.
          (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-
        time equivalent employees or contracted employees 
        assigned to each authorized and funded provision 
        detailed in accordance with paragraph (1).
  (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude 
from the report employees or contractors who--
          (1) are supported through appropriations enacted in 
        laws other than the ACA and work on programs that 
        existed prior to the passage of the ACA;
          (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
        activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or
          (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not 
        a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price 
        contracts.
  Sec. 220.  The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal 
year 2024 budget of the President submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information that 
details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insurance Exchanges 
for each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA and the 
proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2024. Such 
information shall include, for each such fiscal year, the 
amount of funds used for each activity specified under the 
heading ``Health Insurance Exchange Transparency'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
  Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal 
Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from 
other accounts funded by this Act to the ``Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services--Program Management'' account, may be used 
for payments under section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111-148 
(relating to risk corridors).

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 
of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 
and for the activities specified under the heading ``Prevention 
and Public Health Fund'' in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).
  (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary 
may not further transfer these amounts.
  (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 
2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference 
to section 2821(b) of such Act.
  Sec. 223.  Effective during the period beginning on November 
1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2025, any provision of law that 
refers (including through cross-reference to another provision 
of law) to the current recommendations of the United States 
Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer 
screening, mammography, and prevention shall be administered by 
the Secretary involved as if--
          (1) such reference to such current recommendations 
        were a reference to the recommendations of such Task 
        Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
        mammography, and prevention last issued before 2009; 
        and
          (2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 
        applied to any screening mammography modality under 
        section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395x(jj)).
  Sec. 224.  In making Federal financial assistance, the 
provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue to 
apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same extent 
and in the same manner as such provisions were applied in the 
third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds 
appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Health and Human Services or to any 
department or agency may be used to develop or implement a 
modified approach to such provisions, or to intentionally or 
substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval of such 
deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional effect 
of such approvals in such quarter.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 225.  The NIH Director may transfer funds for opioid 
addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and addiction, 
pain management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes 
and Centers of the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days 
after notifying the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That the transfer 
authority provided in the previous proviso is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by law.
  Sec. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate:
          (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 
        Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and 
        Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments 
        during the open enrollment period; and
          (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
        awards, including supplements, authorized under section 
        330 of the Public Health Service Act.
  (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
must be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any 
public release of enrollment information or the award of such 
grants.
  Sec. 227.  In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 
``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program 
Management'', the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program management 
activity related to the Medicare Program: Provided, That except 
for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used to 
support any provision of Public Law 111-148 or Public Law 111-
152 (or any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 
supplant any other amounts within such account.
  Sec. 228.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall 
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 days after 
enactment of this Act on staffing described in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act).
  Sec. 229.  Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 
for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of 
Health and Human Services shall also be available to pay travel 
and related expenses of such an employee or of a member of his 
or her family, when such employee is assigned to duty, in the 
United States or in a U.S. territory, during a period and in a 
location that are the subject of a determination of a public 
health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an 
illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately 
addressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this 
section, the term ``U.S. territory'' means Guam, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands.
  Sec. 230.  The Department of Health and Human Services may 
accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal 
Government for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as 
defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement of the Administration for Children and Families, 
including medical goods and services, which may include early 
childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, toys, 
clothing, and any other items intended to promote the wellbeing 
of such children.
  Sec. 231.  None of the funds made available in this Act under 
the heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--
Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant 
Assistance'' may be obligated to a grantee or contractor to 
house unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined in 
section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility that is not State-licensed 
for the care of unaccompanied alien children, except in the 
case that the Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied 
alien children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary 
basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 
provided that--
          (1) the terms of the grant or contract for the 
        operations of any such facility that remains in 
        operation for more than six consecutive months shall 
        require compliance with--
                  (A) the same requirements as licensed 
                placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the 
                Flores Settlement Agreement that the Secretary 
                determines are applicable to non-State licensed 
                facilities; and
                  (B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth 
                Care Worker for every eight (8) children or 
                youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty 
                Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) 
                children or youth during sleeping hours, and 
                clinician ratios to children (including mental 
                health providers) as required in grantee 
                cooperative agreements;
          (2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a 
        contractor's or grantee's non-compliance with paragraph 
        (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a report to 
        Congress on the contractor's or grantee's good-faith 
        efforts and progress towards compliance;
          (3) not more than four consecutive waivers under 
        paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee 
        with respect to a specific facility;
          (4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring 
        requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies 
        and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019;
          (5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for 
        more than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a 
        minimum of one comprehensive monitoring visit during 
        the first three months of operation, with quarterly 
        monitoring visits thereafter; and
          (6) not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 
        on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
        the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for influx 
        facilities including any requirement listed in 
        paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined are 
        not applicable to non-State licensed facilities.
  Sec. 232.  In addition to the existing Congressional 
notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 
facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 
facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-
sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 
that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome 
is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the custody 
of the Department of Homeland Security for longer than 72 hours 
or that unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise placed 
in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a facility online, 
and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report detailing the total number of children 
in care at the facility, the average length of stay and average 
length of care of children at the facility, and, for any child 
that has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their 
length of stay and reason for delay in release.
  Sec. 233.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the 
House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of 
conducting oversight, any facility in the United States used 
for the purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise 
housing, unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 
462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator or Member has 
coordinated the oversight visit with the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement not less than two business days in advance to 
ensure that such visit would not interfere with the operations 
(including child welfare and child safety operations) of such 
facility.
  Sec. 234.  Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available 
online, a report with respect to children who were separated 
from their parents or legal guardians by the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of whether or not such 
separation was pursuant to an option selected by the children, 
parents, or guardians), subsequently classified as 
unaccompanied alien children, and transferred to the care and 
custody of ORR during the previous month. Each report shall 
contain the following information:
          (1) the number and ages of children so separated 
        subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of 
        entry, to be reported by sector where separation 
        occurred; and
          (2) the documented cause of separation, as reported 
        by DHS when each child was referred.
  Sec. 235.  Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 
for salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall also be available for the 
primary and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of 
personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as defined in section 
229 of this Act at costs not in excess of those paid for or 
reimbursed by the Department of Defense.

                              (rescission)

  Sec. 236.  Of the unobligated balances in the ``Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund'' established in section 223 of division G of 
Public Law 110-161, $650,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later 
than September 30, 2023.
  Sec. 237.  The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
waive penalties and administrative requirements in title XXVI 
of the Public Health Service Act for awards under such title 
from amounts provided under the heading ``Department of Health 
and Human Services--Health Resources and Services 
Administration'' in this or any other appropriations Act for 
this fiscal year, including amounts made available to such 
heading by transfer.
  This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2023''.

                               TITLE III

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

  For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ``ESEA'') and section 418A of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ``HEA''), 
$19,087,790,000, of which $8,159,490,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2024, and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available 
on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, for academic year 2023-2024: Provided, That 
$6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of 
the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of these 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
(referred to in this title as ``Secretary'') on October 1, 
2022, to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level 
census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided 
further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants 
under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$5,282,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $5,282,550,000 shall be for 
education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out subpart 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That 
$52,123,000 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.

                               Impact Aid

  For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, 
$1,618,112,000, of which $1,468,242,000 shall be for basic 
support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall be 
for payments for children with disabilities under section 
7003(d), $18,406,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2024, shall be for construction under section 7007(b), 
$78,313,000 shall be for Federal property payments under 
section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 
7008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a 
payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 
7003(a) for school year 2022-2023, children enrolled in a 
school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for 
payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the 
deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or 
legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to 
the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on 
active duty (so long as such children reside on Federal 
property as described in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer 
eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible 
students under such section, provided such students remain in 
average daily attendance at a school in the same local 
educational agency they attended prior to their change in 
eligibility status.

                      School Improvement Programs

  For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 
part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of 
title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B 
and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
$5,810,642,000, of which $3,952,312,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 2023, and remain available through September 30, 
2024, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on 
October 1, 2023, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2024, for academic year 2023-2024: Provided, That 
$390,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, 
That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 
further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, 
which may be used for construction, renovation, and 
modernization of any public elementary school, secondary 
school, or structure related to a public elementary school or 
secondary school that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 
student body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 
6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 
Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of title 
VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and may be 
used for construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in 
section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 
Provided further, That $55,000,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 
2002 and the Secretary shall make such arrangements as 
determined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian 
Education has access to services provided under this section: 
Provided further, That $24,464,000 shall be available to carry 
out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated 
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso to 
provide technical assistance in the implementation of these 
grants: Provided further, That $215,000,000 shall be for part B 
of title V: Provided further, That $1,380,000,000 shall be 
available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV.

                            Indian Education

  For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $194,746,000, 
of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title 
VI and $12,365,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title 
VI: Provided, That the 5 percent limitation in sections 
6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the ESEA on the use of funds 
for administrative purposes shall apply only to direct 
administrative costs: Provided further, That grants awarded 
under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided 
under this heading may be for a period of up to 5 years.

                       Innovation and Improvement

  For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 4 
of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 and 
4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,253,000,000: Provided, 
That $286,000,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of 
title II and shall be made available without regard to sections 
2201, 2231(b) and 2241: Provided further, That $683,000,000 
shall be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title 
IV, and shall be made available without regard to sections 
4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available 
for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds 
available for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not 
less than $60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, of which not 
more than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
4304(k), $140,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 
2024, to carry out section 4305(b), and not more than 
$16,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 4305(a)(3): 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 
$284,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2023 for 
subpart 1 of part F of title IV: Provided further, That of the 
funds available for subpart 4 of part F of title IV, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be used for continuation grants for 
eligible national nonprofit organizations, as described in the 
Applications for New Awards; Assistance for Arts Education 
Program published in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for 
activities described under section 4642(a)(1)(C).

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

  For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of 
part F of title IV of the ESEA, $457,000,000, to remain 
available through December 31, 2023: Provided, That 
$216,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of which up 
to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project 
SERV) program: Provided further, That $150,000,000 shall be 
available for section 4625: Provided further, That $91,000,000 
shall be for section 4624.

                      English Language Acquisition

  For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$890,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2023, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2024, except that 
6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 1, 
2022, and shall remain available through September 30, 2024, to 
carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C).

                           Special Education

  For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act 
of 2004, $15,453,264,000, of which $5,870,321,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2024, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2024, for academic year 2023-2024: 
Provided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 
shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that 
activity during fiscal year 2022, increased by the amount of 
inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or 
the percent change in the funds appropriated under section 
611(i) of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that 
activity during fiscal year 2022: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, 
distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by 
which a State's allocation under section 611, from funds 
appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 
612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the 
basis of the States' relative populations of children aged 3 
through 21 who are of the same age as children with 
disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability of a 
free appropriate public education under this part, and 15 
percent to States on the basis of the States' relative 
populations of those children who are living in poverty: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute any 
funds under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 
in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made 
funds available for such a distribution: Provided further, That 
the States shall allocate such funds distributed under the 
second proviso to local educational agencies in accordance with 
section 611(f): Provided further, That the amount by which a 
State's allocation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced 
under section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 
States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any 
subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating the 
awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any 
subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) 
regarding the fiscal year in which a State's allocation under 
section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 
requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply 
the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period 
of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until the entire 
reduction is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, 
in any fiscal year in which a State's allocation under section 
611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce 
the amount a State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by an 
amount that bears the same relation to the maximum amount 
described in that paragraph as the reduction under section 
612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would 
have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the 
absence of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall either reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 
for any fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the 
State fails to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek 
to recover funds under section 452 of the General Education 
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the 
funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide 
technical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 
States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 
and 618 and to administer and carry out other services and 
activities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, 
and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds made available for the State 
Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of 
IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart: 
Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for other 
State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, 
institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and 
private non-profit organizations to carry out activities 
authorized by those sections: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer 
States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of such Act, 
the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State in an amount 
equal to the maximum amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) 
of such Act: Provided further, That if more than 5 States apply 
for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the 
Secretary shall award funds to those States on the basis of the 
States' relative populations of infants and toddlers except 
that no such State shall receive a grant in excess of the 
amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That States may use funds allotted under section 
643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational 
agencies, institutions of higher education, other public 
agencies, and private non-profit organizations to carry out 
activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use 
funds it receives under section 633 of the IDEA to offer 
continued early intervention services to a child who previously 
received services under part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the 
beginning of the school year following the child's third 
birthday with parental consent and without regard to the 
procedures in section 635(c) of the IDEA.

                        Rehabilitation Services

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $4,092,906,000, of which $3,949,707,000 shall be for 
grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of 
the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use 
amounts provided in this Act, and unobligated balances from 
title III of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2022, (division H of Public Law 117-103), that remain 
available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States 
pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for 
innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive 
integrated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act for 
youth and other individuals with disabilities, including 
related Federal administrative expenses, and for improving 
monitoring and oversight of grants for vocational 
rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation 
Act, including information technology modernization: Provided 
further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts available 
subsequent to reallotment for the activities described in the 
first proviso from funds provided under this paragraph in this 
Act, may be used for evaluation and technical assistance 
related to such activities: Provided further, That States may 
award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public and 
private, nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any funds 
provided in this Act and made available subsequent to 
reallotment for the purposes described in the first proviso 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may transfer funds provided in this 
Act and made available subsequent to the reallotment of funds 
to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
to ``Institute of Education Sciences'' for the evaluation of 
outcomes for students receiving services and supports under 
IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title V, and title VI of 
the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority in this Act.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

                 american printing house for the blind

  For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the 
Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000.

               national technical institute for the deaf

  For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under 
titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, 
$92,500,000: Provided, That from the total amount available, 
the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 
program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.

                          gallaudet university

  For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of 
Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986, $165,361,000, of which up to $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for construction, 
as defined by section 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from 
the total amount available, the University may at its 
discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
under section 207 of such Act.

                 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
(``Perkins Act'') and the Adult Education and Family Literacy 
Act (``AEFLA''), $2,191,436,000, of which $1,400,436,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2023, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2024, and of which $791,000,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2024: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be 
available for innovation and modernization grants under such 
section 114(e) of the Perkins Act: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for 
national leadership activities under section 242.

                      Student Financial Assistance

  For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C 
of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024.
  The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2023-2024 shall be $6,335.

                       Student Aid Administration

  For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, 
C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of 
title VII of the Public Health Service Act, $2,033,943,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their past 
performance compared to all loan servicers utilizing 
established common metrics, and on the basis of the capacity of 
each servicer to process new and existing accounts: Provided 
further, That for student loan contracts awarded prior to 
October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall allow student loan 
borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans to select 
from any student loan servicer to service their new 
consolidated student loan: Provided further, That in order to 
promote accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, 
the Secretary shall not award funding for any contract 
solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 
environment, including the solicitation for the Federal Student 
Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, 
unless such an environment provides for the participation of 
multiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the 
Department of Education to manage a unique portfolio of 
borrower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from 
disbursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and 
allocates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student 
loan servicers based on performance: Provided further, That the 
Department shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for 
recurring non-compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual 
requirements, and applicable laws, including for failure to 
sufficiently inform borrowers of available repayment options: 
Provided further, That such servicers shall be evaluated based 
on their ability to meet contract requirements (including an 
understanding of Federal and State law), future performance on 
the contracts, and history of compliance with applicable 
consumer protections laws: Provided further, That to the extent 
FSA permits student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall 
hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the requirements 
of the contract, and the performance and expectations of 
subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime contract and 
in the overall performance of the prime contractor: Provided 
further, That FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation 
Processing and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan 
servicing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers at 
risk of delinquency or default: Provided further, That FSA 
shall ensure that in such environment contractors have the 
capacity to meet and are held accountable for performance on 
service levels; are held accountable for and have a history of 
compliance with applicable consumer protection laws; and have 
relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly briefings 
to the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor of 
the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate on general progress related to solicitations for 
Federal student loan servicing contracts: Provided further, 
That FSA shall strengthen transparency through expanded 
publication of aggregate data on student loan and servicer 
performance: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of 
funds made available in this account for fiscal year 2023 and 
provide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts 
awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganization 
costs, and any other activity carried out using amounts 
provided under this heading for fiscal year 2023): Provided 
further, That the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing 
Environment, or any new Federal student loan servicing 
environment, shall include accountability measures that account 
for the performance of the portfolio and contractor compliance 
with FSA guidelines: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
requirements of the Federal Property and Administration 
Services Act of 1949, 41 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., as amended; parts 
6, 16, and 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations; or any 
other procurement limitation on the period of performance, the 
Secretary may extend the period of performance for any contract 
under section 456 of the HEA for servicing activities for up to 
one year from the current date of expiration.

                            Higher Education

  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 
of the Perkins Act, $3,526,037,000, of which $184,000,000 shall 
remain available through December 31, 2023: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and 
section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in 
foreign countries by individuals who are participating in 
advanced foreign language training and international studies in 
areas that are vital to United States national security and who 
plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these 
countries in the fields of government, the professions, or 
international development: Provided further, That of the funds 
referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be 
used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information 
dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 
percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 
2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: 
Provided further, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not 
apply to an institution of higher education that is eligible to 
receive funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for carrying out section 419N of 
the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding the limitations in 
section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $429,587,000 shall 
be used for the 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 none of the funds made available for projects 
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 
302 of this Act.

                           Howard University

  For partial support of Howard University, $354,018,000, of 
which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching 
endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act 
and shall remain available until expended.

         College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

  For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of 
the HEA, $298,000.

  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

  For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024: 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, 
not to exceed $752,065,725: Provided further, That these funds 
may be used to support loans to public and private Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the 
limitations within section 344(a) of the HEA.
  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing 
Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the 
HEA, $528,000.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

  For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 
Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 
authorized by the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $807,605,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds 
available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and 
workforce data systems, or to further develop such systems: 
Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used for awards to public or private 
organizations or agencies to support activities to improve data 
coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, and 
national levels.

                        Departmental Management

                         program administration

  For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three 
passenger motor vehicles, $426,907,000, of which up to 
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available for relocation expenses, and for the renovation and 
repair of leased buildings: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the Department 
of Education available for obligation or expenditure in the 
current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating to 
implementing a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the 
staffing level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, 
authority, or functionality of the Budget Service of the 
Department of Education, relative to the organization and 
operation of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 
2018.

                        office for civil rights

  For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $140,000,000.

                      office of inspector general

  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                           General Provisions

  Sec. 301.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and 
meditation in the public schools.

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 302.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of 
Education in this Act may be transferred between 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 
transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to 
create any new program or to fund any project or activity for 
which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of any transfer.
  Sec. 303.  Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated 
for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall 
be available from July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
  Sec. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated 
for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2023 may use the 
income from that fund to award scholarships to students, 
subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the 
HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, prior to the 
enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an 
allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.
  (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V 
of the HEA are reauthorized.
  Sec. 305.  Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) 
shall be applied by substituting ``2023'' for ``2021''.
  Sec. 306.  Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) 
shall be applied by substituting ``2023'' for ``2021''.
  Sec. 307.  Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``Student Aid Administration'' may be available for payments 
for student loan servicing to an institution of higher 
education that services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under 
part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.).

                              (rescission)

  Sec. 308.  Of the amounts appropriated under section 
401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI)) for fiscal year 2023, 
$75,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
  Sec. 309.  Of the amounts made available in this title under 
the heading ``Student Aid Administration'', $2,300,000 shall be 
used by the Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to 
borrowers of loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify for loan 
cancellation under section 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers are meeting the terms and 
conditions of such loan cancellation: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall specifically conduct outreach to assist 
borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation under section 
455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has made some, or 
all, of the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that 
is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to 
encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall also communicate to 
all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 
455(m) of such Act and improve the filing of employment 
certification by providing improved outreach and information 
such as outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring 
prominent access to program requirements and benefits on each 
servicer's website, and creating an option for all borrowers to 
complete the entire payment certification process 
electronically and on a centralized website.
  Sec. 310.  The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 
percent from any amount made available in this Act for an HEA 
program, except for any amounts made available for subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV of the HEA, to carry out rigorous and 
independent evaluations and to collect and analyze outcome data 
for any program authorized by the HEA: Provided, That no funds 
made available in this Act for the ``Student Aid 
Administration'' account shall be subject to the reservation 
under this section: Provided further, That any funds reserved 
under this section shall be available through September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That if, under any other provision of 
law, funds are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation 
activities with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 
may also reserve funds for such program or project for the 
purposes described in this section so long as the total 
reservation of funds for such program or project does not 
exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 
obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a plan 
that identifies the source and amount of funds reserved under 
this section, the impact on program grantees if funds are 
withheld for the purposes of this section, and the activities 
to be carried out with such funds.
  Sec. 311.  In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ``Innovation and Improvement'' for 
purposes authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, there are hereby appropriated an additional 
$200,443,000 which shall be used for the 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 none of the funds made available for such 
projects shall be subject to section 302 of this Act.

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 312.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for 
``Institute of Education Sciences'', $19,000,000 shall be 
available for the Secretary of Education (``the Secretary'') to 
provide support services to the Institute of Education Sciences 
(including, but not limited to information technology services, 
lease or procurement of office space, human resource services, 
financial management services, financial systems support, 
budget formulation and execution, legal counsel, equal 
employment opportunity services, physical security, facilities 
management, acquisition and contract management, grants 
administration and policy, and enterprise risk management): 
Provided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual amounts 
obligated and expended for such support services by using a 
standard Department of Education methodology for allocating the 
cost of all such support services: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may transfer any amounts available for IES support 
services in excess of actual amounts needed for IES support 
services, as so calculated, to the ``Program Administration'' 
account from the ``Institute of Education Sciences'' account: 
Provided further, That in order to address any shortfall 
between amounts available for IES support services and amounts 
needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the 
Secretary may transfer necessary amounts to the ``Institute of 
Education Sciences'' account from the ``Program 
Administration'' account: Provided further, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance of any transfer 
made pursuant to this section.
  Sec. 313.  The Education Amendments Act of 1972 is amended by 
striking section 802.

                              (rescission)

  Sec. 314.  Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ``Student Financial Assistance'' for carrying out 
subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $360,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.
  This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2023''.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this 
title as ``the Committee'') established under section 8502 of 
title 41, United States Code, $13,124,000: Provided, That in 
order to authorize any central nonprofit agency designated 
pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to 
perform requirements of the Committee as prescribed under 
section 51-3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the 
Committee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 
central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such agreement 
shall contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting 
provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 of title 41, 
United States Code: Provided further, That such agreement shall 
include the elements listed under the heading ``Committee For 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled--
Written Agreement Elements'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 of Public Law 114-113 (in the matter 
preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not charge 
a fee under section 51-3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, prior to executing a written agreement with the 
Committee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Inspector General.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                           operating expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to 
carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred 
to in this title as ``1973 Act'') and the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as 
``1990 Act''), $975,525,000, notwithstanding sections 
198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 
Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading: 
(1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to 
defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, 
including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle; (2) $19,538,000 shall be 
available to provide assistance to State commissions on 
national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 
1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 
Act; (3) $37,735,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E 
of the 1990 Act; and (4) $8,558,000 shall be available for 
expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, 
which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 198P shall be 
awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the 
requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a 
determination of need by the local community.

                 payment to the national service trust

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $230,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer 
additional funds from the amount provided within ``Operating 
Expenses'' allocated to grants under subtitle C of title I of 
the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust upon determination 
that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of 
national service participants and after notice is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts 
appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 
may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without 
regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 
1513(b).

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of 
the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts 
and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $99,686,000.

                      office of inspector general

  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $7,595,000.

                       administrative provisions

  Sec. 401.  CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public 
notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2023, during any 
grant selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall 
not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information 
regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person 
other than an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by 
CNCS to receive such information.
  Sec. 402.  AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 
receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the 
overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 
2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without 
regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 
121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in 
section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver 
consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
  Sec. 403.  Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 
1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations 
under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E 
of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not 
supplant current programs and operations.
  Sec. 404.  In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) 
of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose 
described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals 
who are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act.
  Sec. 405.  For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of 
the 1990 Act--
          (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
        section shall be considered ``qualified entities'' 
        under section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 
        1993 (``NCPA'');
          (2) individuals described in such section shall be 
        considered ``volunteers'' under section 3 of NCPA; and
          (3) State Commissions on National and Community 
        Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 
        Act, are authorized to receive criminal history record 
        information, consistent with Public Law 92-544.
  Sec. 406.  Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 147 of 
the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term 
of service of not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not 
more than one year may receive a national service education 
award having a value of 70 percent of the value of a national 
service education award determined under section 147(a) of the 
Act.
  Sec. 407.  Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall be 
applied by substituting ``an approved national service 
position'' for ``a national service program that receives 
grants under subtitle C''.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

  For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
(``CPB''), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 
that Act, for the fiscal year 2025, $535,000,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of 
entertainment for Government officials or employees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be available or used to aid or support any program or 
activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied 
benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be used to apply any political test or qualification in 
selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel 
action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB.
  In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system and 
other technologies and services that create infrastructure and 
efficiencies within the public media system, $60,000,000.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (``Service'') to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses 
necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and 
for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 
activities and other conflict resolution services and technical 
assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and 
international organizations, and for arbitration services shall 
be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That fees for 
arbitration services shall be available only for education, 
training, and professional development of the agency workforce: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States 
gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the 
aid of any projects or functions within the Director's 
jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $18,012,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    office of museum and library services: grants and administration

  For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 
and the National Museum of African American History and Culture 
Act, $294,800,000.

            Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $9,405,000.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

                     National Council on Disability

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
$3,850,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $299,224,000: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be available to 
organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used 
in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or 
orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural 
laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 
1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 
1938, and including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and 
waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit 
basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied 
thereby is used for farming purposes.

                        administrative provision

  Sec. 408.  None of the funds provided by this Act or previous 
Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations 
Board may be used to issue any new administrative directive or 
regulation that would provide employees any means of voting 
through any electronic means in an election to determine a 
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining.

                        National Mediation Board

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the 
President, $15,113,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $15,449,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                     dual benefits payments account

  For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized 
under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$9,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2023 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 
98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to 
the amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment of 
vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 
herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on 
the first day of each month in the fiscal year.

          federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

  For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024, which shall be the 
maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of 
Public Law 98-76.

                      limitation on administration

  For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(``Board'') for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act 
and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $128,000,000, to 
be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the 
railroad unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through 
the excepted service: Provided further, That the previous 
proviso shall not change the status under Federal employment 
laws of any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board 
prior to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, 
this limitation may be used to hire students attending 
qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have 
recently completed qualifying educational programs using 
current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office 
of Personnel Management.

             limitation on the office of inspector general

  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 
by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than 
$14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement 
accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account.

                     Social Security Administration

                payments to social security trust funds

  For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 
provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, $11,000,000.

                  supplemental security income program

  For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 
Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public 
Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, 
including payment to the Social Security trust funds for 
administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) 
of the Social Security Act, $48,609,338,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That any portion of the 
funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not 
obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to 
the Treasury: Provided further, That not more than $86,000,000 
shall be available for research and demonstrations under 
sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and 
remain available through September 30, 2025.
  For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary.
  For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, 
$15,800,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses, including the hire and purchase of 
two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$13,985,978,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, That not 
less than $2,700,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
Board: Provided further, That $55,000,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2024, for activities to address 
the disability hearings backlog within the Office of Hearings 
Operations: Provided further, That unobligated balances of 
funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 
2023 not needed for fiscal year 2023 shall remain available 
until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration 
information technology and telecommunications hardware and 
software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-
payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate prior to making unobligated 
balances available under the authority in the previous proviso: 
Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under 
this heading for expenditures for official time for employees 
of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
7131, and for facilities or support services for labor 
organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures 
referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in 
the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as 
possible after such expenditures are made.
  Of the total amount made available in the first paragraph 
under this heading, not more than $1,784,000,000, to remain 
available through March 31, 2024, is for the costs associated 
with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of 
the Social Security Act, including work-related continuing 
disability reviews to determine whether earnings derived from 
services demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in 
substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with 
conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of 
the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative 
disability investigation units, and for the cost associated 
with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations of 
the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget in the Senate, and $1,511,000,000 is additional new 
budget authority specified for purposes of a concurrent 
resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(i) of H. 
Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
Representatives on June 8, 2022: Provided further, That, of the 
additional new budget authority described in the preceding 
proviso, up to $15,100,000 may be transferred to the ``Office 
of Inspector General'', Social Security Administration, for the 
cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 
units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the 
reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 
104-121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: Provided further, 
That none of the funds described in this paragraph shall be 
available for transfer or reprogramming except as specified in 
this paragraph.
  In addition, $140,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected 
pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or 
section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That to the extent that the 
amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2023 
exceed $140,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal 
year 2024 only to the extent provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts.
  In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $32,000,000, together with not to exceed $82,665,000, to 
be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) 
of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for information technology 
modernization, including related hardware and software 
infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative expenses 
directly associated with information technology modernization.
  In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the 
``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security 
Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available 
for the time and purposes for which this account is available: 
Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted 
promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          (transfer of funds)

  Sec. 501.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended 
balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to 
current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred 
balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same 
periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.
  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. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-
148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use 
of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
communication, radio, television, or video presentation 
designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation 
before the Congress or any State or local legislature or 
legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative 
action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State or 
local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself.
  (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 
shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or 
contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related 
to any activity designed to influence the enactment of 
legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, 
or Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or 
any State government, State legislature or local legislature or 
legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an 
agency or officer of a State, local or tribal government in 
policymaking and administrative processes within the executive 
branch of that government.
  (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include 
any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or 
future Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, 
pending, or future requirement or restriction on any legal 
consumer product, including its sale or marketing, including 
but not limited to the advocacy or promotion of gun control.
  Sec. 504.  The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, 
respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses 
under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception 
and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ``Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and Expenses''; 
and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
``National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses''.
  Sec. 505.  When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this 
Act, including but not limited to State and local governments 
and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly 
state--
          (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program 
        or project which will be financed with Federal money;
          (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
        project or program; and
          (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs 
        of the project or program that will be financed by non-
        governmental sources.
  Sec. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
  (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in 
this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that 
includes coverage of abortion.
  (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package 
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
  Sec. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding 
section shall not apply to an abortion--
          (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape 
        or incest; or
          (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
        disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
        including a life-endangering physical condition caused 
        by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as 
        certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of 
        death unless an abortion is performed.
  (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or 
private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a 
State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
  (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from 
offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
  (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or 
local government, if such agency, program, or government 
subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to 
discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does 
not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for 
abortions.
  (2) In this subsection, the term ``health care entity'' 
includes an individual physician or other health care 
professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or 
any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.
  Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for--
          (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for 
        research purposes; or
          (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
        destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of 
        injury or death greater than that allowed for research 
        on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 
        498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
        289g(b)).
  (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or 
embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human 
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, 
cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or 
human diploid cells.
  Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the 
schedules of controlled substances established under section 
202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and 
recognized executive-congressional communications.
  (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when 
there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to 
determine therapeutic advantage.
  Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 
1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing 
for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an 
individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer 
or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted 
specifically approving the standard.
  Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 
an entity if--
          (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
        United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
        U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual report 
        to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of 
        certain veterans; and
          (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
        required by that section for the most recent year for 
        which such requirement was applicable to such entity.
  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 appropriation Act.
  Sec. 513.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 
available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 
224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children's Internet 
Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications 
required by paragraph (4) of such section.
  Sec. 514. (a) 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 2023, 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 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 or renames offices;
          (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
          (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
        activities presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating 
to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are 
notified in writing 10 days in advance of such reprogramming.
  (b) 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 2023, 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 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, that--
          (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
        construction 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 Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating 
to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are 
notified in writing 10 days in advance of such reprogramming.
  Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 
Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political 
affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position 
that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not 
directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee 
involved.
  (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to disseminate information that is deliberately false or 
misleading.
  Sec. 516.  Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each 
department and related agency funded through this Act shall 
submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, 
and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2023 
that are different than those specified in this Act, the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act) or the fiscal 
year 2023 budget request.
  Sec. 517.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000, 
individually or in total for a particular project, activity, or 
programmatic initiative, in value and awarded by the Department 
on a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 
2023, but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or 
directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the 
contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental 
purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a 
non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the 
Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for 
which the report is submitted.
  Sec. 518.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social 
Security, for purposes of administering Social Security benefit 
payments under title II of the Social Security Act, to process 
any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work 
performed under a social security account number that is not 
the claimant's number and the performance of such work under 
such number has formed the basis for a conviction of the 
claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the 
Social Security Act.
  Sec. 519.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social 
Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees of 
the Social Security Administration to administer Social 
Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the 
United States and Mexico establishing totalization arrangements 
between the social security system established by title II of 
the Social Security Act and the social security system of 
Mexico, which would not otherwise be payable but for such 
agreement.
  Sec. 520. (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. 521.  For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 
13589, Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated 
May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual 
appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and 
expenditures:
          (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be 
        considered independent agencies; and
          (2) attendance at and support for scientific 
        conferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
        included in agency totals.
  Sec. 522.  Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
Internet postings, that the communication is printed, 
published, or produced and disseminated at United States 
taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry 
out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency.
  Sec. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 10 
Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed 
by the provisions of section 526 of division H of Public Law 
113-76, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 
shall be applied by substituting ``Fiscal Year 2023'' for 
``Fiscal Year 2014'' in the title of subsection (b) and by 
substituting ``September 30, 2027'' for ``September 30, 2018'' 
each place it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include 
communities that have experienced civil unrest.
  (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113-76, section 524 of division G 
of Public Law 113-235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 
114-113, section 525 of division H of Public Law 115-31, 
section 525 of division H of Public Law 115-141, section 524 of 
division A of Public Law 116-94, section 524 of division H of 
Public Law 116-260, and section 523 of division H of Public Law 
117-103.
  (c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and 
prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies 
up to an additional 5 years to operate under such authorities.
  Sec. 524.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 
2023 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education and the Social Security Administration shall provide 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a report on the status of balances 
of appropriations: Provided, That for balances that are 
unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but 
unexpended, the monthly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, 
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived.
  Sec. 525.  The Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
comprehensive list of any new or competitive grant award 
notifications, including supplements, issued at the discretion 
of such Departments not less than 3 full business days before 
any entity selected to receive a grant award is announced by 
the Department or its offices (other than emergency response 
grants at any time of the year or for grant awards made during 
the last 10 business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, 
of the program year).
  Sec. 526.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase 
sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 
illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not apply to 
the use of funds for elements of a program other than making 
such purchases if the relevant State or local health 
department, in consultation with the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, determines that the State or local 
jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at risk 
for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an HIV 
outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is 
operating in accordance with State and local law.
  Sec. 527.  Each department and related agency funded through 
this Act shall provide answers to questions submitted for the 
record by members of the Committee within 45 business days 
after receipt.
  Sec. 528.  Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment 
Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the Social 
Security Act and the income derived from investment of those 
funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, 
$14,628,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 
fiscal year.
  Sec. 529. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Administration 
for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation Office and the 
statistical-related cooperative and interagency agreements and 
contracting activities of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the 
Department of Labor.
  (b) Amounts made available under this Act which are either 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
transferred to the functions and organizations identified in 
subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or statistical 
purposes shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2027: Provided, That when an office referenced in 
subsection (a) receives research and evaluation funding from 
multiple appropriations, such offices may use a single Treasury 
account for such activities, with funding advanced on a 
reimbursable basis.
  (c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) 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 such amounts are available.
  This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2023''.

    [Clerk's note.--Reproduced below is the material relating 
to division H contained in the Explanatory Statement regarding 
H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.\1\]
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on
December 20, 2022 by Mr. Leahy of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. The statement appears on page S8874 of 
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   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

    The explanatory statement accompanying this division is 
approved and indicates Congressional intent. Unless otherwise 
noted, the language set forth in House Report 117-403 carries 
the same weight as language included in this explanatory 
statement and should be complied with unless specifically 
addressed to the contrary in this explanatory statement. While 
some language is repeated for emphasis, it is not intended to 
negate the language referred to above unless expressly provided 
herein.
    In providing the operating plan required by section 516 of 
this Act, the departments and agencies funded in this Act are 
directed to include all programs, projects, and activities, 
including those in House Report 117-403 and this explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act. All such programs, projects, 
and activities are subject to the provisions of this Act.
    In cases where House Report 117-403 or this explanatory 
statement directs the submission of a report, that report is to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Where this explanatory 
statement refers to the Committees or the Committees on 
Appropriations, unless otherwise noted, this reference is to 
the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and the Senate 
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, 
and Related Agencies.
    Each department and agency funded in this Act shall follow 
the directions set forth in this Act and the accompanying 
explanatory statement and shall not reallocate resources or 
reorganize activities except as provided herein. Funds for 
individual programs and activities are displayed in the 
detailed table at the end of the explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act. Funding levels that are not displayed in 
the detailed table are identified within this explanatory 
statement. Any action to eliminate or consolidate programs, 
projects, and activities should be pursued through a proposal 
in the President's Budget so it can be considered by the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Congressional Reports.--Each department and agency is 
directed to provide the Committees on Appropriations, within 30 
days from the date of enactment of this Act and quarterly 
thereafter, a summary describing each requested report to the 
Committees on Appropriations along with its status.

                                TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

    Advanced Robotics Manufacturing.--The agreement recognizes 
the need for workforce training and certificate programs 
targeting collaborative robotics and additive manufacturing, 
with an emphasis on programs that re-skill incumbent 
manufacturing workers.
    Occupational Licensing.--The agreement is encouraged by 
progress made through the Department's efforts to incentivize 
States to reduce barriers to entry into licensed occupations 
and increase license portability to facilitate mobility of 
workers in such occupations, with an emphasis on transitioning 
service members, veterans, and military spouses. The agreement 
directs the Department to submit a report within 180 days of 
the date of enactment of this Act detailing the resources 
needed to continue providing technical assistance to States and 
relevant organizations.
    Skilled Care Workforce.--The agreement urges the Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA), in collaboration with the 
Department of Health and Human Services, to support the 
expansion of the skilled care workforce to care for a rapidly 
aging U.S. population and provide home and community-based 
services to older adults and people with disabilities, 
including through education and training grant programs, as 
well as traditional and nontraditional apprenticeship programs.
    Water and Wastewater Operators.--The agreement is concerned 
by the nationwide shortage of water and wastewater operators, 
particularly in rural areas, and urges the Secretary to make 
funding available through workforce development and 
apprenticeship activities consistent with National Guideline 
Standards of Apprenticeship for Water and Wastewater System 
Operations Specialists and the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act system.
    Wireless Infrastructure.--The agreement encourages the 
Department to continue investments in the development of the 
wireless infrastructure workforce, including apprenticeships in 
the wireless sector.
Dislocated Worker National Reserve
    Career Pathways for Youth Grants.--The agreement includes 
$20,000,000 for grants to support national out-of-school time 
organizations that serve youth and teens and place an emphasis 
on age-appropriate workforce readiness programming to expand 
job training and workforce pathways for youth and disconnected 
youth.
    Strengthening Community College Training Grants (SCCTG).--
The agreement provides $65,000,000 for the SCCTG program.
    Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities.--The agreement 
provides $50,000,000 for the Workforce Opportunity for Rural 
Communities program, to provide enhanced worker training in the 
Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions. The Department 
is strongly encouraged to develop funding opportunity 
announcements and make grant awards in coordination with the 
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Delta Regional Authority 
(DRA), and Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), and each 
award shall not exceed $1,500,000. Within the total, the 
agreement includes $21,750,000 for grants in areas served by 
the ARC; $21,750,000 for areas served by the DRA, and 
$6,500,000 for areas served by the NBRC.
YouthBuild
    The Department is encouraged to ensure YouthBuild grants 
serve geographically diverse areas, including rural areas.
Reintegration of Ex-Offenders
    The agreement includes a set-aside of $30,000,000 for 
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries and 
encourages the Department to prioritize grants to national 
intermediaries and community-based organizations with 
recognized expertise and nationwide employer partners that will 
serve populations with multiple barriers to employment and 
provide wrap-around services to the individuals served.
Apprenticeship Grant Program
    The agreement provides $285,000,000 to support registered 
apprenticeships.
    The agreement directs the Department to provide semiannual 
briefings to the Committees on all spending activities.
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
    The agreement includes $217,324,000 for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in 
this explanatory statement accompanying this division.

                               JOB CORPS

    Atlanta Job Corps Center.--The agreement directs the 
Department to provide a briefing within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act on plans to reopen the Atlanta Job Corps Center.
    Civilian Conservation Centers.-- The agreement directs the 
Department to prioritize the development of new natural 
resource and conservation trade offerings, particularly focused 
on wildland firefighting and emergency response, and to include 
information in its fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification 
on such efforts including any potential barriers to introducing 
such new trades.
    Gulfport Job Corps Center.--The agreement requests 
quarterly updates regarding progress on the Gulfport Job Corps 
Center project.
    Job Corps Rural Training Sites.--The agreement encourages 
the Department to enhance opportunities for students in 
underserved or remote communities through partnerships between 
high quality center operators and existing rural training 
sites.

     STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

Unemployment Insurance Compensation
    The agreement includes $3,134,635,000 for Unemployment 
Insurance Compensation activities, an increase of $283,819,000, 
for additional resources for States to increase staffing 
capacity and to accommodate sustained increases in workload.
Employment Service
    National Activities.--The agreement includes $2,500,000 to 
continue efforts to reduce the processing backlog for the work 
opportunity tax credit program and for assisting States to 
modernize information technology for processing certification 
requests, which may include training and technical assistance. 
Consistent with the effort to modernize information technology 
for processing, the agreement supports compatible rules across 
States. Further, the agreement recognizes that processing 
requests for remote workers may best be accomplished in the 
State where the workers reside and not where the employer is 
located.
Foreign Labor Certification
    The agreement recognizes the importance of the H-2B program 
and urges the Department to take all necessary and appropriate 
steps to ensure prompt processing of H-2B visa applications. 
The agreement also directs the Department to provide a report 
within 180 days of enactment of this Act detailing the 
percentage of applications requesting temporary labor 
certifications under the H-2B visa classification that are not 
issued a final decision by the Department by the employer's 
original anticipated start date of work.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    The agreement requests a briefing within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act on safety and health efforts of 
individuals working in agriculture.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

    The agreement includes $10,000,000 in additional funds for 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which will allow BLS to 
implement the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 
without reducing or eliminating existing statistical work or 
reducing the number of full-time equivalent positions below the 
fiscal year 2022 ceiling.
    The agreement includes sufficient resources to maintain and 
expand the NLSY, including with continued work to develop the 
new NLSY cohort. Specifically, the agreement provides 
$14,500,000 to continue planning and developing the new NLSY 
cohort established by the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 and maintained in the last two fiscal years. The 
agreement notes that fiscal year 2023 amounts for the new 
cohort align with budgeted levels provided by BLS in a five-
year plan transmitted to the Committees in fiscal year 2021. 
BLS shall complete all necessary work in fiscal year 2023 for 
the new cohort that was outlined in its five-year plan and 
shall not use any allocated resources for NLSY in this 
agreement for any other purpose. Further, BLS is directed to 
support the continued fielding of the NLSY79 and NLSY97 cohorts 
and shall refrain from implementing any reductions to either 
survey.
    Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, BLS shall brief 
the Committees on its plans for executing these directives and 
carrying out its implementation of the new NLSY cohort five-
year plan without delay.
    Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, BLS is directed to 
brief the Committees on its use of resources provided for a 
relocation to the Suitland Federal Center.

                        Departmental Management

    Federal Law Enforcement.--The agreement notes that the 
explanatory statement accompanying the Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 directs 
the Attorney General to ensure implementation of evidence-based 
training programs on de-escalation and the use-of-force, as 
well as on police community relations, and the protection of 
civil rights, that are broadly applicable and scalable to all 
Federal law enforcement agencies. The agreement further notes 
that several agencies funded by this Act employ Federal law 
enforcement officers and are Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Centers partner organizations. The agreement directs such 
agencies to consult with the Attorney General regarding the 
implementation of these programs for their law enforcement 
officers. The agreement further directs such agencies to submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations on their efforts 
relating to such implementation no later than 180 days after 
consultation with the Attorney General. In addition, the 
agreement directs such agencies, to the extent that they are 
not already participating, to consult with the Attorney General 
and the Director of the FBI regarding participation in the 
National Use-of-Force Data Collection. The agreement further 
directs such agencies to submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations, no later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act, on their efforts to so participate.

                           General Provisions

    The agreement modifies a provision related to the Treasure 
Island Job Corps Center.
    The agreement modifies a provision related to H-1B fees.

                                TITLE II

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

          Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

                          PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Health Centers
    Alcee L. Hastings Program for Advanced Cancer Screening in 
Underserved Communities.--The agreement includes no less than 
$10,000,000 for this activity and encourages HRSA to use the 
additional funding to award grants to approved but unfunded 
applicants from the fiscal year 2022 notice of funding 
opportunity.
    Children's Mental Health Services.--The agreement continues 
to urge HRSA to provide funding to Health Centers to support 
vital mental health services for children.
    Early Childhood Development.--The agreement includes no 
less than $30,000,000 to expand and further integrate early 
childhood development services and expertise, including by 
hiring or contracting for early childhood development 
specialists, as described in House Report 117-403 and the 
fiscal year 2023 budget request.
    Ending the HIV Epidemic.--The agreement includes 
$157,250,000 within the Health Centers program for the Ending 
the HIV Epidemic Initiative.
    HRSA Strategy to Address Intimate Partner Violence and 
Project Catalyst.--The agreement includes no less than 
$2,000,000 for this activity.
    Native Hawaiian Health Care.--The agreement includes no 
less than $27,000,000 for the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Program, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be provided 
to Papa Ola Lokahi for administrative purposes authorized under 
42 U.S.C. 11706, including to expand research and surveillance 
related to the health status of Native Hawaiians and strengthen 
the capacity of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems.
    School-Based Health Centers.--The agreement includes 
$55,000,000 for school-based health centers authorized under 
section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as directed 
in P.L. 116-260.
    Technical Assistance.--The agreement provides no less than 
$2,500,000 to enhance technical assistance and training 
activities, further quality improvement initiatives, and 
continue the development of and support for Health Center-
controlled networks so that new and existing centers can 
improve patient access to quality health services.
    The agreement does not include dedicated funding for the 
Integrating High-Quality Contraceptive Care activity described 
in House Report 117-403.

                            HEALTH WORKFORCE

    Addressing Workforce Shortages.--The agreement supports 
HRSA's efforts to develop the workforce needed to care for a 
rapidly aging U.S. population. The agreement encourages HRSA to 
address the skilled care workforce needs of seniors through 
existing workforce education and training programs.
    Language Access in Behavioral Health Services.--The 
agreement notes that racial and ethnic minority communities 
continue to face acute challenges accessing behavioral health 
services, including within health centers, due to the lack of 
providers who speak their language or understand their culture. 
Specifically, the agreement recognizes that these health 
centers serve a higher percentage of persons with limited 
English proficiency (LEP) as a direct result of their mission. 
The agreement encourages HRSA to assess the need for and 
provision of language services and culturally and 
linguistically competent health care in these health centers, 
in an effort to further improve practitioner recruitment and 
retention and increase language access to behavioral health 
services.
National Health Service Corps (Corps)
    Maternity Care Target Areas (MCTAs).--The agreement 
includes $5,000,000, an increase of $4,000,000 above the fiscal 
year 2022 enacted level, within the Corps to implement 
requirements contained in the Improving Access to Maternity 
Care Act, including establishing criteria for and identifying 
MCTAs and collecting and publishing data on the availability 
and need for maternity care health services in Health 
Professional Shortage Areas.
    NHSC Loan Repayment Application Process.--The agreement 
requests the report that was requested in House Report 117-403 
within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
    The agreement does not include dedicated funding for the 
Behavioral Health Demonstration Program and the Rural 
Demonstration Program described in House Report 117-403.
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
    Midwife Training.--The agreement includes $5,000,000 to 
support grants to educate midwives to address the national 
shortage of maternity care providers.
Primary Care Training and Enhancement
    Eating Disorders Screening and Referrals.--The agreement 
includes up to $1,000,000, in coordination with SAMHSA's Center 
of Excellence for Eating Disorders, to provide trainings for 
primary care health professionals to screen, briefly intervene, 
and refer patients to treatment for the severe mental illness 
of eating disorders, as authorized under section 13006 of the 
21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255).
Training in Oral Health Care
    The agreement provides $42,673,000 for Training in Oral 
Health Care programs, which includes not less than $13,000,000 
each for general and pediatric dentistry.
Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)
    The agreement provides $47,000,000 for this activity, an 
increase of $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted 
level. Within the total, the agreement includes no less than 
$3,000,000 to continue competitive grants for AHEC recipients 
to expand experiential learning opportunities through 
simulation labs designed to educate and train health care 
professionals serving rural, medically underserved communities. 
HRSA shall include as an allowable use the purchase of 
simulation training equipment.
Mental and Behavioral Health
    Graduate Psychology Education.--The agreement includes 
$25,000,000 for this activity.
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training
    Mental and Substance Use Disorder Workforce Training 
Demonstration.--The agreement includes $34,700,000 for this 
activity. Within the total, the agreement includes $25,000,000 
for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program to foster robust 
community-based clinical training of addiction medicine or 
addiction psychiatry physicians in underserved, community-based 
settings who see patients at variousaccess points of care and 
provide addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services across 
health care sectors.
    Peer Support.--The agreement includes no less than 
$14,000,000 for community-based experiential training for 
students preparing to become peer support specialists and other 
types of behavioral health-related paraprofessionals, as 
described in House Report 117-403.
    Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan 
Repayment Program.--The agreement includes $40,000,000 for this 
program.
    The agreement does not include dedicated funding for 
Behavioral Health Integration into Community Based Settings, 
the Community Improvement Program, and Crisis Workforce 
Development activities described in House Report 117-403.
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
    The agreement includes an increase of $500,000 for the 
Preventive Medicine Residency Training Program and an increase 
of $500,000 for Public Health Training Centers.
Advanced Nursing Education
    Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs).--The agreement includes 
$8,000,000 to grow and diversify the maternal and perinatal 
health nursing workforce by increasing and diversifying the 
number of CNMs, with a focus on practitioners working in rural 
and underserved communities. The program will award 
scholarships to students and registered nurses to cover the 
total cost of tuition for the duration of the nurse midwifery 
program.
    Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program.--The agreement 
includes $15,000,000, an increase of $2,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level, to expand training and 
certification of registered nurses, advanced practice 
registered nurses, and forensic nurses to practice as sexual 
assault nurse examiners.
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR)
    The agreement includes $59,413,000 for competitive grants 
within the NEPQR program. Within this total, the agreement 
provides $10,750,000, an increase of $5,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level, to expand competitive grants to 
enhance nurse education through the expansion of experiential 
learning opportunities. The grants shall include as an 
allowable use the purchase of simulation training equipment. 
HRSA shall prioritize grantees with a demonstrated commitment 
to training rural health professionals in States with high 
rates of chronic age-related illness, including stroke, heart 
disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

                       MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Special Projects of Regional and 
        National Significance (SPRANS)
    Early Childhood Development Expert Grants.--The agreement 
includes $10,000,000 to place early childhood development 
experts in pediatric settings, as described in House Report 
117-403.
    Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Centers of 
Excellence.--The agreement continues to include $2,000,000 for 
this activity.
    Infant-Toddler Court Teams.--The agreement includes 
$18,000,000 for Infant-Toddler Court Teams, as described in 
House Report 117-403.
    Maternal Mental Health Hotline.--The agreement includes 
$7,000,000 to provide grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements to expand support for a maternal mental health 
hotline.
    National Fetal Infant and Child Death Review (FICDR).--The 
agreement includes $5,000,000 for the national FICDR program to 
expand support and technical assistance to States and tribal 
communities and improve the availability of data on sudden 
unexpected infant deaths and child mortality.
    Minority-Serving Institutions.--The agreement includes 
$10,000,000 to establish a research network that is comprised 
of and supports minority-serving institutions to study health 
disparities in maternal health outcomes, as described in the 
fiscal year 2023 budget request.
    Regional Pediatric Pandemic Network.--The agreement 
provides $25,000,000 for the Regional Pediatric Pandemic 
Network to coordinate among the Nation's pediatric hospitals 
and their communities to prepare for and coordinate research-
informed responses to future pandemics. With the increase 
provided, HRSA is directed to achieve parity in the two 
awardees' funding levels.
    State Maternal Health Innovation Grants.--The agreement 
includes $55,000,000 for this activity.
    The agreement does not include dedicated funding for the 
following activities described in House Report 117-403: 
Addressing Emerging Issues and Social Determinants of Maternal 
Health, Behavioral Health Integration into Community Based 
Settings, Bias Recognition in Clinical Skills Testing, Bias 
Training for Health Care Professionals, Group Prenatal and 
Postpartum Care Programs, and Growing and Diversifying the 
Doula Workforce.
    Set-asides within SPRANS.--The agreement includes the 
following set-asides within SPRANS. Within the total for Oral 
Health, the agreement includes $250,000 for demonstration 
projects.

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Set-aside for Oral Health...............................      $5,250,000
Set-aside for Epilepsy..................................       3,642,000
Set-aside for Sickle Cell Disease.......................       7,000,000
Set-aside for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome....................       1,000,000
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Maternal and Child Health Programs
Autism and Other Developmental Disorders
    Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related 
Disabilities Program (LEND).--The agreement includes not less 
than $38,245,000 for this activity.
Heritable Disorders
    Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID).--The agreement 
includes $4,000,000 to support newborn screening and follow-up 
for SCID and other newborn screening disorders.
Healthy Start
    The agreement includes $145,000,000 to support this 
program, including funds to support a new targeted expansion of 
an enhanced Healthy Start program model to approximately 10 new 
communities, as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget 
request.
    Maternal Mortality.--The agreement continues to provide no 
less than $15,000,000 for Healthy Start grantees to support 
nurse practitioners, certifiednurse midwives, physician 
assistants, and other maternal-child advanced practice health 
professionals within all program sites nationwide.
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI)
    The agreement recognizes the requirement under the PHS Act 
for EHDI funds to support prompt evaluation and diagnosis of 
children referred from screening programs and appropriate 
educational, audiological, medical, and communication (or 
language acquisition) interventions (including family support), 
for children identified as deaf or hard-of-hearing. The 
agreement encourages HRSA to provide the most accurate, 
comprehensive, up-to-date, and evidence-based information to 
children identified as deaf or hard-of-hearing and their 
families. The agreement also encourages HRSA to work with 
partners to advance awareness about the wide range of 
modalities available for children who are deaf and hard of 
hearing, including but not limited to auditory-oral therapy, 
auditory-verbal therapy, Signed Exact English (SEE), American 
Sign Language (ASL), Total Communication (TC), and Cued Speech; 
as well as a full range of assistive hearing technologies, such 
as hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Poison Control Centers (PCCs)
    The agreement provides $26,846,000, an increase of 
$1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, for PCCs. 
The agreement directs HRSA to provide increased funds directly 
to the PCCs and requests a spend plan for the funds within 30 
days of enactment of this Act. The agreement also requests an 
update within 30 days of enactment of this Act on the status of 
efforts to work with the Federal Communications Commission to 
address the geolocation needs for incoming calls.
Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health Safety Bundles
    The agreement includes $15,300,000 for this activity, 
authorized in section 330O of the PHS Act.
Pregnancy Medical Home Demonstration
    The agreement includes $10,000,000 to support a 
demonstration to incentivize maternal health care providers to 
provide integral health care services to pregnant women and new 
mothers, as authorized in section 330P of the PHS Act.

                      RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

    Ending the HIV Epidemic.--The agreement includes 
$165,000,000 within the Ryan White program for the Ending the 
HIV Epidemic initiative.

                             HEALTH SYSTEMS

Organ Transplantation
    Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program.--The agreement 
supports significant expansion of income eligibility for the 
program to allow as many donors as possible to qualify for 
reimbursement.
    The agreement supports HHS' efforts to increase 
transparency and promote competition regarding Organ 
Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and the Organ Procurement 
Transplantation Network (OPTN), as described in House Report 
117-403.
C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program
    The agreement provides $33,009,000 for the C.W. Bill Young 
Cell Transplantation Program and requests a detailed spend plan 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act.
National Cord Blood Inventory (NCBI)
    To further strengthen communication and collaboration 
between HRSA and its contracted cord blood banks, the agreement 
directs HRSA to host quarterly stakeholder calls open to all 
cord blood banks contracting with HRSA to build the NCBI, as 
described in House Report 117-403.

                              RURAL HEALTH

Rural Health Outreach
    Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program.--The 
agreement includes not less than $27,000,000 for the Delta 
States Rural Development Network Grant Program and the Delta 
Region Community Health Systems Development Program. In 
addition, of the funds provided, the agreement provides not 
less than $15,000,000 to support HRSA's collaboration with the 
Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to continue the Delta Region 
Community Health Systems Development Program to help 
underserved rural communities better address their health care 
needs. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the agreement 
directs HRSA and DRA to jointly brief the Committees on this 
program's progress.
    Northern Border Regional Grant Program.--The agreement 
provides no less than $3,000,000 for HRSA's collaboration with 
the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) to provide 
direct support to member States to help underserved rural 
communities with planning and implementing service coordination 
improvements that better population health.
    Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies 
(RMOMS).--The agreement includes $8,000,000 for RMOMS.
Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants
    Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Program.--The 
agreement includes no less than $5,000,000 for this activity.
Rural Residency Planning and Development
    The agreement provides $12,500,000 for the Rural Residency 
Planning and Development program. This includes $2,000,000 to 
increase family medicine/obstetrics training programs in States 
with high infant morbidity and mortality rates. HRSA is 
directed to brief the Committees on their plans no less than 15 
days prior to releasing a funding opportunity announcement.
Rural Communities Opioids Response Program (RCORP)
    The agreement includes $145,000,000, an increase of 
$10,000,000, to expand RCORP. Within the funding provided, the 
agreement includes $10,000,000 to continue the three Rural 
Centers of Excellence (Centers), as established by P.L. 115-245 
and continued through P.L. 116-260 and 117-103. Funding 
provided to the Centers may also be used for research and 
dissemination activities to address rural tobacco and alcohol 
addiction. Within the total for RCORP, the agreement also 
includes $4,000,000 to support career and workforce training 
services for the NBRC region to assist individuals affected by 
an opioid use disorder.

                            FAMILY PLANNING

    The Family Planning program administers Title X of the PHS 
Act. This program supports preventive and primary health care 
services at clinics nationwide. The agreement does not include 
language proposed by the House.

                HRSA-Wide Activities and Program Support

    Oral Health Literacy.--The agreement includes $300,000 for 
the activity described under this heading in House Report 117-
403.
    Community Projects/Congressionally Directed Spending.--
Within the funds included in this account, $1,521,681,000 shall 
be for the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending projects, and in the amounts, as specified in the 
table included in this explanatory statement accompanying this 
division.
Office of Pharmacy Affairs
    In lieu of the report requested in House Report 117-403, 
the agreement directs HRSA to provide a briefing within 120 
days of enactment of this Act on actions taken to safeguard 
covered entities' lawful access to discounted drugs.
Telehealth
    Telehealth Centers of Excellence (COE).--The agreement 
includes $8,500,000 for the Telehealth COE awarded sites.
    Provider Bridge.--The agreement includes $500,000 to 
continue the development of the Provider Bridge as part of the 
Licensure Portability Grant Program.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    The agreement provides $9,217,590,000 in total program 
level funding for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), which includes $8,258,932,000 in budget 
authority and $903,300,000 in transfers from the Prevention and 
Public Health (PPH) Fund.

                 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

    The agreement provides a total of $919,291,000 for 
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, which includes 
$499,941,000 in discretionary appropriations and $419,350,000 
in transfers from the PPH Fund. Within this total, the 
agreement includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Section 317 Immunization Program........................    $681,933,000
Acute Flaccid Myelitis..................................       6,000,000
Influenza Planning and Response.........................     231,358,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    317 Immunization Program.--The agreement includes an 
increase to enhance immunization efforts, including increasing 
awardee base awards with a focus on expanding and sustaining 
critical immunization program infrastructure and promoting 
routine vaccination. CDC is expected to use this funding to 
promote health equity related to protection from vaccine 
preventable diseases, as well as address vaccine hesitancy. In 
expanding existing immunization infrastructure, CDC is directed 
to implement new strategies for hard-to-reach populations, such 
as those who may be vaccine-hesitant, those who are members of 
racial or ethnic minority groups, and those who are underserved 
due to socioeconomic or other reasons. The agreement urges CDC 
to prioritize and to allocate resources to engage providers, 
healthcare stakeholders, educators, community organizations, 
and families on the importance of ensuring that all individuals 
receive their recommended routine vaccinations. The agreement 
also requests CDC provide the Committees an update on the 
achievements of the ongoing ``Vaccinate with Confidence'' 
campaign and the rate of routine vaccination across all ages, 
as well as a forward-looking plan to administer missed doses. 
CDC should include in the plan recommendations about what other 
tools it could employ to promote health equity.
    Influenza Planning and Response.--The agreement includes an 
increase to enhance CDC's influenza activities.

     HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND 
                        TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

    The agreement provides $1,391,056,000 for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis 
Prevention. Within this total, the agreement includes the 
following amounts:

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                   Budget Activity                     FY 2023 Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention and Research............     $1,013,712,000
HIV Initiative.......................................        220,000,000
School Health-HIV....................................         38,081,000
Viral Hepatitis......................................         43,000,000
Sexually Transmitted Infections......................        174,310,000
Tuberculosis.........................................        137,034,000
Infectious Diseases and the Opioid Epidemic..........         23,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative.--The agreement 
includes an increase to advance the activities of EHE, 
including increasing equitable access to pre-exposure 
prophylaxis (PrEP).
    Infectious Diseases and the Opioid Epidemic.--The agreement 
includes an increase for activities as outlined in House Report 
117-403. In addition, the agreement strongly encourages CDC to 
prioritize jurisdictions with the highest age-adjusted 
mortality rate related to substance use disorders and acute 
hepatitis C infection. CDC is also strongly encouraged to 
prioritize jurisdictions that are experiencing high rates of 
new HIV infections or outbreaks or emerging clusters of 
infectious diseases associated with drug use, including those 
not eligible for EHE funding.
    School Health.--The agreement includes an increase for the 
expansion of school health activities.
    Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).--The agreement 
includes an increase for STI prevention and control activities 
in public health programs, and CDC is directed to move the 
grant year forward by at least one month.
    Tuberculosis (TB).--The agreement includes an increase to 
advance TB elimination efforts.
    Viral Hepatitis.--The agreement includes an increase to 
advance efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis.

               EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

    The agreement provides $750,772,000 for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, which includes $698,772,000 in 
discretionary appropriations and $52,000,000 in transfers from 
the PPH Fund. Within this total, the agreement includes the 
following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antibiotic Resistance Initiative........................     197,000,000
Vector-Borne Diseases...................................      62,603,000
Lyme Disease............................................      26,000,000
Prion Disease...........................................       7,500,000
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome................................       5,400,000
Emerging Infectious Diseases............................     202,997,000
Harmful Algal Blooms....................................       3,500,000
Food Safety.............................................      71,000,000
National Healthcare Safety Network......................      24,000,000
Quarantine..............................................      58,772,000
Advanced Molecular Detection............................      40,000,000
Epidemiology and Lab Capacity...........................      40,000,000
Healthcare-Associated Infections........................      12,000,000
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    Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD).--The agreement includes 
an increase to bolster genomic epidemiology expertise and 
capacity. The agreement requests a status update on how funding 
provided in the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2) and in 
fiscal year 2022 appropriations have increased capabilities at 
public health departments in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional 
Justification.
    Antimicrobial and Antibiotic Resistance (AR).--The 
agreement includes an increase for activities and directives 
outlined in House Report 117-403. In addition, CDC is directed 
to improve data collection and increase support for U.S. health 
departments to detect, contain, and prevent AR infections and 
increase collaborative efforts at the international, national, 
regional, State, tribal, and local levels. Finally, the 
agreement directs CDC to work with other HHS agencies to 
provide an annual briefing described under the section of the 
explanatory statement dealing with the Office of the Secretary 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act and every succeeding 
annual appropriations Act.
    Centers of Excellence in Newcomer Health.--The agreement 
notes with concern the underlying physical and mental health 
needs of refugees, including those from Afghanistan, which are 
often not detected or addressed at basic screenings at the time 
of resettlement. The agreement urges CDC to expand the number 
of Centers of Excellence in Newcomer Health, giving preference 
to applicants from communities with a large number of Afghan 
and other refugees. Finally, the agreement encourages CDC to 
make geographic diversity a priority when making awards.
    Emerging Infectious Diseases.--The agreement includes an 
increase for emerging infectious disease work. In addition, 
recognizing the important role wastewater testing plays for our 
Nation's biosecurity, the agreement encourages CDC to continue 
working with States and localities to broaden the scope of 
wastewater surveillance capabilities to track COVID-19 and 
additional pathogens and to assist with public health data 
analysis. The agreement requests information in the fiscal year 
2024 Congressional Justification on best practices in 
developing wastewater surveillance programs in rural settings 
and institutions of higher education, and strategies to 
increase participation among State and local governments and 
correctional facilities.
    Food Safety.--The agreement includes an increase to help 
address critical unmet needs.
    Harmful Algal Blooms.--The agreement includes an increase 
for the activities outlined in House Report 117-403.
    Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses.--The 
agreement provides an increase in recognition of the importance 
of the prevention and control of Lyme disease and related tick-
borne diseases, and encourages CDC to support surveillance and 
prevention of Lyme disease and other high consequence tick-
borne diseases in endemic areas as well as areas not yet 
considered endemic. The agreement includes funding for CDC's 
vector-borne diseases program to expand the programs authorized 
under the Kay Hagan Tick Act (P.L. 116-94) to promote a public 
health approach to combat rising cases of tick-borne diseases, 
including activities directed in House Report 117-403. CDC is 
directed to develop and implement methods to improve 
surveillance to more accurately report the disease burden, 
including through the development of real time data for 
reporting Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, as well 
as a process for estimating the prevalence of Post-Treatment 
Lyme Disease Syndrome. CDC is directed to use funding to 
improve early diagnosis of Lyme and related tick-borne diseases 
to prevent the development of late stage disease and more 
serious and long-term disability. CDC is encouraged to 
coordinate with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the 
National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute 
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on publishing reports that 
assess diagnostic advancements, methods for prevention, the 
state of treatment, and links between tick-borne disease and 
psychiatric illnesses. The agreement urges CDC, in coordination 
with NIH, to include in their surveillance the long-term 
effects on patients suffering from post-treatment Lyme disease 
syndrome, or ``chronic Lyme disease.'' Additionally, given the 
impact of Lyme disease and the status of ongoing clinical 
trials, the agreement requests a report within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act on CDC's research to-date and 
recommendations on actions needed to facilitate a successful 
Lyme disease vaccine rollout that will build confidence and 
encourage uptake should a vaccine be approved by the FDA.
    Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/
CFS).--The agreement commends CDC for its recent progress in 
ME/CFS medical education and its participation in the 
Interagency Working Group for ME/CFS. The agreement encourages 
CDC to develop a national epidemiological and disease tracking 
study of post-infectious syndromes prevalence, specifically the 
rates ofpost-acute COVID-19 syndrome and ME/CFS in adults and 
children. The agreement urges CDC to strengthen collaboration with 1) 
interagency partners, 2) disease experts and stakeholders, and 3) the 
NIH's Collaborative Research Centers on study design protocol. 
Additionally, the agreement urges CDC to conduct a series of 
epidemiological studies into the causes, diagnosis, and risk factors of 
ME/CFS. Finally, the agreement urges CDC to engage physicians and 
patients in an effort to increase awareness of ME/CFS and disseminate 
updated clinical guidance.
    Mycotic Diseases.--The agreement provides an increase of 
$2,000,000 in Emerging Infectious Diseases for mycotic diseases 
and directs CDC to fully utilize its clinical trial partners 
and the Mycoses Study Group to address the growing threat from 
mycological infection in the United States and around the 
world.
    National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).--The agreement 
includes an increase for NHSN and supports the modernization of 
the system's infrastructure.
    Prion Disease.--The agreement includes an increase to 
advance efforts on human prion diseases, including Creutzfeldt-
Jakob Disease, which are rapidly progressive and fatal 
neurodegenerative diseases that occur in both humans and 
animals, and recognizes the critical work of the National Prion 
Disease Pathology Surveillance Center.
    Quarantine.--The agreement includes an increase to enhance 
programs to protect the U.S. from infectious diseases.
    Vector-Borne Diseases.--The agreement includes an increase 
for enhanced vector-borne disease activities, including those 
outlined in House Report 117-403.

            CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

    The agreement provides $1,430,414,000 for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, which includes $1,175,464,000 
in discretionary appropriations and $254,950,000 in transfers 
from the PPH Fund. Within this total, the agreement includes 
the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Tobacco.................................................    $246,500,000
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity...............      58,420,000
  High Obesity Rate Counties............................      16,500,000
School Health...........................................      19,400,000
Glaucoma................................................       4,000,000
Vision and Eye Health...................................       2,500,000
Alzheimer's Disease.....................................      38,500,000
Inflammatory Bowel Disease..............................       1,500,000
Interstitial Cystitis...................................       1,100,000
Excessive Alcohol Use...................................       6,000,000
Chronic Kidney Disease..................................       4,500,000
Chronic Disease Education and Awareness.................       4,500,000
Prevention Research Centers.............................      28,961,000
Heart Disease and Stroke................................     155,105,000
Diabetes................................................     155,129,000
National Diabetes Prevention Program....................      37,300,000
Breast and Cervical Cancer..............................     235,500,000
  WISEWOMAN.............................................      34,620,000
Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women.................       6,960,000
Cancer Registries.......................................      53,440,000
Colorectal Cancer.......................................      44,294,000
Comprehensive Cancer....................................      22,425,000
Johanna's Law...........................................      11,500,000
Ovarian Cancer..........................................      14,500,000
Prostate Cancer.........................................      15,205,000
Skin Cancer.............................................       5,000,000
Cancer Survivorship Resource Center.....................         725,000
Oral Health.............................................      20,250,000
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health...........................     108,000,000
Arthritis...............................................      11,000,000
Epilepsy................................................      11,500,000
National Lupus Registry.................................      10,000,000
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)      68,950,000
  Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country............      24,000,000
Social Determinants of Health...........................       8,000,000
Million Hearts..........................................       5,000,000
National Early Child Care Collaboratives................       5,000,000
Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding.......................       9,750,000
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    Alzheimer's Disease.--The agreement provides an increase to 
support provisions authorized by the BOLD Infrastructure for 
Alzheimer's Act (P.L. 115-406).
    Cancer.--The agreement supports the Cancer Moonshot by 
providing an increase for every CDC Cancer Program. In addition 
to skin cancer discussed separately under this account, the 
agreement includes an increase for Breast and Cervical Cancer 
for the activities included in House Report 117-403, as well as 
increases for Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women, the 
National Program of Cancer Registries, colorectal cancer, the 
National Comprehensive CancerControl Program, Johanna's Law, 
ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, and the Cancer Survivorship Resource 
Center.
    Chronic Disease Education and Awareness.--The agreement 
includes an increase to expand this competitive grant program 
to a variety of chronic diseases not addressed by a specific 
National Center for Chronic Disease and Prevention and Health 
Promotion program.
    Chronic Kidney Disease.--The agreement includes an increase 
to advance the activities included in House Report 117-403.
    Diabetes.--The agreement includes an increase to enhance 
efforts to prevent diabetes and reduce its complications, and 
to expand the Diabetes Prevention Program.
    Early Child Care Collaboratives.--The agreement provides an 
increase for these activities.
    Epilepsy.--The agreement provides an increase for epilepsy 
activities.
    Excessive Alcohol Use.--The agreement includes an increase 
for the activities included in House Report 117-403.
    Farm-to-School.--The agreement continues $2,000,000 within 
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity for research and 
education activities promoting healthy eating habits for 
students. The agreement intends that these grants support 
multi-agency and multi-organizational State farm to early 
childhood programs with priority given to entities with 
experience running farm to early childhood programs. The 
agreement directs CDC to coordinate farm to early childhood 
program efforts with the Office of Community Food Systems at 
the Department of Agriculture.
    Food Allergies.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 for a 
school-based effort to address food allergies and reduce 
potentially fatal anaphylactic reactions.
    Heart Disease and Stroke.--The agreement provides an 
increase for heart disease and stroke activities, including 
$8,000,000 for implementation of the Cardiovascular Advances in 
Research and Opportunities Legacy Act, of which $5,000,000 is 
to expand an existing, national sudden cardiac arrest registry 
to capture data from all States and $3,000,000 is for heart 
valve disease education and awareness. The agreement includes 
an increase to strengthen and expand evidence-based heart 
disease and stroke prevention activities focused on high risk 
populations. The agreement also includes increases for the 
WISEWOMAN program to be expanded to additional States and for 
the Million Hearts initiative to increase education and 
outreach.
    High Obesity Rate Counties.--In addition to the directives 
outlined in House Report 117-403, the agreement continues to 
support land grant universities in partnership with their 
cooperative extensions for counties with an obesity prevalence 
over 40 percent. CDC grantees are directed to work with State 
and local public health departments and other partners to 
support measurable outcomes through community and population-
level evidenced-based obesity intervention and prevention 
programs. Funded projects should integrate evidence-based 
policy, systems, and environmental approaches to better 
understand and address the environmental and societal 
implications of obesity.
    Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).--The agreement includes 
an increase to advance IBD efforts.
    Lupus.--The agreement provides an increase for activities 
to advance public health knowledge about lupus.
    Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative (MDHC).--The 
agreement encourages CDC to build on its longstanding 
investment in MDHC by working to replicate the work in 
additional sites while maintaining the current strategy. The 
agreement directs CDC to provide an update on these activities 
in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification.
    Oral Health.--The agreement includes an increase for 
efforts to reduce oral disease and provide effective 
interventions.
    Prevention Research Centers.--The agreement provides an 
increase to continue the national network conducting prevention 
research and translating research results into policy and 
public health practice that address local health needs.
    Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH).--
The agreement provides an increase to address racial and ethnic 
health disparities, including the Good Health and Wellness in 
Indian Country program.
    Reducing E-cigarette Use During Pregnancy.--The agreement 
supports CDC's efforts to address tobacco use during pregnancy 
and encourages CDC to include initiatives specifically targeted 
at e-cigarette use during pregnancy, including initiatives to 
raise awareness among patients and clinicians about the risks 
of e-cigarette use during pregnancy. CDC is encouraged to 
partner with other HHS agencies to ensure pregnant women can 
access safe and effective tobacco cessation services and 
medications. The agreement requests an update on these 
activities in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification.
    Safe Motherhood and Infant Health.--The agreement builds on 
the commitment made in the fiscal year 2022 bill by providing 
an increase for this portfolio of programs to improve the 
health of pregnant and postpartum women and their babies, 
including reducing disparities in maternal and infant health 
outcomes. The agreement directs CDC to use the funding increase 
to expand and increase support for Maternal Mortality Review 
Committees (MMRCs), Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs), 
and other programs including Sudden Unexplained Infant Death 
(SUID) and the Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) Case Registry. 
In addition to the activities outlined in House Report 117-403, 
CDC is directed to expand support for MMRCs and improve data 
collection at the State level to create consistency in data 
collection, analysis and reporting across State MMRCs. This 
investment is necessary to provide accurate national statistics 
on U.S. maternal mortality rates and inform data-driven actions 
to prevent these deaths. The agreement requests CDC provide a 
report to the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act on barriers to effective and consistent data collection and 
opportunities to improve coordination among State MMRCs. CDC is 
also encouraged to work with a national organization on 
educational materials and peer support programs for patients on 
the impact of blood disorders on maternal health. Additionally, 
the agreement encourages CDC to prioritize funding to expand 
PQCs to additional States and territories and provide increased 
support to existing PQCs. The agreement requests an update on 
the expansion of PQCs beyond the States currently funded, as 
well as any barriers to expansion, including those created by 
the COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement encourages CDC to increase 
awareness through the PQCs of newer options and technologies 
for postpartum hemorrhage management that have the potential to 
reduce the need for transfusions, extended hospital stays, and 
maternal harm. Finally, the agreement directs CDC to expand the 
number of States and jurisdictions participating in the 
monitoring and surveillance of SUID and the SDY Case Registry 
to improve data collection. This data works to identify, 
develop, and implement best practices to prevent infant death, 
including practices to improve safe sleep, in coordination with 
appropriate nonprofits.
    Skin Cancer Education and Prevention.--The agreement notes 
concern with the growing number of people diagnosed with 
preventable forms of skin cancer, which is now the most 
commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S. The agreement provides an 
increase of $1,000,000 for skin cancer education and prevention 
and encouragesCDC to increase its collaboration and partnership 
with local governments, business, health, education, community, non-
profit, and faith-based sectors.
    School Health.--The agreement provides an increase to 
expand the number of States in the Healthy Schools program.
    Tobacco.--The agreement provides an increase to reduce 
deaths and prevent chronic diseases, including addressing the 
youth use of e-cigarettes.
    Vision and Eye Health.--The agreement includes an increase 
and directs CDC to initiate efforts to update national 
prevalence estimates on vision impairment and eye disease 
through the use of the National Health and Nutrition 
Examination Survey.

              BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

    The agreement provides $205,560,000 for Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities. Within this total, the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Birth Defects...........................................     $19,000,000
Fetal Death.............................................         900,000
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome..................................      11,500,000
Folic Acid..............................................       3,150,000
Infant Health...........................................       8,650,000
Autism..................................................      28,100,000
Disability & Health.....................................      45,500,000
Tourette Syndrome.......................................       2,500,000
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention................      10,760,000
Muscular Dystrophy......................................       7,500,000
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder................       1,900,000
Fragile X...............................................       2,000,000
Spina Bifida............................................       7,500,000
Congenital Heart........................................       8,250,000
Public Health Approach to Blood Disorders...............      10,400,000
Hemophilia Activities...................................       3,500,000
Hemophilia Treatment Centers............................       5,100,000
Thalassemia.............................................       2,100,000
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome............................       4,250,000
Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies.      23,000,000
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    Autism.--The agreement includes an increase to expand the 
Autism Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network and 
to re-establish surveillance of cerebral palsy in at least two 
ADDM sites.
    Congenital Heart Disease.--The agreement includes an 
increase to further implement the screening, surveillance, 
research, and awareness activities authorized by the Congenital 
Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (P.L. 115-342).
    Disability and Health.--The agreement includes an increase 
of $3,000,000 to continue to strengthen existing programs that 
address healthy athletes and an increase of $1,000,000 to 
continue existing activities that improve physical activity and 
fund health promotion for people with mobility disabilities. In 
addition, the agreement includes an increase of $2,500,000 and 
recommends CDC use the funds to encourage partnership between 
national disability organizations and institutions of higher 
education to conduct implementation science research on health 
promotion, disease prevention, and intervention strategies for 
people with disabilities.
    Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.--The agreement provides 
an increase to expand efforts related to fetal alcohol spectrum 
disorders.
    Muscular Dystrophy.--The agreement provides an increase to 
enhance Muscular Dystrophy research and disease surveillance 
initiatives.
    Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).--The agreement includes 
an increase to support efforts to address the rise in NAS 
resulting from the overuse of opioids and other related 
substances during pregnancy, including research on opioid use 
during pregnancy and related adverse outcomes from infancy 
through childhood, and to identify best practices for care, 
evaluation, and management to help children.
    Public Health Approach to Blood Disorders.--The agreement 
includes an increase to expand sickle cell data collection and 
analysis.
    Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies 
Network (SET-NET).--The agreement includes an increase to 
expand the efforts and reach of SET-NET to detect and respond 
to emerging threats to mothers and babies. The agreement 
directs CDC to provide a briefing to the Committees on its 
spend plan for this funding within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act and an update on these activities in the fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification. Finally, CDC was provided 
additional funding in fiscal year 2019 to expand its Zika 
surveillance to determine the long-term health impacts of 
infants born to mothers infected with the Zika virus. The 
agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification from this ongoing surveillance.
    Tourette Syndrome.--The agreement provides an increase and 
directs CDC to continue to educate physicians, educators, 
clinicians, allied professionals, and the general public about 
the disorder and to improve scientific knowledge on prevalence, 
risk factors, and co-occurring conditions of Tourette Syndrome.

                   PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

    The agreement provides a total of $754,497,000 for Public 
Health Scientific Services. Within this total, the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Health Statistics.......................................    $187,397,000
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Informatics.............     298,100,000
Advancing Laboratory Science............................      23,000,000
Public Health Data Modernization........................     175,000,000
Public Health Workforce.................................      71,000,000
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    Advancing Laboratory Science.--The agreement provides an 
increase to strengthen CDC's laboratory science and safety.
    National Center for Health Statistics.--The agreement 
includes an increase to monitor the health of our Nation and to 
make much-needed investments in the next generation of surveys 
and products.
    National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System.--The 
agreement provides a total of $5,000,000 within Surveillance, 
Epidemiology, and Informatics to continue efforts on the two 
initial conditions.
    Primary Immunodeficiencies.--The agreement provides 
$3,500,000 for education, awareness, and genetic sequencing 
surveillance related to primary immunodeficiencies.
    Public Health Data Modernization.--The agreement provides 
an increase to advance the progress of this effort with State, 
tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) partners. The agreement 
urges CDC to work with representatives from STLT health 
departments through a regular convening mechanism to establish 
a public health data sharing process to ensure that notifiable 
case data are reported to CDC during an emergency response 
event in a timely and efficient manner that is the least 
burdensome for STLT public health departments. This process 
should include the use of an established minimal data set and 
transmission via existing and automated reporting mechanisms to 
the extent possible.
    Public Health Workforce.--The agreement provides an 
increase to aid in the rebuilding and sustainment of the public 
health workforce.

                          ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

    The agreement provides $246,850,000 for Environmental 
Health programs, which includes $229,850,000 in discretionary 
appropriations and $17,000,000 in transfers from the PPH Fund. 
Within this total, the agreement includes the following 
amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Environmental Health Laboratory.........................     $70,750,000
  Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program...........      21,000,000
  Newborn Screening/Severe Combined Immunodeficiency           1,250,000
   Diseases.............................................
Safe Water..............................................       8,600,000
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry..................      10,000,000
Trevor's Law............................................       3,000,000
Climate and Health......................................      10,000,000
Environmental Health Activities.........................      21,000,000
Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network.......      34,000,000
Asthma..................................................      33,500,000
Childhood Lead Poisoning................................      51,000,000
Lead Exposure Registry..................................       5,000,000
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    Asthma.--The agreement includes an increase for the 
activities included in House Report 117-403.
    Childhood Lead Poisoning.--The agreement includes an 
increase to support the expansion of direct CDC assistance and 
funding to additional State and local public health departments 
and to expand programmatic data capabilities.
    Newborn Screening.--The agreement includes an increase to 
expand newborn screening efforts.
    Trevor's Law.--The agreement provides an increase to better 
understand the relationship between environmental exposures and 
pediatric cancer, and to build capacity to conduct cancer 
investigations in accordance with Trevor's Law (Public Law 114-
182).
    Vessel Sanitation.--The agreement includes $4,000,000 to 
support the critical public health functions of the vessel 
sanitation program, and reiterates the requested information in 
House Report 117-403. The agreement expects CDC to resume user 
fee collections in fiscal year 2023 and to provide an update on 
what is needed to sustain future operations to the Committees 
within 120 days of enactment of this Act.

                     INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

    The agreement provides $761,379,000 for Injury Prevention 
and Control activities. Within this total, the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence...................      38,200,000
  Child Maltreatment....................................       7,250,000
  Child Sexual Abuse Prevention.........................       3,000,000
Youth Violence Prevention...............................      18,100,000
Domestic Violence Community Projects....................       7,500,000
Rape Prevention.........................................      61,750,000
Suicide Prevention......................................      30,000,000
Adverse Childhood Experiences...........................       9,000,000
National Violent Death Reporting System.................      24,500,000
Traumatic Brain Injury..................................       8,250,000
Elderly Falls...........................................       3,050,000
Drowning................................................       2,000,000
Injury Prevention Activities............................      29,950,000
Opioid Overdose Prevention and Surveillance.............     505,579,000
Injury Control Research Centers.........................      11,000,000
Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research........      12,500,000
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    Adolescent Mental Health.--The agreement urges CDC to 
establish a program that leverages existing CDC activities 
dedicated to adolescent mental health to improve adolescent 
mental wellbeing and advance equity, with a focus on culturally 
responsive prevention and early intervention. In collaboration 
with centers across CDC, HHS, the Department of Education, 
youth, experts, and advocates, CDC is encouraged to coordinate 
the development and implementation of national goals and a 
national strategy to improve adolescent mental wellbeing that 
align with the objectives outlined in Healthy People 2030. 
Special consideration should be made for underserved 
communities to ensure their voices are represented in decision-
making and idea generating. In addition, the agreement urges 
CDC to conduct applied research and evaluation studies to 
improve the implementation of evidence-based policies and 
community-based practices that advance the national strategy 
and promote adolescent mental health.
    Adverse Childhood Experiences.--The agreement includes an 
increase to expand efforts, including technical assistance to 
States.
    Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence.--The agreement 
provides $1,000,000 to collect data on the connection between 
brain injuries and domestic and sexual violence, and to 
implement a data collection project that follows up on and 
operates under CDC's National Intimate Partner and Sexual 
Violence Survey or other appropriate survey mechanism and asks 
questions about the prevalence and circumstances surrounding 
brain injuries.
    Core State Injury Prevention Program (Core SIPP).--The 
agreement includes an increase of $1,000,000 to enhance efforts 
to identify and respond to injury threats with data-driven 
public health actions.
    Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research.--The 
agreement includes funding to conduct research on firearm 
injury and mortality prevention. Given violence and suicide 
have a number of causes, the agreement recommends the CDC take 
a comprehensive approach to studying these underlying causes 
and evidence-based methods of prevention of injury, including 
crime prevention. All grantees under this section will be 
required to fulfill requirements around open data, open code, 
pre-registration of research projects, and open access to 
research articles consistent with the National Science 
Foundation's open science principles. The Director of CDC is to 
report to the Committees within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act on implementation schedules and procedures for grant 
awards, which strive to ensure that such awards support 
ideologically and politically unbiased research projects.
    Injury Control Research Centers.--The agreement includes an 
increase to increase the number of awards for multi-
disciplinary research on the causes, outcomes, and prevention 
of injuries and violence.
    Opioid or Other Drug Use and Overdose Prevention.--The 
agreement includes an increase to enhance activities and 
encourages CDC to ensure that funding for opioid and stimulant 
abuse and overdose prevention reaches local communities to 
advance local understanding of the opioid overdose epidemic and 
to scale-up prevention and response activities. In addition to 
the activities included in House Report 117-403, the agreement 
encourages CDC to include community member naloxone education 
as a strategy for local community overdose prevention funds. 
The agreement continues to support rigorous monitoring, 
evaluation and improvements in data quality and monitoring at a 
national level, including data collection and analysis on 
overdose deaths. CDC is directed to continue expansion of case-
level syndromic surveillance data, improvements of 
interventions that monitor prescribing and dispensing 
practices, better timeliness and quality of morbidity and 
mortality data, as well as the enhancement of efforts with 
medical examiners and coroner offices. The agreement urges CDC 
to continue to maximize the use of State-based Prescription 
Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) as a public health tool to 
assist in clinical decision-making and surveillance. CDC is 
further directed to continue to expand an innovative model to 
coordinate care for high-risk patients receiving opioid 
treatment and encouraged to work with the Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to 
enhance integration of PDMPs and electronic health records.
    Opioid Prescribing Guidelines.--The agreement applauds 
CDC's efforts to update the Clinical Practice Guideline for 
Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, for use by primary care 
clinicians for chronic pain in outpatient settings outside of 
active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. 
The agreement directs CDC to continue its work educating 
patients and providers, and to encourage uptake and use of the 
Guidelines. The agreement urges CDC to continue coordination 
with other Federal agencies in implementation and related 
updates in safe prescribing practices to ensure consistent, 
high-quality care standards across the Federal government.
    Public Safety Officer Suicide Reporting System.--The 
agreement continues funding for the activities described in the 
Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 2020, as directed 
in Public Law 116-260.
    Suicide Prevention.--The agreement includes an increase and 
in addition to the direction included in House Report 117-403, 
the agreement directs CDC to expand its comprehensive suicide 
prevention program to additional States and develop a plan for 
integrating its Emergency Department Surveillance of Nonfatal 
Suicide Related Outcomes pilot to collect real-time data on 
non-fatal suicide related outcomes and self-harm behavior into 
the program. Effective and faster data collection is imperative 
to suicide prevention efforts so that risk factors can be 
evaluated, high-risk populations can be identified and 
prioritized, and new and more efficient prevention strategies 
can be implemented.
    Traumatic Brain Injury.--The agreement provides an increase 
to initiate concussion surveillance, particularly among 
children and youth.
    Youth Violence Prevention.--The agreement provides an 
increase to support violence interventions and encourages CDC 
to fund a range of interventions, including programs that 
provide de-escalation and conflict mitigation skills. CDC is 
urged to scale up existing partnerships with organizations that 
have demonstrated success in reducing violence and its risk 
factors, including those involving healthcare and community 
outreach organizations, as well as supporting academic-
community collaborations and research to advance the science 
and practice of violence prevention, while reducing inequities 
from which such violence stems.

     NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH)

    The agreement provides a total of $362,800,000 for NIOSH in 
discretionary appropriations. Within this total, the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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National Occupational Research Agenda...................    $119,500,000
  Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing....................      29,000,000
Education and Research Centers..........................      32,000,000
Personal Protective Technology..........................      23,000,000
Mining Research.........................................      66,500,000
National Mesothelioma Registry and Tissue Bank..........       1,200,000
Firefighter Cancer Registry.............................       5,500,000
Other Occupational Safety and Health Research...........     115,100,000
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    Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing.--The agreement includes 
an increase to expand efforts to protect workers in this 
sector.
    Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program Mobile Medical 
Unit.--The agreement directs CDC to prioritize the maintenance 
of mobile medical units and urges CDC to consider the purchase 
of an additional mobile medical unit to improve access to 
screening for miners, as early screening and detection of black 
lung can improve health outcomes and reduce mortality.
    Education and Research Centers (ERCs).--The agreement 
includes an increase to support efforts to reduce work-related 
injuries and illness. In addition, the agreement directs NIOSH 
to increase support for new and existing ERCs to support 
education and training programs for undergraduate and graduate 
students, particularly in Environmental and Industrial Hygiene, 
Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Medicine Residency, 
and Occupational Safety and Health Engineering.
    Firefighter Cancer Registry.--The agreement includes an 
increase for this voluntary, anonymous registry system.
    Mining Research.--The agreement provides an increase and 
directs $2,000,000 of this increase to support research and 
outreach activities to prevent work-related illness, injury and 
death in the western U.S., with an increased focus on 
potentially underrepresented and disproportionately impacted 
workers. CDC is also urged to increase support for research on 
exposure assessment, behavioral science, and mental health in 
the mining industry. Additionally, the agreement directs 
$2,000,000 of this increase to expand grant opportunities to 
universities with graduate programs in mining and explosives 
engineering to fund additional research initiatives in 
automation, robotics, and intelligent mining systems to improve 
workplace safety and health in U.S. mining operations.
    Occupational Injury and Illness.--The agreement does not 
include the directive for the report as described in House 
Report 117-403.
    Radiation Exposure in Medical Procedures.--The agreement 
requests the report directed in House Report 117-403 to reflect 
consultation with EPA and FDA.
    Total Worker Health.--The agreement provides an increase of 
$1,000,000 to expand the program.

                             GLOBAL HEALTH

    The agreement provides $692,843,000 for Global Health 
activities. Within this total, the agreement includes the 
following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Global AIDS Program.....................................    $128,921,000
Global Tuberculosis.....................................      11,722,000
Polio Eradication.......................................     180,000,000
Measles and Other Vaccine Preventable Diseases..........      50,000,000
Parasitic Diseases and Malaria..........................      29,000,000
Global Public Health Protection.........................     293,200,000
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    Global Public Health Protection.--The agreement includes an 
increase and recognizes CDC's unique role in supporting public 
health capacity development.
    Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.--The agreement includes an 
increase to enhance parasitic diseases and malaria activities.
    Polio Eradication.--The agreement includes an increase to 
support CDC activities related to wild poliovirus and vaccine-
derived polio surveillance, vaccine procurement, and outbreak 
response. CDC is urged to continue to provide technical 
assistance to countries for polio immunization campaigns, 
conduct environmental surveillance of polio viruses to ensure 
prompt detection and to prevent potential outbreaks of 
paralytic polio disease.
    Population-based Surveillance Platforms.--The agreement 
includes $7,000,000, an increase of $3,000,000 from within the 
increase for Global Public Health Protection, to support 
existing longitudinal population-based infectious disease 
surveillance platforms that enable comparative analysis between 
urban and rural populations in the developing world.
    Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) and Related Diseases of 
Poverty.--The agreement includes $1,500,000 to extend the 
currently funded CDC projects aimed at surveillance, source 
remediation and clinical care to assess and reduce STH or other 
parasitic infections related to health disparities.
    Tuberculosis.--The agreement includes an increase to 
advance tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis, and treatment 
efforts.

                PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

    The agreement provides $883,200,000 for public health 
preparedness and response activities. Within this total, the 
agreement includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative            $735,000,000
 Agreement..............................................
Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness.........       9,200,000
CDC Preparedness and Response...........................     139,000,000
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    CDC Preparedness and Response.--The agreement provides 
$21,900,000 in the Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
Fund for HHS Protect for the activities directed in House 
Report 117-403.
    Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative 
Agreement.--The agreement includes an increase for cooperative 
agreement awards.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The agreement provides $40,000,000 in discretionary budget 
authority.
    Buildings and Facilities.--The agreement includes funding 
to make progress on CDC's backlog of maintenance and repairs, 
including at its Atlanta campuses. The agreement supports the 
completion of the Atlanta Masterplan Build Out.
    Mine Safety Research Facility.--The agreement notes bill 
language and funding to support the design and construction of 
a mine safety research facility to replace the Lake Lynn 
Experimental Mine and Laboratory were provided in fiscal years 
2021 and 2022. The agreement requests the continuation of 
quarterly updates on progress in the construction of the 
facility, costs incurred, and unanticipated challenges which 
may affect timeline for total costs until completion of the 
facility. Further, upon CDC's completion of the purchase of 
property for the new mine safety research facility, the 
agreement directs HHS to fund the design and construction of 
the facility from the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.

                          CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES

    The agreement provides $723,570,000 for CDC-wide 
activities, which includes $563,570,000 in discretionary 
appropriations and $160,000,000 in transfers from the PPH Fund. 
Within this total, the agreement includes the following 
amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.......    $160,000,000
Public Health Leadership and Support....................     128,570,000
Infectious Disease Rapid Response Reserve Fund..........      35,000,000
Public Health Infrastructure and Capacity...............     350,000,000
Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics...........      50,000,000
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    Infectious Disease Rapid Response Reserve Fund (Reserve 
Fund).--The agreement includes an increase toward the 
replenishment of this fund to ensure that CDC is positioned to 
respond quickly to an imminent public health emergency. CDC is 
directed to provide a spend plan in conjunction with the 
Congressional notification required 15 days in advance of any 
transfer or obligation. The spend plan shall include estimates 
of anticipated uses of funds, including estimated personnel and 
administrative costs, disaggregated by program, project, or 
activity. CDC is required to provide quarterly reports, 
pursuant to P.L. 115-245, and the agreement directs CDC to make 
every effort to provide such reports on-time. Additionally, CDC 
is directed to provide information in each quarterly report on 
all amounts available in the Reserve Fund for the current 
fiscal year and the preceding two fiscal years, including (1) 
obligations by object class categories; (2) with respect to 
such obligations, the notification to which it relates; and (3) 
the total amount unobligated in the Reserve Fund.
    Local Health Departments.--The agreement notes that Federal 
funding intended for both State and local health departments 
does not consistently reach local health departments beyond 
those directly funded. The agreement encourages CDC to require 
States to fund local health departments when programmatically 
appropriate.
    Public Health Infrastructure and Capacity.--The agreement 
provides an increase of $150,000,000 for this disease-agnostic 
resource. The agreement directs that no less than 70 percent of 
this funding be awarded to health departments.
    Public Health Leadership and Support.--The agreement 
includes an increase to support CDC's foundational public 
health activities and to facilitate partnerships. The agreement 
commends CDC for its commitment to the development of a diverse 
healthcare and public health workforce. The agreement provides 
an increase of $3,500,000 to expand the John R. Lewis CDC 
Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program, including the 
opportunity for more HBCUs to participate, as well as tribal 
colleges and universities. In addition, the agreement provides 
$5,000,000 to establish an Office of Rural Health (ORH). The 
ORH will enhance the implementation of CDC's rural health 
portfolio, coordinate efforts across CDC programs, and develop 
a strategic plan for rural health at CDC that maps the way 
forward both administratively and programmatically. The 
agreement encourages ORH to accelerate innovation, make 
scientific and communication resources tailored to current 
rural public health needs, build and improve public health 
functions and service delivery and provide leadership in 
matters of public health infrastructure.

                  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    The agreement provides $47,459,000,000 for NIH, including 
$1,085,000,000 from the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L.114-255, 
Cures Act), an increase of $2,500,000,000, or 5.6 percent, 
above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. The agreement 
provides a funding increase of no less than 3.8 percent above 
the fiscal year 2022 enacted level to every Institute and 
Center (IC). Per the Cures Act, $216,000,000 is transferred to 
the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for cancer research; 
$225,000,000 to the National Institute of Neurological 
Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and $225,000,000 to the National 
Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) for the BRAIN Initiative; and 
$419,000,000 to the Office of the Director (OD) for the All of 
Us precision medicine initiative.
    The agreement directs NIH to include updates on the 
following research, projects, and programs in the fiscal year 
2024 Congressional Justification: metastatic breast cancer; 
NCI's plans to update the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End 
Results Registry; pulmonary fibrosis; cellular immunity; and 
opportunities to enhance childhood cancer research efforts, 
including coordinating efforts already underway through the 
Trans-NIH Pediatric Research Consortium.

                    NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI)

    Cancer Moonshot.--The agreement directs NCI to provide a 
report to the Committees within 180 days of enactment of this 
Act describing the steps it will take to advance efforts to 
develop a robust pipeline of new treatments for recalcitrant 
cancers, defined in the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 
2012 (P.L. 112-239) as those with a five-year survival rate 
below 50 percent.
    Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI).--The agreement 
includes no less than $50,000,000 for the CCDI, including no 
less than $750,000 to continue to support enhancement of the 
CCDI Molecular Characterization Initiative.
    Childhood Cancer STAR Act.--The agreement includes no less 
than $30,000,000 for continued implementation of sections of 
the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and 
Research (STAR) Act (P.L. 115-180). The agreement directs NIH 
to provide an update in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional 
Justification on opportunities to enhance childhood cancer 
research efforts and the actions NCI has taken to ensure 
pediatric cancer expertise is included on all panels, as 
appropriate.
    Colorectal Cancer.--The agreement directs NCI to include an 
update in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification on 
opportunities to advance progress against colorectal cancer 
with an emphasis on: (1) opportunities to develop more 
effective therapeutics; (2) rising rates in people under the 
age of 50, including rapidly increasing rates in the 20 to 39 
year old age range; and (3) the persistent health disparities 
in prevalence, screening, and outcomes. The update should 
describe how NCI plans to play a role in addressing these 
challenges and what existing and future innovative research 
opportunities can be leveraged to advance progress.
    Deadliest Cancers.--The agreement directs NIH to identify 
the greatest obstacles and most promising research 
opportunities to advance progress against each of the deadliest 
cancers in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification.
    Native American Cancer Outcomes.--The agreement continues 
to be concerned that Native Americans experience overall cancer 
incidence and mortality rates that are strikingly higher than 
non-Native populations, and encourages NCI to expand research 
efforts to reduce American Indian cancer disparities and 
improve outcomes, specifically by supporting efforts to develop 
durable capacity for tribally engaged cancer disparities 
research through an integrated program of research, education, 
outreach, and clinical access.
    NCI Paylines.--The agreement provides an increase of 
$150,000,000 for NCI to prioritize competing grants and to 
sustain commitments to continuing grants.
    Pancreatic Cancer.--The agreement encourages NCI to 
leverage the investment in NCI's National Clinical Trials 
Network to accelerate the survival rate for pancreatic cancer 
patients by maximizing the knowledge gained from every trial 
and suggests that trials for pancreatic cancer include parallel 
and concurrent correlative studies, as appropriate, to better 
understand what treatments work best for which patients. The 
agreement directs NCI to consider ways to maximize learning 
from pancreatic cancer trials and provide an update in the 
fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification on next steps 
towards this goal.
    Radiopharmaceutical Development.--The agreement directs 
NIH, in conjunction with the Department of Energy, to provide 
an update in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification 
on the impact shortages of medical isotopes and 
radiopharmaceuticals have on the ability to conduct cancer 
research, including an analysis of infrastructure necessary to 
do so.

           NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI)

    Cardiovascular Disease (CVD).--Recognizing that CVD remains 
the leading cause of death and most expensive condition in the 
United States, the agreement supports cutting-edge 
cardiovascular research and drug discovery across the 
disciplines of medicine, immunology, imaging, chemistry, 
biomedical engineering, physics, statistics, mathematics, and 
entrepreneurship to design new therapies and strategies that 
are more effective. The agreement directs NHLBI to highlight 
the areas with the greatest potential for transformative 
progress in CVD research in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional 
Justification and to prioritize funding that reduces 
cardiovascular disease among the hardest-hit--African Americans 
living in the rural South.
    Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities 
(CEAL) Initiative.--The agreement includes $30,000,000 for the 
CEAL initiative, $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted 
level.
    Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).--The agreement encourages 
NHLBI to prioritize CHD activities outlined in its strategic 
plan and directs NIH to provide an update in the fiscal year 
2024 Congressional Justification on steps being taken to close 
research gaps.
    Health Disparities Research for Methamphetamine-related 
Cardiovascular Diseases.--The agreement encourages NHLBI to 
work with NIDA to examine the cardiovascular effects of 
methamphetamine misuse and implications for treatment in 
vulnerable and minority populations.
    Lung Injury.--The agreement urges NHLBI to strengthen the 
nation's ability to respond to respiratory health threats with 
increased support for research into basic science and the 
mechanisms of lung injury and repair, as well as clinical 
intervention trials addressing both acute and chronic lung 
diseases.
    Valvular Heart Disease Research.--The agreement provides 
$20,000,000 for research into the causation of and risk factors 
for valvular heart disease. Such research should focus on the 
use of advanced technological imaging and other relevant 
methods to generate data related to valvular heart disease, and 
assessing potential risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest or 
sudden cardiac death from valvular heart disease. Additionally, 
the agreement supports efforts by NIH to convene a workshop of 
subject matter experts and stakeholders to identify research 
needs and opportunities to develop recommendations for the 
identification andtreatment of individuals with mitral valve 
prolapse, including individuals who may be at risk for sudden cardiac 
arrest or sudden cardiac death.

     NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH (NIDCR)

    National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.--The 
agreement recommends that NIDCR continues funding support of 
National Dental Practice-Based Research Networks.
    Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD).--The agreement 
encourages NIDCR to maintain a patient-centered approach in the 
implementation of the TMD--IMPACT Concept and to seek 
collaborators from other government agencies such as the 
Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) and the Department of 
Defense (DOD), as well as from within NIH itself. The agreement 
directs NIH to provide an update in the fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification on efforts to implement the next 
phase of the initiative, including the recruitment of other NIH 
ICs as partners, the role of the patient perspective, and 
NIDCR's use of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 
and Medicine (NASEM) Report on TMDs and the TMJ Patient-led 
Roundtable.

   NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES 
                                (NIDDK)

    Diabetes.--Consistent with the fiscal year 2023 budget 
request, the agreement includes $8,550,000 to restore cuts to 
the mandatory Special Diabetes Program that result from Budget 
Control Act sequestration. Further, given the growing 
prevalence of diabetes, the agreement is concerned that 
additional research is needed to determine how to improve the 
treatment of a common complication, diabetic foot ulcers to 
reduce amputations, and urges NIDDK to support such efforts. 
Further, given the aging population, the agreement urges NIDDK 
to work with NIA to explore the relationship between diabetes 
and neurocognitive conditions, such as dementia and Alzheimer's 
disease, in racially and ethnically diverse populations.
    Dietary Supplements and Liver Injury.--The agreement 
strongly encourages NIDDK to provide safety and quality 
information on dietary supplements as it relates to drug-
induced liver injury.
    Hepatitis B.--The agreement applauds the NIH for its work 
to update the Strategic Plan for Trans-NIH Research to Cure 
Hepatitis B and urges that the update identify what has been 
learned since the plan was first released and what additional 
research is needed to find a cure. The agreement supports 
efforts to create common resource services and materials for 
the research community and further urges that targeted calls 
for research, based on the needs as identified in the updated 
Plan, be issued and funded in fiscal year 2023 and beyond.
    Kidney Disease.--The agreement applauds recent changes to 
clinical practice in the diagnosis of kidney disease and 
concurs with recommendations that additional resources should 
be devoted to development of new markers for estimating kidney 
function.
    Pain Management Research.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $5,000,000 for NIDDK to support additional research 
in this area as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget 
request.

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS)

    Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related 
Dementias (AD/ADRD).--The agreement includes an increase of 
$226,000,000 across NIH for AD/ADRD research, including an 
increase of $75,000,000 in NINDS and an increase of 
$151,000,000 in NIA.
    Developmental Dyspraxia.--The agreement commends the work 
NINDS does to support research on developmental disorders, such 
as developmental dyspraxia, aimed at learning more about these 
disorders and finding ways to prevent and treat them.
    Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Research.--The agreement 
encourages NIH to continue to support research to identify and 
validate biomarkers for FTD and other neurodegenerative 
diseases among diverse cohorts. The agreement also urges NIH to 
support efforts to better understand the social determinants of 
health that lead to inequity in access to diagnosis and care 
for FTD and other dementias so that new treatments and best 
practices in care will be available to all, regardless of age, 
racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and geographic 
background. Equally critical is the development of a data 
biosphere that enhances secure sharing of clinical and research 
data and biological samples for FTD. The agreement encourages 
NIH to find ways to support better communication across 
researchers, and between clinical science and broader society, 
to ensure that research advances have maximum effect on 
improving health. The agreement urges NIH to continue to 
advance regulatory science and develop innovative clinical 
trial designs that recruit diverse populations so that 
potential therapies can be effectively tested.
    Opioids, Stimulants, and Pain Management.--The agreement 
includes no less than $280,295,000 in NINDS for the HEAL 
Initiative, $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted 
level. The agreement encourages NINDS to continue its efforts 
through the HEAL initiative in fiscal year 2023, with a focus 
on grant opportunities to support research and education to 
improve outcomes for people with both chronic pain and 
addiction in diverse settings across the United States, 
particularly those located in areas with high incidence of 
people living with chronic pain.
    Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN).--The agreement includes 
$18,000,000 to fund the UDN and directs the continuation of the 
coordinating center, all clinical sites, DNA sequencing core, 
central biorepository, model organisms screening center, and 
other necessary testing in the pursuit of diagnoses, including 
but not limited to: metabolomics, infectious and toxic 
exposures, and immune abnormalities.

     NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NIAID)

    Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases 
(CREID).--NIAID works with partners in 30 countries to 
understand how and where viruses and other pathogens can emerge 
to develop diagnostic tests and treatments. The agreement urges 
NIAID to ensure the CREID Network is sufficiently supported to 
coordinate and conduct research on, and active surveillance 
for, emerging pathogens.
    Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR).--The agreement 
includes $12,100,000, an increase of $3,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level, for CoFAR to expand its 
clinical research network to add new centers of excellence in 
food allergy clinical care and to select such centers from 
those with proven expertise in food allergy research.
    Multidisciplinary Grants for Vector-borne Disease 
Research.--The agreement encourages NIAID to support multi-year 
awards for multidisciplinary research on vector-borne diseases. 
As appropriate, such awards may leverage research efforts by 
other government agencies, including, but not limited to, 
Department ofAgriculture programs on vector-borne diseases, as 
well as surveillance efforts, such as those supported by CDC. Priority 
shall be given to grants focused on vector-borne diseases requiring 
pathogen biosafety levels 2 and 3.
    Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs).--The agreement 
provides $52,000,000 to ensure the 12 RBLs for biomedical 
research requiring biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) containment are 
prepared to assist national, State, and local public health 
efforts in the event of a bioterrorism or infectious disease 
emergency. Of this amount, the agreement directs that no less 
than $1,000,000 shall be provided to each of the 12 RBLs to 
support the maintenance of a capable research workforce, 
facilities, and equipment. The agreement directs that the 
remaining funding shall go to the 12 RBLs to: (1) support 
research on biodefense, emerging infectious disease agents, and 
other infectious disease threats to global public health; (2) 
train new researchers; (3) maintain a workforce skilled in BSL-
3 research; and (4) establish best practices for the safe, 
effective, and efficient conduct of research in BSL-3 
facilities.
    Responding to Infectious Diseases.--The agreement provides 
no less than $565,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level, to support NIAID research to 
combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the training of new 
investigators to improve AMR research capacity as outlined in 
the 2020-2025 National Action Plan to Combat Antibiotic-
Resistant Bacteria. The agreement directs NIAID to work with 
other HHS agencies to provide the annual briefing described 
under the section of the explanatory statement dealing with the 
Office of the Secretary within 30 days of enactment of this Act 
and every succeeding annual Appropriations Act.
    Universal Flu Vaccine.--The agreement includes 
$270,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2022 enacted level. Rather than the narrative summary it 
provided in May 2022, going forward, the agreement directs 
NIAID to provide a dashboard cataloging and describing the key 
trials and programs it is supporting with these funds, 
including sample sizes, milestones, objectives, and outcomes, 
with the first such report due within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act.

         NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES (NIGMS)

    Health Disparities Research.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $5,000,000 for NIGMS to support research related to 
identifying and reducing health disparities.
    Increasing Diversity in Biomedical Research.--The agreement 
provides a targeted increase of $10,000,000 for programs like 
the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic 
Independent Careers program and the Minority Access to Research 
Careers undergraduate programs.
    Institutional Development Awards (IDeA).--The agreement 
provides $425,956,000 for IDeA, $15,503,000 above the fiscal 
year 2022 enacted level. The agreement opposes any efforts to 
change eligibility for the IDeA program to a system that would 
be based on States' populations.

  EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          DEVELOPMENT (NICHD)

    Angelman Syndrome (AS).--AS is a rare neurogenetic disorder 
that affects approximately one in 15,000 people--approximately 
500,000 individuals worldwide. Individuals with AS have an 
average life expectancy but require continuous care and are 
unable to live independently. The agreement urges NICHD to 
expand funding for basic, clinical, and translational research 
into the mechanics of Angelman Syndrome, identify early 
diagnostic markers, and develop new treatment methods.
    ASXL Syndromes.--Bohring-Opitz Syndrome (ASXL1 gene), 
Shashi-Pena Syndrome (ASXL2 gene), and Bainbridge-Ropers 
Syndrome (ASXL3 gene) are three ultra-rare neurogenetic 
disorders, with a combined number of individuals diagnosed 
globally at 500. Those diagnosed, primarily children, 
experience global delays, gastrointestinal complications, 
delayed or absent speech, and autism-like symptoms. The 
agreement urges NICHD to expand funding for basic, clinical, 
and translational research into the mechanics of the ASXL 
Syndromes, identify early diagnostic methods, and develop new 
treatment methods.
    Cerebral Palsy (CP).--The agreement encourages NIH to 
continue to prioritize and invest in research on CP and to 
focus on basic and translational discoveries, as well as 
implementation, observational, and clinical studies aimed at 
early detection and intervention, comparative effectiveness, 
and functional outcomes. The agreement encourages NIH to 
support greater investment in research focused on the areas in 
need of growth, as outlined in the Strategic Plan on Cerebral 
Palsy Research, including research on lifespan issues to 
address the needs of transition-age youth and adults with CP, 
and research to support the development and delivery of new and 
improved screening tools, treatments, and interventions. The 
agreement also encourages NIH to consider research 
opportunities focusing on the motor and health benefits of 
physical activity specifically for individuals with CP across 
all Gross Motor Functional Classification levels, which is 
vital to help prevent chronic disease and premature aging.
    Endometriosis.--The agreement strongly urges NIH to 
increase funding to expand basic, clinical, and translational 
research into the mechanics of endometriosis, identify early 
diagnostic markers, and develop new treatment methods.
    Health Impacts on Children of Technology and Social Media 
Use.--The agreement includes no less than $15,000,000 for this 
activity, as described in House Report 117-403.
    Impact of COVID-19 on Children.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $2,500,000 for NICHD to support additional research 
into multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and 
other ways in which COVID-19 affects children.
    Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnant and Lactating Women.--The 
agreement includes an increase of $3,000,000, the same as the 
fiscal year 2023 budget request, to support research on the 
effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum 
health with a focus on individuals from racial and ethnic 
minority groups.
    Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes 
Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative.--The agreement 
includes no less than $43,400,000 for this activity.
    Uterine Fibroids.--The agreement encourages NICHD to expand 
research related to uterine fibroids etiology, prevention, 
diagnosis, disparities, and treatment.

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

    Additional Research.--The agreement includes an increase of 
$40,000,000 to support research on a wide range of health 
conditions, which may include infectious disease, and chronic 
conditions such as asthma, mental health, and health 
disparities.
    Environmental Exposures and Cancer in Firefighters.--The 
agreement encourages NIH and CDC/NIOSH to continue their 
efforts to better understand the cancer risks firefighters may 
experience, including efforts to measure environmental 
exposures in firefighters and determine the mechanisms that 
lead to increased cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality. 
The agreement also encourages NIH to continue to support 
research to improve health equity among firefighters to 
evaluate potential differences in exposures and risk.

                   NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA)

    Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related 
Dementias (AD/ADRD).--The agreement includes an increase of 
$226,000,000 across NIH for AD/ADRD research, including an 
increase $151,000,000 in NIA and an increase of $75,000,000 in 
NINDS, ensuring it remains the largest single effort of its 
kind within the agency. The agreement directs NIA, working with 
NINDS, to enter into an agreement with NASEM within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act to identify research priorities for 
preventing and treating AD/ADRD. An ad hoc committee of NASEM 
will conduct a study and recommend research priorities to 
advance the prevention and treatment of AD/ADRD. In conducting 
its study, the committee will: (1) examine and assess the 
current state of biomedical research aimed at preventing and 
effectively treating AD/ADRD, along the R&D pipeline from basic 
to translational to clinical research; (2) assess the evidence 
on nonpharmacological interventions aimed at preventing and 
treating AD/ADRD; (3) identify key barriers to advancing AD/
ADRD prevention and treatment (e.g., infrastructure challenges 
that impede large scale precision medicine approaches, 
inadequate biomarkers for assessing response to treatment, lack 
of diversity in biobanks and clinical trials), and 
opportunities to address these key barriers and catalyze 
advances across the field; and (4) explore the most promising 
areas of research into preventing and treating AD/ADRD. The 
committee's study will include dementia caused by Alzheimer's 
disease as well as related conditions such as frontotemporal 
disorders, Lewy body dementia, vascular dementias, and multiple 
etiology dementias. Dementias with a clear etiology (e.g., 
incident stroke, AIDS, traumatic brain injury) will be excluded 
from the analysis. Based on its review of the literature, 
consultations, and other expert input, the committee will 
develop a report with its findings, conclusions, and specific 
recommendations on research priorities for preventing and 
treating AD/ADRD, including identifying specific near and 
medium-term scientific questions (i.e., in . . . o 10 year 
period) that may be addressed through NIH funding. The report 
will also include strategies for addressing major barriers to 
progress on these scientific questions. The agreement includes 
$1,500,000 within the total funding for NIA for AD/ADRD 
research to cover the costs of this study.
    Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC).--The agreement 
directs NIA to provide a report to the Committees within 180 
days of enactment of this Act detailing the number of 
individual Alzheimer's disease patients who have gained access 
to a clinical trial through the outreach of an ADRC, the number 
of Alzheimer's disease diagnoses given to patients at an ADRC, 
and a detailed report on patients' and caregivers' needs that 
were met through the work of ADRCs that cannot be attained at a 
provider office.
    Brain Health and Exposome Studies.--The agreement 
encourages NIA to address the research gaps and opportunities 
identified in the 2021 Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit as 
NIA works to establish Centers on Exposome Studies in ADRD as 
directed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 
117-103), especially those gaps and opportunities focused on 
understanding healthy brain aging and applying this 
understanding to disease prevention.
    Clinical Trials.--Although Alzheimer's disease and other 
dementias disproportionately affect Black Americans, Hispanic 
Americans, Asian American and Pacific Islanders, and Native 
Americans, they continue to be underrepresented in AD/ADRD 
clinical trials. The agreement directs NIA to work with ADRCs 
and other organizations to promote participation in clinical 
trials within underrepresented populations and, to the maximum 
scientifically-feasible extent, reduce the burden of 
participating. These efforts should include expanding community 
engagement and outreach to these populations, incentivizing 
trial locations in areas of unmet need, encouraging the 
diversity of clinical trial staff, allowing appropriate 
flexibility in trial design and inclusion and exclusion 
criteria, and utilizing technology like remote patient 
monitoring, where appropriate, to facilitate clinical trial 
participation and retention. Further, the agreement urges NIA 
to provide an assessment of the data and metrics it collects 
related to the planning, recruitment, and retention of clinical 
trial participants from underrepresented communities and, when 
possible, how those data have been or plan to be used in grant-
making decisions. The assessment should also address how NIA 
plans to provide more timely data to the Committees and greater 
transparency to the public about the planning, engagement, and 
recruitment efforts of its extramural grantees, including a 
focus on addressing barriers to inclusive and representative 
enrollment such as eligibility criteria, language 
accessibility, and adequate planning for diverse enrollment 
among grantees. The agreement requests that NIA provide this 
assessment within 180 days of enactment of this Act. In 
addition, with various treatments for Alzheimer's disease in 
the pipeline, the agreement encourages NIA to support a wide 
range of trials, including those with a patient-based national 
registry of regulatory grade, longitudinal evidence for 
patients receiving any FDA-approved disease modifying therapies 
for Alzheimer's disease in real-world clinical practice.
    Health Disparities in Aging.--The agreement encourages NIH 
to support and develop long-term studies of healthy individuals 
that seek to identify structural drivers of health inequities. 
These may complement ongoing longitudinal studies of aging--
such as the Health and Retirement Study, the National Health 
and Aging Trends Study, and others--to guide efforts to 
maximize health and enhance quality of life at older ages. 
These studies should integrate biological, behavioral, 
sociocultural, and environmental perspectives as outlined in 
the NIA Health Disparities Framework.

 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
                                (NIAMS)

    Opioids and Pain Management Research.--The agreement 
includes an increase of $5,000,000 for NIAMS to support 
additional research in this area as described in the fiscal 
year 2023 budget request.

             NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH (NINR)

    Health Disparities Research.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $10,000,000 for NINR to support research related to 
identifying and reducing health disparities.

                NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE (NIDA)

    Opioids, Stimulants, and Pain Management.--The agreement 
includes no less than $355,295,000 in NIDA for the HEAL 
Initiative. The agreement encourages NIDA to continue its 
efforts through the HEAL initiative in fiscal year 2023, with a 
focus on grant opportunities to support research and education 
to improve outcomes for people with both chronic pain and 
addiction in diverse settings across the United States, 
particularly those located in areas with high incidence of 
people living with chronic pain. The agreement also includes an 
additional $10,000,000 to support related research on pain and 
pain management, as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget 
request.
    Reducing Opioid Disparities.--The agreement supports 
efforts to address the disproportionate effects of the opioid 
overdose epidemic on Black/African Americans. NIDA, in 
coordination with NIMHD, is encouraged to support 
collaborations between qualified educational institutions and 
treatment partners with demonstrated excellence in addiction 
science and community-based research to lead several large 
multi-year research efforts. Funding calls should highlight the 
need for research to reduce barriers to care at the levels of 
State funding bodies, treatment agencies, individual 
clinicians, and among patients and community members. Specific 
areas of focus may include research that examines and mitigates 
stigma toward medications for opioid use disorder, evaluates 
reimbursement structures to incentivize improved patient 
outcomes, implements and evaluates effective environmental 
supports like crisis and respite housing and transportation 
assistance, and integrates treatment and recovery support 
services into non-medical, community-based settings (e.g., 
interventions delivered by peer and community health workers).

               NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH)

    Cost of Serious Mental Illness (SMI).--Despite increased 
spending on mental health services, the prevalence of SMI has 
grown by more than fifty percent since 2008, from 3.7 percent 
to 5.6 percent of Americans in 2020. While some progress has 
been made at identifying effective treatments for early SMI, 
many patients and families struggle to access appropriate 
services. To better understand what is needed to advance more 
effective, accessible treatments, the agreement directs NIMH to 
deliver with the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification a 
``professional judgment'' budget. This budget should estimate 
the additional funding needed to support opportunities to 
accelerate SMI research during fiscal year 2024, including 
efforts to expand existing scientific programs focused on 
improving early identification, accurate diagnosis, biomarker 
assessment, intervention development, and implementation of 
effective services, among individuals in the early stages of 
SMI. In this document, NIMH will include specific scientific 
questions and areas it would use the funding identified in the 
professional judgement budget to address. These should be time-
limited, goal-driven investments that accelerate emerging 
science and support high-risk/high-reward research.
    Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health.--The agreement 
includes an increase of $5,000,000 for NIMH to expand research 
on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.
    Mental Health Treatment Research.--The agreement provides 
an increase of $5,000,000 to support research to inform mental 
health treatment approaches, service delivery, and system 
transformation, consistent with the fiscal year 2023 budget 
request.

            NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NHGRI)

    Community Engagement.--The agreement recognizes the 
critical role that community engagement plays in enabling 
researchers to build authentic partnerships that enhance 
diversity and inclusion in research cohorts. The CEAL program, 
created to help address the disparate impacts of the COVID-19 
pandemic on communities historically underrepresented in 
biomedical research, has been successful in building such 
partnerships. Community engagement is also key when there is 
public hesitancy to participate in research, such as with human 
genetics and genomics research. The agreement is encouraged by 
the success of the CEAL program and urges NHGRI, in 
consultation with NHLBI and NIMHD, to establish and coordinate 
a community engagement program modeled after CEAL that will 
support efforts to increase the participation of individuals 
historically underrepresented and hesitant to participate in 
human genetics and genomics research.
    Data Sharing.--The agreement urges NIH to convene a working 
group to develop and disseminate best practices on genomic data 
sharing for use by entities engaged in biomedical research and 
international collaboration. That working group should review 
potential risks involved in sharing genomic data between NIH-
supported research studies with private, public, and academic 
institutions that partake in science and technology research 
and their research partners, with a focus on international 
partners. The review should also include recommendations 
regarding areas where Federal agencies can strengthen 
coordination to increase education to such private and academic 
research institutions to ensure the institutions can better 
protect themselves from national security threats with a 
strengthened understanding of intellectual property rights, 
research ethics, data misuse, as well as education on how to 
recognize and report such threats.

    NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH (NCCIH)

    Pain Management.--The agreement includes an additional 
$5,000,000 to support research into non-pharmacological 
treatments for pain management and urges NCCIH, along with DOD 
and VA, to continue to support research, including 
comorbidities such as opioid misuse, abuse, and disorder among 
military personnel, veterans, and their families. The agreement 
urges NIH, VA, and DOD to expand research on non-
pharmacological treatments for veterans and service members.

  NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES (NIMHD)

    Chronic Disease Centers.--In fiscal year 2021, NIMHD 
undertook an initiative to support regional comprehensive 
research and coordinating centers on the prevention, treatment, 
and management of multiple chronic diseases associated with 
health disparities. The agreement includes an additional 
$11,000,000 for NIMHD to provide supplemental grants to the 11 
Centers, with a focus on developing and delivering emerging 
therapeutic interventions addressing the disproportionate 
burden of disease.
    Health Disparities Research.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $25,000,000 for NIMHD to support research related 
to identifying and reducing health disparities.
    Research Centers in Minority Institutions.--The agreement 
provides $88,765,000 for this activity.
    Research Endowment Program.--The agreement notes the recent 
passage of the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment 
Revitalization Act to reinvigorate the Research Endowment 
Program. The agreement has provided $12,000,000 to implement 
the revitalized program and urges NIMHD to work swiftly on its 
implementation. The agreement further notes that the statutory 
goal of the program is to assist eligible institutions in 
achieving a research endowment that is comparable to the mean 
endowment of health professions schools in their health 
professions discipline. The agreement requests a report no 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act on 
implementation plans and engagement with key stakeholders.

                   FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER (FIC)

    Health Disparities Research.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $5,000,000 for FIC to support research related to 
identifying and reducing health disparities.

      NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES (NCATS)

    Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs).--The 
agreement provides $629,560,000, an increase of $22,914,000 
above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. The agreement 
maintains its strong support for the CTSA program and reaffirms 
previous language preserving the size, scope, and historic 
mission of the CTSA program, including the direction that no 
hub shall receive less than 95 percent of the resources that 
were provided prior to fiscal year 2022. Last year, the 
agreement expressed concerns with a new Funding Opportunity 
Announcement and its potential to divert appropriated resources 
away from CTSA hubs. The agreement is concerned that NCATS 
continues to push to disaggregate CTSA activities, which makes 
the application process burdensome on investigators and 
resulted in nearly all institutions submitting partial 
applications. No later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, NCATS is directed to brief the Committees on options 
toreverse disaggregation, preserve historic CTSA activities and 
institutional support, including training as many young investigators 
as possible, and ensure that any hub funded receive not less than 95 
percent of the resources that were previously provided. Finally, the 
agreement reiterates previous direction that NCATS inform the 
Committees prior to any planned changes to the size of hub awards, 
scope of the program, or strategic changes to the program, specifically 
noting that the Committees shall be consulted prior to any new CTSA 
initiatives being implemented.
    Collaboration with Business Incubators.--The agreement 
urges NCATS to redouble its efforts to leverage its mission by 
exploring opportunities or potential collaborations with 
business incubators that host small to midsize science, 
research and pharmaceutical companies that use service-based 
approaches to nurture and guide their member companies to 
success.
    Cures Acceleration Network (CAN).--The agreement includes 
up to $70,000,000 for the CAN to reduce barriers between 
research discovery and clinical trials. This increase will 
allow NCATS to address or expand existing CAN cure concepts 
focused on diagnostic technologies, gene therapy vectors, 
artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled 
chemistry for drug development, and the next phase of 
dissemination of tissue chip technology. Further, the agreement 
urges NCATS to consider supporting activities within CAN and 
other NCATS' offices or divisions that focus on precision 
medicine--from precision prevention, to precision diagnosis, to 
precision therapeutics. Activities should also include the 
ability to generate the data to demonstrate the efficacy and 
cost effectiveness of precision medicine.
    Full Spectrum of Medical Research.--The agreement applauds 
NIH efforts to support and advance the full spectrum of medical 
research, which ensures breakthroughs in basic science are 
translated into therapies and diagnostic tools that benefit 
patient care while disseminating cutting-edge information to 
the professional community. The agreement notes the importance 
of flagship initiatives, including the CTSA program, to these 
important efforts.

                      OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR (OD)

    Administrative Offices.--For fiscal year 2023, the 
agreement provides the Budget Office $4,550,000 and directs it 
to recruit and hire a new GS15 staff member or higher to serve 
as the Committees' primary liaison with NIH. The Budget Office 
is urged to recruit internally from within NIH to fill this 
position within 120 days of enactment of this Act.
    Adoption of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits Used in Research.--The 
agreement requests NIH to provide a report to the Committees no 
later than 180 days after enactment of this Act on the 
feasibility and/or challenges of post-research adoption.
    ALS Research, Treatments, and Expanded Access.--The 
agreement recognizes it is critically important that NIH 
continue to grow its investment in ALS research to capitalize 
on the momentum to find new treatments for ALS and a cure for 
the disease. The agreement recognizes that each year, only a 
small portion of research funds are spent on new research 
projects. The agreement strongly urges NIH to maintain the ALS 
drug ecosystem with additional grant funding for extramural 
research through NINDS. In addition, the agreement urges NIH to 
continue to increase support and momentum for ALS research that 
can lead to new treatments and better care as quickly as 
possible, as well as support expanded access research for ALS 
investigational drugs.
    In addition, the agreement directs NIH to handle funding of 
expanded access grants as authorized in the ACT for ALS (P.L. 
117-79) as separate, not competitive with, funding for other 
research on ALS and includes $75,000,000 for this purpose, an 
increase of $50,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted 
level.
    The agreement urges NINDS and OD to strengthen the expanded 
access grant application process. This should include allowing 
applicants 60 days from the official publication date of the 
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications 
to conduct scientific research utilizing data from expanded 
access to investigational drugs or biological products to allow 
potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful 
collaborations and responsive projects. NINDS and OD are also 
directed to offer technical assistance to interested applicants 
during the grant process and prior to the submission due date 
of the FOA. Further, the agreement directs NINDS and OD to host 
webinars for potential applicants to prepare grant applications 
and also to offer forums for stakeholder engagement throughout 
the grant process.
    The agreement directs NINDS and OD to brief the Committees 
prior to any execution of expanded access grants or 
programmatic funding. Further, once awards are announced, the 
agreement directs NINDS and OD to provide the Committees with 
an explanation of the funded grants, including a clear 
breakdown of what the funding is to be used for. The agreement 
directs NINDS and OD to fund as many applications as possible 
and to fund them for one year increments as is common with 
other NINDS grants.
    Furthermore, if after NINDS completes its review of 
expanded access research grant applications and awards grants 
to eligible applications for expanded access programs under 
Section 2 and there are additional funds, those fundsshallbe 
used tofund Section 3 public-private research partnerships 
underthe Act for ALS.
    Finally, if sufficient eligible applications are not 
received, or NINDS and OD have any reason to believe any 
funding should lapse for any reason, the ICs are directed to 
notify the Committees prior to the notifications of awards. 
This notification shall include: (1) a detailed explanation as 
to why applications cannot be funded; (2) the technical 
assistance provided to applicants to assist them in submitting 
eligible grant applications; and (3) a proposed plan to award 
funding for other ALS research prior to the end of the fiscal 
year.
    Analyzing Differences in COVID-19 Study Outcomes.--The 
agreement recognizes that the COVID--19 pandemic has exposed an 
array of related health disparities, including a difference in 
acute disease severity and outcomes between female and male 
patients. To better understand how sex, race, and other 
variables impact study outcomes, the agreement directs the ICs, 
in coordination with OD and the Office of Research on Women's 
Health, to support research to assess whether sex, race, and 
other differences play a role in study outcomes.
    Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML).--The 
agreement provides $135,000,000 to support NIH's efforts to 
build capacity to leverage machine learning to accelerate the 
pace of biomedical innovation. This includes $50,000,000 for 
AI/ML-focused investments and other ML-focused initiatives and 
$85,000,000, an increase of $15,000,000, for the Office of Data 
Science Strategy (ODSS). ODSS is encouraged to launch a pilot 
with the Department of Energy to study the potential for 
quantum computing for biomedical sciences. The agreement 
directs ODSS and the Chief Information Officer to provide 
biannual updates to the Committees on their efforts. In 
addition, the agreement includes an increase of $3,000,000 for 
the Office of Portfolio Analysis
    (OPA) under the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, 
and Strategic Initiatives. The agreement stronglysupports NIH's 
efforts to build AI-based analytical tools to help NIH optimize 
investments in biomedical research by identifying emerging topics and 
predicting which ones will produce transformative breakthroughs. These 
tools--which themselves could be transformative--will also help NIH 
assess the return on investment of past investments, providing insight 
that has largely been absent in biomedical research. The agreement 
expects OPA to use the additional funding to expedite the development 
and adoption of the tools by NIH. The agreement directs OPA to provide 
the Committees an update on its efforts within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act, including the percentage of NIH program staff in each IC that 
use OPA's tools.
    Autoimmune Diseases.--Since many autoimmune diseases affect 
women predominantly, the agreement includes $10,000,000 to 
implement the recommendations of a recent NASEM report to 
establish an Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR) 
within the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH). The 
agreement directs OADR to: (1) coordinate the development of a 
multi-IC strategic research plan with concrete, meaningful 
milestones to set priorities; (2) as part of the internal and 
external outreach for the strategic plan, identify emerging 
areas of innovation and research opportunity; (3) coordinate 
and foster collaborative research across ICs; (4) annually 
evaluate the autoimmune research portfolio to determine 
progress made across NIH; (5) provide resources to support 
planning, collaboration, and innovation; and (6) develop and 
oversee a publicly accessible central repository for autoimmune 
disease research. The agreement directs ORWH and OADR to brief 
the Committees within 150 days of enactment of this Act on 
NIH's efforts to stand up OADR and the status of the 
aforementioned directives.
    Biomedical Research Facilities.--The agreement provides 
$80,000,000 for grants to public and nonprofit entities to 
expand, remodel, renovate, or alter existing research 
facilities or construct new research facilities as authorized 
under 42 U.S.C. section 283k. Further, the agreement urges NIH 
to consider recommendations made by the NIH Working Group on 
Construction of Research Facilities, including making awards 
that support a significant number of newly constructed or 
renovated facilities. Finally, the agreement encourages NIH to 
prioritize projects focused on specialized imaging capacities.
    Brain Research through Advancing Innovative 
Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.--The agreement includes 
$680,000,000 for the BRAIN Initiative, including $450,000,000 
authorized in the Cures Act. The overall funding level includes 
$95,000,000 for the Human Brain Cell Atlas; $10,000,000 for the 
Armamentarium for Brain Cell Access; and $30,000,000 for the 
Brain Connectivity Map. The agreement directs NIH to brief the 
Committees on the progress and achievements of key projects, as 
well as mid-term objectives and anticipated/actual outcomes, 
within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
    Childhood Post-infectious Neuroimmune Disorders/PANS/
PANDAS.--The agreement encourages NIH to prioritize research in 
this area, and include an update in the fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification on the progress being made on the 
understanding of the costs, causes, diagnostic criteria, and 
treatment of these conditions.
    Chimera Research.--The agreement supports NIH's funding 
limitation regarding the introduction of human pluripotent 
cells into non-human vertebrate animal pre-gastrulation stage 
embryos. The agreement takes seriously the bio-ethical 
considerations regarding the creation of human-animal chimeras 
and the continuation of research using these cells.
    Chimpanzee Maintenance, Care, and Transportation.--The 
agreement directs NIH to provide a report to the Committees 
quarterly, beginning no later than February 1, 2023, that shall 
include: (1) the number of chimpanzees transported to the 
national sanctuary over the last quarter; (2) a census of all 
government-owned and supported chimpanzees, remaining, if any, 
at the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF), the Keeling Center 
for Comparative Medicine and Research (KCCMR), or the Southwest 
National Primate Research Center (SNPRC); and (3) a list of any 
chimpanzee deaths, including details on the cause of death and 
the specific rationale behind any euthanasia decisions, that 
have occurred at any time after January 1, 2020, at APF, KCCMR, 
SNPRC, and the national sanctuary system.
    Collection and Reporting of Animal Research Numbers and 
Agency Funding.-- The Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 requested a plan to 
improve the accuracy and transparency of collected data on the 
use of animals in NIH-funded research. The agreement further 
encourages NIH to develop and include a draft form for 
collecting this information annually and to include details on 
how the agency will address any incomplete reporting of NIH-
funded research with animals and encourage prospective 
documentation of study design and analysis plans.
    Common Data Elements (CDEs).--The agreement recognizes the 
increasing importance of CDEs that enable standardized and 
consistent use of data in research, especially translational 
and clinical research, and that facilitate efforts to replicate 
and validate findings, for a disease area. The NIH encourages 
use of CDEs including use of the NIH's CDE repository. To 
encourage development and use of CDEs in disease areas where 
they currently do not exist, the agreement directs ODSS to work 
with ICs to support efforts to develop CDEs, including through 
collaborations with research stakeholders. The agreement also 
directs ODSS to provide a list of diseases and disease areas 
actively under development, such as autoimmune and immune-
mediated conditions, to inform further NIH efforts to support 
development of such elements.
    Common Fund.--The Common Fund supports cross-cutting, 
trans-NIH programs that require participation by multiple ICs, 
strategic planning, coordination, and have the potential for 
extraordinary impact. The agreement provides a $65,000,000 
increase to the Common Fund with the expectation that it will 
focus on time limited, goal-driven investments that accelerate 
emerging science and support high-risk/high-reward research. 
The agreement directs NIH to brief the Committees about its 
plans for these funds and other notable Common Fund initiatives 
within 120 days of enactment. Further, this briefing should 
include detailed plans on how to support any Common Fund 
programs within two years of graduation from the program.
    Cybersecurity.--The agreement provides $265,000,000, an 
increase of $40,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted 
level, to strengthen cybersecurity at NIH.
    Developmental Delays.--The agreement includes an increase 
of $10,000,000 for research on developmental delays, including 
speech and language delays in infants and toddlers, 
characterizing speech and language development and outcomes in 
infants and toddlers through early adolescence. Such research 
shall include studies, including longitudinal studies.
    Diversity in NIH Kidney Disease Research Populations.--The 
agreement directs NIH to include an update in the fiscal year 
2024 Congressional Justification regarding the NIH kidney 
disease research program, including research on health 
disparities in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
kidney disease among racial and ethnic minority populations.
    Dual Purpose/Dual Benefit Research.--The agreement 
encourages a partnership between NIH, the National Institute of 
Food and Agriculture, and the other relevant 115 Federal 
research and development agencies to develop a next generation 
interagency program using agriculturally important large animal 
species. The agreement expects NIH to continue this important 
cooperative partnership program to further strengthen ties 
between human medicine, veterinary medicine, and animal 
sciences, with the goal to improve animal and human health and 
provide enhanced applicability and return on investment in 
research.
    Early-career Pediatric Researchers.--The agreement 
encourages NIH, through the Trans-NIH Pediatric Research 
Consortium, to explore an NIH-wide early career development 
award that is focused on early-career researchers in the field 
of pediatrics that includes efforts to recruit researchers from 
diverse backgrounds, including those that are from groups 
underrepresented in the biomedical workforce. The agreement 
requests an update on progress in the fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification.
    Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).--
The agreement includes $180,000,000, the same level as fiscal 
year 2022, for the ECHO program. ECHO currently funds the 
Navajo Birth Cohort Study. The agreement encourages OD to 
consider expanding the study to include a larger representation 
of indigenous children in the national cohort to allow for a 
better understanding of the impacts of environmental exposure 
in these unique populations.
    Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research.--The 
agreement includes $12,500,000, the same level as fiscal year 
2022, to conduct research on firearm injury and mortality 
prevention. Given violence and suicide have a number of causes, 
the agreement recommends NIH take a comprehensive approach to 
studying these underlying causes and evidence-based methods of 
prevention of injury, including crime prevention. All grantees 
under this section will be required to fulfill requirements 
around open data, open code, pre-registration of research 
projects, and open access to research articles consistent with 
the National Science Foundation's open science principles. The 
Director is to report to the Committees within 30 days of 
enactment of this Act on implementation schedules and 
procedures for grant awards, which strive to ensure that such 
awards support ideologically and politically unbiased research 
projects.
    Foreign Influence.--To support NIH's efforts to 
expeditiously complete grant compliance reviews, the agreement 
continues to include $2,500,000 for this activity within the 
Office of Extramural Research.
    Harassment Policies.--The agreement directs NIH to 
establish a strategic plan and timeline to implement the 
recommendations of the 2020 NIH Workplace Climate and 
Harassment Survey, and to continue to regularly conduct similar 
surveys and make the findings public to facilitate progress 
tracking and accountability.
    Heritable Genetic Information Study.--The agreement directs 
NIHto enter into an agreement with NASEM within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act to identify the biological basis of 
health risks relevant to the regulation of heritable genetic 
information in food animals. NASEM will conduct a study to 
identify genetic and other molecular mechanisms that could 
present risks to human health based on heritable genetic 
information (natural, induced, intended, or designed) in food 
animal species. In conducting this study, NASEM will: (1) 
identify biological mechanisms that may present novel hazards 
associated with animal food species that harbor intended, 
induced, or designed heritable genetic information that would 
not be presented by standard breeding or reproductive 
technologies practiced in animal agriculture; (2) assess the 
absolute and relative likelihood of animal agricultural 
presenting such hazards; and (3) identify experimental 
strategies and methodologies to evaluate the human safety of 
animals (or the derived agricultural products) that harbor 
intended, induced, or designed heritable genetic information 
for agricultural applications. Based on its review of the 
literature, consultations with the Departments of Health and 
Human Services and Agriculture, and other expert input, NASEM 
will report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations, 
including identification of specific near- and medium-term 
scientific questions (i.e., in . . . o 10 year period) that may 
be addressed through NIH or HHS funding. The report will also 
include strategies for addressing major scientific or technical 
barriers to progress on these scientific questions. The 
agreement provides $1,300,000 to cover the costs of this study.
    Humane Research Alternatives.--The agreement recognizes 
that non-human primate research models make significant 
contributions to advancing science's understanding of diseases 
and disorders afflicting humans and animals, including in the 
discovery and evaluation of new therapeutics before they go to 
clinical trials in human and animal patients. However, 
recognizing that humane, cost-effective, and scientifically 
suitable non-animal methods are available for certain research 
models, but underutilized, the agreement directs NIH to report 
to the Committees no later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act on the feasibility of establishing incentives to 
encourage investigators to utilize non-animal methods whenever 
appropriate for the research question and how to establish 
standardized guidelines for peer review evaluation of the 
justification for research with animals.
    HIV/AIDS Research.--The agreement includes an increase of 
$100,000,000 above the fiscal year 2022 level for research 
related to HIV/AIDS across NIH.
    Corps.--The agreement encourages NIH to expand access to 
healthcare commercialization programs such as I-Corps@NIH and 
the Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) 
programs for their Small Business Innovation Research and Small 
Business Technology Transfer Programs recipients.
    INCLUDE Initiative.--The agreement includes no less than 
$90,000,000 for this activity and requests an updated plan as 
described in House Report 117-403.
    Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses.--The 
agreement urges NIH to develop new tools that can more 
effectively prevent, diagnose, and treat Lyme disease, 
including its long-term effects, and other tick-borne diseases. 
The agreement encourages NIH to evaluate the effectiveness of 
laboratory tests associated with the detection of Borrellia 
burgdori to diagnose the disease early, as well as the 
promotion and development of potential vaccine candidates for 
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. The agreement urges 
NIH to conduct research to better understand modes of 
transmission for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including 
vertical transmission. The agreement encourages NIH to 
incentivize new investigators to enter the field of tick-borne 
disease research. The agreement directs NIH to coordinate with 
CDC on publishing reports that assess diagnostic advancements, 
methods for prevention, the state of treatment, and links 
between tick-borne disease and psychiatric illnesses.
    National Security.--The agreement believes that NIH should 
consider relevant national security issues when developing and 
executing the NIH-wide Strategic Plan.
    Native Hawaiians (NH).--The agreement directs NIH to 
provide the Committees a report within 90 days after enactment 
of this Act describing how it currently coordinates NH health 
research-related activities across the agency and with the NH 
community. The agreement encourages NIMHD to partner with 
entities with a proven track record of working closely with NH 
communities and NH-serving organizations to support the 
development of NH investigators.
    Office of Nutrition Research.--The agreement continues to 
fund the Office of Nutrition at the fiscal year 2022 level.
    Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH).--The agreement 
includes $76,480,000 for ORWH. Within the total for ORWH, the 
agreement provides $5,000,000, an increase of $1,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, for the Building 
Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) 
program to fund additional BIRCWH fellows at existing sites. To 
address the persistent gaps that remain in the knowledge of 
women's health, the agreement includes $2,000,000 within ORWH 
to contract with NASEM to conduct a study on the gaps present 
in women's health research across all NIH ICs. Specifically, 
the study should be designed to explore the proportion of 
research on conditions that are more common or unique to women, 
establish how these conditions are defined and ensure that it 
captures conditions across the lifespan, evaluates sex 
differences and racial health disparities, and determine the 
appropriate level of funding that is needed to address gaps in 
women's health research at NIH. The agreement requests NASEM, 
not later than 18 months after the date on which the agreement 
is entered, to submit to Congress a report containing the 
findings of the study and the recommendations to address 
research gaps in women's health research, including measurable 
metrics to ensure that this research is accurately tracked to 
meet the continuing health needs of women. As mentioned above, 
the agreement also includes $10,000,000 within ORWH to 
establish the Office of Autoimmune Disease Research.
    Office of the Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce 
Diversity.--The agreement includes no less than $22,415,000 for 
this office.
    Palliative Care.--The agreement reiterates the need for NIH 
to develop and implement a trans-Institute strategy to expand 
and intensify national research programs in palliative care. 
The agreement urges NIH to ensure that palliative care is 
integrated into all areas of research across NIH and requests 
an update on plans to realize this coordination in the fiscal 
year 2024 Congressional Justification.
    Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).--POTS is 
one of the most common forms of dysautonomia, estimated to 
impact up to 3,000,000 Americans prior to the COVID-19 
pandemic. Recent research suggests that 67 percent of 
individuals experiencing post-acute sequelae of SARS-COV-2 
(PASC), also known as Long COVID, are developing moderate to 
severe dysautonomia, most commonly presenting as POTS. Due to 
the sudden increase in the patient population affected by this 
debilitating disorder, the agreement strongly encourages NIH to 
support new research on POTS, to address the gaps in current 
knowledge identified during the NIH's July 2019 workshop, 
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): State of the 
Science, Clinical Care, and Research. The agreement strongly 
encourages NIH to establish a multi-Institute Notice of Special 
Interest to spur additional needed research addressing the 
identified gaps in knowledge.
    Prenatal Opioid Use Disorders and Neonatal Abstinence 
Syndrome (NAS).--The agreement encourages NIH to coordinate 
with other agencies at HHS to support additional research on 
prevention, identification, and treatment of prenatal opioid 
exposure and NAS, including the best methods for screening and 
treating pregnant women for opioid use disorder and the best 
methods for screening for NAS. Additionally, the agreement 
encourages NIH to support research through the ACT NOW and HBCD 
studies to enhance understanding of the impact of 
pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for NAS on 
costs and outcomes in the short-term and longitudinally. The 
agreement further encourages NIH to coordinate with other 
agencies at HHS to support research on innovative care models 
to optimize care and long-term outcomes for families.
    Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Research Center.--
The agreement does not provide funding to establish the Center.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The agreement includes $350,000,000 for Buildings and 
Facilities. For the third time in as many years, the agreement 
does not include authority for NIH to transfer up to 1 percent 
of its research funding to Buildings and Facilities. This is 
highly unusual authority for a Federal agency and NIH has once 
again provided no explanation for why this mechanism would be 
appropriate for NIH, but not other Federal agencies. Should NIH 
request this authority in its fiscal year 2024 budget request, 
it is directed to provide to the Committees an RCDC report at 
the same time the Congressional Justification is delivered 
detailing estimated expenditures by disease category before and 
after the 1 percent authority is used in fiscal year 2024. At 
the same time, NIH is directed to provide a list of the 
projects it would fund using this transfer authority.
    The agreement directs NIH to continue to provide quarterly 
updates of its efforts to develop best practices and its 
maintenance and construction plans for projects whose cost 
exceeds $3,500,000, including any changes to those plans and 
the original baseline estimates for individual projects. It 
also directs NIH to describe in its fiscal year 2024 and future 
Congressional Justifications how the projects requested in its 
budgets tie to its capital planning process, including the 
RFAC's role in determining which projects are selected for 
inclusion in the budget.

  SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) 
                             MENTAL HEALTH

    Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC).--The 
agreement continues to encourage SAMHSA to work with CMS to 
review and update the Department's approach to CCBHC 
certification activities. SAMHSA and CMS are directed to 
provide an update on the review and implementation of the CCBHC 
expansion included in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act 
within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Within the increase, 
the agreement includes $3,000,000 for the expansion and 
operation of the CCBHC-Expansion National Training and 
Technical Assistance Center to assist stakeholders on the 
application of certification criteria, data reporting 
requirements, financing questions, and best practices related 
to the expansion of the demonstration program included in the 
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117-159).
    Children's Mental Health Services.--The agreement includes 
an increase to expand efforts, including reaching more children 
and training more people in mental health activities and 
practices.
    Mental Health Block Grant.--The agreement continues to 
include a five percent set-aside of the total for evidence-
based crisis care programs that address the needs of 
individuals with serious mental illnesses, children with 
serious emotional disturbances, or individuals experiencing a 
mental health crisis.
    National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative.--The agreement 
includes an increase and directs SAMHSA to ensure the network 
maintains its focus on collaboration, data collection, and the 
provision of direct services, and that new grant opportunities 
should not be limited to training only.
    Within the total provided for Mental Health Programs of 
Regional and National Significance (PRNS), the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

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                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Capacity:
  Seclusion and Restraint...............................      $1,147,000
  Project AWARE.........................................     140,001,000
  Healthy Transitions...................................      30,451,000
  Mental Health Awareness Training......................      27,963,000
  Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health..............      15,000,000
  Children and Family Programs..........................       7,229,000
  Consumer and Family Network Grants....................       4,954,000
  Project LAUNCH........................................      25,605,000
  Mental Health System Transformation...................       3,779,000
  Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration........      55,877,000
  Mental Health Crisis Response Grants..................      20,000,000
  988 Program...........................................     501,618,000
  National Strategy for Suicide Prevention..............      28,200,000
    Zero Suicide........................................      26,200,000
    American Indian and Alaska Native...................       3,400,000
  Garrett Lee Smith--Youth Suicide Prevention...........
    State Grants........................................      43,806,000
    Campus Grants.......................................       8,488,000
  American Indian and Alaskan Native Suicide............
    Prevention Initiative...............................       3,931,000
  Tribal Behavioral Grants..............................      22,750,000
  Homelessness Prevention Programs......................      33,696,000
  Minority AIDS.........................................       9,224,000
  Criminal and Juvenile Justice Programs................      11,269,000
  Assisted Outpatient Treatment.........................      21,420,000
  Assertive Community Treatment for Individuals with           9,000,000
   Serious Mental Illness...............................
  Interagency Task Force on Trauma Informed Care........       2,000,000
Science and Service:
  Garrett Lee Smith--Suicide Prevention Resource Center.      11,000,000
  Practice Improvement and Training.....................       7,828,000
  Primary and Behavioral Health Integration Technical          1,991,000
   Assistance...........................................
  Consumer & Consumer Support Technical Assistance             1,918,000
   Centers..............................................
  Minority Fellowship Program...........................      11,059,000
  Disaster Response.....................................       1,953,000
  Homelessness..........................................       2,296,000
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    Behavioral Health Crisis Services and 988 Program (988).--
The agreement reflects a one-time appropriation provided in 
section 145 of P.L. 117-180 and provides an increase in funding 
to support local crisis center capacity and centralized network 
functions in order to respond to the increase in contacts as 
the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) continues 
its transition to 988. The agreement encourages SAMHSA to 
expand existing intervention and suicide prevention hotline and 
web services and focus outreach on youth. The agreement also 
encourages SAMHSA to partner with academic institutions and 
organizations in areas with high concentrations of veterans and 
active duty military personnel to ensure access to 988 and 
crisis lifeline resources. The agreement requests a briefing 
within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the implementation 
of the 988 program, which shall include a spend plan for the 
resources allocated through 988. Within the increase for 988, 
the agreement provides $7,000,000 for the Behavioral Health 
Crisis and 988 Coordinating Office. In addition, within the 
increase for 988, the agreement provides $10,000,000 to provide 
services for Spanish speakersseeking access to the Lifeline 
through texts or chats. SAMHSA shall make this funding available to one 
or more organizations with the capacity and experience to offer 
culturally competent, Spanish language text and chat services for 
mental health support and crisis intervention. Furthermore, within the 
increase for 988, the agreement provides $29,700,000 and directs the 
activities included in House Report 117-403, including making funding 
competitively available to provide the capacity and infrastructure to 
handle vulnerable youth callers, chats, and texts through interactive 
voice response technology and other technology solutions where 
appropriate.
    COVID-19 Impact.--The agreement does not include directives 
for the reports described in House Report 117-403.
    Depression.--The agreement encourages a national Depression 
Center of Excellence to help translate academic treatment 
advances into clinical care. This Center would help address the 
need for earlier clinical detection of depression and new 
strategies to prevent recurrences of depressive illnesses, as 
well as ways of reducing their length and severity.
    Mental Health Awareness Training.--The agreement includes 
an increase for Mental Health Awareness Training and directs 
SAMHSA to continue to include as eligible grantees local law 
enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical 
units with a special emphasis on training for crisis de-
escalation techniques. SAMHSA is also encouraged to allow 
training for college students, veterans and armed services 
personnel and their family members and to broaden applicable 
settings to include non-educational and non-healthcare settings 
where appropriate.
    Mental Health Centers of Excellence.--The agreement urges 
SAMHSA to continue supporting centers of excellence focused on 
the development, evaluation, and distribution of evidence-based 
resources regarding comprehensive treatment recommendations for 
mental health patients. These recommendations may include 
supportive services, wraparound services, and social 
determinants of care where applicable. The centers will also 
work to disseminate treatment recommendations to the broader 
network of mental health clinicians.
    Mental Health Crisis Response Grants.--The agreement 
includes an increase for the activities directed in House 
Report 117-403.
    Project AWARE.--The agreement includes an increase for 
school-and campus-based mental health services and support. Of 
the amount provided, the agreement directs $17,500,000 for 
grants to support efforts in high-crime, high-poverty areas 
and, in particular, communities that are seeking to address 
relevant impacts and root causes of civil unrest, community 
violence, and collective trauma. Additionally, within this 
increase, the agreement provides $12,000,000 to increase 
student access to evidence-based, culturally relevant, trauma 
support services and mental health care through established 
partnerships with community organizations as authorized by 
section 7134 of the SUPPORT Act (P.L. 115-271).

                       SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

    State Opioid Response (SOR) Grants.--The agreement provides 
an increase and notes that large swings in funding between 
grant cycles can pose a significant challenge for States 
seeking to maintain programs that were instrumental in reducing 
drug overdose fatalities. The agreement directs SAMHSA to avoid 
significant cliffs between States with similar opioid mortality 
data, and to prevent unusually large changes in a State's SOR 
allocation when compared to the prior year's allocation. In 
ensuring the formula avoids such cliffs, the Assistant 
Secretary may consider options including, but not limited to, 
expanding the number of States that are eligible for the 15 
percent set aside. The agreement continues to direct SAMHSA to 
conduct a yearly evaluation of the program to be transmitted to 
the Committees no later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act and make such an evaluation publicly available on SAMHSA's 
website.
    SOR Overdose Data Report.--The agreement recognizes that 
drug overdose mortality data collection and reporting is 
complex, often with multi-substance use contributing to 
mortality. The agreement encourages SAMHSA to evaluate the data 
used to calculate SOR allocations, including whether accurate, 
State-level data exists for mortality rates for opioid use 
disorders and whether such data should be used to calculate the 
15 percent set-aside within SOR.
    Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant 
(SABG).--The agreement does not include a new set-aside within 
the SABG for recovery services, but urges SAMHSA to strongly 
encourage States to use a portion of their SABG funding for 
recovery support services.
    Within the total provided for Substance Abuse Treatment 
Programs of Regional and National Significance, the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity:
  Opioid Treatment Programs and Regulatory Activities...     $10,724,000
  Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to              33,840,000
   Treatment............................................
    PHS Evaluation Funds................................       2,000,000
  Targeted Capacity Expansion--General..................     122,416,000
    Medication-Assisted Treatment for Prescription Drug      111,000,000
     and Opioid Addiction...............................
  Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose...      16,000,000
  First Responder Training..............................      56,000,000
    Rural Focus.........................................      31,000,000
  Pregnant and Postpartum Women.........................      38,931,000
  Recovery Community Services Program...................       4,434,000
  Children and Families.................................      30,197,000
  Treatment Systems for Homeless........................      37,114,000
  Minority AIDS.........................................      66,881,000
  Criminal Justice Activities...........................      94,000,000
    Drug Courts.........................................      74,000,000
  Improving Access to Overdose Treatment................       1,500,000
  Building Communities of Recovery......................      16,000,000
  Peer Support Technical Assistance Center..............       2,000,000
  Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers.................       6,000,000
  Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids..........       8,000,000
  Treatment, Recovery, and Workforce Support............      12,000,000
  Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative..............       2,000,000
Science and Service:
  Addiction Technology Transfer Centers.................       9,046,000
  Minority Fellowship Program...........................       7,136,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Building Communities of Recovery.--The agreement provides 
an increase for enhanced long-term recovery support principally 
governed by people in recovery from substance use disorders. 
The agreement encourages SAMHSA to continue supporting recovery 
support programs principally governed by people in recovery 
from substance use disorders, including peer support networks.
    First Responder Training.--The agreement urges SAMHSA to 
take steps to encourage and support the use of First Responder 
Training funds for opioid safety education and training, 
including initiatives that improve access for licensed health 
care professionals, including paramedics, to emergency devices 
used to rapidly reverse the effects of opioid overdoses. Within 
the increase, the agreement provides $10,500,000 to make awards 
to rural public and non-profit fire and EMS agencies as 
authorized in the Supporting and Improving Rural Emergency 
Medical Service's Needs (SIREN) Act (P.L. 115-334). The 
agreement again encourages SAMHSA to allow the purchase of 
equipment, including naloxone and to continue to fund grants 
with award amounts lower than the maximum amount allowable.
    Medication-Assisted Treatment for Prescription Drug and 
Opioid Addiction.--The agreement directs SAMHSA to ensure that 
these grants include as an allowable use the support of 
medication-assisted treatment and other clinically appropriate 
services to achieve and maintain abstinence from all opioids, 
including programs that offer low-barrier or same day treatment 
options. Within the amount provided, the agreement includes 
$14,500,000 for grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal 
Organizations.
    Opioid Use in Rural Communities.--The agreement encourages 
SAMHSA to support initiatives to advance opioid use prevention, 
treatment, and recovery objectives, including by improving 
access through telehealth. SAMHSA is encouraged to focus on 
addressing the needs of individuals with substance use 
disorders in rural and medically underserved areas. In 
addition, the agreement encourages SAMHSA to consider early 
interventions, such as co-prescription of overdose medications 
with opioids, as a way to reduce overdose deaths in rural 
areas.
    Opioid Use Disorder Relapse.--The agreement recognizes 
SAMHSA's efforts to address opioid use disorder relapse within 
Federal grant programs by emphasizing that opioid 
detoxification should be followed by medication to prevent 
relapse to opioid dependence. The agreement encourages SAMHSA 
to continue these efforts.
    Pregnant and Postpartum Women.--The agreement provides an 
increase and again encourages SAMHSA to fund an additional 
cohort of States under the pilot program authorized by the 
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (P.L. 114-198).
    Recovery Housing.--In order to increase the availability of 
high-quality recovery housing, the agreement encourages SAMHSA 
to examine opportunities to provide direct technical assistance 
to communities in multiple states and promote the development 
of recovery ecosystems that incorporate evidence-based recovery 
housing for substance use disorder intervention. SAMHSA is 
encouraged to explore the establishment of a Center of 
Excellence with a non-profit, in collaboration with a college 
of public health, which has expertise and experience in 
providing technical assistance and research in recovery housing 
and focuses on homeless and justice-involved individuals 
utilizing blended funding and an intervention model with 
demonstrated outcomes.
    Treatment Assistance for Localities.--The agreement again 
recognizes the use of peer recovery specialists and mutual aid 
recovery programs that support Medication-Assisted Treatment. 
The agreement directs SAMHSA to support evidence-based, self-
empowering, mutual aid recovery support programs that expressly 
support Medication-Assisted Treatment in its grant programs.
    Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative.--The agreement 
includes funding for activities outlined in House Report 117-
403.

                       SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

    Within the total provided for Substance Abuse Prevention 
Programs of Regional and National Significance, the agreement 
includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity:
  Strategic Prevention Framework........................    $135,484,000
Strategic Prevention Framework Rx.......................      10,000,000
  Federal Drug-Free Workplace...........................       5,139,000
  Minority AIDS.........................................      43,205,000
  Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking...........      14,500,000
  National Adult-Oriented Media Public Service Campaign.       2,500,000
  Community-based Coalition Enhancement Grants..........      11,000,000
  Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on the              1,000,000
   Prevention of Underage Drinking......................
  Tribal Behavioral Health Grants.......................      23,665,000
Science and Service:
  Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies.       9,493,000
  Science and Service Program Coordination..............       4,072,000
  Minority Fellowship Program...........................       1,321,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    At-Home Prescription Drug Disposal.--The agreement supports 
efforts to encourage at-home prescription drug deactivation and 
disposal, and urges SAMHSA to support these types of programs.
    Office of Prevention Innovation (OPI).--The agreement notes 
concern with the manner in which SAMHSA established OPI, 
without providing notice to the public for comment and failure 
to include the office in the fiscal year 2023 budget request. 
Further, the agreement is concerned that the work conducted by 
the OPI may be outside of the authorized scope for the Center 
for Substance Abuse Prevention. The agreement requests an 
update from SAMHSA on OPI and its activities within 120 days of 
enactment of this Act.
    Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success 
Program.--The agreement encourages the program to support 
comprehensive, multi-sector substance use prevention strategies 
to stop or delay the age of initiation of each State's top 
three substance use issues for 12 to 18 year old youth as 
determined by the State's epidemiological data. The agreement 
directs SAMHSA to ensure that State alcohol and drug agencies 
remain eligible to apply along with community-based 
organizations and coalitions.
    Substance Misuse Prevention.--The agreement remains 
supportive of efforts to reduce the risks associated with drug 
use, including efforts to avoid drug overdose deaths and the 
spread of diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. However, these 
programs primarily serve individuals already struggling with 
substance misuse and should not be considered primary 
prevention programs. As such, the agreement strongly encourages 
SAMHSA to ensure this funding is administered through the 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and not through the Center 
for Substance Abuse Prevention.

                HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

    Within the total provided for health surveillance and 
program support, the agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Surveillance.....................................     $50,623,000
  PHS Evaluation Funds..................................      30,428,000
Program Support.........................................      84,500,000
Public Awareness and Support............................      13,260,000
Performance and Quality Information Systems.............      10,200,000
Drug Abuse Warning Network..............................      13,000,000
Behavioral Health Workforce Data........................       1,000,000
  PHS Evaluation Funds..................................       1,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending.--The agreement includes $160,777,000 for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included in this explanatory statement accompanying this 
division.
    Data on Substance Use Disorder Treatment.--The agreement 
recognizes the challenges associated with treatment and 
recovery data collection and again encourages SAMHSA to request 
that States submit data on quality metrics for the evidenced-
based treatment and recovery programs that enable individuals 
to achieve long-term recovery funded through the SABG, SOR, and 
State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis grant programs.

           Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    The agreement includes $373,500,000 for AHRQ. Within the 
total, the agreement includes the following amounts:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Costs, Quality, and Outcomes:
  Prevention/Care Management............................     $11,542,000
  Health Information Technology (IT)....................      16,349,000
  Patient Safety Research...............................      89,615,000
  Health Services Research, Data, and Dissemination.....     101,103,000
  Long COVID............................................      10,000,000
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey........................      71,791,000
Program Management......................................      73,100,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).--The agreement directs AHRQ 
to work with other HHS agencies to provide the annual briefing 
described under the section of the explanatory statement 
dealing with the Office of the Secretary within 30 days of 
enactment of this Act and every succeeding annual 
appropriations act.
    Center for Primary Care Research.--The agreement continues 
$2,000,000 for this activity.
    Diagnostic Errors.--The agreement includes $20,000,000 to 
fund research, testing, and solutions to avoid diagnostic error 
and to support Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence to 
disseminate related findings. Funding provided will support 
eight centers, with each center focusing on specific 
conditions, populations, or settings of diagnostic safety as 
noted in the fiscal year 2023 budget request.
    Grief and Bereavement Care.--The agreement notes that more 
Americans are experiencing grief and loss as a result of the 
COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement includes $1,000,000 to fund an 
evidence review and technical expert panel to assess the 
feasibility of developing consensus-based quality standards for 
high quality bereavement and grief care. AHRQ is directed, in 
consultation with stakeholders including the National Quality 
Forum (NQF), the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 
(PCORI), and community-based providers including hospice 
programs, to establish an evidence-base on what constitutes 
high-quality grief and bereavement care.
    Heart Disease Research.--Heart disease is the leading cause 
of death for Americans. Understanding how to reduce the rate of 
cardiac events and to control the metabolic processes that lead 
to such events is needed. The agreement supports AHRQ studying 
and assessing the current evidence for lipid control and 
cardiovascular event reduction. In addition, the agreement 
directs AHRQ to assess the current evidence on the costs and 
benefits--including the costs to the Federal Treasury--of 
angioplasties conducted in non-emergency situations and make 
recommendations based on its findings within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act.
    Improving Maternal Health.--The agreement urges AHRQ to 
fund research to understand the complex challenges of ensuring 
safe and healthy pregnancies and childbirth, particularly for 
underserved women who are at substantially higher risk of 
complication and death.
    Long COVID Research.--The agreement includes $10,000,000 
for health-systems research on how best to deliver patient-
centered, coordinated care to those living with Long COVID, 
including the development and implementation of new models of 
care to help treat the complexity of symptoms those with Long 
COVID experience.
    Organ Availability.--The agreement urges AHRQ to evaluate 
innovative approaches to enhance the availability of organs, 
otherwise encourage donation, and further improve the organ 
transplantation process, including through consultation with 
other Federal agencies.
    People with Disabilities.--The agreement includes $750,000 
for AHRQ to work with stakeholders to develop a research agenda 
and report for dissemination on health promotion, disease 
prevention, and intervention strategies for people with 
disabilities.
    Sepsis.--To better understand the disease burden of sepsis, 
the agreement includes $750,000 and directs AHRQ to conduct a 
comprehensive set of studies that calculate the morbidity, 
readmissions, and mortality related to sepsis with respect to 
pediatrics, maternal sepsis, nursing home care, and 
rehabilitation, and the association of pandemic-related changes 
in the healthcare system on the burden of sepsis. The study 
should also examine the annual financial costs of sepsis in the 
United States.

             Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

                           PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Diagnostics.--CMS' bundled payment 
policy for advance radiopharmaceuticals in the hospital 
outpatient setting can make these diagnostic imaging services 
cost prohibitive for many hospitals and doctors, especially 
those providing care to racial and ethnic minorities, and 
patients in rural areas. The agreement directs CMS to review 
the utilization of AD diagnostics and consider potential 
modifications that could make access to advanced imaging for AD 
more equitable.
    Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT).--The agreement notes that 
unstable and low Medicare payments for cardiac CT services is 
contributing to significant disparity in access to services 
among minority populations and encourages CMS to address this 
inequity.
    Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC).--The 
agreement continues to encourage CMS to work with SAMHSA to 
review and update the Department's approach to CCBHC 
certification activities. The agreement directs CMS and SAMHSA 
to provide an update on the review and implementation of the 
CCBHC expansion included in the Bipartisan Safer Communities 
Act within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act.
    Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography.--The agreement 
encourages CMS to consider existing evidence to determine 
whether CMS should cover CT Colonography as a Medicare-covered 
colorectal cancer screening test under section 1861(pp)(1) of 
the Social Security Act.
    Diabetes Technology.--The agreement is concerned about 
access to new technologies to treat diabetes and notes that CMS 
and FDA have not coordinated their efforts regarding these 
technologies, leading to a lack of certainty and predictability 
regarding coverage and payment policies. The agreement expects 
the report on this issue as requested in Public Law 117-103.
    Evaluation and Management Services (E/M).--The agreement 
requests an update in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional 
Justification on a process to evaluate E/M services more 
regularly and comprehensively.
    Rural Hospital Closures.--The agreement notes that 135 
rural hospitals have closed in the past decade and many others 
are vulnerable to closure. The agreement directs CMS to provide 
feedback to the Committees on Appropriations, the Senate 
Committee on Finance, and the House Committee on Energy and 
Commerce on providing appropriate relief for struggling 
hospitals in rural and under-served communities.
    Sepsis.--The agreement directs CMS, in collaboration with 
CDC, to use the measure development process to develop new or 
identify existing hospital quality measures for adult and 
pediatric sepsis that could be implemented through notice and 
comment rulemaking. This process should take into account the 
adult and pediatric measures that were successfully adopted and 
implemented in New York State. CMS should consult with the CDC 
to determine if CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) 
could include Adult Sepsis Event surveillanceand early 
identification of sepsis, perhaps leveraging new data interoperability 
standards. CMS, in coordination with the CDC, shall also develop new or 
identify existing processes to publicly report quantitative and 
qualitative information regarding sepsis care that may be reported 
through the NHSN and may track hospital implementation of quality 
improvement measures for adult and pediatric sepsis care.
    Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies.--The 
agreement requests an update in the fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification on this program and related CMS 
resources.
    Whole Genome Sequencing.--The agreement notes a growing 
body of evidence that whole genome sequencing (WGS), whole 
exome sequencing, and gene panel testing can save lives and 
money when used to diagnose infants and children suspected of 
having a rare genetic disease. The agreement urges CMS to 
develop guidance for state health officials on best practices 
for incorporating these technologies into their Medicaid and 
CHIP programs as a first-line diagnostic for children who are 
suspected of having rare genetic diseases in the inpatient 
setting. This guidance should also include advice for States on 
how to encourage and incentivize managed care organizations to 
cover these diagnostic tools for this population. The agreement 
requests a report within 180 days of enactment on steps taken 
to develop such guidance. Additionally, the agreement 
understands that there are undiagnosed diseases that do not 
require hospital inpatient care and urges CMS to issue guidance 
on the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment 
Benefit on the usage of WGS, whole exome sequencing, and gene 
panel testing.
    The agreement does not include directives for Contraceptive 
Access under the Affordable Care Act, as described in House 
Report 117-403.
    The agreement does not include funding increases for new 
initiatives for the development of a patient advocate program 
or State All Payer Claims Databases, as described in House 
Report 117-403.

                  HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL

    Senior Medicare Patrol.--Within the amount provided for 
CMS, the agreement includes $35,000,000 for this program.

             Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

               LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE (LIHEAP)

    The agreement includes $1,500,000,000 in this division, and 
$2,500,000,000 under this heading in the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, to provide 
$4,000,000,000 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
program, an increase of $199,696,000 over the fiscal year 2022 
enacted level. In addition to this funding, $1,000,000,000 in 
supplemental funding is also provided in the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, to help lower-income 
families cover the costs of home heating and cooling.
    The agreement includes $1,700,000 in additional technical 
assistance funding for HHS to continue to develop a formula 
system to simplify the formulation process to enable ACF staff 
to provide estimates more readily when requested by the 
Committees. Once such a system is in place, the agreement 
instructs HHS to work collaboratively with the Committees to 
promptly respond to requests for estimates and to ensure no 
request shall be outstanding for longer than 10 calendar days.
    The agreement continues bill language to reduce volatility 
in State allocations of LIHEAP funding in order to prevent 
States from experiencing significant reductions in funding 
between fiscal years.

                     REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

    The agreement recognizes that funding for this account is 
highly dependent on estimates and that funding needs can 
fluctuate significantly based on factors largely outside of 
HHS' control. The agreement notes that there has been a 
significant increase in the number of Cuban entrants in fiscal 
year 2022 and through the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 who 
are categorically eligible for ORR-funded services. The 
agreement expects the Administration to provide timely 
estimates of funding needs along with the required monthly 
updates of such eligible populations.
Victims of Trafficking
    Within the total for this program, the agreement includes 
no less than $5,000,000 for the National Human Trafficking 
Hotline.
Unaccompanied Children
    Confidentiality of Records.--The agreement recognizes that 
unaccompanied children often share extensive personal 
information to case managers, clinicians, or other adults while 
in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) care, and expects ORR 
and its grantees and contractors to protect sensitive personal 
information, behavioral health records, and mental health 
records consistent with all applicable child welfare laws, 
regulations, and licensing requirements. The agreement expects 
ORR to ensure it is complying with its obligation to protect 
children's private and confidential information, including 
information in significant incident reports, from unauthorized 
disclosure.
    Services for Children.--The agreement includes no less than 
$750,000,000 for post-release services, legal services, and 
child advocates, pending the availability of funds due to 
recent uncertainties in referrals and funding needs. The 
agreement understands the supply of service providers may be 
constrained in some areas, and encourages ORR to allow grantees 
to use flexibilities in contracting expenses, to the extent 
practicable, to build the capacity to ensure the necessary 
legal requirements are met to provide expanded services to 
children.
    Sibling Placement.--The agreement continues to direct ORR 
to place siblings in the same facility, or with the same 
sponsor, to the extent practicable, and so long as it is 
appropriate and in the best interest of the child.
    Spend Plan.--The agreement directs ORR to submit a 
comprehensive spend plan to the Committees every 60 days, 
incorporating all funding provided in this Act, and previous 
Acts. The agreement expects the plan to contain a report on 
facilities per House Report 117-403.
    State-Licensed Shelters.--The agreement continues to direct 
HHS to prioritize licensed, community-based shelters and 
programs (including foster care and small group homes) over 
large-scale shelters, and to notify the Committees prior to all 
new funding opportunity announcements, grants or contract 
awards, or plans to lease, rent, or acquire real property. 
Further, the agreement strongly encourages ORR to more 
consistently and predictably post funding opportunity 
announcements, and to provide training and technical assistance 
to potential new providers with the goal of increasing the 
percentage of HHS' capacity in such small, community-based 
programs.
    Unlicensed Facilities.--The agreement notes significant 
concern with the continued reliance on influx care facilities. 
The agreement expects that such facilities will only be used as 
a matter of last resort and at times when there is not 
sufficient capacity in State-licensed shelters and programs. 
The placement of children in such facilities when not 
absolutely necessary is counter to established child welfare 
best-practices. Further, it drains resources that could 
otherwise be spent on other activities, including expanding 
services available to children. Finally, it reduces funding 
available to help ensure that HHS can expand capacity when it 
is necessary.
    The agreement expects any unlicensed facilities, when 
absolutely necessary to operate, to meet the statutory 
requirements included in this Act. In addition, the agreement 
includes the directives and reports required under this heading 
in House Report 117-403.

   PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

    The agreement directs ACF to include in future annual 
budget justifications amounts spent on Federal administrative 
expenses, including total FTE and non-personnel allocations, 
funded through this account.

                CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

    Head Start.--The agreement encourages ACF to consider the 
unique challenges faced by Head Start grantees in remote and 
frontier areas when reviewing such grantees' compliance with 
health and dental screening requirements as part of the 
Designation Renewal System.
    The agreement also encourages ACF to ensure that all Head 
Start grantees are aware of any funding opportunities, or 
funding otherwise available, for making capital improvements to 
their facilities. Further, ACF is encouraged to standardize 
this process so all grantees have equal opportunity to apply 
and are aware of priorities and eligible uses of such funds.
    Preschool Development Grants.--The agreement encourages ACF 
to support States that choose to develop high-quality and 
culturally competent dual immersion preschool programs and 
recommends a focus on training, professional development, and 
postsecondary education for all caregivers, teachers, and 
directors to meet the needs of Dual Language Learners through 
dual language acquisition, engaging culturally and 
linguistically diverse families, home language support, and 
culturally and linguistically appropriate assessment.
    Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Infant Plans of 
Safe Care.--The agreement continues $60,000,000 to help States 
continue to develop and implement infant plans of safe care as 
required by section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act. The agreement also encourages HHS to provide 
technical assistance to States on best practices for developing 
notification systems that are distinct and separate from the 
system used in the State to report child abuse and neglect in 
order to promote a public health response to infants affected 
by substance use disorders.
    Child Abuse Discretionary Activities.--The agreement 
includes $2,000,000 for ongoing support for a national child 
abuse hotline to provide resources and intervention in all 
modalities, including chat, text, and call, to provide 
comprehensive capabilities to serve both youth and concerned 
adults facing child abuse and neglect.
    The agreement includes $2,000,000 for demonstration 
projects for serving children in foster care who have 
experienced severe trauma through trauma-informed interventions 
as directed in House Report 117-403.
    Adoption Opportunities.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 
for the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training 
Initiative.
    Social Services Research and Demonstration.--The agreement 
continues funding for the Diaper Distribution Demonstration and 
Research Pilot and expects that $10,000,000 of the funds made 
available for awards for direct services be made to approved 
but unfunded applicants of funding opportunity HHS-2022-ACF-
OCS-EDA-0161, as well as technical assistance and evaluation 
activities for such grants. In addition, the agreement includes 
$10,000,000 for a new competition, and directs ACF to 
prioritize awards to applicants with established partnerships 
with diaper distributing entities. The agreement further 
directs ACF to ensure that the grant application period is open 
for no less than 60 days.
    The agreement includes $2,000,000 for a Medical-Legal 
Partnership grant program as directed in House Report 117-403.
    The agreement includes $2,500,000 for a demonstration 
program to provide funding to owners of affordable housing 
properties to offer supportive services for their residents as 
directed in House Report 117-403.
    The agreement includes $3,000,000 to fund demonstrations of 
whole-family approaches to service delivery across benefit 
programs as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget request. 
ACF is encouraged to prioritize demonstration projects in 
States with large rural populations and with high rates of 
poverty.
    Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending.--The agreement includes $107,848,000 for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included in this explanatory statement accompanying this 
division.
    Native American Programs.--The agreement includes 
$15,000,000 for Native American language preservation 
activities, and not less than $6,000,000 for language immersion 
programs authorized by section 803C(b)(7)(A)-(C) of the Native 
American Programs Act, as amended by the Esther Martinez Native 
American Language Preservation Act of 2006.
    National Domestic Violence Hotline.--The agreement 
encourages the Hotline to explore evidence-based best practices 
for anti-violence intervention and prevention programs.
    Family Violence Prevention and Services.--The agreement 
recognizes that women and girls of color are often 
disproportionally impacted by domestic violence and includes up 
to $7,500,000 for development or enhancement of culturally 
specific services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual 
assault.
    The agreement includes $2,000,000 for the Native Hawaiian 
Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
    The agreement includes up to $5,000,000 for ACF to partner 
with technical assistance providers for a sexual assault 
technical assistance initiative as directed in House Report 
117-403.

                   PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

    Family First Clearinghouse.--The agreement provides an 
increase of $4,000,000 to support evaluation and technical 
assistance for the evaluation of child and family services 
programs and encourages ACF, through the Office of Planning, 
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), to improve transparency and 
establish technical assistance procedures to advise programs on 
effective application metrics and best practices, informed by 
research standards and accepted programs for the clearinghouse.

               Administration for Community Living (ACL)

                 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

    Protection of Vulnerable Older Americans.--Within the 
total, the agreement includes an increase of $2,000,000 for the 
long-term care ombudsman program.
    National Family Caregiver Strategy.--The agreement 
continues to provide $400,000 for the Family Caregiving 
Advisory Council.
    Aging Network Support Activities.--Within the total, the 
agreement provides $8,500,000 to the Holocaust Survivor's 
Assistance program.
    The agreement includes $5,500,000 for the Care Corps grant 
program, with an increase of $1,500,000 for subgrants to 
programs that are capable of building a network of screened and 
trained volunteer chaperones to accompany older adults and 
adults with disabilities in need to and from non-emergency 
medical appointments and outpatient procedures.
    The agreement includes $2,000,000 for a direct care 
workforce demonstration project to identify and reduce barriers 
to entry for a diverse and high-quality direct care workforce, 
and to explore new strategies for the recruitment, retention, 
and advancement opportunities needed to attract or retain 
direct care workers.
    The agreement includes $1,000,000 for an Interagency 
Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly 
Communities as directed in House Report 117-403.
    The agreement includes $5,000,000 for a Research, 
Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network as 
directed in House Report 117-403.
    Alzheimer's Disease Program.--Within the total, the 
agreement includes no less than $2,000,000 for the National 
Alzheimer's Call Center.
    Elder Rights Support.--The agreement includes $15,000,000 
for the nationwide Adult Protective Services formula grant 
program.
    Paralysis Resource Center (PRC).--Within the total, the 
agreement directs not less than $10,000,000 to the National 
PRC.
    Developmental Disabilities Programs.--Within the total, the 
agreement includes not less than $800,000 for technical 
assistance and training for the State Councils on Developmental 
Disabilities.
    Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending.--The agreement includes $41,644,000 for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in 
this explanatory statement accompanying this division.

                        Office of the Secretary

                    GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

    Alzheimer's Disease National Plan.--The agreement notes the 
update of the National Plan to include promotion of healthy 
aging and directs the Secretary to include specific strategies 
to achieve this goal and to align specific, measurable, time-
bound milestones with budget requests. Milestones should be 
developed in collaboration with a broad group of non-
governmental stakeholders focused on each of the risk factors 
for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
    Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).--The agreement supports the 
Administration's proposal to combat antibiotic-resistant 
infections by encouraging the development of innovative 
antimicrobial drugs. The success of similar creative funding 
initiatives, such as Project BioShield, show the need for 
pursuing unique approaches to preparing for and countering 
serious threats to human health. The agreement directs the 
Department to brief the Committees within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act on the requirements for implementation of the 
proposal. The agreement also directs OASH, NIH, ASPR/BARDA, 
CDC, and AHRQ to jointly brief the Committees no later than 30 
days after the enactment of this Act and each annual 
Appropriations Act thereafter detailing how HHS and its 
agencies are coordinating their AMR-related efforts, as well as 
domestic and international AMR trends. The briefing should 
include a comparison of actual performance for the most recent 
years available against the National targets established in the 
current National Action Plan for Combatting Antibiotic-
Resistant Bacteria and whether those goals were achieved in the 
last fiscal year. Building on these results, agencies are 
directed to outline in briefings the focus of their plans for 
the next two fiscal years and how these are connected to 
longer-term objectives included in the current National Action 
Plan.
    Bereavement and Grief Services.--The agreement directs the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 
(ASPE), in collaboration with the Director of the CDC, the 
Director of the NIH, and the Assistant Secretary for Mental 
Health and Substance Use, to develop a report on the scope of 
need for high quality bereavement and grief services no later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The dual 
crises of COVID-19 and addiction have increased the need for 
bereavement care, and the agreement urges ASPE to evaluate the 
growing need for these services. The report shall provide a 
holistic evaluation of populations impacted and the scope of 
necessary interventions, including: (1) the prevalence of 
certain disorders (e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder, 
complicated grief) that are resulting from both emergencies; 
(2) the need for support for health care workers and other 
highly impacted populations; and (3) the prevalence and 
outcomes of bereavement and grief services. Part of this work 
should focus on the role of hospice programs in supporting 
community bereavement and grief services.
    Brain Aneurysm.--The agreement directs the Secretary to 
develop best practices on brain aneurysm detection and rupture 
for first responders, emergency room physicians, primary care 
physicians, nurses, and advanced practice providers.
    Broadband Deployment Locations Map.--The agreement directs 
the Department to submit a report to the Committees not less 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act detailing 
the steps it has taken to coordinate with the Federal 
Communications Commission and carry out its responsibilities to 
implement the Deployment Locations Map pursuant to Section 
60105 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-
58).
    Children's Interagency Coordinating Council.--The agreement 
includes $3,000,000 for the Children's Interagency Coordinating 
Council to foster greater coordination and transparency on 
child policy across agencies. The Council shall enter into 
agreement with NASEM to prepare a report to Congress analyzing 
federal policies that have affected child poverty. The study 
should rely on the U.S. Census Bureau Supplemental Poverty 
Measure, among other sources of information. The Council will 
also examine and periodically report on a broad array of cross-
cutting issues affecting child well-being.
    Ending the HIV Epidemic.--The agreement continues support 
for this initiative but is concerned by a lack of quantifiable 
data showing outcomes of a program started in 2019. Therefore, 
the agreement directs HHS to: (1) provide aspend plan to the 
Committees no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, to 
include resource allocation by State; (2) brief the Committees on the 
fiscal year 2023 plans no later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act; (3) provide the Committees an update on the program's performance 
data since the beginning of the Initiative through the latest available 
data, making sure to address each of the Initiative's goals and 
performance metrics, no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act 
and updated annually throughout the life of the Initiative.
    Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV).--The agreement expects OASH to 
develop a national strategic plan for the treatment and 
prevention of HSV types 1 and 2 as directed by P.L. 117-103. 
The agreement directs the department to update the Committees 
on this work within 30 days of enactment of this Act.
    Federal Funds.--The agreement includes an increase of 
$8,000,000 for administrative resources necessary for the 
operation of the Department.
    Food as Medicine.--The agreement directs the Secretary, in 
consultation with other Federal agencies, to develop and 
implement a Federal strategy to reduce nutrition-related 
chronic diseases and food insecurity and improve health and 
racial equity in the U.S., including diet-related research and 
programmatic efforts that increase Americans' access to food as 
medicine, and healthy, nutritious, organic, and affordable 
foods, especially in at-risk communities. The agreement 
includes $2,000,000 in the Office of the Secretary to establish 
a Food as Medicine pilot program, an integrative model for 
healthcare, that addresses food insecurity, social isolation, 
and chronic disease to advance health and racial equity. The 
model shall include the following as defined by the Secretary: 
a prescription of healthy produce; clinical nutrition training 
for healthcare providers; and nutritional and behavioral 
support for patients to integrate food interventions into daily 
habits. The Secretary may enter into competitively awarded 
contracts or cooperative agreements with, or provide grants to, 
public or private organizations or agencies within varying 
States. Additionally, the agreement requests a report within 
one year of the date of enactment of this Act on the 
implementation of the Federal strategy and an examination of 
the status of each pilot project; a chart delineating funding 
provided to each pilot and how much of each pilot's funds 
remain unobligated; the results of the evaluation completed 
during the fiscal year; and to the maximum extent practicable 
the impact of the pilot project on appropriate health, 
nutrition, and associated behavioral outcomes among patients 
participating in the pilot project baseline information 
relevant to the stated goals and desired outcomes of the pilot 
project; and equivalent information about similar or identical 
measures among control or comparison groups that did not 
participate in the pilot project. Reports should continue 
annually until all funding is expended.
    KidneyX.--The agreement includes $5,000,000 to continue 
KidneyX.
    Newborn Screening.--The agreement includes $1,000,000 for 
the Department to commission a study with the National Academy 
of Medicine to examine the current status of Newborn Screening 
systems, processes, and research and make recommendations for 
future improvements, as described under this heading in House 
Report 117-403.
    Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.--The agreement directs HHS to 
prioritize current construction projects for completion, 
specifically the CDC NIOSH facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
those facilities for the Indian Health Service and FDA. The 
agreement further directs HHS to provide quarterly reports for 
all ongoing projects. The report shall include the following 
for each project: agency project is funded under; a description 
for each project; the date the project was notified to the 
Committees; total obligations to date; obligations for the 
prior fiscal year; anticipated obligations for current fiscal 
year; and any expected future obligations.For any project 
ongoing more than 3 years, the report should include a 
narrative describing the cause for delay and steps being taken 
by the agency to ensure prompt completion.
    Further, upon CDC's completion of the purchase of property 
for the new mine safety research facility, the agreement 
directs HHS to fund the design and construction of the facility 
from the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.
    Obligation Reports.--The agreement directs the Secretary to 
submit electronically to the Committees an excel table 
detailing the obligations made in the most recent quarter for 
each office and activity funded under this appropriation not 
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter.
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources 
(ASFR).--The agreement includes an additional $300,000 to hire 
an appropriations attorney and directs ASFR to work with OGC to 
expeditiously fill this position upon enactment of this Act.
    Office of the General Counsel (OGC).-- The agreement 
repeats strong concerns made in the fiscal year 2022 
explanatory statement that OGC must do a better job of 
supporting Congressional requests for technical assistance on 
matters that affect the Department. The agreement directs the 
General Counsel to prioritize the Committees' requests for 
legal and administrative information.
    Pain Management.--The agreement remains deeply concerned 
about the epidemic of acute and chronic pain and its 
interrelationship with the opioid crisis. Within 180 days of 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Department is directed 
to provide the Committees a report on its progress to 
disseminate the HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency 
Task Force report recommendations and an estimate of the 
resources required to generate a public awareness campaign on 
the differences between acute and chronic pain and the full 
range of treatment options.
    Preventing Harmful Exposure to Phthalates.--The agreement 
directs the Secretary to submit to the Committees within 180 
days of the date of enactment of this Act a public report 
outlining next steps for protecting the public from exposure to 
phthalates in food, including details on how and where these 
chemicals are getting into the food supply.
    Questions for the Record.--The agreement notes the 
inclusion of section 527 of this Act, which requires the 
Department to provide answers to questions submitted for the 
record within 45 business days after receipt. The agreement 
expects the Secretary to notify the Committee at least 7 days 
in advance if the Department does not anticipate meeting this 
statutory requirement.
    Staffing Reports.--The agreement includes a general 
provision requiring the Department to submit a biannual 
staffing report to the Committees. The Excel table shall 
include: the names, titles, grades, agencies, and divisions of 
all of the political appointees, special government employees, 
and detailees that were employed by or assigned to the 
Department during the previous 180 days.
    Stillbirth Task Force.--The agreement includes an increase 
of $1,000,000 for this activity as described under this heading 
in House Report 117-403.
    Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Evidence Review.--The 
agreement includes $900,000 for the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation to conduct an independent, systematic, 
rigorous review of evaluation studies on such programs.
    Tribal Set-aside.--The agreement includes an increase of 
$2,000,000 for a Tribal set-aside within the Minority HIV/AIDS 
Prevention and Treatment program.
    U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission.--The agreement 
includes an increase of $500,000.
Office of Minority Health (OMH)
    Achieving Equitable Maternal Health Outcomes.--The 
agreement includes $7,000,000 for awards to community based and 
other eligible organizations located in geographic areas with 
high rates of adverse maternal health outcomes, particularly 
among racial/ethnic minority families, as proposed in the 
fiscal year 2023 Congressional Justification.
    Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity.--The 
agreement continues to recognize the importance of advancing 
Indigenous solutions to achieve health equity and includes an 
increase of $1,000,000 to support the work of the Center for 
Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity.
    Language Access Services.--The agreement includes an 
increase of $1,000,000 to research, develop, and test methods 
of informing limited English proficient individuals about their 
right to and the availability of language access services, in 
accordance with directives in House Report 117-403.
    Lupus Initiative.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 for 
the National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education 
Program and the goal of increasing minority participation in 
lupus clinical trials. OMH should continue to develop public-
private partnerships, validate existing action plans, and 
engage the lupus community in order to facilitate the use and 
development of action plans to increase participation in 
clinical trials for all minority populations at highest risk of 
lupus including, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and 
African Americans.
    Minority Leaders Development Program.--The agreement 
includes an increase of $1,000,000 for the Minority Leaders 
Development Program, as described under this heading in House 
Report 117-403.
Office on Women's Health (OWH)
    Breastfeeding Analysis.--The agreement includes $1,250,000 
for OWH to enter into an agreement with NASEM to provide an 
evidence-based, non-partisan analysis of the macroeconomic, 
health, and social costs of U.S. breastfeeding rates and 
national breastfeeding goals, as described under this heading 
in House Report 117-403.
    Combatting Violence Against Women.--The agreement includes 
$10,100,000 for the State partnership initiative to combat 
violence against women.
    Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Promotion of 
Optimal Birth Outcomes.--The agreement includes an increase of 
$1,000,000 for the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the 
Promotion of Optimal Birth Outcomes to oversee and coordinate 
the HHS Plan to Improve Maternal Health in America, as 
described in, and consistent with, Healthy Women, Healthy 
Pregnancies, Healthy Futures: Action Plan to Improve Maternal 
Health in America and as described under this heading in House 
Report 117-403.
    Pregnant Women and Lactating Women Advisory Committee.--The 
agreement includes $200,000 for the creation of an Advisory 
Committee to monitor and report on the implementation of the 
recommendations from the Task Force on Research Specific to 
Pregnant Women and Lactating Women, as described under this 
heading in House Report 117-403.
    Women's Health Research Study.--The agreement directs the 
Secretary to coordinate with NIH and NASEM in support of 
research that explores persistent gaps of knowledge of women's 
health.

 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
                                 (ONC)

    The agreement includes not less than $5,000,000 to support 
interoperability and information sharing efforts related to the 
implementation of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources 
standards or associated implementation standards.
    The agreement notes the general provision limiting funds 
for actions related to promulgation or adoption of a standard 
providing for the assignment of a unique health identifier does 
not prohibit the Department from examining the issues around 
patient matching, and urges ONC to work with industry to 
develop matching standards that prioritize interoperability, 
patient safety, and patient privacy. The agreement directs ONC 
to promptly notify the Committees of any limitations with any 
directives included in House Report 117-403 or this explanatory 
statement.

            PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
    AI-enabled Pandemic Preparedness and Response.--The 
agreement recognizes that advancements in artificial 
intelligence (AI) show promise for the biosecurity of the U.S. 
The agreement directs ASPR to provide a report to the 
Committees no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act 
on the feasibility of creating an AI-enabled Pandemic 
Preparedness and Response Program, to be led by ASPR, supported 
by the Departments of Energy and Defense as necessary. The 
program would adopt and field AI programs to shield the nation 
against current and future bio-threats of any origin. It would 
use AI to develop and deliver capabilities of high value in the 
areas of accelerated vaccines, rapid therapeutics, global bio-
threat surveillance, and rapid fielding. ASPR is directed to 
collaborate with the OCIO Chief AI Office on feasibility plans 
to setup this program, to include a professional judgement 
budget for the first three years.
    CBRN Threats.--The agreement urges ASPR to prioritize the 
development and stockpiling of critical CBRN vaccines, 
treatments, diagnostics, and personal protective equipment 
(PPE) to ensure there is no disruption in the availability of 
these life-saving medical countermeasures (MCMs) in the 
Strategic National Stockpile. The agreement encourages ASPR to 
engage more frequently with private sector partners in the 
Broad Agency Announcement process to speed the development of 
new MCMs and stockpiling of existing MCMs against CBRN threats.
    Commercialization of COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics.--
The agreement directs ASPR to provide a briefing to the 
Committees on the Department's plan to transition COVID-19 
vaccines and therapeutics with FDA approval to the commercial 
market. Such briefing shall include a timeline for each 
product, for products that have FDA approval and those that 
have emergency useauthorization; possible costs associated with 
a transition from Federal purchasing to the private market; and details 
about how non-Federal purchasers will compete in the market. Such 
briefing shall be provided within 30 days of enactment of this Act and 
every 6 months thereafter until transition to the commercial market is 
complete.
    Ensuring the Availability of Next Generation Masks and 
Respirators.--The agreement urges ASPR to assess its stockpile 
of reusable respirators and to conduct scenario-based modeling 
studies to determine the appropriate amount needed for the 
stockpile. ASPR is urged to consider creating Target Product 
Profiles (TPP) for respirators and masks and a process of 
recurring competitive bids for products meeting the 
increasingly stringent TPPs. ASPR is directed to submit a 
report to the Committees on these activities within 120 days of 
enactment of this Act.
    Far-forward Patient Care.--The agreement notes that 
advancing and expanding far-forward patient care can 
significantly improve the delivery, cost, and outcomes for 
patients injured by natural or human-caused disasters. 
Conducting traditional medical care closer to the point of 
injury can also have positive downstream effects on routine 
medical operations. ASPR is encouraged to consider establishing 
a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in 
partnership with an academic medical center to improve far-
forward care, transportation and coordination, and advanced 
technology that can provide additional solutions to future 
patient care. Furthermore, ASPR is also encouraged to consider 
leveraging this FFRDC to support the National Disaster Medical 
System by utilizing the experience and innovations produced by 
the Center.
    Insulin Domestic Supply Chain.--The agreement encourages 
ASPR to review the potential for establishing an Insulin Center 
of Excellence, in recognition of the importance of developing a 
domestic supply chain for insulin. Such a Center would promote 
lower prices in the U.S. by addressing the entire life cycle of 
insulin product and development, including research and 
development, clinical trials, production, and post-market 
studies.
    Medical Distribution Supply Chain Task Force.--The 
agreement recognizes the importance of public-private 
partnerships in COVID-19 response efforts and recommends 
establishing a task force where government agencies and 
distribution experts can proactively prepare for the next 
public health emergency. The task force would allow 
pharmaceutical and medical distributors to participate in 
ongoing emergency preparedness planning and maintain 
relationships with government agencies, conduct tabletop 
exercises and emergency response planning, and report their 
work and findings to Congress.
    Reporting.--In addition to the directives included in House 
Report 117-403, the agreement directs ASPR to include a summary 
of the details of its monthly obligations to the Committees in 
its monthly obligation report.
Operations
    The agreement includes $34,376,000 for activities within 
the Assistant Secretary's Immediate Office; the Office of the 
Chief Operating Officer; the Office of Acquisitions Management, 
Contracts, and Grants; and the Office of the Financial Planning 
and Analysis.
HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element (H-CORE)
    The agreement includes $75,000,000 to establish annual 
funding for operational coordination of readiness and response 
efforts. Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the agreement 
directs the Secretary to provide the Committees with a detailed 
spend plan for fiscal year 2023 activities and to brief the 
Committees at least quarterly thereafter.
Preparedness and Emergency Operations
    The agreement includes $31,154,000 for Preparedness and 
Emergency Operations.
    National Emergency Tele-critical Care Network (NETCCN).--
The agreement includes $6,500,000 to continue clinical 
deployments for the NETCCN, which has helped health systems 
respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency by accessing 
skilled telehealth providers, and directs ASPR to make NETCCN 
partners available to respond to other public health 
emergencies and disaster response efforts on an as-needed 
basis. The agreement directs ASPR to submit a spend plan and 
report to the Committees within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act on its plans for fully assuming and maintaining operations 
of the NETCCN from the U.S. Medical Research and Development 
Command Telemedicine and Advance Technology Research Center.
National Disaster Medical System
    Mission Zero.--The agreement includes $4,000,000 for 
civilian trauma centers to train and incorporate military 
trauma care providers and teams into care centers.
    Pediatric Disaster Care.--The agreement includes $7,000,000 
for the Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence.
    Public Health Preparedness Equipment.--The agreement 
includes $20,000,000 for ASPR to invest in next generation air 
mobility solutions that will ensure more cost-effective health 
delivery systems.
Hospital Preparedness Program
    The agreement includes $305,055,000 for the Hospital 
Preparedness Program (HPP).
    EMS Preparedness and Response Workforce Shortage.--The 
agreement urges ASPR to address the crippling EMS workforce 
shortage, including in underserved, rural, and tribal areas 
and/or address health disparities related to accessing 
prehospital ground ambulance healthcare services, including 
critical care transport.
    Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreements.--The 
agreement includes $240,000,000 for critical support to State, 
local, and regional partners to advance health care system 
preparedness and response.
    National Special Pathogen System (NSPS).--The agreement 
includes $7,500,000 for the National Emerging Special Pathogens 
Training and Education Center (NETEC) and $21,000,000 to 
increase support for the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen 
Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) Program and Special Pathogen 
Treatment Centers (SPTCs) to prepare for future pandemic 
threats. The agreement requests both a written report and a 
briefing, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, and annual 
reports and briefings thereafter, on progress in establishing a 
robust NSPS and integrating NSPS with other health care 
delivery systems of care for emergencies, such as the trauma 
system.
    Real-time Hospital Capacity Data.--The agreement continues 
to support ASPR's preparedness efforts and encourages increased 
support of real-time data tracking to improve overarching 
capacity issues experienced by hospitals and providers in all 
50 States and the territories during community, State, 
regional, and national emergencies. The agreement urges ASPR to 
identify lessons learned and tools that have been developed for 
hospital data collection during the COVID-19 response for all-
hazards hospital data collection and public health situational 
awareness.
    Regional Disaster Health Response System.--The agreement 
includes $7,000,000 for these cooperative agreements.
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
    Antimicrobial and Antifungal Resistance.--The agreement 
continues to support advanced research and development of 
broad-spectrum antimicrobials and novel antifungal therapies, 
particularly for multi-drug resistant pathogens, and next-
generation therapeutics that address the increasing incidence 
of antimicrobial resistance. The agreement requests the 
Department provide a briefing to the Committees within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act that details the budgetary 
requirements for implementation of the Administration's 
proposal to combat antibiotic-resistant infections. The 
agreement directs ASPR to work with other HHS agencies to 
provide the annual briefing described under the section of the 
explanatory statement dealing with the Office of the Secretary 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act.
    Blood Supply.--The agreement encourages further development 
of freeze-dried hemostatic products, especially platelet-
derived products, suitable for treatment of hemorrhagic 
disease, and use in general surgery, obstetrics, and trauma. 
The agreement further urges that, as a stopgap measure and 
pilot project, the Assistant Secretary, as soon as feasibly 
possible, support a pilot project to expand the manufacturing 
base for these products to develop adequate infrastructure to 
support a national inventory to accommodate predicted needs so 
that in the event of an overwhelming number of casualties, 
these research products could be used to fill the capability 
gap under the auspices of the Emergency Use Authorization Act.
    Infectious Disease Outbreaks with Pandemic Potential.--The 
agreement encourages BARDA to engage in public-private 
partnerships to support advanced research and development of 
innovative platform technologies and MCM programs focused on, 
but not limited to, vaccines, therapeutics, and other MCMs for 
emerging infectious diseases, including novel pathogens and 
viral families with pandemic potential. The agreement 
encourages ASPR to collaborate with other appropriate Federal 
departments, agencies, and offices, the private sector, and 
other stakeholders to identify promising MCMs and platform 
technologies that can be leveraged to address a range of 
potential pathogens, including virus families with significant 
pandemic potential. The agreement directs BARDA to prioritize 
expeditious development of such MCMs, innovative platform 
technologies, and novel multi-modal methods, and requests a 
briefing within 90 days of enactment of this Act to provide an 
update on the status of MCMs and platforms to address these 
threats.
    Infectious Diseases.--The agreement supports robust funding 
for increased work to prepare for emerging infectious disease 
outbreaks and other naturally occurring threats to global 
health security. The agreement encourages BARDA to account for 
the constraints of different settings in its funding decisions 
to foster first-line tools that have wide applicability for 
many geographies, including low-resource settings in the U.S. 
and globally which may lack advanced health infrastructure. 
ASPR is encouraged to continue reporting and delineating its 
spending on emerging infectious diseases, pandemic influenza, 
and AR in its annual 5-year budget plan for MCM development. 
The agreement urges BARDA to publicly and regularly provide 
updated pathogen, product, and project-level data for all its 
funding, which it has done on its website for COVID-19 MCM 
investments, and to provide underlying data in tabular form. 
Such reporting helps clarify how ASPR is considering naturally 
occurring threats, including AR, in relation to other priority 
areas of MCM development, particularly given the inclusion of 
naturally occurring threats in the Strategic Initiatives 
section of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and 
Advancing Innovation Act (P.L. 116-22).
    Nasal COVID-19 Vaccines.--The agreement notes with concern 
that the nation is falling behind other countries in the 
development and approval of COVID-19 nasal vaccines. The 
agreement urges BARDA to accelerate clinical trial 
opportunities to achieve FDA approval for a nasal COVID-19 
vaccine for which there is already existing clinical efficacy 
and safety data.
    Trusted Domestic Vaccine Supplier Capability.--The 
agreement continues to recognize the need for domestic 
manufacturing of key biological starting materials (KSM), 
including plasmid DNA and mRNA, antibodies, and other medical 
countermeasures, to ensure timely response to unanticipated 
health emergencies. Therefore, the agreement encourages the 
Department to expand domestic manufacturing of KSMs and 
collaborate with U.S. companies that have pharmaceutical 
capabilities to ensure the development and stockpiling of 
synthesized medicines for future pandemics and biothreats.
Policy and Planning
    The agreement includes $14,877,000 for Policy and Planning.
Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund
    The agreement includes $820,000,000 for Project BioShield.
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
    The agreement includes $965,000,000 for the SNS.
    Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS).--The agreement notes with 
concern that the SNS has not prioritized fully achieving the 
stockpiling requirement for FDA-approved MCMs for ARS. The 
agreement requests a report be provided to the Committees 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act that includes an update 
on: (i) existing procurements and stockpiled MCMs for ARS; (ii) 
ASPR's plans to ensure existing ARS products are maintained; 
and (iii) how ASPR intends to meet the Administration's goal of 
investing in U.S. jobs and infrastructure to ensure the 
continued availability of a diverse set of ARS countermeasures.
    Distributor Interoperability for the SNS.--The agreement 
urges the SNS to work with all U.S.-based medical and 
pharmaceutical distributors on developing and maintaining IT 
connectivity. The agreement recognizes that distributors need 
to have and implement technology for IT interoperability so 
that their systems can connect with the SNS/HHS systems to 
participate in distribution efforts with the government.
    Made in America Strategic National Stockpile.--The 
agreement notes concern about the nation's limited 
infrastructure to produce essential products such as medical 
devices, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and PPE, such as 
syringes. The agreement strongly urges the Secretary to develop 
a long-term sustainable procurement plan that gives preference 
to and results in purchases directly from domestic 
manufacturers of PPE or PPE raw materials to the maximum extent 
practicable.
    Replenishing Influenza Antivirals.--The agreement strongly 
supports the Department's multi-year strategic initiative to 
supplement shelf-life extended flu antivirals in the stockpile 
with therapeutics that have not undergone extensions, in order 
to meet full stockpiling requirements. ASPR is urged to 
prioritize acquiring influenza antivirals to the full 
stockpiling requirements that can be safely used in children 
under 12 and people that are pregnant.
    Shelf-life Extension Program (SLEP) for Antivirals.--The 
agreement notes with concern that efforts to achieve cost 
savings through SLEP could negatively impact distribution of, 
patient adherence to, and ultimately consumer confidence in 
certain products in the SNS, particularly aged antivirals. Not 
later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Assistant 
Secretary is directed to conduct an audit of the SLEP for 
antivirals in the SNS and provide recommendations to safeguard 
SNS's ability to effectively respond to future severe influenza 
outbreaks in the U.S.
    Supply Chain Risk Assessment.--The agreement urges ASPR to 
prioritize the identification of upstream pharmaceutical supply 
chain risks to reduce medicine supply disruptions while also 
providing evidence to inform public investment and policy 
reforms that build more resilience in the medical supply chain. 
This includes the ability to leverage integrated data analytics 
from a range of data sources to identify key risk indicators 
and improve both demand forecasting and capacity management. 
The agreement directs ASPR to identify opportunities to support 
the development of capabilities to continually assess the 
global supply chain for essential medicines that covers source 
location, volume, and the number of facilities involved in the 
product of APIs, finished dosage forms, and other required 
components.
Medical Reserve Corps (MRCs)
    The agreement provides $6,240,000 for the Medical Reserve 
Corps Program. Funding for MRCs has historically been provided 
to local units quickly and effectively, thereby allowing for 
grants to help build and sustain local communities' ability to 
prepare for and respond to emergencies. The agreement 
encourages ASPR to continue this locally driven approach and to 
allocate funding via established mechanisms that provide funds 
directly to local MRC unit, which are made up of 
representatives from their communities.
Preparedness and Response Innovation
    The agreement provides $3,080,000 for a bilateral 
cooperative program with the Government of Israel for the 
development of health technologies.
Cybersecurity
    The agreement provides $100,000,000 for information 
technology cybersecurity in the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer and HHS-wide to strengthen the Department's 
cybersecurity posture. These funds provide for continuous 
monitoring and security incident response coordination for the 
Department's computer systems and networks. The increase is 
expected to support the advancement of existing, and adoption 
of new, security technologies to protect the Department's 
information from the evolving number and complexity of cyber 
threats. The agreement directs the Department to identify ways 
to mitigate increasing cybersecurity threats that pose risks to 
HHS critical functions, services, and data, and provide a 
report with these recommendations to the Committees no later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act.
    In addition, the agreement provides $21,900,000 for HHS 
Protect for the activities directed in House Report 117-403.
Office of National Security
    The agreement provides $8,983,000 for the Office of 
National Security.
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
    The agreement provides $335,000,000 for the pandemic 
influenza preparedness program.

              ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH

    The agreement includes $1,500,000,000 for ARPA-H. The 
agreement strongly encourages HHS to collaborate with the 
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop 
the foundational policies, procedures, and staff training for 
ARPA-H employees. The agreement believes ARPA-H will require a 
very different culture and mission than NIH's other 27 
Institutes and Centers. To foster the development of an 
entrepreneurial culture, the agreement expects ARPA-H to be 
physically located away from the main NIH campus. The agreement 
directs NIH to brief the Committees no later than 30 days prior 
to conducting the location search on its criteria and the 
Committees should be notified of the decision no less than 5 
days prior to a location being announced publicly. While the 
NIH workforce is composed of dedicated, talented, and 
frequently brilliant scientists, recruitment from the existing 
NIH workforce should be avoided. Instead, the agreement 
recommends that ARPA-H consider recruiting from industry, 
academia, and think tanks, as well as from proven advanced 
research project organizations. The agreement directs ARPA-H to 
provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on its 
establishment process, hiring, and scientific priorities and 
progress. These briefings should specifically address howits 
activities may advance biomedical research and development and the 
mission to create breakthrough health technologies, as well as how to 
balance long-term scientific challenges with short-term research goals.

                           General Provisions

    Prevention and Public Health Fund.--The agreement includes 
the following allocation of amounts from the Prevention and 
Public Health Fund.

                    PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
              Agency                   Budget Activity       Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACL...............................  Alzheimer's Disease      $14,700,000
                                     Program.
ACL...............................  Chronic Disease Self-      8,000,000
                                     Management.
ACL...............................  Falls Prevention....       5,000,000
CDC...............................  Hospitals Promoting        9,750,000
                                     Breastfeeding.
CDC...............................  Diabetes............      52,275,000
CDC...............................  Epidemiology and          40,000,000
                                     Laboratory Capacity
                                     Grants.
CDC...............................  Healthcare                12,000,000
                                     Associated
                                     Infections.
CDC...............................  Heart Disease &           57,075,000
                                     Stroke Prevention
                                     Program.
CDC...............................  Million Hearts             5,000,000
                                     Program.
CDC...............................  Office of Smoking        125,850,000
                                     and Health.
CDC...............................  Preventative Health      160,000,000
                                     and Health Services
                                     Block Grants.
CDC...............................  Section 317              419,350,000
                                     Immunization Grants.
CDC...............................  Lead Poisoning            17,000,000
                                     Prevention.
CDC...............................  Early Care                 5,000,000
                                     Collaboratives.
SAMHSA............................  Garrett Lee Smith-        12,000,000
                                     Youth Suicide
                                     Prevention.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The agreement modifies a provision to rescind unobligated 
balances.

                               TITLE III

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

    School Improvement.--The Department shall brief the 
Committees not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act 
on the Department's actions and plans for addressing the 
challenges identified in GAO's report on school improvement 
(GAO-21-199) and assisting state educational agencies (SEAs) 
and local educational agencies (LEAs) with implementing all of 
the school improvement requirements of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), including meaningful resource 
allocation reviews. The Department shall also increase 
transparency on the amount reserved by each State for the 
school improvement set-aside, method of distribution to 
eligible LEAs, uses of such funds and the Department's actions 
and plans for supporting SEA and LEA implementation of ESEA 
school improvement requirements, including resource equity 
requirements, in the fiscal year 2024 and future Congressional 
Justifications.
    Title I-A-Funded Services for Students Experiencing 
Homelessness.--The Department shall provide technical 
assistance to state and local Title I directors on the 
requirements and uses of funds under section 1113(c)(3)(A) to 
assist LEAs in effectively using such funds to support students 
experiencing homelessness. In addition, the Department shall 
describe actions taken and planned to address these issues in 
the fiscal year 2024 and future Congressional Justifications 
and work with SEAs to increase transparency on amounts reserved 
by LEAs under section 1113(c)(3)(A).

                      School Improvement Programs

    Alaska Native Education Equity.--The Department is directed 
to make every effort to ensure that grants are awarded well in 
advance of the school year, to maximize grantees' ability to 
hire the necessary staff and have their programs in place by 
the start of Alaska's school year in mid-August. The Department 
is directed to ensure that Alaska Native Tribes, Alaska Native 
regional non-profits, and Alaska Native corporations have the 
maximum opportunity to compete successfully for grants under 
this program by providing these entities multiple opportunities 
for technical assistance in developing successful applications 
for these funds, both in Alaska and through various forms of 
telecommunications. Finally, the Department is encouraged to 
include as many peer reviewers as possible who have experience 
with Alaska Native education and Alaska generally on each peer 
review panel.
    Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants Technical 
Assistance and Capacity Building.--The reservation for 
technical assistance (TA) and capacity building should be used 
to support SEAs and LEAs in carrying out authorized activities 
under this program identified by SEAs and LEAs, which may 
include support for fostering school diversity efforts across 
and within school districts. The agreement continues to direct 
the Department to prioritize its TA and capacity building 
support for SEAs and LEAs seeking to address such school 
diversity needs. In future Congressional Justifications, the 
Department shall continue to provide current and planned 
expenditures for this reservation and include a plan for how 
resources will be spent to provide TA and to build the capacity 
of SEAs and LEAs.
    Education for Native Hawaiians.--The Department shall award 
not less than $10,000,000 of the funds made available for the 
Education for Native Hawaiians program under authority 
continued from last year's bill for construction, renovation, 
and modernization of any public elementary school, secondary 
school, or structure related to a public elementary school or 
secondary school, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 
student body. The Department shall make thisfunding 
competitively available to organizations in need of assistance with 
infrastructure improvement for increased capacity to serve a 
predominantly Native Hawaiian student body. The agreement also includes 
sufficient funding for the Native Hawaiian Education Council.

                            Indian Education

    National Activities.--The increase for National Activities 
shall support new awards under the Native American Language 
Immersion competition and the State-Tribal Education 
Partnership program for up to five years.
    Funds for the Native American Language Immersion program 
should continue to be allocated to all types of eligible 
entities, including both new and existing language immersion 
programs and schools, to support the most extensive possible 
geographical distribution and language diversity. In addition, 
the Department should continue to give the same consideration 
to applicants that propose to provide partial immersion schools 
and programs as to full immersion, as the local Tribes, 
schools, and other applicants know best what type of program 
will most effectively assist their youth to succeed. Further, 
the Department is directed to provide adequate notice, 
consultation, and technical assistance to support applications 
from and grants to a diverse range of language immersion 
schools and programs, including those serving Native Hawaiian 
and Alaska Native students.
    Native American Language Resource Centers.--Within National 
Activities, the agreement includes $1,500,000 for this activity 
described under this heading in House Report 117-403. Further, 
the Office of Indian Education is directed to consult with the 
Office of English Language Acquisition on the development, 
implementation and support for this program.
    Special Programs for Indian Students.--The Department is 
directed to use no less than $2,750,000 of funds available for 
the Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth program 
for a teacher retention-initiative to help address the shortage 
of Native American educators and expand their impact on Native 
American students' education. The initiative should support 
teacher leadership models to increase the retention of 
effective, experienced Native American teachers.

                       Innovation and Improvement

    Education Innovation and Research (EIR).-- Within the total 
for EIR, and including continuation awards, the agreement 
includes $87,000,000 to provide grants for social and emotional 
learning (SEL) and $87,000,000 for Science, Technology, 
Education, and Math (STEM) and computer science education 
activities. Within the STEM and computer science set-aside, 
awards should expand opportunities for underrepresented 
students such as minorities, girls, and youth from families 
living at or below the poverty line to help reduce the 
enrollment and achievement gap. To fulfill both set-asides, the 
agreement supports the prioritization of high-quality SEL and 
STEM proposals for both the early- and mid-phase evidence 
tiers. The agreement encourages the Department to take steps 
necessary to ensure the statutory set-aside for rural areas is 
met and that EIR funds are awarded to diverse geographic areas. 
The agreement expects the remainder of EIR funds to continue to 
support diverse and field-initiated interventions, rather than 
a single nationwide program or award focused solely on one area 
of educational innovation.
    No later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Department is directed to have an initial consultation briefing 
with the Committees on the fiscal year 2023 competitions for 
EIR. Not less than two weeks before the publication of a notice 
of proposed priorities or a notice inviting applications, the 
Department is directed to brief the Committees on plans for 
carrying out an EIR competition. In addition, the Department 
shall provide a briefing and notice of grant awards to the 
Committees at least seven days before grantees are announced.
    Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED).--Within 
SEED, the Department is directed to support professional 
development that helps educators incorporate SEL practices into 
teaching, and to support pathways into teaching that provide a 
strong foundation in child development and learning, including 
skills for implementing SEL strategies in the classroom through 
a competitive preference priority as included in the fiscal 
year 2020 and 2022 competitions.
    In addition, the SEED program is an ideal vehicle for 
helping ensure that more highly trained school leaders are 
available to serve in traditionally underserved LEAs. 
Therefore, the Secretary shall continue to support an absolute 
priority to support the preparation of principals and other 
school leaders and disseminate best practices from such grants.
    American History and Civics National Activities.--After 
providing continuation awards, the agreement directs the 
Department to allocate all remaining resources in this program 
to run a new grant competition supporting evidence-based 
practices as described under this heading in House Report 117-
403; however, eligible entities shall be those defined in 
section 2233(e) of ESEA. The Department also is directed to 
include a priority for applicants that propose evidence-based 
approaches to improving teaching and learning about the history 
and principles of the Constitution of the United States in any 
new competition.
    Charter School Program.--Not later than 90 days after 
enactment, the Department is directed to brief the Committees 
on its actions and plans to provide adequate staff for and 
oversight of the Charter School Program (CSP); offer 
flexibility by allowing State entities to reserve a greater 
share of anticipated funds available over the life of the grant 
for technical assistance (TA) in the early years of the grant 
when such assistance is particularly needed, and improve the 
use of and prepare additional reports on the use of such 
reserved funds, including disaggregated data as it relates to 
students with disabilities and English learners, that includes: 
a description of the State's objectives in providing TA to 
grantees and the activities identified to provide the required 
TA; and a description of the impact of State action(s), or if 
no known impact, an explanation as to why.
    Not less than two weeks before the publication of a notice 
of proposed priorities or a notice inviting applications, the 
Department is directed to brief the Committees on plans for 
carrying out a CSP competition.
    Statewide Family Engagement Centers.--The agreement directs 
the Department to use the increase provided to award grants for 
high-quality applications that could not be funded during the 
prior year's grant competition.
    Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending.--The agreement includes $200,443,000 for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included in this explanatory statement accompanying this 
division.

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

School Safety National Activities
    The agreement includes $216,000,000 for national 
activities, an increase of $15,000,000, which shall be used by 
the Department for competitive grant competitions, technical 
assistance and capacity-building centers, or Project SERV.
    Not less than two weeks before the publication of a notice 
of proposed priorities or a notice inviting applications, the 
Department is directed to brief the Committees on plans for 
carrying out any new competition funded within School Safety 
National Activities. In addition, the Department shall provide 
a briefing and notice of grant awards to the Committees at 
least seven days before grantees are announced.
Promise Neighborhoods
    The agreement provides a portion of funds for the second 
year of two-year extension grants to high quality Promise 
Neighborhood programs that have demonstrated positive and 
promising results through their initial implementation grant to 
strengthen grantee community's abilities to scale city and 
regional reinvestment strategies and allow for direct pipeline 
services. Further, the Department is directed to brief the 
Committees, prior to the publication of proposed priorities or 
a notice inviting applications, on potential changes to future 
grant competitions that would provide expiring and recently 
expired extension grant recipients operating in a particular 
neighborhood or community the opportunity to compete for a new 
grant to strengthen and further expand services in the same 
neighborhood or community, provided they can demonstrate 
successful outcomes and justify the need for new funding. Such 
briefing shall also cover how to maximize the planning time 
grantees have before implementation begins, and other actions 
to strengthen the long-term success of communities and 
neighborhoods assisted with grant funds. The Department shall 
provide a briefing on implementation plans for the Promise 
Neighborhoods program not later than 14 days prior to issuing a 
notice inviting applications for new awards or extension 
grants.

                           Special Education

    Technical Assistance and Dissemination.--The agreement 
includes an increase of $1,000,000 for OSEP's State Deaf-Blind 
Projects and the National Center on Deaf-Blindness to 
strengthen support of the abilities and needs of children with 
deaf-blindness, including through intervener services. The 
Department is directed to provide an update on actions and 
plans to ensure that intervener services are available when 
recommended by the Individualized Education Program team and 
parents and families are aware of such services as early as 
possible in the fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification. 
The Department also is directed to provide technical assistance 
and support to any State considering how to remove barriers 
like family fees and associated administrative requirements 
that deter families from accessing needed Part C services.
    Education Materials in Accessible Formats for Students with 
Visual Impairments.--The agreement includes additional funding 
to make a broader range of educational materials available to 
students and to meet the needs of all eligible students, 
including pre-K and postsecondary students.

                        Rehabilitation Services

    The agreement directs the Department to provide a briefing 
to the Committees no later than 90 days after enactment on the 
planned uses of funds that remain available for obligation 
subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to 
section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act, and to provide semi-
annual briefings thereafter.
    Disability Innovation Fund (DIF).--The agreement directs 
the Department to use a portion of DIF funds for competitive 
grants, to be awarded in coordination with the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy, to non-governmental entities in 
partnership with State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies 
for innovative strategies that significantly increase 
employment of adults with disabilities. The agreement expects 
this will focus on adults with disabilities who are not 
currently in the workforce. Grants shall be awarded to 
partnerships that support disabled adults in obtaining 
competitive integrated employment and advance their career 
trajectories. Strategies for improving employment outcomes for 
adults with disabilities must have as their goal a significant 
effect on disability employment in the State or region. Funds 
should be used to develop new and innovative strategies for the 
recruitment, hiring, retention, and career advancement of 
disabled adults, spurring change in the State VR agency's 
strategies and ability to improve State disability employment 
outcomes.
    Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Evaluation.--The 
agreement directs the Department to notify the Committees at 
least 15 days prior to transferring any funds to IES under the 
authority provided under this heading.
    Randolph-Sheppard Program.--The agreement directs the 
Department to provide participants in the Randolph-Sheppard 
Program with technical assistance and support in applying for 
funding opportunities for innovative activities aimed at 
increasing competitive integrated employment. In addition, the 
agreement encourages the Department to use amounts available 
for evaluation and technical assistance to study the Randolph-
Sheppard Program and innovative activities aimed at increasing 
competitive integrated employment.

           Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities

    American Printing House for the Blind.--The agreement 
includes $6,000,000 to continue the Center for Assistive 
Technology Training regional partnership established in fiscal 
year 2019.
    National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).--The 
agreement includes $9,500,000 to continue NTID's current 
Regional STEM Center.
    Gallaudet University.--The agreement includes $8,500,000, 
an increase of $2,000,000, to continue and expand the current 
regional partnership through the Early Learning Acquisition 
Project.

                 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

    Innovation and Modernization Grants.--The agreement 
includes $25,000,000 within CTE National Programs for 
Innovation and Modernization grants.
    Adult Education National Leadership Activities.--The 
agreement encourages the Department to support technical 
assistance that will help build the evidence-base of adult 
education programs, including supporting States in prioritizing 
rigorously evaluated programs.

                      Student Financial Assistance

    Pell Grants.--The agreement increases the maximum Pell 
grant award by $500, to a total, including discretionary and 
mandatory funding, of $7,395 for the 2023-2024 award year.
    Federal Work Study.--Within the total for Federal Work 
Study, the agreement includes $11,053,000 for the Work Colleges 
program authorized under section448 of the Higher Education Act 
(HEA).
    Pell Grant Restoration and Prison Education Program.--The 
agreement expects that the Department will continue the Second 
Chance Pell Experiment as the Department implements Pell Grants 
for Prison Education Programs (PEP). Expertise and best 
practices from Second Chance Pell should be used to develop 
guidance and technical assistance for the new PEP. The 
agreement further directs the Department to work with Second 
Chance Pell sites as they transition to the requirements under 
the new PEP to ensure that incarcerated students do not 
experience a gap in their educational programming. The 
Department should also convey to institutions of higher 
education that they should work to ensure that every student 
who participates in the new PEP is able to reenter their 
communities successfully post-release.

                       Student Aid Administration

    The agreement directs the Department to provide a detailed 
spend plan of the planned uses of funds under this heading by 
major activity, and quarterly updates on its implementation. 
This should include, but not be limited to, detailed breakouts 
by baseline operations and development efforts; and servicing, 
student aid core systems, IT activities, and other Federal 
Student Aid activities. Further, this should include a 
crosswalk to activities funded under administrative costs and 
servicing activities, and any reallocation of funds between 
those two activities should be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds, and the Committees should be notified in advance of any 
such changes.
    The agreement provides authority to extend current student 
loan servicing contracts in order to ensure an orderly 
transition to the Unified Servicing and Data Solution (USDS). 
The Department should notify the Committees at least 15 days 
prior to exercising that authority to extend current contracts. 
The agreement further directs the Department to provide 
quarterly briefings on progress related to implementation of 
USDS.

                            Higher Education

Aid for Institutional Development
    Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic 
Americans.--The Department is encouraged to prioritize awards 
for projects that support consortia of Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions that award PhDs to develop and test new models of 
cross-institutional intellectual, research, and resource-
sharing communities, create mentorship programs for PhD 
students, support graduate research experiences, and other uses 
associated with the pursuit of PhDs by Hispanic students.
International Education and Foreign Language Studies
    Domestic Programs.--The agreement directs the Department to 
allocate the increase of $3,500,000 for Domestic Programs to 
the National Resource Centers program.
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
    Workforce Development.--The Department is encouraged to 
prioritize awards for projects that assist in workforce 
development programs in industrial engineering, emergency 
management, and emergency response. Further, programs that 
provide support for minority student internships with local 
industries, hospitals, and businesses should are encouraged to 
be prioritized.
Federal TRIO Programs
    The agreement includes an increase of $54,000,000 for TRIO 
which shall be used to provide increases to current TRIO 
grantees demonstrating substantial progress in meeting 
performance objectives and, to the extent practicable, to fund 
down the slates of unfunded, high-quality applications from 
prior-year competitions.
GEAR UP
    The agreement includes an increase of $10,000,000 for GEAR 
UP. The Department is directed to use the increase for a new 
fiscal year 2023 grant competition.
Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS)
    The Department is directed to establish a flat maximum 
grant award reflective of the costs to provide high-quality 
child care to student parents, and to prioritize funding to 
IHEs based on the number of Pell grant recipients.
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
    The agreement includes $184,000,000 for FIPSE which shall 
be used by the Department as described in this statement.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               FY 2023
                      Budget Activity                         Agreement
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Basic Needs Grants.........................................   10,000,000
Centers of Excellence for Veterans Student Success Program.    9,000,000
HBCU, TCU, and MSI Research and Development Infrastructure    50,000,000
 Grants....................................................
Modeling and Simulation Programs...........................    8,000,000
Open Textbook Pilot........................................   12,000,000
Postsecondary Student Success Grants.......................   45,000,000
Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development Grant Program.   45,000,000
Transitioning Gang-Involved Youth to Higher Education......    5,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Basic Needs Grants.--The agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
this activity described under this heading in House Report 117-
403.
    Centers of Excellence for Veterans Student Success 
Program.--The agreement includes $9,000,000 for this activity 
described under this heading in House Report 117-403.
    HBCU, TCU, and MSI Research and Development Infrastructure 
Grants.--The agreement includes $50,000,000 for planning and 
implementation grants designed to promote transformational 
investments in research infrastructure at four-year HBCUs, 
TCUs, or other MSIs, either alone or as the lead entity in 
consortia.
    Modeling and Simulation Programs.--The agreement includes 
$8,000,000 for this activity described under this heading in 
House Report 117-403.
    Open Textbook Pilot.--The agreement includes $12,000,000 to 
continue the Open Textbook Pilot as described in House Report 
117-403.
    Postsecondary Student Success Grants.--The agreement 
includes $45,000,000 for Postsecondary Student Success Grants 
(PSSG) as described in House Report 117-403, including 
requirements that the Department executes this program as a 
tiered-evidence competition in the same structure as EIR; that 
all grantees carry out rigorous independent evaluations of 
their projects; that the Office of Postsecondary Education 
consult the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and 
the Institute of Education Sciences; and, to the extent 
practicable, that at least half ofall fiscal year 2023 PSSG 
resources support grants at the mid-phase or expansion levels. The 
agreement directs the Department to use all fiscal year 2023 PSSG 
resources to run a new competition as described in House Report 117-403 
rather than funding additional awards from the fiscal year 2022 
competition.
    The agreement directs the Department to brief the 
Committees no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act on 
plans to carry out the PSGG competition, as well as a plan for 
evaluation and accountability, and to notify and brief the 
Committees at least seven days before grantees are announced.
    Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development Grant 
Program.--The agreement includes $45,000,000 for the Rural 
Postsecondary Economic Development Grant program.
    Transitioning Gang-Involved Youth to Higher Education.--The 
agreement includes $5,000,000 for this activity described under 
this heading in House Report 117-403.
    National Center for Artificial Intelligence Learning.--The 
agreement is supportive of programs that enhance course 
training opportunities in artificial intelligence by supporting 
institutions of higher education in developing and providing 
21st century degree programs and opportunities that increase 
student's employability across all disciplines through 
knowledge and skill enhancements of artificial intelligence.
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
    The agreement includes $429,587,000 for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in this 
explanatory statement accompanying this division.

                           Howard University

    The agreement includes $354,018,000 for Howard University. 
Within the total, the agreement includes an additional 
$100,000,000 to support construction of a new hospital.

                 Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

    Research, Development, and Dissemination.--To further 
support research needed to accelerate learning recovery from 
COVID-19 disruptions in instruction and eliminate longstanding 
achievement gaps, IES is directed to use a portion of its 
fiscal year 2023 appropriation to support a new funding 
opportunity for quick-turnaround, high-reward scalable 
solutions intended to significantly improve outcomes for 
students, which may include suggested research activities 
described in House Report 117-403. IES is further directed to 
describe actions and plans to support high-reward research on 
transformative solutions needed to significantly improve 
outcomes for all students in its current Operating Plan and in 
future Congressional Justifications, Operating Plans, and 
Biennial Reports.
    The IES is directed to brief the Committees on plans for 
making new high-reward research awards not less than two weeks 
before the publication of a funding opportunity notice. In 
addition, the IES shall provide a briefing and notice of awards 
to the Committees at least seven days before grantees are 
announced.
    The agreement also recognizes the ongoing collaborative 
efforts between the Department of Education and the National 
Science Foundation (NSF), including two NSF National Artificial 
Intelligence Research Institutes focused on education. The 
agreement encourages the Department and IES to pursue 
additional collaboration with the NSF, which may include 
support for Centers for Transformative Education Research and 
Translation.
    Statistics.--The agreement includes $121,500,000 in program 
funding for the National Center for Education Statistics 
(NCES). The agreement directs all planned uses of funds to be 
described in the required operating plan. Should NCES decide to 
use resources for the School Pulse Panel, the agreement directs 
NCES to describe in such plan the policies and procedures in 
place for the School Pulse Panel to ensure that such 
information is collected and reported in a manner that is 
objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological; free of 
partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or 
regional bias; and relevant and useful to practitioners, 
researchers, policymakers, and the public. Further, such 
operating plan should describe all topics planned for monthly 
collections in 2023.
    Assessment.--The agreement includes $185,000,000, including 
$10,000,000 for research and development, for the Assessment 
program. Amounts and activities related to research and 
development investments are directed to be described separately 
in the required operating plan and future Congressional 
Justifications.
    The operating plan required by House Report 117-403 shall 
include a description of actions implemented and planned to 
address each of the recommendations of the September 2022 
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Internal 
Controls Assessment Report and National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine consensus study report entitled ``A 
Pragmatic Future for NAEP: Containing Costs and Updating 
Technologies.''
    Program Administration.--IES and NCES are directed to also 
describe in the operating plan directed in House Report 117-403 
implementation plans and associated timelines for 
recommendations of the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine in the ``Future of Education Research 
at IES'' and ``A Vision and Roadmap for Education Statistics.''

                        Departmental Management

    Game-based Learning (GBL).--The agreement recognizes GBL in 
augmented reality and virtual reality as an instrument to 
foster engaged and immersive learning in elementary education 
and encourages the Department to consider incorporating 
evidence-based GBL as a priority in planned competitions in 
fiscal year 2023, as applicable.
    Menstrual Hygiene Products.--The agreement continues to 
encourage the Department of Education, in consultation with the 
Department of Health and Human Services, to provide technical 
assistance and share best practices with institutions of higher 
education seeking to expand access to menstrual products for 
postsecondary students.
    Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.--As part of the annual 
Congressional Justification, the Department is directed to 
include the anticipated balances available in and uses of the 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund for the current and budget fiscal 
years. Additionally, the Department is directed to provide the 
Committees quarterly reports for all ongoing projects. The 
report shall include the following for each project: a 
description and timeline for each project; the date the project 
was notified to the Committees; total obligations to date; 
obligations for the prior fiscal year; anticipated obligations 
for current fiscal year; and any expected future obligations; 
and the total unobligated balance in the Fund.
    Program Administration.--The agreement notes disappointment 
that despite a significant increase in funding in fiscal year 
2022 for Program Administration after more than five years of 
level-funding, the Department transferred $7,000,000 from the 
Pell Grant program for additional administrative expenses 
without any consultation with the Committees. Accordingly, for 
fiscal year 2023, the agreement expects the Department to meet 
the administrative needs of the agency through the Program 
Administration appropriation provided in the Act, which 
includes an increase of $32,000,000, and not by transferring 
funds from another account. Further, the agreement expects 
additional resources provided under this account to support 
expanded allotments for core agency career staff responsible 
for the execution of agency programs, including staffing within 
grants offices and within Budget Service. In addition, the 
agreement expects the agency to use such resources to 
effectively administer Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending grants in a timely manner.
    In meeting the agreement's expectation that adequate career 
staff are allotted to effectively implement core agency 
programs, in fiscal year 2023, the Department should begin to 
rebalance the agency's ratio of career staff to non-career 
staff. The agreement notes that the Department used additional 
resources provided in fiscal year 2022 to, among other 
investments, increase its non-career staff on-board by 40 
percent from September 2021 through December 2022. The 
agreement is concerned by the Department's prioritization of 
staffing resources in fiscal year 2022; therefore, in fiscal 
year 2023, the agreement expects the Department not to expand 
non-career staff on-board above December 2022 levels.
    Further, the agreement directs the Department to brief the 
Committees on how its required staffing report operating plan 
will fill critical positions; invest in information technology 
necessary for providing effective monitoring and oversight of 
grants and programs; invest in information technology security; 
and address other challenges identified by the Inspector 
General in the 2022 Management Challenges report. Further, the 
Department should be prepared to discuss its efforts to begin 
rebalancing the agency's ratio of career staff to non-career 
staff.
    Spending Transparency.--The Department is directed to 
strengthen its support for the timely and effective expenditure 
of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) 
funds, including amounts dedicated to addressing student 
learning through the implementation of evidence based 
interventions to meet students' academic and mental health 
needs. The Department must also enhance transparency on key 
categories of actual and planned expenditure of ESSER funds at 
the national, state and local levels.
    Staffing Report.--Not later than 30 days after enactment, 
the Department shall provide the Committees an operating plan 
identifying the total FTE and non-personnel allocations 
supported by the program administration appropriation in total 
for the Department, and FTE and non-personnel allocations for 
each program office supported by the program administration 
appropriation provided in this Act. In addition, the Department 
shall provide on a monthly basis the number of on-board staff, 
attrition, approved hires not yet on-boarded and projected 
full-year FTE usage, including approved hires, and actual non-
personnel expenses, for each program office supported by, and 
in total for, the program administration appropriation provided 
in this Act. In addition, the Department shall separately 
identify in such plans and reports total FTE allocations 
supported by other funding sources.
    State and Local Report Cards.--The Department is directed 
to, not later than 6 months after enactment of this Act, submit 
to the Committees and to the Committees of Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and of Education and Labor of 
the House of Representatives a report outlining actions taken 
to bring States into compliance with all ESEA annual reporting 
requirements, particularly for those States that have yet to 
come into full compliance with such requirements; common 
implementation obstacles facing States in complying with such 
requirements; and efforts to improve the accessibility, 
quality, and utility of this information.
    Supporting Principals and School Leaders.--Principals and 
school leaders are critical to both student outcomes and 
teacher retention. The Department is directed to issue guidance 
to SEAs and LEAs on the use of Federal funds across various 
programs, including Title I-A and Title II-A of the ESEA, for 
implementing evidence based-strategies to recruit, prepare, 
support, and retain strong principals and school leaders.
    Teacher and School Leader Diversity Guidance.--Increasing 
educator diversity is critical to building a strong educator 
workforce that supports students and educators from all 
backgrounds. The Department is directed to release guidance on 
how formula funds across various programs, including Title I-A, 
Title II-A, Title III, Title V-B, and Title VI of the ESEA, 
Title III of the HEA, and Part B of the IDEA may be used by 
SEAs, LEAs and IHEs to increase teacher and school leader 
diversity, including through pre-service support, enhancing 
preparation, providing on the-job support, and strengthening 
retention and promotion policies.

                           General Provisions

    The agreement continues authority for pooled evaluation 
authority.
    The agreement continues a provision regarding endowment 
income.
    The agreement continues authority for the National Advisory 
Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.
    The agreement continues authority for account maintenance 
fees.
    The agreement modifies a provision rescinding fiscal year 
2023 mandatory funding to offset the mandatory costs of 
increasing the discretionary Pell award.
    The agreement continues a provision regarding authority to 
evaluate HEA authorized programs.
    The agreement continues a provision providing an additional 
amount for the projects, and in the amounts, as specified in 
the table titled Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending in the explanatory statement accompanying 
this division.
    The agreement includes a new provision regarding 
centralized support costs for the Institute of Education 
Sciences.
    The agreement includes a new provision repealing a 
prohibition against the use of federal education funds by SEAs 
and LEAs for certain transportation activities.
    The agreement modifies a provision rescinding unobligated 
discretionary balances previously appropriated for the Pell 
grant program.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

    Requested Reports.--The agreement continues to request the 
reports listed under this heading in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-103.

         Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    Innovation, Demonstration, and Assistance Activities.--The 
agreement includes $14,706,000 for innovation, assistance, and 
other activities. The agreement includes $8,558,000 for the 
Volunteer Generation Fund and $6,148,000 for National Days of 
Service including the September 11th National Day of Service 
and Remembrance and the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of 
Service. CNCS should prioritize making grants, entering into 
cooperative agreements, or providing other forms of support to 
eligible organizations with expertise in: representing families 
of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and 
other impacted constituencies; promoting the establishment of 
September 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service 
and Remembrance; and organizing volunteers to engage in service 
to meet community needs and advance the life and teachings of 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    National and Community Service.--The agreement urges CNCS 
to continue to be a convener of the important work surrounding 
service learning and to support civic bridgebuilding 
activities.
    Commission Investment Fund (CIF).--The agreement includes 
no less than the fiscal year 2022 level for the CIF.
    Evaluation of Effective Interventions.--The agreement 
encourages CNCS to continue its use of randomized control 
trials to build causal evidence for effective interventions.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    Financial Management and Accounting.--The agreement is 
concerned about deficiencies in audits from fiscal years 2017 
to 2022 and includes funding for AmeriCorps to support the 
contracting of a dedicated project team, comprised of personnel 
with expertise in financial management and accounting. The 
agreement directs AmeriCorps to submit a report no later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and quarterly 
thereafter, detailing the agency's progress in addressing audit 
findings. The agreement further directs AmeriCorps to provide 
quarterly briefings in fiscal year 2023 to the Committees on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Education and Labor, and 
the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    The agreement includes funds for the following activities:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
                     Budget Activity                         Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Library Services Technology Act:
  Grants to States......................................    $180,000,000
  Native American Library Services......................       5,763,000
  National Leadership: Libraries........................      15,287,000
  Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian.....................      10,000,000
Museum Services Act:
  Museums for America...................................      30,330,000
  Native American/Hawaiian Museum Services..............       3,772,000
National Leadership: Museums                                   9,348,000
African American History and Culture Act:
  Museum Grants for African American History & Culture..       6,000,000
National Museum of the American Latino Act:
  Museum Grants for American Latino History & Culture...       6,000,000
Research, Analysis, and Data Collection.................       5,650,000
Program Administration..................................      22,650,000
                                                         ---------------
    TOTAL...............................................    $294,800,000
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    Information Literacy Taskforce.--The agreement includes 
$4,000,000 for the continuation and expansion of the 
Information Literacy Taskforce (Taskforce) in accordance with 
the priorities and guidelines described in the explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 117-103. Of these funds, 
$2,000,000 shall be reserved for the development and 
implementation of two pilot grant programs. The first pilot 
program will have an associated evaluative component to test 
the implementation of the toolkits and community interventions 
disseminated by the Taskforce to aid in developing locally 
responsive tools and resources to bridge information gaps. The 
Taskforce will support research and regularly convene grantees 
to identify and apply promising strategies and practices. The 
second pilot program will encourage, support, and promote 
information literacy, including reliable methods and processes 
for informed civic engagement among seniors and other segments 
of the population. The agreement directs IMLS to submit a 
report or provide a briefing to the Committees on the 
Taskforce's findings within one year of the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    America250.--The agreement recognizes IMLS's commitment to 
the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States in 
coordination with the Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 
and includes $1,000,000 in preparation for the 250th 
Anniversary.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                      LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

    The agreement directs the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) 
to provide annual updates on the project status of RRB's fully 
funded information technology modernization system, including 
timelines to completion, total anticipated cost of development, 
funding obligations, and contracts. Such annual update is 
requested no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act 
and should provide information for each fiscal quarter. Updates 
that include changes to project timelines to completion should 
explicitly state the nature of those changes.

                  Social Security Administration (SSA)

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    The agreement includes an increase of $785,033,000 for 
SSA's administrative expenses to support increases in fixed 
costs across SSA, including for State Disability Determination 
Services (DDSs), and to increase staffing and invest in 
targeted IT systems with the goal of improving and enhancing 
service delivery to the public.
    Disability Backlogs.--The agreement recognizes the pandemic 
created significant challenges for SSA, which has contributed 
to a significant increase in processing times for initial 
disability claims. The agreement includes funding for SSA to 
increase staffing, including in State DDSs, to help begin to 
address the growing backlog of initial disability claims. In 
addition, the agreement directs the Commissioner to continue to 
prioritize efforts to reduce wait time disparities across the 
country by directing resources and workload assistance, as 
necessary, to areas with greatest need. Finally, the agreement 
directs SSA to continue to provide monthly reports to the 
Committees on key agency performance metrics, including but not 
limited to initial disability claims, reconsiderations, and 
hearings, and to provide quarterly briefings to the Committees 
on its progress towards reducing the initial disability claims 
and hearings backlogs, as well as addressing other service 
delivery challenges.
    Expanding Outreach to People with Disabilities.--The 
agreement strongly encourages SSA to expand outreach to 
potential beneficiaries, prioritizing underserved communities 
and individuals most likely to need support, and directs SSA to 
include information in its fiscal year 2024 Congressional 
Justification on such efforts.
    Continuing Disability Reviews (CDR).--The agreement directs 
SSA to include in its annual CDR Report to Congress an 
evaluation of its CDR prioritization models.
    Field Office and Resident Station Closures.--The agreement 
recognizes the essential role that field offices and resident 
stations play in the public's ability to access SSA benefits 
and services and strongly encourages the Commissioner to take 
every action possible to maintain operations at existing field 
offices and resident stations. The agreement urges SSA to 
ensure its policies and procedures for closing field offices 
and resident stations include at least 120 days advance notice 
to the public, SSA employees, Congress, and other stakeholders. 
Such notice should include a rationale for the proposed closure 
and an evaluation of the effects on the public and SSA 
operations. In addition, the agreement is concerned that the 
recent closure of a resident station due to staffing 
difficulties has created an undue burden for those who need 
access to in-person social security services. The agreement 
directs SSA to continue to engage with community leaders about 
how to provide suitable alternatives for in-person services and 
to report to the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act on the alternatives established.
    Improving Ticket to Work Administration and Reducing 
Overpayments.--The agreement supports agency efforts to improve 
administrative processes that reduce overpayments, including in 
the Ticket to Work program, which can create significant 
challenges as beneficiaries attempt to return to work. SSA is 
directed to include information in its fiscal year 2024 
Congressional Justification on such efforts.
    Occupational Information System (OIS) and Medical-
Vocational Guidelines.--The agreement directs SSA to include 
information in its fiscal year 2024 Congressional Justification 
detailing efforts to fully implement OIS in coming years, 
including the status of implementation, the extent to which OIS 
is fully-operational, a timeline for moving from the Dictionary 
of Occupational Titles entirely to OIS, an action plan to 
accomplish said timeline, and other efforts to modernize 
medical-vocational guidelines.
    Program Integrity.--The agreement includes a new proviso, 
which was requested in the fiscal year 2023 President's Budget 
proposal, to expressly prohibit funding made available under a 
cap adjustment to support program integrity activities from 
being reprogrammed or transferred for nonprogram 
integrity activities.
    The agreement, however, clarifies that such proviso is not 
necessary because the Congress need not expressly prohibit 
actions that it has not authorized. Under the statutory terms 
of the appropriation, amounts provided for program integrity 
activities may not be reprogrammed to base activities (or to 
any other non-program integrity activity). That is because this 
appropriation account statutorily establishes a required 
appropriation amount for program integrity activities--in this 
bill, at $1,784,000,000--which is provided by the sum of the 
amounts specified in the first proviso of the account's second 
paragraph.
    Finally, the agreement notes the Congress has not been 
apprised of any applicable transfer authority available to SSA 
that the President's Budget proposal seeks to prevent.
    Social Security Statements.--The agreement directs SSA to 
submit a report within 120 days of enactment of this Act with 
options for increasing the number of individuals receiving 
Social Security Statements annually by mail to ensure that 
individuals are informed of their Social Security contributions 
and benefits, and have an opportunity to review their earnings 
records and correct any errors in a timely manner.
    Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) and 
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security 
(PABSS).--The agreement includes $23,000,000 for WIPA grants 
and $10,000,000 for PABSS.

                  Social Security Administration (SSA)

                   OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG)

    Combatting Social Security Impersonation Scams.--The 
agreement commends SSA OIG efforts to combat Social Security 
impersonation scams and urges SSA to continue prioritizing this 
effort and pursuing the criminals perpetuating the fraud.

                                TITLE V

                           General Provisions

    The agreement modifies a provision related to Performance 
Partnerships.
    The agreement modifies a provision to rescind unobligated 
balances.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) 
included in the bill or this explanatory statement, along with 
the name of each House Member, Senator, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee of 
jurisdiction for each item so identified. For each item, a 
Member is required to provide a certification that neither the 
Member nor the Member's immediate family has a financial 
interest, and each Senator is required to provide a 
certification that neither the Senator nor the Senator's 
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such 
congressionally directed spending item. Neither the bill nor 
the explanatory statement contains any limited tax benefits or 
limited tariff benefits as defined in the applicable House and 
Senate rules.
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

  For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader 
of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the 
Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, 
$5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and 
Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, 
$195,000.
  For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, 
$30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

  For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$258,677,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation as 
follows:

                      office of the vice president

  For the Office of the Vice President, $2,907,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

  For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $832,000.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

  For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$359,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

  For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $6,196,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

  For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,876,000.

                      committee on appropriations

  For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $17,900,000.

                         conference committees

  For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman 
of each such committee, $1,891,000 for each such committee; in 
all, $3,782,000.

 offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

  For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $940,000.

                           policy committees

  For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,931,000 for each such committee; 
in all, $3,862,000.

                         office of the chaplain

  For Office of the Chaplain, $598,000.

                        office of the secretary

  For Office of the Secretary, $29,282,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

  For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$108,929,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

  For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $2,126,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

  For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized 
by law, and related expenses, $77,088,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

  For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate, $8,150,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,350,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

  For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,500; 
Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary for 
the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, $30,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

  For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), 
and Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 
1980, $145,615,000, of which $14,561,500 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025.

         u.s. senate caucus on international narcotics control

  For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $552,000.

                        secretary of the senate

  For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$17,515,000, of which $13,254,193 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, and of which $4,260,807 shall remain 
available until expended.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

  For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $171,844,000, of which $160,144,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
for Senate hearing room audiovisual equipment, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $2,500,000 shall be for a 
residential security system program, to remain available until 
expended.

                   sergeant at arms fellowships fund

  For expenses authorized by the Sergeant at Arms Fellowships 
Fund established in section 102 of this Act, $6,277,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                          miscellaneous items

  For miscellaneous items, $27,814,000 which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

  For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$512,000,000, of which $20,128,950 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and of which $7,000,000 shall be allocated 
solely for the purpose of providing financial compensation to 
Senate interns.

                          official mail costs

  For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in senators' official personnel and office 
   expense account to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the 
                              federal debt

  Sec. 101.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated under this Act under the heading 
``SENATE'' under the heading ``Contingent Expenses of the 
Senate'' under the heading ``senators' official personnel and 
office expense account'' shall be available for obligation only 
during the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts 
are made available. Any unexpended balances under such 
allowances remaining after the end of the period of 
availability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance 
with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading 
``GENERAL PROVISION'' under chapter XI of the Third 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used 
for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget 
deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing 
the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the 
Treasury considers appropriate).

    mccain-mansfield and sfc sean cooley and spc christopher horton 
          congressional gold star family fellowships programs

  Sec. 102. (a) Definitions.--In this section--
          (1) the term ``appropriate committees of the Senate'' 
        means the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 
        on Rules and Administration of the Senate;
          (2) the term ``Fellowships Programs'' means the SFC 
        Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional 
        Gold Star Family Fellowship Program (commonly referred 
        to as the ``Green and Gold Congressional Aide 
        Program'') established under Senate Resolution 442 
        (117th Congress), agreed to November 4, 2021, and the 
        McCain-Mansfield Fellowship Program established under 
        Senate Resolution 443 (117th Congress), agreed to 
        November 4, 2021, or any successor program to such 
        programs;
          (3) the term ``Fund'' means the Sergeant at Arms 
        Fellowships Fund established under subsection (b); and
          (4) the term ``Sergeant at Arms'' means the Sergeant 
        at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
  (b) Establishment.--There is established under the heading 
``Contingent Expenses of the Senate'' an account to be known as 
the ``sergeant at arms fellowships fund''.
  (c) Use of Amounts.--
          (1) In general.--Amounts in the Fund shall be 
        available to the Sergeant at Arms for the costs of 
        compensation of fellows under the Fellowships Programs 
        and the administration of the Fellowships Programs, 
        except as provided in paragraph (2).
          (2) Agency contributions.--Agency contributions for 
        the Fellowships Programs shall be paid from the 
        appropriations account for ``Salaries, Officers and 
        Employees'' of the Senate.
  (d) Oversight.--The Sergeant at Arms shall provide to the 
appropriate committees of the Senate--
          (1) a plan regarding the administration of the Fund 
        by the Sergeant at Arms prior to obligation of any 
        funds, to be updated and resubmitted following any 
        changes to the plan; and
          (2) annual reports regarding the costs of the 
        Fellowships Programs paid from the Fund.
  (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Fund for fiscal year 2023, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, such sums as are necessary for the 
compensation of fellows under the Fellowships Programs during 
the fiscal year and for the administration of the Fellowships 
Programs.
  (f) Exclusion for Purposes of Staffing Limits on the Office 
of the Sergeant at Arms.--The payment of compensation to any 
individual serving in a fellowship under the Fellowships 
Programs by the Sergeant at Arms shall not be included for 
purposes of any limitation on staffing levels of the Office of 
the Sergeant at Arms.

        senate democratic leadership offices funding authorities

  Sec. 103. (a) Section 104 of division I of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 6154 note) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``Office of the Assistant Leader'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``office of the 
        designated officer'';
          (2) in subsection (a)--
                  (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``means the 
                117th Congress; and'' and inserting ``means the 
                118th Congress;'';
                  (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and 
                ending on January 3, 2023.'' and inserting 
                ``and ending on January 7, 2025; and''; and
                  (C) by adding at the end the following:
          ``(4) the term `designated officer of the applicable 
        conference' means the member of the leadership of the 
        applicable conference to whom the duties and 
        authorities of the Secretary of the applicable 
        conference are assigned under subsection (b).'';
          (3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
        paragraph (1), by striking ``January 3, 2021, assign to 
        the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference'' and 
        inserting ``January 3, 2023, at the direction of the 
        Chair of the applicable conference, assign to a member 
        of the leadership of the applicable conference''; and
          (4) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``Assistant 
        Leader'' and inserting ``designated officer''.
  (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
on January 3, 2023.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,847,571,000, as follows:

                        House Leadership Offices

  For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $36,560,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $10,499,000, including 
$35,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the 
Majority Floor Leader, $3,730,000, including $15,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $10,499,000, including $17,500 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$3,099,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Minority Whip, $2,809,000, including $5,000 for official 
expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Conference, 
$2,962,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,962,000: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available from 
January 3, 2023 until January 2, 2024.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   including members' clerk hire, official expenses of members, and 
                             official mail

  For Members' representational allowances, including Members' 
clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $810,000,000.

        Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices

  For the allowance established under section 120 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a) 
for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of 
Members of the House of Representatives, $20,638,800, to remain 
available through January 2, 2024: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act, an office of a 
Member of the House of Representatives may use not more than 
$46,800 of the allowance available under this heading during 
legislative year 2023.

   Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices

  For the allowance established under section 113 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 U.S.C. 5106) for 
the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership 
offices, $586,000, to remain available through January 2, 2024: 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$322,300 shall be available for the compensation of interns who 
serve in House leadership offices of the majority, to be 
allocated among such offices by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, and $263,700 shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices 
of the minority, to be allocated among such offices by the 
Minority Floor Leader.

 Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Standing, Special and 
                        Select Committee Offices

  For the allowance established under section 113(a)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-
103) for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of 
standing, special, and select committees (other than the 
Committee on Appropriations), $2,600,000, to remain available 
through January 2, 2024: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $1,300,000 shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in offices of the majority, 
and $1,300,000 shall be available for the compensation of 
interns who serve in offices of the minority, to be allocated 
among such offices by the Chair, in consultation with the 
ranking minority member, of the Committee on House 
Administration.

Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Appropriations Committee 
                                Offices

  For the allowance established under section 113(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-
103) for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of 
the Committee on Appropriations, $463,000: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $231,500 shall be 
available for the compensation of interns who serve in offices 
of the majority, and $231,500 shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in offices of the minority, 
to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, in 
consultation with the ranking minority member, of the Committee 
on Appropriations.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

  For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $180,587,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2024, except that 
$5,800,000 of such amount shall remain available until expended 
for committee room upgrading.

                      Committee on Appropriations

  For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$31,294,000, including studies and examinations of executive 
agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to 
be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for 
reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 
expenses until December 31, 2024.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

  For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $324,057,000, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of 
the Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more than 
$25,000 for official representation and reception expenses, of 
which not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more 
than $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $40,827,000, of 
which $9,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, 
including the position of Superintendent of Garages and the 
Office of Emergency Management, and including not more than 
$3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$38,793,000, of which $22,232,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for 
official representation and reception expenses, $211,572,000, 
of which $25,977,000 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 
$3,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Whistleblower Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Inspector General, $5,138,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,912,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest 
of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official representation 
and reception expenses, $2,184,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 
$3,746,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Legislative Counsel of the House, $13,457,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 
$934,000; for other authorized employees, $744,000: Provided, 
That of the amount made available until expended under this 
heading to the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $4,700,000 shall 
be for activities associated with securing the permanent 
residences of Members of the House of Representatives in the 
congressional districts the Members represent and securing the 
temporary residences of Members in the District of Columbia, 
and may not be transferred or merged under sections 101(b) or 
101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 
U.S.C. 5507(b) and (c)(2)): Provided further, That as used in 
the preceding proviso, the term ``Members of the House of 
Representatives'' shall include a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress.

                        Allowances and Expenses

  For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 
or law, $430,785,200, including: supplies, materials, 
administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $1,555,000; 
official mail for committees, leadership offices, and 
administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
contractor support for actuarial projections, and other 
applicable employee benefits, $387,368,200, to remain available 
until March 31, 2024, except that $37,000,000 of such amount 
shall remain available until expended; salaries and expenses 
for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $22,841,000, of 
which $6,776,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, $5,895,000, to 
remain available until expended; Green and Gold Congressional 
Aide Program, $9,674,000, to remain available until expended; 
Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,762,000; and miscellaneous 
items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and 
operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 
receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of 
the House, $1,500,000.

       House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account

  For the House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives 
Account established under section 115 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That disbursement 
from this account is subject to approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this account shall only be used 
for initiatives recommended by the Select Committee on 
Modernization or approved by the Committee on House 
Administration.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in members' representational allowances to 
      be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt

  Sec. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--members' 
representational allowances'' shall be available only for 
fiscal year 2023. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2023 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
  (b) The Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations 
to carry out this section.
  (c) As used in this section, the term ``Member of the House 
of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

            limitation on amount available to lease vehicles

  Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives to make any payments from any Members' 
Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, 
excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate amount that 
exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.

         cybersecurity assistance for house of representatives

  Sec. 112.  The head of any Federal entity that provides 
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House's 
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecurity 
risks to, and incidents involving, the information systems of 
the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure the 
constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the 
government at all stages of providing the assistance, including 
applying minimization procedures to limit the spread or sharing 
of privileged House and Member information.

                      house intern resource office

  Sec. 113. (a) Establishment; Coordinator.--
          (1) Establishment; coordinator.--There is established 
        in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of 
        the House of Representatives the House Intern Resource 
        Office (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office'').
          (2) Appointment.--The Office shall be headed by the 
        House Intern Resource Coordinator (hereinafter referred 
        to as the ``Coordinator''), who shall be employed by 
        the Chief Administrative Officer in consultation with 
        the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
        on House Administration.
  (b) Duties.--In consultation with the Office of Diversity and 
Inclusion and such other offices as the Coordinator considers 
appropriate, the Office shall--
          (1) provide support services, such as accommodations, 
        training, and professional development, to interns of 
        offices of the House of Representatives;
          (2) serve as a center for resources and best 
        practices for the recruitment, hiring, training, and 
        use of interns by offices of the House of 
        Representatives; and
          (3) gather demographic and other data about interns 
        of offices of the House of Representatives.
  (c) Addressing Inequities in Access to Internships.--In 
carrying out its duties, the Office shall consider inequities 
in access to internships in offices of the House of 
Representatives, and shall consider the viability of 
establishing an intern stipend program for interns from 
underrepresented backgrounds, including those who attend 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal 
Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions 
(HSIs), and other Minority Serving Institutions described in 
section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1067q(a)).
  (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal 
year such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
  (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

     educational assistance and professional development for house 
                               employees

  Sec. 114. (a) Expansion of Student Loan Repayment Program to 
Cover Educational Assistance and Professional Development.--
Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(a)) is amended to read as follows:
  ``(a) Program to Cover Student Loan Repayment, Educational 
Assistance, and Professional Development for House Employees.--
          ``(1) Establishment.--The Chief Administrative 
        Officer shall establish a program under which an 
        employing office of the House of Representatives may 
        agree--
                  ``(A) to repay (by direct payment on behalf 
                of the employee) any student loan previously 
                taken out by an employee of the office;
                  ``(B) to make direct payments on behalf of an 
                employee of the office or to reimburse an 
                employee of the office for expenses paid by the 
                employee for the employee's educational and 
                professional development; and
                  ``(C) to make direct payments on behalf of an 
                employee of the office or to reimburse an 
                employee of the office for credentialing, 
                professional accreditation, professional 
                licensure, and professional certification 
                expenses paid by the employee.
          ``(2) Exclusion of members.--For purposes of this 
        section, a Member of the House of Representatives 
        (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
        Congress) shall not be considered to be an employee of 
        the House of Representatives.''.
  (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to payments made during fiscal year 
2023 or any succeeding fiscal year.

                     house services revolving fund

  Sec. 115. (a) Inclusion of Funds Received From Operation of 
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service.--Section 105(a) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5545(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
          ``(8) The operation of the House Dry Cleaning and 
        Laundry Service.
          ``(9) Other activities related to the operation of 
        services offered by the House of Representatives, as 
        approved by the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives.''.
  (b) Use of Amounts Subject to Notification Provided to 
Committee on Appropriations.--Section 105(b) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 5545(b)) is amended by striking ``which is approved by'' 
and inserting ``upon notification provided by the Chief 
Administrative Officer to''.
  (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.

   clarification of use of child care center revolving fund to staff 
                    training classes and conferences

  Sec. 116. (a) Use of Fund.--Section 312(d)(3)(B) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 
2062(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``The reimbursement of 
individuals employed by the center for the cost of training 
classes and conferences'' and inserting ``The cost of training 
classes and conferences for individuals employed by the 
center''.
  (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.

  availability of authority of executive agencies to use appropriated 
           amounts for child care to house of representatives

  Sec. 117. (a) Availability of Authority.--Section 590(g) of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
          ``(6) Application to house of representatives.--This 
        subsection shall apply with respect to the House of 
        Representatives in the same manner as it applies to an 
        Executive agency, except that--
                  ``(A) the authority granted to the Office of 
                Personnel Management shall be exercised with 
                respect to the House of Representatives by the 
                Speaker of the House of Representatives in 
                accordance with regulations promulgated by the 
                Committee on House Administration; and
                  ``(B) amounts may be made available to 
                implement this subsection with respect to the 
                House of Representatives without advance notice 
                to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                Senate.''.
  (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.

                              JOINT ITEMS

  For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

  For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

  For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$12,948,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives.
  For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

  For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and their 
assistants, including:
          (1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the Attending 
        Physician;
          (2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the Senior 
        Medical Officer;
          (3) an allowance of $900 per month each to three 
        medical officers while on duty in the Office of the 
        Attending Physician;
          (4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assistants 
        and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on 
        the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and
          (5) $2,880,000 for reimbursement to the Department of 
        the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment 
        assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, 
        which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
        appropriation or appropriations from which such 
        salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable 
        and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 
        $4,181,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
        Officer of the House of Representatives.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,702,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

  For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for 
health, retirement, social security, professional liability 
insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $541,730,000 
of which overtime shall not exceed $64,912,000 unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate are 
notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or 
a duly authorized designee: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $16,000,000 shall be available for retention 
bonuses: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $3,450,000 is for agreed upon protection 
activities for Members of Congress and shall be available until 
September 30, 2024, with notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds.

                            General Expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 
vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers, and not more than $5,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
Police in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $192,846,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee, of which 
$6,028,000 shall be for agreed upon protection activities for 
Members of Congress and shall be available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That amounts made available for the Enhanced 
Member Protection Program may be obligated and expended only 
upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Centers for fiscal year 2023 shall be 
paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available 
to the Department of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                      volunteer chaplain services

  Sec. 120. (a) The Chief of the Capitol Police shall have 
authority to accept unpaid religious chaplain services, whereby 
volunteers from multiple faiths, authorized by their respective 
religious endorsing agency or organization, may advise, 
administer, and perform spiritual care and religious guidance 
for Capitol Police employees.
  (b) Chaplains shall not be required to perform any rite, 
ritual, or ceremony, and employees shall not be required to 
receive such rite, ritual, or ceremony, if doing so would 
compromise the conscience, moral principles, or religious 
beliefs of such chaplain or employees or the chaplain's 
endorsing agency or organization.
  (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.
  Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law (except 
section 1341 of title 31, United States Code), hereafter, the 
United States Capitol Police shall perform a threat assessment 
for former Speakers of the House of Representatives, and if 
warranted, any such former Speaker shall receive a United 
States Capitol Police protective detail for a period of not 
more than one year beginning on the date they leave such 
office, except that such former Speaker shall have the option 
to decline such protective detail at any time: Provided, That 
at the conclusion of the one year period, the United States 
Capitol Police shall perform a threat assessment to determine 
whether extension of the protective detail is warranted: 
Provided further, That, the protective detail may be extended 
beyond the initial one year period, with the concurrence of the 
relevant former Speaker, if the United States Capitol Police 
determines that information or conditions, including but not 
limited to violent threats, warrant such protection: Provided 
further, That the United States Capitol Police is authorized to 
enter into Memoranda of Understanding with relevant state and 
local law enforcement agencies, as needed, to carry out this 
section.

                OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation of the 
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $8,000,000, of which 
$2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
of which not more than $1,000 may be expended on the 
certification of the Executive Director in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to 
be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $63,237,000: Provided, 
That the Director shall use not less than $500,000 of the 
amount made available under this heading for (1) improving 
technical systems, processes, and models for the purpose of 
improving the transparency of estimates of budgetary effects to 
Members of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 
public, and (2) to increase the availability of models, 
economic assumptions, and data for Members of Congress, 
employees of Members of Congress, and the public.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                  Capital Construction and Operations

  For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, 
operation, and general and administrative support in connection 
with facilities and activities under the care of the Architect 
of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; electrical 
substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, 
and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of 
the Capitol; including furnishings and office equipment; 
including not more than $5,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the 
Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle, $145,843,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this heading in this Act or any other Act, including previous 
Acts, may be used for a home-to-work vehicle for the Architect 
or a duly authorized designee.

                            Capitol Building

  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, $80,589,000, of which $6,099,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which 
$42,785,000 shall remain available until expended.

                            Capitol Grounds

  For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $16,365,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

                        Senate Office Buildings

  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of 
the Architect of the Capitol, $184,596,000, of which 
$66,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, 
and of which $36,100,000 shall remain available until expended.

                         House Office Buildings

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the House office buildings, $126,279,000, of which 
$14,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, 
and of which $40,600,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the restoration and renovation of the Cannon House Office 
Building: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
House Office Building Fund established under section 176(d) of 
the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (2 U.S.C. 2001 note).

                          Capitol Power Plant

  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and 
sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about 
the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning 
refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; heating the Government Publishing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for 
air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union 
Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 
of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $166,951,000, 
of which $68,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That not more than $10,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2023.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

  For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $144,220,000, of which $108,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027.

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security

  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of 
the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, the 
Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Capitol 
security operations, $402,907,000, of which $346,255,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of 
such amount, $80,000,000 shall be for design and construction 
of enhanced screening vestibules at the north and south Capitol 
Building entrances: Provided further, That of such amount, 
$238,455,000 shall be for the Capitol Complex Security Program: 
Provided further, That amounts made available for the Capitol 
Complex Security Program may be obligated and expended only 
upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

                             Botanic Garden

  For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the 
Library, $23,560,000, of which $8,200,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, the Architect of the 
Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary 
for the maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden 
established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 
approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a duly authorized 
designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

  For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol 
Visitor Center, $27,692,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

       no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget

  Sec. 130.  None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or 
award payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs 
for which the contractor is behind schedule or over budget, 
unless the Architect of the Capitol, or agency-employed 
designee, 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.

           reauthorization of fallen heroes flag act of 2016

  Sec. 131.  Section 5 of the Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016 (2 
U.S.C. 1881c) is amended by striking ``through 2022'' and 
inserting ``through 2028''.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
Library buildings; information technology services provided 
centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of 
uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the 
Library; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife 
Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog 
records and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income 
of any trust fund held by the Board, $582,529,000, and, in 
addition, amounts credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 2023 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 
Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the 
Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more than 
$18,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses, including for the Overseas Field Offices: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$12,245,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Teaching with Primary Sources program: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $1,459,000 shall remain 
available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch 
Financial Management System: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the 
program and facilitate a greater number of donations to 
eligible entities across the United States: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $3,976,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Veterans History Project to 
continue digitization efforts of already collected materials, 
reach a greater number of veterans to record their stories, and 
promote public access to the Project: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $1,500,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the COVID-19 American History 
Project.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

  For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$100,674,000, of which not more than $39,702,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2023 under 
sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under such section in excess 
of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
$7,210,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
2023 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of 
such title: Provided further, That the total amount available 
for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $46,912,000: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office 
of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws 
and policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses for activities of the International Copyright 
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 
seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provision 
of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any amounts made 
available under this heading which are attributable to royalty 
fees and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for 
the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright 
Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of 
salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and 
staff under section 802(e).

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

  For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution 
of the United States of America, $133,600,000: Provided, That 
no part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or expense 
in connection with any publication, or preparation of material 
therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be 
issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided further, 
That this prohibition does not apply to publication of non-
confidential Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: 
Provided further, That a non-confidential CRS product includes 
any written product containing research or analysis that is 
currently available for general congressional access on the CRS 
Congressional Intranet, or that would be made available on the 
CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business and 
does not include material prepared in response to Congressional 
requests for confidential analysis or research.

       National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

  For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $58,657,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall 
be available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and 
print disabled residents at no cost to the individual.

                       Administrative Provisions

               reimbursable and revolving fund activities

  Sec. 140. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2023, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$308,554,000.
  (b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection (a) 
are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
appropriations Acts for the Legislative Branch.

  use of appropriated funds to cover salaries of certain personnel of 
                little scholars child development center

  Sec. 141. (a) Use of Funds.--Section 210 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 162b) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``pay to the 
        Library of Congress'' and inserting ``except as 
        provided in subsection (g), pay to the Library of 
        Congress'';
          (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
        (h); and
          (3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 
        new subsection:
  ``(g) Reimbursement for Certain Compensation.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subsection (f), in the case of 
expenses described in such paragraph which are attributable to 
the compensation of the Executive Director and Deputy Executive 
Director of the Center, the Librarian of Congress may reimburse 
the Center for such expenses from amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for salaries and expenses of the 
Library of Congress.''.
  (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding 
fiscal year.

                      GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

                        Congressional Publishing

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For authorized publishing of congressional information and 
the distribution of congressional information in any format; 
publishing of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed to Members of Congress; and publishing, and 
distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipient, $82,992,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for 
paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional 
Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners 
or Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 
under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any 
other Act for printing and binding and related services 
provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States 
Code, may be expended to print a document, report, or 
publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date 
that such document, report, or publication is authorized by 
Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended 
balances of expired discretionary funds made available under 
this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading 
``Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving 
Fund'' no 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, to be available for carrying 
out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United 
States Code, this appropriation may be used to prepare indexes 
to the Congressional Record on only a monthly and session 
basis.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For expenses of the public information programs of the Office 
of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the 
cataloging and indexing of Government publications in any 
format, and their distribution to the public, Members of 
Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository 
and international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 
$35,257,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 
from current year appropriations are authorized for producing 
and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
publications for the preceding two fiscal years to depository 
and other designated libraries: Provided further, That 
unobligated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 
funds made available under this heading in this Act for this 
fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds under 
the heading ``Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund'' no 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, to be available for 
carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.

    Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

  For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund, $11,605,000, to remain available 
until expended, for information technology development and 
facilities repair: Provided, That the Government Publishing 
Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds available and in accordance 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 and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for the Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 
$7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That 
the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for 
the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 
vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 
with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director 
of the Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary 
to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That 
activities financed through the Business Operations Revolving 
Fund may provide information in any format: Provided further, 
That the Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds 
provided under the heading ``Public Information Programs of the 
Superintendent of Documents'' may not be used for contracted 
security services at Government Publishing Office's passport 
facility in the District of Columbia.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and 
(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $790,319,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, in addition, 
$55,865,000 of payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, 
and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this heading and appropriations for 
administrative expenses of any other department or agency which 
is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as 
determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel 
expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 
payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 
are initially financed.

         CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND

  For a payment to the Congressional Office for International 
Leadership Fund for financing activities of the Congressional 
Office for International Leadership under section 313 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$6,000,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 
Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging in 
free market development, humanitarian activities, and civic 
engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the central 
government of Russia.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

  For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the 
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and 
Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                                TITLE II

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                maintenance and care of private vehicles

  Sec. 201.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, 
except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided 
under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House 
of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 
Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on 
Rules and Administration.

                         fiscal year limitation

  Sec. 202.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2023 
unless expressly so provided in this Act.

                 rates of compensation and designation

  Sec. 203.  Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 
Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 
compensation or designation of any office or position 
appropriated for is different from that specifically 
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the 
designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the 
various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and 
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and 
clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of 
Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.

                          consulting services

  Sec. 204.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
under 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 under existing law.

         costs of legislative branch financial managers council

  Sec. 205.  Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by 
the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among 
all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
may not exceed $2,000.

                        limitation on transfers

  Sec. 206.  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 appropriation Act.

                      guided tours of the capitol

  Sec. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in 
this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of 
the United States Capitol which are led by employees and 
interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices of 
the House of Representatives and Senate, unless through 
regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol 
Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)).
  (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of 
the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States 
Capitol which are led by employees and interns described in 
subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise 
subject to restriction for security or related reasons to the 
same extent as guided tours of the United States Capitol which 
are led by the Architect of the Capitol.

         limitation on telecommunications equipment procurement

  Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire 
telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies 
Company or ZTE Corporation for a high 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, office, or other 
entity acquiring the equipment or system has--
          (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the 
        information systems against criteria developed by NIST 
        to inform acquisition decisions for high or 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 Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and
          (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 
        conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage 
        or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such 
        telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or 
        moderate impact 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 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 and supply 
        chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy 
        for any identified risks;
          (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition 
        of such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a 
        high or moderate impact system is in the vital national 
        security interest of the United States; and
          (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate in a manner that identifies the 
        telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or 
        moderate impact system intended for acquisition and a 
        detailed description of the mitigation strategies 
        identified in paragraph (1), provided that such report 
        may include a classified annex as necessary.

              prohibition on certain operational expenses

  Sec. 209. (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 or 
other official government activities.

                        plastic waste reduction

  Sec. 210.  All agencies and offices funded by this Act that 
contract with a food service provider or providers shall confer 
and coordinate with such food service provider or providers, in 
consultation with disability advocacy groups, to eliminate or 
reduce plastic waste, including waste from plastic straws, 
explore the use of biodegradable items, and increase recycling 
and composting opportunities.

                   capitol complex health and safety

  Sec. 211.  In addition to the amounts appropriated under this 
Act under the heading ``Office of the Attending Physician'', 
there is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Attending 
Physician $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
response to COVID-19, including testing, subject to the same 
terms and conditions as the amounts appropriated under such 
heading.
  This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2023''.

    [Clerk's note.--Reproduced below is the material relating 
to division I contained in the Explanatory Statement regarding 
H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.\1\]
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on
December 20, 2022 by Mr. Leahy of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. The statement appears on page S9199 of 
Book II.
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        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

    The following is an explanation of the effects of Division 
I, which makes appropriations for the legislative branch for 
fiscal year 2023. The joint explanatory statement accompanying 
this division is approved and indicates congressional intent. 
Unless otherwise noted, the language set forth in House Report 
117-389 carries the same weight as language included in this 
joint explanatory statement and shall be complied with unless 
specifically addressed to the contrary in this joint 
explanatory statement. While some language is repeated for 
emphasis, this explanatory statement does not intend to negate 
the language referred to above unless expressly provided 
herein.
    All legislative branch agencies are directed to follow 
prior year directives adopted in Public Law 117-103, on 
``Reprogramming Guidelines'', ``Full-Time Equivalents'', 
``Science and Technology Assistance for Congress'', and ``Zero-
Based Budgeting''.
    Congressional Requirements for Legislative Branch Cyber and 
Physical Data Security.--In lieu of the House language on 
``Congressional Requirements for Legislative Branch Cyber and 
Physical Data Security'', the Committees reiterate that 
legislative branch agencies should consider proactive steps to 
protect critical Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, 
including the prevention of cyberattacks, secure data storage, 
and ensuring continuity of government operations. The 
Committees recommend that, as part of their production, 
redundant and backup network architecture solutions, 
legislative branch agencies should utilize computing and cloud 
facilities designed for concurrent maintainability (equivalent 
to ANSI/TIA-942-A or Uptime Institute Tier III standards and 
industry best practices) and consider geographic diversity.
    Cybersecurity for the Legislative Branch.--The agreement 
includes funding requested by legislative branch agencies in 
fiscal year 2023 to strengthen cyber defenses.
    Motorized Micromobility Devices on Capitol Grounds.--
Dockless commercial scooters, or e-scooters, and other 
motorized devices for rent have grown as a commuting option for 
congressional staffers, tourists, and other visitors to the 
District of Columbia and Capitol Grounds. However, pursuant to 
the Traffic Regulations for the United States Capitol Grounds, 
commercial dockless scooters remain prohibited on Capitol 
Grounds. The agreement notes that the 2021 Terms and Conditions 
established by the District of Columbia Department of 
Transportation (DDOT) have been modified for commercial 
dockless scooter vendors and these Terms and Conditions now 
require commercial dockless scooter vendors to install 
geofencing on their vehicles to ensure that commercial dockless 
scooters do not enter onto Capitol Grounds consistent with 
Traffic Regulations for the United States Capitol Grounds 
prohibitions. The United States Capitol Police (USCP), 
Sergeants at Arms (SAA), and Architect of the Capitol (AOC) are 
expected to continue expanding outreach efforts to dockless 
scooter and bicycle companies and DDOT, and to work to better 
educate users, including congressional staff, District 
residents, and visitors on the appropriate operation of 
commercial dockless scooters and bicycles on Capitol Grounds. 
This may include exploring the feasibility of installing shared 
scooter docking points, including hubs for parking and 
charging, at designated locations adjacent to campus as 
determined by USCP, SAAs, and the AOC to ensure rider 
convenience while not creating a public safety risk on Capitol 
Grounds.
    Offices of Inspectors General (OIG) Budgets.--Ensuring 
independence between legislative branch OIGs and their 
respective reporting agencies is important. Agencies are 
expected to include a separate section reflecting a detailed 
budget request for their OIGs within their fiscal year 2024 
budget justifications. Each OIG is directed to keep the 
Committees fully apprised of its funding needs. In addition, 
each agency is directed to avoid interference with or require 
approval for such communications between the OIG and the 
Committees.
    Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act.--The Good 
Accounting Obligation in Government Act, or GAO-IG Act (Public 
Law 115-414) requires that each Federal agency, including the 
agencies of the legislative branch, include an accounting of 
any public recommendations by the GAO or the agency's OIG that 
have not yet been implemented, and the timeframe for 
implementation. It is expected that each agency in this bill 
include such a report in its fiscal year 2024 congressional 
budget justification.
    Internal Controls to Prevent Fraud, Waste or Abuse within 
the Legislative Branch.--All legislative branch agencies are 
directed to develop internal controls procedures designed to 
identify potential risk areas within the agency and to 
communicate the expected internal controls procedures to be 
implemented throughout the agency to prevent instances of 
fraud, waste, or abuse. These policies must be implemented 
consistent with the authorities of the inspector generals and 
established Federal laws, rules, and regulations.
    Implementation of Recommendations Issued by Oversight 
Entities.--Each legislative branch agency is directed to 
address recommendations from oversight entities, such as the 
GAO and OIGs, in a timely manner and to request resources, as 
appropriate, to fully implement these recommendations. In 
addition, each legislative branch agency is directed to provide 
a summary of all open oversight recommendations within the 
agency's annual budget justifications, to include reasons for 
the recommendation remaining open and cost proposals for fully 
implementing each unresolved oversight recommendation.
    Single-Use Plastics and Other Sustainability Efforts.--
Reducing the use of single-use plastic products, as well as 
other recyclable waste, on the Capitol Grounds is critical. The 
AOC, SAAs, the Secretary of the Senate, Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House (CAO) and USCP are directed to identify 
the types of single-use plastic products currently used within 
their operations and for what purposes; develop recommendations 
on alternative products, including reuse and refill options; 
and report within 60 days of enactment of this Act to the 
Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration and the Committee on House Administration on 
these findings and the associated costs of implementing said 
recommendations.
    Further, the AOC and USCP are taking commendable actions to 
implement outdoor recycling programs on Capitol Grounds while 
maintaining the security of the Capitol complex. The AOC is 
encouraged to work with the USCP to find additional locations 
where garbage and recycling cans can be co-located and clearly 
marked on the Capitol Grounds without impacting security 
operations. In addition, AOC is encouraged to continue to 
explore options from within existing resources for composting 
and food waste reduction with interested legislative branch 
entities.
    Use of Government Vehicles.--Legislative branch agencies 
are reminded that Federal government vehicles are to be 
utilized for official government business only and are not to 
be used for general personal use. All legislative branch 
agencies are directed to implement policies regarding the 
acquisition and use of Federal government vehicles, including 
price limitations, equipment installation, and lifecycle 
replacement procedures.
    Further, all legislative branch agencies are required to 
implement internal controls over home-to-work vehicle programs 
where vehicles are issued to employees for the purposes of 
responding to their assignment to fulfil an official duty in a 
timely manner. These controls shall include an 
annualrecertification of home-to-work justifications for any vehicle 
assigned to agency personnel for this purpose. This process should also 
include the justification for the issuance of the home-to-work vehicle, 
the estimated roundtrip mileage for the vehicle to and from the 
employee's residence on a daily basis, and the estimated cost to the 
agency resulting from the assignment of the vehicle.

                                TITLE I

                                 Senate

    The agreement includes $1,150,349,000 for Senate 
operations. This relates solely to the Senate and is in 
accordance with long practice under which each body determines 
its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
intervention. Any change from the allocation of funds in the 
subaccounts within this appropriation is subject to the 
approval of the Senate Committee.

              OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

    The agreement provides $6,196,000 for the offices of the 
majority and minority leaders to be equally divided.

               OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

    The agreement provides $3,876,000 for the offices of the 
majority and minority whips to be equally divided.

                         CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

    The chairman of each conference committee may transfer to 
or from amounts provided for salaries of each conference to the 
account for conference committee expenses within the 
``Miscellaneous Items'' appropriation.

 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE 
                       CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

    The agreement provides $940,000 for the majority and 
minority conference secretaries to be divided equally.

                           POLICY COMMITTEES

    The chairman of each policy committee may transfer to or 
from amounts provided for salaries of each policy committee to 
the account for policy committee expenses within the 
``Miscellaneous Items'' appropriation.

                         OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

    The Office of the Chaplain may transfer to or from amounts 
provided for salaries to the account for expenses within the 
``Miscellaneous Items'' appropriation.

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

    The agreement provides Salaries funds to the Secretary of 
the Senate without apportionment in the interest of 
facilitating financial management duties and restructuring that 
occurs from time to time. The Senate Committee expects to be 
notified in writing in a timely manner of any changes to the 
staffing levels, distribution of staff, or related funding.

             OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

    The agreement provides funding to enhance the IT help desk 
experience in the Senate; continue implementation of a Unified 
Communications system; and fully support the continued 
initiative to expand the Senate's cybersecurity capabilities. 
The SAA is directed to update the Senate Committee regularly as 
the Cybersecurity Department develops its Senate cyber defense 
strategic plan.
    The agreement provides these funds to the Sergeant at Arms 
without apportionment in the interest of facilitating financial 
management duties and restructuring that occurs from time to 
time. The Senate Committee expects to be notified in writing in 
a timely manner of any changes to the staffing levels, 
distribution of staff, or related funding.
    Security and Emergency Preparedness.--The SAA is expected 
to continue increasing its outreach efforts to offices to 
improve security coordination and emergency preparedness.
    Employee Assistance Program.--The agreement fully funds the 
requested increase for SAA to expand resources, including 
adding counselors and developing website services, to meet 
increased demand and support the mental and emotional health 
needs and wellbeing of the Senate community.
    Office Cybersecurity.--The SAA is expected to utilize funds 
provided for fiscal year 2023 to conduct third-party 
cybersecurity auditing services and resiliency assessments for 
all Senate offices and committees to protect the privacy and 
integrity of office networks; provide enhanced cybersecurity 
training for each Senate office; institute protections against 
insider threats; and institute and operationalize enhanced 
privacy protections within the Senate network.

        OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

    The agreement provides $2,126,000 for the offices of the 
secretaries for the majority and minority to be equally 
divided.

            OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

    The agreement provides $8,150,000 for the Office of 
Legislative Counsel of the Senate, which will allow the office 
to hire three attorneys in fiscal year 2023.

                        SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

    The Secretary of the Senate shall provide semi-annual 
updates to the Senate Committee on FMIS progress, challenges 
and stakeholder feedback starting within 90 days of enactment 
of this Act.
    The Senate Committee provides these funds to the Secretary 
of the Senate without apportionment in the interest of 
facilitating financial management duties and restructuring that 
occurs from time to time. The Senate Committee expects 
notification in writing in a timely manner of any cumulative 
changes in excess of 10 percent to the funding levels between 
programs, projects, or activities.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

             SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

    The Senate Committee provides these funds to the Sergeant 
at Arms without apportionment in the interest of facilitating 
financial management duties and restructuring that occurs from 
time to time. The Senate Committee expects to be notified in 
writing in a timely manner of any cumulative changes in excess 
of 10 percent to the funding levels between programs, projects, 
or activities.
    Hearing Room Audiovisual Equipment.--The agreement provides 
$5,000,000 in no-year funding to partially or fully renovate 
two to four hearing rooms per year, as per the request. The SAA 
is expected to continue working with the Architect of the 
Capitol and the Committees on Appropriations and Rules and 
Administration to develop a replacement plan to avoid equipment 
failure.
    Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) System.--The 
SAA is directed to continue providing semi-annual updates to 
the Senate Committee on the development and implementation of 
the UCC system.
    Training to ``Stop the Bleed''.--The Senate Committee 
commends the SAA Office of Security, Emergency Preparedness and 
Continuity's continued utilization of ``Stop the Bleed'' 
training on the Capitol campus and SAA is encouraged to 
continue to do so.
    Congressional Staff Directory.--The SAA is directed, in 
consultation with relevant support offices and agencies, 
including the Office of the Clerk and Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives, to explore the 
creation of a centrally-managed staff directory for Congress 
and congressional support agencies. Within 120 days of 
enactment of this Act, SAA shall brief the Senate Committee on 
the feasibility of creating a centralized congressional staff 
directory.
    Cyber Tools.--The SAA is directed to evaluate and provide a 
briefing within 180 days of enactment of this Act to the Senate 
Committee on the feasibility of Member office and committee use 
of cloud-based word processing and document real-time 
collaboration tools in a SAA-hosted and Chief Information 
Officer-operated data center.
    Cyber Care Education for Senators and Staff.--The SAA 
shall, in coordination with this Committee, the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration, and Senate majority and 
minority leadership, continue to explore ways--including the 
options presented in the bipartisan Senators' Personal 
Cybersecurity Working Group's report--in which it may better 
provide voluntary cybersecurity support to any Senator seeking 
assistance with their personal devices or accounts under 
existing ethics, rules, appropriations, statutory, and civil 
law. The SAA is directed to provide increased training 
opportunities so that members and staff traveling abroad are 
aware of cyber threats and appropriate best practices to 
mitigate such threats to their devices, and to brief this 
Committee on whether members and staff are utilizing these 
awareness tools.
    Sergeant at Arms Fellowships Fund.--The agreement provides 
$6,277,000 to establish the McCain-Mansfield Fellowship 
Program, established under Senate Resolution 443 (117th 
Congress), and the SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton 
Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program, established 
under Senate Resolution 442 (117th Congress). Rather than 
provide this funding as requested in the fiscal year budget 
request, as amended, as part of the expenses of the Office of 
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, the Committee provides a 
separate funding account and parameters for expenditures under 
section 102 of this Act. The SAA shall submit a spending plan 
to the Committee within 60 days of enactment of this Act 
detailing how the agency intends to allocate fiscal year 2023 
funds.
    Miscellaneous Items.--The agreement provides $27,814,000 
for miscellaneous items to remain available until September 30, 
2025. Any deviation of more than 10 percent cumulatively from 
the stated levels for each item will require the customary 
prior approval of the Senate Committee.
    The following table sets forth the apportionment of funds 
under this appropriation:
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    Senate Employees' Child Care Center.--The Committee 
acknowledges that Congress may only provide funding for 
employee benefits and travel expenses for employee training 
activities for the Senate Employees' Child Care Center (SECCC), 
and the reimbursement of salaries for the executive director 
and assistant director of the center, which are provided for 
and fully funded in this Act. The Committee further 
acknowledges that funds for all other employees' salaries and 
operational expenses are paid by the Center's operating budget 
and cannot be supplemented with appropriated funds. 
Furthermore, the Committee understands these payments will free 
up the Center's operating budget to provide salary increases 
for all day care faculty, allowing the Center to pay its staff 
competitive salaries comparable with the House of 
Representatives Child Care Center.
    Consultants Including Agency Contributions.--The agreement 
provides authority for the appointment and payment of 
consultants not to exceed the daily rate for maximum standing 
committee rate. All of the consultants may be appointed at an 
annual rate of compensation not to exceed the maximum annual 
rate for a standing committee. The following summarizes the 
current authority and limitations:
     Majority Leader.--Twelve consultants.
     Minority Leader.--Twelve consultants.
     Legislative Counsel (Subject to President Pro 
Tempore Approval).--Two consultants.
     President Pro Tempore.--Three consultants.
     President Pro Tempore Emeritus.--One consultant.
    Senate Employees' Child Care Center Agency Contributions.--
The agreement provides for the payment of agency contribution 
costs as authorized by Public Law 102-90, approved August 14, 
1991, and Public Law 103-50, approved July 2, 1993, for 
employees of the Senate Employees' Child Care Center.
    Senate Employees' Child Care Center Reimbursement of 
Salaries.--The agreement provides for the reimbursement costs 
to the Senate Employees' Child Care Center for the basic pay 
paid to theExecutive Director and for the basic pay paid to the 
Assistant Director of the Center, as authorized by Senate Resolution 
329, approved July 29, 2021.
    Senate Employees' Child Care Center Training Classes and 
Conference Costs.--The agreement provides for the reimbursement 
of any individual employed by the Senate Employees' Child Care 
Center for the cost of training classes and conferences in 
connection with the provision of child care services and for 
travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred in 
connection with the training classes and conferences, as 
authorized by Public Law 104-197, approved September 16, 1996.
    Student Loan Repayment Program.--The agreement provides 
$9,800,000 for the repayment of student loans, for eligible 
employees at the discretion of the employing office, to enhance 
recruitment and retention of Senate staff.
    Enhanced Member Protection.--The Senate Sergeant at Arms is 
directed to develop a residential security system program 
designed to allow Senators, at their discretion, to 
participate. The program is focused on assisting in mitigating 
increased risks to the physical security of Senators' 
residences both in the District of Columbia and in their home 
states. The agreement provides a total of $2,500,000 to be 
available until expended for the development and administration 
of a residential security system program.
    The residential security system program, via threat 
assessments, shall identify threats and risks vulnerabilities 
on the residences of Senators. The program will be administered 
under memorandums of understanding with each Senate office that 
elects to participate. The MOU shall govern the security system 
options recommended to mitigate identified risks, the terms of 
the installation, funding, monitoring and maintenance of the 
system. The costs for the respective residential security 
systems shall be at the participating Senator's expense through 
the use of personal or campaign funds. If a Senator certifies 
that personal or campaign funding is unavailable to address the 
threat assessment recommendations, the Sergeant at Arms may, on 
a case-by-case basis, utilize available residential security 
system no year funds to address remaining requirements.
    Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the Senate 
Sergeant at Arms shall provide to the Committee, details 
regarding the administration of the program including the 
process by which the Sergeant at Arms will make determinations 
when to utilize no year funding.

        SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

    The following table illustrates the several components of 
the SOPOEA.
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    Senate Intern Compensation.--The agreement includes 
$7,000,000 for the sole purpose of providing financial 
compensation to interns.
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                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    The agreement includes provisions that require that amounts 
remaining in the Senators' Official Personnel and Office 
Expense Account be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the 
Federal debt, establish appropriations for the Senate Sergeant 
at Arms Fellowships Fund, also known as the McCain-Mansfield 
and SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional 
Gold Star Family Fellowships Programs, and amend funding 
authorities in Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 for Senate Democratic Leadership offices.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    The agreement includes $1,847,571,000 for House operations. 
This item relates solely to the House and is in accordance with 
long practice under which each body determines its own 
housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
intervention. The language included in House Report 117-389 
should be complied with and carry the same emphasis as the 
language included in the explanatory statement, unless 
specifically addressed to the contrary in this explanatory 
statement.
    Housing of U.S. House of Representatives Interns.--The 
agreement modifies the reporting date included in House Report 
117-389 by instead directing the House Intern Resource Office 
to provide the list of intern housing resources and findings by 
not later than 180 days after the establishment of the House 
Intern Resource Office.
    Lobbyist Disclosure Unique Identifier.--The agreement 
modifies the direction included in House Report 117-389 within 
the Office of the Clerk for the Lobbyist Disclosure Unique 
Identifier. The agreement instead provides $1,400,000 to the 
House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account for 
the Lobbyist Disclosure Unique Identifier.
    House Center for Well-Being.--The agreement modifies the 
direction included in House Report 117-389 to notify the 
Committee within 30 days in advance of contract awards. The 
agreement instead directs the House Center for Well-Being and 
the Office of Employee Assistance to provide monthly updates on 
the Center's plans and program offerings to staff.
    House Information Websites.--The agreement modifies the 
direction included in House Report 117-389 for the House 
Information Resource Office and instead, directs the 
Congressional Data Task Force, in coordination with relevant 
stakeholders, to submit a report, no later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, on the feasibility and cost of (1) 
centralizing congressional information websites on one 
platform; (2) improving user accessibility for persons with 
disabilities and non-English speakers; (3) developing 
educational resources for the public on how to find 
congressional information; and (4) improving the current user 
interface.
    Supervisory Training Development.--The agreement modifies 
the direction included in House Report 117-389. The Office of 
Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is directed to coordinate with 
the Congressional Staff Academy to develop an ongoing 
curriculum for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility 
training for managers and supervisors, which can be held 
quarterly. ODI and the Congressional Staff Academy are directed 
to brief the House Committee on Appropriations on a bi-monthly 
basis on their efforts towards creating such a curriculum, 
until such curriculum is developed.
    Extension of Staff Benefits.--The Committee commends the 
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Task Force on a Diverse and 
Talented House Workforce for providing the House Staff Benefits 
and Retention Study as well as further detailed research on 
implementing various employee benefit programs. The agreement 
provides the House authority to use appropriated funds for a 
childcare subsidy program. The CAO Task Force on a Diverse and 
Talented House Workforce, in coordination with the Committee on 
House Administration, shall work to develop a House Child Care 
Subsidy Program that provides childcare subsidies for House 
staffers who do not use the House of Representatives Child Care 
Center. The Task Force shall provide details for the program 
along with an implementation plan to the House Committee on 
Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    The agreement provides for unspent amounts remaining in the 
Members' Representational Allowances (MRA) account to be used 
for deficit or debt reduction; places a limitation on the 
amount available to lease vehicles; limits the sharing of House 
information by Federal entities; establishes a House Intern 
Resource Office; expands the authorities of the House Student 
Loan Program; amends the House Services Revolving Fund; 
clarifies the use of the Child Care Center Revolving Fund; and 
provides authority for a child care subsidy program.

                              JOINT ITEMS

                        Joint Economic Committee

    The agreement includes $4,283,000 for salaries and 
expenses.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    The agreement includes $12,948,000 for salaries and 
expenses.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    The agreement includes $4,181,000.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $1,702,000 for salaries and 
expenses.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                SALARIES

    The agreement includes $541,730,000 for salaries of the 
United States Capitol Police (USCP), of which $3,450,000 shall 
be for agreed upon protection activities for Members of 
Congress and shall be available until September 30, 2024, with 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 
obligation of funds. No more than $64,912,000 is provided for 
overtime in fiscal year 2023.
    Enhanced Member Protection.--The Committees recognize the 
emerging mission requirements for the United States Capitol 
Police, especially in the area of Member protection resulting 
from increased threats and directions of interest toward 
Senators and House Members. In light of this, the Committees 
continue to find that ensuring the continuity of government 
must include protecting the physical security of Members of 
Congress both in the District of Columbia and in their home 
states, districts and territories. The agreement provides a 
total of $9,478,000, which includes $3,450,000 for Salaries and 
$6,028,000 for General Expenses to support the Department's 
recommendations to enhance Member protection including 
providing a security program for Congressional Leadership, 
expanding Dignitary Protection Division services and expanding 
USCP field office presence.
    In order to better define the impact of the emerging 
mission on the Department's operations, the Committees provide 
$1,000,000 in General Expenses for the development of a 
comprehensive Concept of Operations Plan. This plan should 
include, but is not limited to: defined mission requirements, 
both current and projected; validated post requirements; the 
construct of necessary departmental entities to support the 
mission, to include projected reorganizations; resulting sworn 
and civilian staffing requirements; sworn official and civilian 
leadership requirements; mandatory training requirements and 
professional skills development requirements; projected 
staffing levels and commensurate additional duty projections to 
meet the mission; areas for contracted support to the mission, 
to include the future use of contracted Capitol Security 
Officers or other like resources; the use of technology to meet 
mission requirements; and a comprehensive mitigation plan to 
address and mitigate threats and directions of interest against 
Members. The plan shall be completed not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act. The Department shall 
provide updates on its progress to develop a Concept of 
Operations plan monthly to the Committees.
    Risk-Based Protections for Members of Congress.--The 
agreement provides $2,000,000 in Salaries for the Department to 
provide Member security outside of the Capitol campus in the 
National Capital Region (NCR), as warranted by risk-based 
analyses. The USCP is expected to continue working closely with 
the House and Senate SAAs and law enforcement partners in the 
NCR, as well as educating Member offices, on USCP's strategy 
for Members' protection within the NCR while off the Capitol 
Grounds, per the December 2018 report detailing the 
Department's plans to enhance off-campus Member security in the 
NCR.
    Mutual Aid Reimbursement.--USCP is directed to continue to 
expand the use of other Federal, state and local law 
enforcement entities through reimbursable mutual aid agreements 
and to ensure collaborative two-way sharing of critical 
information to meet mission requirements. The Department is 
encouraged to further expand the use of regionally-based 
Department personnel to focus efforts of addressing threats 
against Members and their families.
    State and Local Law Enforcement Reimbursement.--The 
Department is reminded to continue making earnest efforts to 
increase outreach on mutual aid agreements. The Department is 
directed to issue a report to the Committees within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act on the mutual aid reimbursement costs 
compared to providing personal security details for Members, 
options for enhancing security for Members and staff working in 
their districts through mutual aid, and the USCP outreach 
efforts to date on mutual aid.
    Contract Security Officers.--The Department is directed to 
submit to the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act a report on the performance of contract Capitol Security 
Officers' (CSO) ability to assist the USCP with meeting mission 
requirements. The report should be placed in the respective 
House and Senate security offices for viewing by authorized 
representatives of the Committees and should include decisional 
metrics for CSO location utilization and the benefits of 
supporting sworn officers. The report must detail any 
additional security training that may be needed in future 
contracts and the background check process. Additionally, the 
report is required to detail the estimated cost savings for 
using CSOs.
    Reopening the Capitol Campus.--Reopening the Capitol campus 
safely to the public is the Committees' priority. The 
Department is directed to provide the Committees, within 30 
days after the enactment of this Act, a written reopening plan, 
to include a list of post/mission requirements with identified 
protection/security activity, sworn staffing requirements, 
Capitol Security Officer staffing requirements, additional duty 
requirements, and other resources needed to reopen the Capitol 
campus to its pre-pandemic posture, factoring in any additional 
requirements resulting from January 6, 2021, and increasing 
threats against Members of Congress. Further, the Department 
shall provide an update to the Committees every 30 days on the 
resources available to staff those posts and challenges that 
impact the proposed reopening plan. Lastly, the plan should 
include a proposed timeline for reopening, understanding that 
fluctuations in hiring occur, as well as additional security 
requirements, and can alter the schedule. As the plan will 
include law enforcement sensitive information, it should be 
made available within the respective House and Senate security 
offices to be viewed by authorized representatives of the 
Committees.
    Responses to USCP OIG Recommendations.--When responding to 
recommendations detailed in USCP OIG reports, the Department is 
expected to develop cost proposals for each recommendation to 
better inform the Committees on what resources would be 
required to implement the recommendations, such as 
organizational realignment, changes in position descriptions, 
increased personnel, reassignment of existing personnel, and 
additional training and equipment.
    USCP Office of Inspector General.--The agreement includes 
funds to support not less than 12 full-time equivalent (FTE) 
within the USCP OIG.

                            GENERAL EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $192,846,000 for general expenses of 
the Capitol Police, of which $6,028,000 shall be for agreed 
upon protection activities for Members of Congress and shall be 
available until September 30, 2025.
    Arrest Summary Data.--The Committees commend the USCP for 
their progress toward compliance with a directive to post 
arrest summary information in a user-friendly format that is 
searchable, sortable, downloadable, and is available on a 
cumulative basis. The Committees thank the Department for their 
briefing on arrest summary data. Furthermore, the Department is 
directed to submit a report of arrests made both on the Capitol 
complex and the surrounding Capitol Hill community on a 
quarterly basis to the Committee.
    USCP Information Sharing.--The Department is encouraged to 
continue increasing its efforts to communicate with Members of 
Congress, congressional employees, and the public about events 
occurring around the Capitol complex in a manner that is 
consistent with and does not interfere with its primary mission 
of protecting the Congress and the legislative process.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    The agreement includes provisions to establish authorities 
for volunteer chaplain services and additional protective 
details.

                OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $8,000,000 for salaries and 
expenses, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $63,237,000 for salaries and 
expenses. The Congressional Budget Office is directed to follow 
prior year directives adopted in Public Law 117-103, on 
``Promoting Transparency and Responsiveness''. As with prior 
year budget submissions, the Committees expect CBO to include 
in its fiscal year 2024 budget request details about the 
agency's ongoing and future efforts to implement the multi-year 
plan to increase its capacity to make CBO's work as transparent 
and responsive as possible.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

    The agreement includes $1,315,002,000 for the activities of 
the Architect of the Capitol (AOC).
    AOC Vehicle Usage.--The AOC is required to comply with 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and, as such, limited by the statutory controls 
over motor vehicle acquisition and use, including price 
limitation, equipment, and replacement of motor vehicles, and 
per regulations set forth by the General Services 
Administration (GSA). The AOC is also expected to adhere to GSA 
regulations on official use of agency vehicles to perform AOC's 
mission, including proper identification of the vehicle as 
Federal government-issued and -owned, as well as home-to-work 
policies. None of the fund's appropriated under this Act or any 
other Act, including previous Acts, may be used for a home-to-
work vehicle for the Architect of the Capitol or a duly 
authorized designee.
    AOC Office of Inspector General.--Within the total, the 
agreement provides no less than $6,110,000 for the AOC OIG. The 
agreement includes the request of $495,000 for 3 additional 
FTE. The Committees also direct the AOC to ensure that 
sufficient funding is available for contracts and other 
expenses identified by the AOC OIG to fulfill its mission. 
Finally, the Committees reiterate that the independence of the 
AOC OIG is of the utmost importance.

                  Capital Construction and Operations

    The agreement includes $145,843,000 for Capital 
Construction and Operations.
    Medical Surveillance.--The recommendation includes $317,000 
to continue the program, administered by the OAP, for medical 
exams and tests designed to detect and monitor employee health 
effects resulting from hazardous chemical or physical exposures 
in the workplace.
    Studying Sustainability.--The AOC's annual Performance and 
Accountability Report (PAR) provides the results of the AOC's 
financial performance each fiscal year, as well as demonstrates 
the AOC's commitment to the accomplishment of its mission and 
accountability for its financial resources. As part of the PAR 
completed for fiscal year 2023, the AOC is directed to report 
on greenhouse gas emissions analysis as data is available for 
the Capitol complex. The AOC is also directed to include 
information in each PAR that reflects all significant measures 
taken to address efficient use of steam and electricity. 
Lastly, the AOC is expected to include this information as part 
of this report on an annual basis to leverage energy 
conservation and maximize the use of energy efficient sources 
throughout the legislative branch facilities.

                            Capitol Building

    The agreement includes $80,589,000, for maintenance, care, 
and operation of the Capitol Building, of which $6,099,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which 
$42,785,000 shall remain available until expended.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $31,705,000
Project Budget:
  House Kitchen and Exhaust Modernization............         23,900,000
  Senate Restaurant Renovation Program...............         18,885,000
  Minor Construction.................................          5,500,000
  Conservation of Fine and Architectural Art.........            599,000
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                                                              48,884,000
    Total, Capitol Building..........................        $80,589,000
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    Hygiene Products.--The Committees appreciate and note the 
AOC's efforts to ensure menstrual hygiene products are 
available at no cost to all those who use restroom facilities 
throughout the Capitol Complex Buildings and Grounds. The AOC 
is expected to continue making bulk purchases of, storing, and 
distributing menstrual hygiene products throughout the Capitol 
Complex Buildings and Grounds, in coordination with partnering 
agencies.
    Miscellaneous Improvements Notifications.--The Committees 
appreciate the AOC's efforts to document and notify the 
Committees of ``Miscellaneous Improvements projects,'' which 
are completed projects that cost less than $5,000 for labor and 
materials. The Committees continue to direct the AOC to provide 
quarterly reports on Miscellaneous Improvements projects, 
including a description and cost of each project and the status 
of total funding set aside for this purpose.

                            Capitol Grounds

    The agreement includes $16,365,000 for the care and 
improvements of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, House and 
Senate Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $14,365,000
Project Budget:
  Minor Construction.................................          2,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                               2,000,000
    Total, Capitol Grounds...........................        $16,365,000
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                        Senate Office Buildings

    The agreement includes $184,596,000 for the maintenance, 
care, and operation of the Senate Office Buildings, of which 
$66,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, 
and $36,100,000 shall remain available until expended for 
Committee Room Modernization.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $82,496,000
Project Budget:
  Low-Slope Roofing System Replacement, Dirksen......         16,600,000
  Fire Alarm Control & Panel Replacement, Dirksen....          4,300,000
  Exterior Door Conservation, Phase II, Dirksen......          3,200,000
  Senate Restaurant Renovation Program...............          8,100,000
  Air Handling Unit Refurbishments & Replacements,            25,000,000
   Phase I, Hart.....................................
  Senate Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility          3,500,000
   (SCIF) Construction...............................
  Committee Room Modernization.......................          5,000,000
  Senate Sergeant at Arms Relocation.................         28,000,000
  Minor Construction.................................          8,400,000
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                                                             102,100,000
    Total Senate Office Buildings....................       $184,596,000
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    For fiscal year 2023, the AOC is directed to follow prior 
year directives adopted in Public Law 117-103, on ``Calder 
Mountain and Clouds Sculpture'', ``Composting Program'', and 
``Senate Employees' Child Care Center (SECCC) Facility 
Assessment''.
    Senate Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) 
Assessment.--The Committee notes the progress made to study and 
design SCIF space in the Senate. The recommendation provides 
$3,500,000 in 5-year funds to be used for construction of new 
SCIF space and to continue implementing recommendations from 
the SCIF study including preliminary planning, study, design, 
preconstruction, and construction of additional sensitive 
compartmented information facility space for the Senate, in 
coordination with the Office of Senate Security and the Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and Rules and Administration.

                         House Office Buildings

    The agreement includes $126,279,000 for the care and 
maintenance of the House Office Buildings, of which $14,500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and 
$40,600,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
restoration and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building. 
Of the amount made available, $4,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the House Office Building Fund.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $71,179,000
Project Budget:
  CAO Project Support................................          7,000,000
  Minor Construction.................................          7,500,000
  Cannon Building Restoration........................         40,600,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                              55,100,000
    Total House Office Buildings.....................       $126,279,000
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    Cannon Building Costs.--The Committees recognize the urgent 
need to complete the Cannon Building renewal, which will 
replace outdated building systems, conserve historic aspects of 
the building, and optimize the functionality of Member suites, 
among other improvements. The Committees remain concerned that 
the cost of the Cannon renovation continues to increase from an 
initial project estimate of $752,700,000 to the current project 
estimate of $971,300,000.

                          Capitol Power Plant

    The agreement includes $166,951,000 for maintenance, care, 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant (CPP), of which 
$68,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $98,351,000
Project Budget:
  Electrical Switchgear B and Pump Replacement, RPR,          30,400,000
   WRP...............................................
  Utility Tunnel Concrete Repairs at Russell Carriage          2,200,000
   Entrance, R Tunnel................................
  Utility Tunnel Concrete Repairs at 2nd and E                 1,800,000
   Capitol, R Tunnel.................................
  Roofing System Replacement, Boiler and Generator            16,500,000
   Plant.............................................
  Utility Tunnel Pipe Expansion Joint Replacement, Y          12,700,000
   Tunnel............................................
  Minor Construction.................................          5,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                              68,600,000
    Total, Capitol Power Plant.......................       $166,951,000
    Offsetting Collections...........................       (10,000,000)
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    Resiliency Efforts.--The AOC is encouraged to continue to 
find ways to increase the resilience and efficiency of the 
Capitol complex by exploring the feasibility of procuring 
increasingly efficient technologies that aim to make the 
Capitol complex more resilient and independent over time. To 
this end, the AOC shall brief the Committees within 60 days of 
enactment of the Act on the incremental cost differences 
between conventional and low-carbon or zero emissions 
alternatives for the Capitol campus. In addition, the AOC shall 
provide periodic updates on the status of the design, 
construction and installation of the electronic vehicle (EV) 
charging stations across the Capitol complex utilizing 
appropriated funds, as well as the estimated costs associated 
with operating and maintaining those EV charging stations, and 
any plans for expanding EV charging stations for the Senate and 
other areas within Capitol complex.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    The agreement includes $144,220,000 for Library of Congress 
Buildings and Grounds, of which $108,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $36,220,000
Project Budget:
  Collection Storage Module 7, Fort Meade............         51,000,000
  Sprinkler System Replacement for Collections, JAB..         37,500,000
  Fire Alarm and Audibility System Upgrade, Phase II,         15,500,000
   JMMB..............................................
  Minor Construction.................................          4,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                             108,000,000
    Total, Library Buildings and Grounds.............       $144,220,000
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    Library of Congress Visitor Experience.--The Committees are 
concerned with the accuracy of construction project cost 
estimates and schedules it has received from the AOC regarding 
the Library of Congress (LOC) Visitor Experience project. The 
AOC, in collaboration with the LOC, is directed until project 
completion to provide a bi-weekly project status report to the 
Senate and House appropriations and authorization committees of 
jurisdiction. The report should include costs, schedules, and 
progress updates for specific construction activities aligned 
to the three Visitor Experience project initiatives: 1) the 
Orientation Gallery; 2) the Treasures Gallery; and 3) the Youth 
Center. Further, it is the expectation of the Committees that 
the construction for the three project initiatives will be 
completed by the AOC in a phased manner over the following 
three years, thereby ensuring minimal impact to public access 
at the Thomas Jefferson Building; and all project construction 
actions will be completed by no later than January 1, 2026, to 
coincide with the activities set forth in Public Law 114-196, 
United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016. 
Lastly, the AOC is reminded that it has a responsibility to 
balance the historic preservation needs of the Thomas Jefferson 
Building, with the necessary and evolving LOC mission and 
engagement activities as directed by the Congress.

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security

    The agreement includes $402,907,000 for Capitol Police 
Buildings, Grounds and Security, of which $346,255,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027. $238,455,000 shall 
be for the Capitol Complex Security Program and $80,000,000 
shall be for the design and construction of enhanced screening 
vestibules.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $56,652,000
Project Budget:
  Barrier Lifecycle and Security Kiosk Repairs and             9,100,000
   Replacement, Phase VII, OSP.......................
  USCP K-9 Expansion Support.........................          2,500,000
  Capitol Complex Security Program...................        238,455,000
  Enhanced Screening Vestibules Design & Construction         80,000,000
   Program...........................................
  Computer Room Air Conditioning Unit Replacements,            6,200,000
   Phase I, OSF......................................
  Minor Construction.................................         10,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                             346,255,000
    Total, Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and            $402,907,000
     Security........................................
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    Capitol Complex Security.--Ongoing threats against Members 
of Congress and staff translates into the need for adequate 
facilities and infrastructure support. The funds provided by 
the Committees to AOC for core security needs will support the 
USCP mission and its efforts to protect the Capitol Complex. 
The AOC, in coordination with the USCP, is directed to submit a 
detailed spend plan to the Committees on Appropriations within 
30 days of enactment of this Act for both the Capitol Complex 
Security Program and the Enhanced Screening Vestibules Design 
and Construction Program. The spend plans, which may be held in 
a classified setting, should include details for the execution 
of the funds provided before any funds provided in this Act are 
obligated.

                             Botanic Garden

    The agreement includes $23,560,000 for the U.S. Botanic 
Garden, of which $8,200,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027.

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Operating Budget:....................................        $15,360,000
Project Budget:
  Production Facility Renewal and Master Plan Design.          3,200,000
  Minor Construction.................................          5,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                                               8,200,000
    Total, Botanic Garden............................        $23,560,000
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                         Capitol Visitor Center

    The agreement includes $27,692,000 for the Capitol Visitor 
Center.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The agreement includes provisions to prohibit payments of 
bonuses to contractors behind schedule or over budget and 
authorization to extend the Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016.

                          Library of Congress

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $582,529,000 in direct 
appropriations for the Library of Congress (the Library or LOC) 
salaries and expenses. In addition, collections that may be 
credited to this appropriation shall remain available until 
expended. The recommendation includes the following to remain 
availableuntil expended: $12,245,000 for the Teaching with 
Primary Sources program, $1,459,000 for the upgrade of the Legislative 
Branch Financial Management System, $250,000 for the Surplus Books 
Program, $1,500,000 for the COVID-19 American History Project, and 
$3,976,000 for the Veterans History Project. In addition, the agreement 
includes the fiscal year 2023 request of $1,084,000 for the Visitor 
Engagement Program, $4,997,000 for the Library OCIO's role in the 
implementation and continuous development of the Integrated Research 
and Information System (IRIS), $1,510,000 for the Legislative Branch 
Financial Management System (LBFMS), $1,475,000 for the OCIO Cloud 
Program Office, $4,082,000 to strengthen IT planning and project 
management, $1,762,000 for the Financial Reports Division to address 
significant growth in accounting, workflow, and financial reporting 
requirements, $3,109,000 to expand enterprise planning and management, 
and $128,000 to refresh workstations.
    The agreement does not include the requested $2,394,000 to 
migrate the Library's personnel and payroll processing 
services.
    Congress.gov Update Study.--The Committees recognize that 
Congress.gov is an important tool for members, staff, and the 
public to follow and understand the congressional process; 
however, the Committees believe that Congress.gov could provide 
a more complete picture of the full legislative process. 
Therefore, the Library, in collaboration with the Legislative 
Branch Data Interchange Working Group, is directed to conduct a 
study to determine what changes are necessary to allow 
Congress.gov to better track the legislative process. The study 
should identify technical and procedural changes required to 
track legislation that is introduced and later included in a 
separate measure, legislation introduced that is also filed as 
an amendment, and a better tracking of the congressional 
committee process, including the notation of recorded votes in 
committee. The Library is encouraged to consult with 
congressional and public stakeholders in the development of the 
study and to submit a report to the Committees within 180 days 
of enactment of this Act on the findings of the study.
    Information Literacy.--In recognition of the critical need 
for Americans of all ages to develop information literacy 
skills, the Committees direct the Library of Congress to 
collaborate with and provide consultative support to the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as IMLS carries 
out the activities of the Information Literacy Taskforce for 
the priorities and guidelines described in the explanatory 
statement to accompany the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103).
    America 250.--The Library is encouraged to collaborate with 
the IMLS on outreach and activities to engage the diverse 
community of museums and libraries across the Nation in 
celebrating and commemorating the semiquincentennial 
anniversary of the Nation's founding.
    IT Modernization.--The Committees continue to invest in IT 
modernization at the Library and the Library is directed to 
brief the Committees regularly on these efforts.
    National Film and Sound Recording Preservation Programs.--
The Committees recognize the important work of the National 
Film Preservation Program and the National Sound Recording 
Preservation Program, including the Federally chartered 
National Film and National Recording Preservation Foundations. 
Given that these programs were reauthorized under the Library 
of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs 
Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-217), the Library 
is expected to continue to support them.
    LOC Office of Inspector General.--The agreement includes 
not less than $4,500,000 for the Library's OIG, to support no 
fewer than 14 FTE.
    The Committees recognize that public access to the Main 
Reading Room at the Library of Congress is limited and 
acknowledges the challenge of maintaining a balance between 
creating a quiet environment for researchers while also 
allowing visitors to enjoy the beauty of the Main Reading Room. 
The Library is encouraged to continue exploring opportunities 
to enhance public access to the Reading Room while preserving 
the research environment and collections, and directs the 
Library to keep the Committees apprised of any new efforts to 
expand public access.
    Teaching with Primary Sources.--The agreement includes 
$12,245,000 for the Library's successful Teaching with Primary 
Sources program (TPS), a teacher training initiative that 
encourages educators to incorporate the Library's online 
primary sources into school curricula.
    The Committees believes that efforts to develop learning 
initiatives on history, civics, and democracy have merit, and 
encourages the Library to further its efforts in these areas, 
including through the creation of a Lewis-Houghton Civics and 
Democracy Initiative.
    Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative.--The 
Committees believe that efforts to develop digitally-enabled 
learning initiatives for secondary education based on creative 
arts driven instruction, especially focused on music, in 
history, civics, and democracy have merit. As such, the 
Committees support the establishment of the Lewis-Houghton 
Civics and Democracy Initiative pilot within the Library of 
Congress' Teaching with Primary Sources program to be initiated 
in FY 2023. The Committees recognize the established Library 
programmatic processes and resources for successfully 
administering such an initiative, to include the vast 
collections within the Library, such as the American Folklife 
Center, the Songs of America collection and other important 
Library archives and collections. The Committees also recognize 
that grant products from this Initiative may be used to enrich 
onsite Library of Congress activities, such as but not limited 
to those planned by the Center for Learning, Literacy and 
Engagement for the New Visitor Experience.
    For the purposes of establishing a pilot for the 
Initiative, the agreement includes $2,300,000, of which 
$300,000 is available for the administration of the Initiative. 
These funds are intended to develop and administer a pilot 
educational program as a part of the Initiative, which funds 
eligible organizations within the United States and its 
territories to develop digitally-enabled comprehensive, 
assessable, teaching project-based creative arts driven 
curricula programs focused on using the digitized primary 
sources of the Library of Congress related to history, civics 
and democracy.
    Applicants selected for participation in the educational 
program should reflect a broad and diverse representation and 
be selected on competitive bases, similar to established 
criteria of programs administered by the Library. Applicants 
shall demonstrate the background, partnerships and experience 
to successfully implement the scope and intent of the pilot 
program. Applicants for participation within the Initiative do 
not need to have been a prior participant in a Library program 
in order to be eligible for participation, following existing 
Library announcement and selection processes.
    To further the many educational programs within the 
Library, participants within the programs of the Initiative 
will be included within the Teaching with Primary Sources 
consortium partnership to leverage information, goals and 
experiences of similar or emerging programs.
    Within 90 days of enactment of the Act, the Library shall 
provide a plan to the Committees detailing the pilot, to 
include eligibility for applying for funding from the 
Initiative, the criteria to be used to select eligible 
participants, the time-line for launching the pilot and an 
overview of program administration. In addition, the Library is 
directed to submit a report on the progress of the pilot at 
theend of fiscal year 2023, detailing the successes and challenges of 
administering the Initiative and providing recommendations for 
refining, enhancing and expanding it in future fiscal years.
    Visitor Experience Initiative.--Along with budget 
submissions as part of the regular appropriations process, the 
Library, in coordination with the AOC, is directed to provide 
bi-weekly status reports to the Committees including designs, 
cost estimates, and anticipated timelines for construction and 
implementation of the Library's Visitor Experience Master Plan. 
These updates should also include progress on fundraising 
initiatives for private funding, including both donations in-
hand and verbal commitments, to support the Visitor Experience.

                            Copyright Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $53,762,000 in direct appropriations 
to the Copyright Office. An additional $43,912,000 is made 
available from receipts for salaries and expenses and 
$3,000,000 is available from prior year unobligated balances, 
for a total of $100,674,000.
    Information Technology Modernization.--The agreement 
continues funding for Copyright Office IT modernization. The 
Committees direct the Copyright Office and the Library's Office 
of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to continue to work 
together to achieve efficiencies in shared services, while 
allowing for mission specific modernization to be the 
responsibility of the Copyright Office. The Committees direct 
the Copyright Office to provide a detailed spend plan for the 
IT modernization efforts intended to be addressed with the 
funds provided in fiscal year 2023.

                     Congressional Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $133,600,000 for salaries and 
expenses for the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The 
agreement includes $1,000,000 for the Congressional Legal 
Education Forum as indicated in House Report 117-389.
    Expanding Existing Data Analysis Capacity.--CRS is 
encouraged to explore ways to expand its ability to perform 
quantitative analysis of research data. Within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act, CRS shall brief the Committees on 
proposed options for such capacity expansion, including costs 
and resource requirements. The briefing should provide detailed 
information about CRS' consideration of additional research 
personnel, such as new analysts, data scientists, 
methodologists and research assistants to expand quantitative 
analysis on newer topics that assess the impact of legislative 
proposals more broadly. The briefing should include information 
regarding the evaluation of CRS' infrastructure investment in 
statistical data science visualization software to strengthen 
this research capacity. Included in the briefing should be 
specific information about the manner and means that CRS has 
determined will allow it to respond in a more timely manner to 
the Congress.
    Congressional Research Service Modernization.--The 
Committees continue to support modernization of CRS mission-
specific information systems to increase efficiency of the 
office while protecting confidentiality of congressional data. 
The Committees encourage CRS to explore its processes and 
utilization of resources to meet the needs of the Congress in a 
more timely manner based on the time-sensitive nature of the 
congressional schedule.
    Exploratory Study on Big Data Analytics.--CRS is directed 
to engage with an external entity to produce a report detailing 
the feasibility of CRS engaging in the analysis and modeling of 
big data sets by highlighting the information technology 
infrastructure, staffing, and analytical support required to 
establish and maintain such a capability. The completed study 
would be made available to the Committees on Appropriations, 
the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the Committee 
on House Administration, and House and Senate leadership.

       National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $58,657,000 for salaries and 
expenses for the National Library Service for the Blind and 
Print Disabled (NLS).
    The Library of Congress, in consultation and coordination 
with the IMLS, is encouraged to provide increased assistance to 
the State Library Administrative Agencies to expand access to 
materials from the NLS, with additional support provided to 
IMLS for these activities.
    Braille eReader and Talking Book Machine Initiative.--The 
agreement modifies House language regarding funding for the 
purchase of no less than 2,000 new e-Reader devices for 
distribution through the NLS Machine Lending.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The agreement includes provisions related to reimbursable 
and revolving funds and using appropriated funds for certain 
positions within the Little Scholars Child Development Center.

                      Government Publishing Office

                        CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement includes $82,992,000 for authorized 
publishing, printing and binding for the Congress.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement includes $35,257,000.

                      Government Publishing Office

                   BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

    The agreement includes $11,605,000 to remain available 
until expended.
    Office of Inspector General.--The agreement includes 
$6,899,000 for GPO's OIG. The agreement does not include the 
requested increase of $1,050,000 to migrate the OIG's human 
capital (HC) and information technology (IT) support services 
from GPO to a third-party Federal provider. The Committees note 
that the OIG is not funded through a separate appropriation, 
but the Director submits the OIG's request without 
interference, as directed by these Committees. The Committees 
invest considerable resources through the Business Operations 
Revolving Fund annually in GPO's HC and IT services and 
therefore expects the OIG to utilize them.

                    Government Accountability Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $790,319,000 in direct 
appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Government 
Accountability Office, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended. In addition, $55,865,000 is available 
from offsetting collections, for a total of $846,184,000.
    Within the total, no less than $2,451,000 is provided for 
the GAO Office of Inspector General to support no less than 11 
FTE.
    Appropriations and Budget Law.--The Committees acknowledge 
that GAO legal decisions, including those related to the 
Congressional Review Act, are often fact specific and time 
consuming. The Committees commend the improvements made by the 
GAO Appropriations Law Group to increase resources dedicated to 
supporting Congress' oversight role. GAO is encouraged to 
continue to find ways to speed up its adjudication process and 
to prioritize responding to congressional inquiries and 
publishing formal legal decisions stemming from congressional 
requests.
    Community Project Funding.--In accordance with the 
direction in House language, the Committees direct GAO to 
undertake an audit of Community Project Funding contained in 
fiscal year 2023 appropriations legislation.
    Unimplemented Government Accountability Office 
Recommendations.--Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, GAO 
shall publish on its website and provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs Committee, and the House Committee on Oversight and 
Reform a report estimating the cost savings that could be 
achieved if agencies acted on GAO's recommendations organized 
by agency.
    GAO Methodology for Estimating Savings.--The Committee 
encourages GAO to explore a methodology for estimating 
potential cost savings through budget requests. Given the many 
assumptions and caveats required of such analysis, the 
Committees expect a briefing from GAO to discuss such 
methodology within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
    Hiring Practices at CRS.--In lieu of House language 
regarding ``Hiring Practices at CRS, LOC shall provide a report 
to the Committees on the Library's current barrier analysis to 
hiring and promotion within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.--The agreement 
includes $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
oversight, including audits, and investigations, in support of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58. 
The Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees a spend 
plan for such oversight, not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.

           Congressional Office for International Leadership

    The agreement includes $6,000,000 for the Congressional 
Office for International Leadership (COIL).
    Ukraine.--The Committees are deeply troubled by the Russian 
invasion of Ukraine and support COIL's efforts to reinstate 
programming in Ukraine as soon and safely as possible. The 
Committee further urges COIL's engagement with Ukrainians 
outside of Ukraine to maintain democratic advancement 
throughout wartime.
    Expansion of Program to Other Countries.--COIL is directed 
to keep the Committees apprised of any new developments on 
expanding programming to include other regions and countries 
that may be of strategic necessity to the United States.

   John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

    The agreement includes $430,000 for the Stennis Center for 
Public Service Training and Development.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The agreement continues provisions related to maintenance 
and care of private vehicles; fiscal year limitations; rates of 
compensation and designation; consulting services; costs of the 
Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council; limitation on 
transfers; guided tours of the Capitol; limitation on 
telecommunications equipment procurement; prohibition on 
certain operational expenses; plastic waste reduction; and 
Capitol health and safety. The agreement does not include the 
Removal of Offensive United States Capitol Statuary language in 
House Report 117-389.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, neither the bill nor the explanatory statement contains 
any congressional earmarks or congressionally directed spending 
items, limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as 
defined in the applicable House and Senate rules.
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

   DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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   DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

  For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, 
facilities, and real property for the Army as currently 
authorized by law, including personnel in the Army Corps of 
Engineers and other personal services necessary for the 
purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and 
operation of facilities in support of the functions of the 
Commander in Chief, $1,553,825,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
exceed $275,651,000 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, $658,260,000 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, 
$4,345,320,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $515,473,000 
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, $492,929,000 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, $2,614,996,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
exceed $251,634,000 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, $509,540,000 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, $2,626,078,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: 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 $506,927,000 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, $109,680,000 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, $459,018,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of 
the amount, not to exceed $83,435,000 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, $151,540,000 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, $279,353,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of 
the amount, not to exceed $56,982,000 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, $112,970,000 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, $193,878,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $24,829,000 
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, $74,000,000 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, $36,837,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of 
the amount, not to exceed $9,090,000 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, $85,423,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $27,573,000 
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, $35,800,000 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, $220,139,000, 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), 
$574,687,000, 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, $169,339,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027.

             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, $446,411,000.

           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, 
$337,297,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

    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, $378,224,000.

                 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, 
$232,788,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

          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, $365,222,000.

         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, $50,113,000.

                         Department of Defense

                    Family Housing Improvement Fund

  For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 
Fund, $6,442,000, 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, $494,000, to remain available until expended, 
for unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to 
section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
unaccompanied housing and supporting facilities.

                       Administrative Provisions

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 122.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
transferred among projects and activities within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
construction and family housing construction contained in 
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-
R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act.
  Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this title may 
be obligated or expended for planning and design and 
construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.
  Sec. 124.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:
          ``Military Construction, Army'', $243,490,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $423,300,000;
          ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $527,300,000;
          ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', 
        $151,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $54,743,000;
          ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $56,600,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy Reserve'', 
        $116,964,000;
          ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'', 
        $9,000,000;
          ``Family Housing Construction, Army'', $321,722,000; 
        and
          ``Family Housing Construction, Air Force'', 
        $18,800,000:
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 2023 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 2023 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, 2024 for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 
military construction projects for which project authorization 
has not lapsed or for which authorization is extended for 
fiscal year 2023 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, unspecified 
minor construction, and authorized major construction projects, 
for construction improvements to Department of Defense 
laboratory facilities, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:
          ``Military Construction, Army'', $20,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $10,000,000; and
          ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $90,000,000:
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: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the military department concerned may not 
obligate or expend any funds prior to approval by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
expenditure plan required by this section.
  Sec. 129.  For an additional amount for 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, 2027:
          ``Military Construction, Army'', $25,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $40,000,000; and
          ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $25,000,000:
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: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the military department concerned may not 
obligate or expend any funds prior to approval by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
expenditure plan required by this section.
  Sec. 130.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
Construction, Air Force'', $360,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, 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 to address cost increases identified 
subsequent to the fiscal year 2023 budget request for 
authorized major construction projects included either in that 
request or funded in Title I of Division J of Public Law 117-
103, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
          ``Military Construction, Army'', $103,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $331,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $273,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', 
        $279,347,000;
          ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $66,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', 
        $17,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $24,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy Reserve'', $5,500,000; 
        and
          ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'', 
        $11,000,000:
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 and authorized 
major construction projects, for child development centers, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027:
          ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $15,000,000; and
          ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $37,400,000:
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, Navy and Marine Corps'', $25,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for planning and design of 
water treatment and distribution facilities construction, 
including relating to improvements of infrastructure and 
defueling at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: Provided, 
That not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 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 to address cost increases for authorized 
major construction projects funded by this Act, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027:
          ``Military Construction, Army'', $48,600,000;
          ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $166,500,000;
          ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $63,350,000;
          ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $14,200,000;
          ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $18,900,000;
          ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', 
        $4,900,000;
          ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $2,000,000; 
        and
          ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'', 
        $500,000:
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.
  Sec. 135.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
Construction, Air National Guard'', $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for planning and design for 
construction 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. 136.  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, $146,778,136,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2023, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $21,423,000 of the 
amount made available for fiscal year 2024 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, $8,452,500,000, which shall become 
available on October 1, 2023, 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, 
$121,126,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2023, 
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 2023, 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, $282,361,131.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

  For the cost of direct loans, $7,171, 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 $942,330.
  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $445,698, 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, $1,400,000.

      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, $3,863,000,000: 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, 
2024.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

  For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in 
section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care 
and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the 
Department, and including medical supplies and equipment, 
bioengineering services, food services, and salaries and 
expenses of healthcare employees hired under title 38, United 
States Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as 
authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and 
Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-
163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance 
allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 
States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, 
United States Code, and administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United States 
Code, and hospital care and medical services authorized by 
section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $261,000,000, 
which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available on October 1, 2022; 
and, in addition, $74,004,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2023, under this heading, 
$2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a 
priority for the provision of medical treatment for veterans 
who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have 
special needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
give priority funding for the provision of basic medical 
benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the 
dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 
Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 
written prescriptions based on requirements established by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of the 
program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 
additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for 
medical supplies and equipment are available for the 
acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for female 
veterans: Provided further, That nothing in section 2044(e)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, may be construed as limiting 
amounts that may be made available under this heading for 
fiscal years 2023 and 2024 in this or prior Acts.

                         medical community care

  For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, at non-Department facilities, $4,300,000,000, which shall 
be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available on October 1, 2022; and, in 
addition, $33,000,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 
available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2023, under this heading, 
$2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                     medical support and compliance

  For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and 
research activities, as authorized by law; administrative 
expenses in support of capital policy activities; and 
administrative and legal expenses of the Department for 
collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as 
authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, 
and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et 
seq.), $1,400,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2022; and, in addition, 
$12,300,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on 
October 1, 2023, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 
1, 2023, under this heading, $350,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                           medical facilities

  For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other 
necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for 
administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project 
management, real property acquisition and disposition, 
construction, and renovation of any facility under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; for oversight, 
engineering, and architectural activities not charged to 
project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing 
facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the 
jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, 
either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and 
purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; and for 
laundry services; $1,500,000,000, which shall be in addition to 
funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2022; and, in addition, $8,800,000,000, 
plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2023, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2023, under 
this heading, $500,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                    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, $916,000,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: 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, $430,000,000, of which not to 
exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2024.

                      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, $433,000,000, of 
which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024: 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, $285,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024.

                     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, $5,782,000,000, 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That $1,494,230,000 shall be for 
pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided 
further, That $4,145,678,000 shall be for operations and 
maintenance, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 
$142,092,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: 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, $1,759,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: 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, 2023, and are contingent 
upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs--
          (1) providing the Committees on Appropriations a 
        report detailing the status of outstanding issues 
        impacting the stability and usability of the new 
        electronic health record system, including those that 
        contributed to the October 13, 2022, deployment delay, 
        along with a timeline and measurable metrics to resolve 
        issues, no later than 60 days after enactment of this 
        Act;
          (2) certifying and detailing any changes to the full 
        deployment schedule, no later than 60 days prior to 
        July 1, 2023; and
          (3) certifying in writing no later than 30 days prior 
        to July 1, 2023, the following--
                  (A) the status of issues included in the 
                report referenced in paragraph (1), including 
                issues that have not been closed but have been 
                suitably resolved or mitigated in a manner that 
                will enhance provider productivity and minimize 
                the potential for patient harm; and
                  (B) whether the system is stable, ready, and 
                optimized for further deployment at VA sites.

                      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.), 
$273,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024.

                      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, $1,447,890,000, of which $731,722,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which 
$716,168,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$1,500,000 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 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 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 2023, for each approved project shall be obligated: 
(1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
September 30, 2023; and (2) by the awarding of a construction 
contract by September 30, 2024: 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, $626,110,000, of which 
$563,499,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, 
and of which $62,611,000 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, $150,000,000, 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, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                    Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund

  For investment in the delivery of veterans' health care 
associated with exposure to environmental hazards, the expenses 
incident to the delivery of veterans' health care and benefits 
associated with exposure to environmental hazards, and medical 
and other research relating to exposure to environmental 
hazards, as authorized by section 324 of title 38, United 
States Code, and in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes in the appropriations provided in this or prior 
Acts, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
heading for fiscal year 2023.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2023 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 2023, 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 2022.
  Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior 
year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 
3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, except that 
if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be 
payable only from ``Compensation and Pensions''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2023, 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 
2023 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 2023 which is properly 
allocable to the provision of each such insurance program and 
to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in that insurance program.
  Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 
to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease 
services shall be available until expended.

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, 
Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative 
Dispute Resolution function within the Office of Human 
Resources and Administration for all services provided at rates 
which will recover actual costs but not to exceed $86,481,000 
for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and 
Inclusion, $6,812,000 for the Office of Employment 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and $4,576,000 for the 
Alternative Dispute Resolution function within the Office of 
Human Resources and Administration: Provided, That payments may 
be made in advance for services to be furnished based on 
estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall 
be credited to the ``General Administration'' and ``Information 
Technology Systems'' accounts for use by the office that 
provided the service.
  Sec. 211.  No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or 
medical services provided to any person under chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-connected 
disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, 
unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, current, 
accurate third-party reimbursement information for purposes of 
section 1729 of such title: Provided, That the Secretary may 
recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United 
States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from 
any person who does not make such disclosure as required: 
Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care or 
services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by 
the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are 
received.

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 218.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', ``Board of 
Veterans Appeals'', ``General Administration'', and ``National 
Cemetery Administration'' accounts for fiscal year 2023 may be 
transferred to or from the ``Information Technology Systems'' 
account: Provided, That such transfers may not result in a more 
than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total amount made 
available by this Act for the ``Information Technology 
Systems'' account: Provided further, That, before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued.

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 219.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023 for ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', 
``Medical Facilities'', ``Construction, Minor Projects'', and 
``Information Technology Systems'', up to $330,140,000, 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-
103 is repealed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 220.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2023, for 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical 
Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical Facilities'', up to 
$314,825,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the 
Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 
1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for 
operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 229.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
determination that such action is necessary to address needs of 
the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
``Medical Services'' account any discretionary appropriations 
made available for fiscal year 2023 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 
2023, that were provided in advance by appropriations Acts: 
Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 
further, That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That such authority to transfer may not be 
used unless for higher priority items, based on emergent 
healthcare requirements, than those for which originally 
appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are 
requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That, 
upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be 
transferred back to that appropriation and shall be available 
for the same purposes as originally appropriated: Provided 
further, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and receive approval of that request.

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 230.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, 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, 2024, 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) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
discontinue using Social Security account numbers to identify 
individuals in all information systems of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs as follows:
          (1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws 
        administered by the Secretary, not later than March 23, 
        2023.
          (2) For all individuals not described in paragraph 
        (1), not later than March 23, 2026.
  (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social 
Security account number to identify an individual in an 
information system of the Department of Veterans Affairs if and 
only if the use of such number is required to obtain 
information the Secretary requires from an information system 
that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
  (c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall supersede 
section 238 of division F of Public Law 116-94.
  Sec. 238.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2023 and 2024 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 2023 and fiscal year 
2024 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 2023 and 2024, 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 2023 to convert any program which 
received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 2022 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 2023 and 2024, section 248 of 
division A of Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
  Sec. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to conduct research 
commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses any canine, 
feline, or non-human primate unless the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs approves such research specifically and in writing 
pursuant to subsection (b).
  (b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve the 
conduct of research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, 
using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the Secretary 
determines that--
          (A) the scientific objectives of the research can 
        only be met by using such canines, felines, or non-
        human primates;
          (B) such scientific objectives are directly related 
        to an illness or injury that is combat-related; and
          (C) the research is consistent with the revised 
        Department of Veterans Affairs canine research policy 
        document dated December 15, 2017, including any 
        subsequent revisions to such document.
  (2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under this 
subsection.
  (c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant to 
subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the commencement 
of such research, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
report describing--
          (1) the nature of the research to be conducted using 
        canines, felines, or non-human primates;
          (2) the date on which the Secretary approved the 
        research;
          (3) the justification for the determination of the 
        Secretary that the scientific objectives of such 
        research could only be met using canines, felines, or 
        non-human primates;
          (4) the frequency and duration of such research; and
          (5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
        safety, and efficacy of the research.
  (d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to such Committees a report describing--
          (1) any research being conducted by the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or non-human 
        primates as of the date of the submittal of the report;
          (2) the circumstances under which such research was 
        conducted using canines, felines, or non-human 
        primates;
          (3) the justification for using canines, felines, or 
        non-human primates to conduct such research; and
          (4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
        safety, and efficacy of such research.
  (e) The Department shall implement a plan under which the 
Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research conducted using 
canines, felines, or non-human primates by not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of Public Law 116-94.
  Sec. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this title 
to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time employment 
equivalents within any program of rehabilitation conducted 
under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, does not 
exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employment equivalent.
  (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the programs of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 of 
title 38, United States Code, including--
          (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
        each such program; and
          (2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary 
        considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff 
        ratio for each such program.
  Sec. 249.  Amounts made available for the ``Veterans Health 
Administration, Medical Community Care'' account in this or any 
other Act for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 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 2023, 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, $840,446,000 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 2023 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, the 
following amounts shall be available for the following purposes 
during the period of availability of the Fund:
          (1) $804,510,000, for constructing, altering, 
        extending, and improving medical facilities of the 
        Veterans Health Administration, including all 
        supporting activities and required contingencies;
          (2) $88,490,000, for facilities improvements at 
        existing medical facilities of the Veterans Health 
        Administration; and
          (3) $75,000,000, for the deployment, upgrade, or 
        installation of infrastructure or equipment to support 
        goals established in Executive Order 14057:
Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds provided 
in this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must 
provide a plan for the execution of the funds appropriated in 
this subsection 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: Provided 
further, That funds may be reprogrammed among the three 
purposes subject to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs providing 
a request with the amount and purpose of the reprogramming to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and 
such Committees issuing an approval, or absent a response, a 
period of 30 days has elapsed.
  Sec. 253.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a quarterly report on the status of the ``Veterans Medical Care 
and Health Fund'', established to execute section 8002 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act 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: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit notification of any 
plans to reallocate funds from the current apportionment 
categories of ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``Medical Community 
Care'', or ``Medical and Prosthetic Research'', including the 
amount and purpose of each reallocation 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. 254.  Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and 
administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of 
title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 2017 and 
September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out an order placed 
with the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 
1535 of title 31, United States Code, that are available for 
obligation pursuant to section 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United 
States Code, are to remain available for the liquidation of 
valid obligations incurred by such corporation during the 
period of performance of such order, provided that the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such amounts need 
to remain available for such liquidation.

                         (rescissions of funds)

  Sec. 255.  Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, 
the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following 
accounts in the amounts specified:
          ``Asset and Infrastructure Review'', $5,000,000;
          ``Departmental Administration--Veterans Electronic 
        Health Record'', $150,000,000; and
          ``Departmental Administration--Construction, Major 
        Projects'', $76,000,000:
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
  Sec. 256.  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.

                         (rescission of funds)

  Sec. 257.  Of the unobligated balances in the ``Recurring 
Expenses Transformational Fund'' established in section 243 of 
division J of Public Law 114-113, $90,874,000 is hereby 
rescinded.
  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.

                               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, $87,500,000, 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, $46,900,000: 
Provided, That $3,385,000 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, $93,400,000, of which not to 
exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 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, $62,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $2,500,000 shall be for 
study, planning and design, and architect and engineering 
services for Memorial Avenue improvements at Arlington National 
Cemetery; and $60,000,000 shall be 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, 
$75,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, of 
which $7,300,000 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.

                           major construction

  For an additional amount for necessary expenses related to 
design, planning, and construction for renovation of the 
Sheridan Building at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
Washington, District of Columbia, $77,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be paid from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the Armed Forces Retirement Home 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.
  This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2023''.

    [Clerk's note.--Reproduced below is the material relating 
to division J contained in the Explanatory Statement regarding 
H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.\1\]
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on
December 20, 2022 by Mr. Leahy of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. The statement appears on page S9233 of 
Book II.
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   DIVISION J--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

    The joint explanatory statement accompanying this division 
is approved and indicates congressional intent. Unless 
otherwise noted, the language set forth in House Report 117-391 
carries the same weight as language included in this joint 
explanatory statement and should be complied with unless 
specifically addressed to the contrary in this joint 
explanatory statement. While some language is repeated for 
emphasis, it is not intended to negate the language referred to 
above unless expressly provided herein.
    In cases where House Report 117-391 or this explanatory 
statement directs the submission of a report, that report is to 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Where this explanatory 
statement refers to the Committees or the Committees on 
Appropriations, unless otherwise noted, this reference is to 
the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and the 
Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies.

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                     Military Construction Overview

    Reprogramming Guidelines.--The following reprogramming 
guidelines apply for all military construction and family 
housing projects. A project or account (including the sub-
elements of an account) which has been specifically reduced by 
the Congress in acting on the budget request is considered to 
be a congressional interest item and as such, prior approval is 
required. Accordingly, no reprogrammings to an item 
specifically reduced below the threshold by the Congress are 
permitted.
    Recognizing the increased cost and complexity of military 
construction projects since the threshold was previously 
adjusted, the Committees support incrementally increasing the 
reprogramming threshold to enable the Department to be more 
agile and reduce delays associated with cost overruns. The 
modified reprogramming criteria that apply to military 
construction projects, as well as new housing construction 
projects and improvements, is $6,000,000 or 25 percent of the 
funded amount, whichever is less. To provide the Services the 
flexibility to proceed with construction contracts without 
disruption or delay, the costs associated with environmental 
hazard remediation such as asbestos removal, radon abatement, 
lead-based paint removal or abatement, and any other legislated 
environmental hazard remediation may be excluded, provided that 
such remediation requirements could not be reasonably 
anticipated at the time of the budget submission. This 
exclusion applies to projects authorized in this budget year, 
as well as projects authorized in prior years for which 
construction has not been completed.
    Furthermore, in instances where prior approval of a 
reprogramming request for a project or account has been 
received from the Committees, the adjusted amount approved 
becomes the new base for any future increase or decrease via 
below-threshold reprogrammings (provided that the project or 
account is not a congressional interest item as defined above).
    In addition to these guidelines, the Services are directed 
to adhere to the guidance for military construction 
reprogramming actions and notifications, including the 
pertinent statutory authorities contained in Department of 
Defense (DOD) Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R and 
relevant updates and policy memoranda.
    Military Construction Funding.--The agreement includes 
$19,000,000,000, which is $6,846,035,000 above the budget 
request, in a continued effort to support current and future 
force readiness through critical infrastructure investments. 
This level funds most authorized unfunded requirements and 
addresses other priorities that have been historically 
neglected in budget requests, such as resiliency and quality of 
life projects. While Congress continues to provide funding 
above the budget request for military construction, the 
Committees encourage the Department to adequately resource 
these accounts.
    Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization 
(FSRM).--The Department of Defense is directed to continue 
describing on form 1390 the backlog of FSRM requirements at 
installations with future construction projects. For troop 
housing requests, form 1391 should describe any FSRM conducted 
in the past two years. Likewise, future requirements for 
unaccompanied housing at the corresponding installation should 
be included. Additionally, the forms should include English 
equivalent measurements for projects presented in metric 
measurement. Rules for funding repairs of facilities under the 
Operation and Maintenance accounts are described below:
    (1) components of the facility may be repaired by 
replacement. Such replacement can be up to current standards or 
codes;
    (2) interior arrangements and restorations may be included 
as repair;
    (3) additions and new facilities may be done concurrently 
with repair projects, as long as the final conjunctively funded 
project is a complete and usable facility; and
    (4) the appropriate Service Secretary shall notify the 
appropriate committees 21 days prior to carrying out any repair 
project with an estimated cost in excess of $7,500,000.
    Military Installation Resilience (MIR).--Since fiscal year 
2020, the Committees have provided dedicated planning and 
design and unspecified minor construction funding to support 
installation resilience. The primary intent of this funding has 
been to develop projects that mitigate climate change risks to 
military installations. The Committees believe that such 
investments are critical to installation readiness and the 
agreement provides $90,000,000 for planning and design and 
unspecified minor construction in Section 129 to continue to 
develop projects, conduct studies and analyses, and update 
Unified Facility Criteria that will directly enhance military 
installation resilience. While prior year funding has been 
allocated towards these efforts to an extent, the Committees 
are concerned that the services have not adequately prepared 
for or prioritized the development of MIR projects and their 
integration into installation master planning, even at 
installations where climate impacts are already observed. 
Therefore, the Committees direct the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of each Military Department to provide a report 
to the Committees no later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act on efforts to address military installation resilience 
requirements. The report shall include the following: (1) an 
explanation of what DOD and the Military Departments are doing 
to develop the capacity and expertise to scope and design 
climate resilience projects for installations; (2) what 
direction DOD and the Military Departments have given to 
installations to incorporate military installation resilience 
projects into relevant master planning processes; (3) details 
on how DOD and theMilitary Departments are prioritizing MIR 
projects, including how projects support other installation resilience 
efforts, such as the DOD Readiness and Environmental Protection 
Integration program; (4) how DOD and the Military Departments are 
incorporating non-traditional engineering methods to mitigate climate 
risks to installations, such as engineering with natural or nature-
based features; and (5) any other identified barriers to planning and 
designing MIR projects.
    Child Development Centers (CDCs).--The agreement includes 
$293,250,000 for construction of new child development center 
projects and planning and design for future projects. This 
investment of resources is necessary to address both 
insufficient access to childcare facilities, as well as the 
poor conditions of existing facilities. Such shortfalls in 
capacity are an unacceptable burden to military families. The 
Department is directed to assign greater priority to CDC 
construction projects in future budget requests.
    United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM).--The 
INDOPACOM area of responsibility is the largest combatant 
command and requires a modern, resilient military presence to 
ensure the continued strength of U.S. national security. 
However, the Committees are concerned that the Services have 
not properly prioritized projects within INDOPACOM in recent 
fiscal years, instead choosing to fund projects that are 
specifically beneficial to the Service and not necessarily the 
joint theater mission. The agreement provides an additional 
$50,000,000 for INDOPACOM planning and design and unspecified 
minor construction to advance critical projects.
    Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL) and Future Years Defense 
Program (FYDP).--The Committees direct the Department of 
Defense and all Services, active and reserve components, as 
well as combatant commanders, as required by law, to submit 
updated UPL and FYDP lists to the congressional defense 
committees for military construction projects no later than 10 
days after the transmission of the annual President's Budget. 
Combatant commanders are expected to include all unfunded 
priorities in their respective UPL, to include planning and 
design, unspecified minor construction, and major construction 
projects--regardless of which Service is the project executive 
agent.
    Project Cost Increases.--The agreement provides 
$2,449,069,000 in fiscal year 2023 to supplement discrepancies 
between outdated cost estimates and current cost estimates. The 
Committees are concerned that the Department is not being 
proactive in determining future cost increases when developing 
and submitting project cost estimates to Congress in the yearly 
President's budget request, FYDP, and UPLs. Therefore, the 
agreement directs the Department to implement practices to 
better address future cost increases, and in lieu of the 
direction to provide monthly cost adjustments in House Report 
117-391, the agreement directs the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Services, and the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers and Naval Facilities Engineering Command to provide a 
report within 90 days of enactment on specific and repeatable 
steps taken to improve cost-estimating.
    Integration of Innovative Construction Materials.--The 
Committees are aware of new and innovative building materials 
that are becoming more prevalent within the construction 
industry. The Committees are concerned that DOD continues to 
rely on traditional building materials, using standardized 
designs across the Department based on those same traditional 
materials and that the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) and 
Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) are not up to 
date with innovative and sustainable assets. Therefore, the 
agreement directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a report to 
the Committees within 180 days of enactment of this Act on its 
efforts to incorporate sustainable products into the UFC and 
UFGS, integrate sustainable building materials into its 
designs, and any resources needed to accomplish these efforts.
    Laboratory Infrastructure.--The Committees continue to 
recognize the importance of DOD laboratory infrastructure and 
that investment is needed to modernize outdated science and 
technology laboratories and test and evaluation facilities, 
particularly where needed to address safety and environmental 
concerns on installations. Therefore, the agreement provides 
$120,000,000 for planning and design, unspecified minor 
construction and authorized major construction projects to 
address unfunded laboratory requirements, as appropriated in 
Section 128.
    Open Air Burn Pans.--No later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Department is directed to submit a report to 
the Committees detailing a plan to eliminate burning of 
hazardous materials, including open air burn pans, at 
installations located in the United States. Such a plan should 
detail at what installations each Service is still utilizing 
open-air burning, including burn pans, and how the Department 
will transition away from the use of open-air burn pans.

                      Military Construction, Army

    The agreement provides $1,553,825,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Army'', which is $708,260,000 above the budget 
request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$275,651,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services, and host nation support. Within the total 
for Military Construction, Army, $658,260,000 is for the 
following projects in the following amounts:

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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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AK                            Fort Wainwright.................  Physical Fitness Center Annex...     $99,000,000
AR                            Pine Bluff Arsenal..............  Access Control Point: Planning         1,800,000
                                                                 and Design.
AR                            Pine Bluff Arsenal..............  Sewage and Sanitation                  1,000,000
                                                                 Modernization: Unspecified
                                                                 Minor Construction.
GA                            Fort Gordon.....................  Child Development Center              21,000,000
                                                                 Addition.
GA                            Fort Gordon.....................  Child Development Center:              5,000,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
HI                            Fort Shafter....................  Water System Upgrade............      33,000,000
HI                            Tripler Army Medical Center.....  Water System Upgrade............      38,000,000
HI                            Schofield Barracks..............  Company Operations Facilities...     111,000,000
HI                            Schofield Barracks..............  Firehouse Station Facility:            9,000,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
KS                            Fort Riley (Custer Hill)........  Unaccompanied Enlisted Barracks:      15,930,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
LA                            Fort Polk.......................  Joint Operations Center: Cost to      61,000,000
                                                                 Complete..
LA                            Fort Polk.......................  Child Development Center: Cost         9,000,000
                                                                 to Complete.
LA                            Fort Polk.......................  Information System Facility:          35,360,000
                                                                 Cost to Complete.
MD                            Aberdeen Proving Ground.........  Test Maintenance Fabrication           7,600,000
                                                                 Facility: Planning and Design.
MS                            Engineer Research and             General Purpose Lab and Test          20,000,000
                               Development Center.               Building.
MO                            Fort Leonard Wood...............  Central Issue Facility: Planning       5,300,000
                                                                 and Design.
NC                            Fort Bragg......................  Child Development Center:              3,600,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NC                            Fort Bragg......................  Automated Infantry Platoon             1,350,000
                                                                 Battle Course: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
NC                            Fort Bragg......................  Automated Record Fire Range:           2,000,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NC                            Fort Bragg......................  Multipurpose Machine Gun (MPMG         1,600,000
                                                                 2): Planning and Design.
NM                            White Sands Missile Range.......  Las Cruces Substation:                 6,400,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
NM                            White Sands Missile Range.......  Missile Assembly Building:             3,600,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NM                            White Sands Missile Range.......  One Company Satellite Fire             6,400,000
                                                                 Station: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
NY                            Fort Drum.......................  Automated Record Fire Plus             3,600,000
                                                                 (ARF+) Range: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
NY                            Fort Drum.......................  Access Control Point:                  6,800,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
NY                            Fort Drum.......................  Physical Fitness Testing               3,060,000
                                                                 Facility: Planning and Design.
OK                            Fort Sill.......................  Advance Individual Training           85,800,000
                                                                 Complex Phase 2.
OK                            McAlester AAP...................  Ammunition Demolition Shop......      39,000,000
TX                            Fort Hood.......................  Infantry Squad Battle Course:            600,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
TX                            Fort Hood.......................  Automated Infantry Platoon             1,220,000
                                                                 Battle Course: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
TX                            Fort Hood.......................  Automated Machine Gun Range:           1,240,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
TX                            Fort Hood.......................  Barracks: Cost to Complete......      19,000,000
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    Pacific Firefighting Support.--The Committees remain 
concerned about the conditions of firefighting facilities from 
which Federal firefighters, Army Forestry Technicians, Army 
Wildland Firefighters, and Emergency Service Technicians work 
to support military installations in the State of Hawaii, 
including Pohakuloa Training Area, and encourage the Army to 
adequately resource necessary upgrades to these facilities.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    The agreement provides $4,345,320,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', which is $592,929,000 
above the budget request. Within this amount, the agreement 
includes $515,473,000 for study, planning, design, 
architecture, and engineering services. Within the total for 
Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, $492,929,000 is 
for the following projects in the following amounts:

 
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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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AZ                            MCAS Yuma.......................  Water Treatment Plant: Planning       $5,000,000
                                                                 and Design.
CA                            Camp Pendleton..................  Child Development Center........      32,100,000
CA                            MCRD San Diego..................  Recruit Barracks................      82,230,000
FL                            MCSF Blount Island..............  Communications Infrastructure          5,949,000
                                                                 Modernization: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
GA                            Marine Corps Logistics Base       Consolidated Communication             6,400,000
                               Albany.                           Facility: Planning and Design.
HI                            JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam..........  Missile Magazines...............     103,350,000
HI                            JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam..........  Waterfront Production Facility:       20,000,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
HI                            MCB Hawaii......................  Bachelor Enlisted Quarters......      87,900,000
ME                            Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.......  Child Development Center:              2,500,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
SC                            MCRD Parris Island..............  Recruit Barracks................      37,600,000
SC                            MCRD Parris Island..............  Recruit Barracks................      38,300,000
VA                            Naval Air Station Oceana........  Child Development Center:              1,200,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
VA                            Norfolk Naval Shipyard..........  Child Development Center:              2,300,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
WA                            NAS Whidbey Island..............  Aircraft Airfield Pavement            68,100,000
                                                                 Improvements.
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    Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP).--The 
Committees support SIOP and believe the restoration of deferred 
maintenance availabilities, along with the public shipyard dry 
dock investments, recommended by the plan are critical. The 
Committees urge the Secretary of the Navy to prioritize the 
timely funding of public shipyard infrastructure, and in 
particular, the dry dock and shore infrastructure necessary to 
support critical maintenance of surface and submarine fleets by 
public shipyards. Of note, after several years of delays and 
cancellations associated with the Waterfront Production 
Facility at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, the Committees urge 
the Navy to synchronize the construction schedule for the new 
facility with that of the Dry Dock 3 replacement. Additionally, 
the Committees expect clear communication from the Navy to the 
Committees regarding additional flexibilities or authorizations 
necessary to successfully coordinate with tribal governments 
for expeditious completion of SIOP. The Committees remain 
concerned that without additional authorities from Congress, 
the Navy risks delaying critical dry dock construction projects 
and harming its valuable relationships with tribal governments. 
Recognizing the importance of SIOP and the need to adequately 
resource the development of future projects, in addition to 
fully funding the budget request of $1,260,185,000, the 
agreement further provides $50,000,000 above the request for 
planning and design.
    Navy Water Purification and Fuel Distribution 
Infrastructure.--The agreement includes an additional 
$25,000,000 for the Navy for planning and design in order to 
advance future water treatment and bulk fuel distribution 
infrastructure. The Department is directed to submit a spend 
plan for these additional funds to the Committees no later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    The agreement provides $2,614,996,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Air Force'', which is $559,540,000 above the 
budget request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$251,634,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services. Within the total for Military 
Construction, Air Force, $509,540,000 is for the following 
projects in the following amounts:

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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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AK                            JB Elmendorf-Richardson.........  Contaminated Soil Removal: Cost       $5,200,000
                                                                 to Complete.
AL                            Maxwell AFB.....................  Commercial Vehicle Inspection         15,000,000
                                                                 Gate.
AZ                            Luke AFB........................  Child Development Center:              2,700,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
CO                            U.S. Air Force Academy..........  Cemetery Expansion: Unspecified        3,400,000
                                                                 Minor Construction.
FL                            Eglin AFB.......................  F-35A ADAL Developmental Test:         2,500,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
FL                            Eglin AFB.......................  F-35A Developmental Test 2-Bay         3,700,000
                                                                 Test Hangar: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
FL                            Eglin AFB.......................  F-35A Developmental Test 2-Bay         4,100,000
                                                                 MXS Hangar: Planning and Design.
FL                            Patrick SFB.....................  Patrick SFB Consolidated              97,000,000
                                                                 Communications Facility.
GA                            Moody AFB.......................  23d Security Forces Squadron           1,100,000
                                                                 Operations Facility: Planning
                                                                 and Design.
GA                            Moody AFB.......................  Rescue Squadron Guardian Angel         5,770,000
                                                                 Operations Facility: Planning
                                                                 and Design.
NC                            Seymour Johnson AFB.............  Combat Arms and Maintenance            3,300,000
                                                                 Complex: Planning and Design.
NC                            Seymour Johnson AFB.............  KC-46 Alert Facility: Planning           530,000
                                                                 and Design.
NM                            Cannon AFB......................  Add/Alter B575 for Security            4,000,000
                                                                 Forces: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
NM                            Cannon AFB......................  SOF Construct Munitions Storage        8,000,000
                                                                 Area: Planning and Design.
NM                            Holloman AFB....................  F-16 Formal Training Unit              4,140,000
                                                                 Airfield Requirements: Planning
                                                                 and Design.
NM                            Holloman AFB....................  Holloman High-Speed Test Track:        5,000,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NM                            Kirtland AFB....................  58 SOW/PJ/CRO Pipeline Dorm (432      11,160,000
                                                                 RM): Planning and Design.
NM                            Kirtland AFB....................  ADAL Systems & Digital                 2,000,000
                                                                 Engineering Lab: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
NM                            Kirtland AFB....................  Apparatus Bay for Fire Station         4,200,000
                                                                 5: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
NM                            Kirtland AFB....................  Explosives Operations Building:          540,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NM                            Kirtland AFB....................  Small Arms Storage Facility:           2,800,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
NM                            Kirtland AFB....................  Joint Navigational Warfare             4,700,000
                                                                 Center: Planning and Design.
NM                            Melrose Air Force Range.........  Fire Department: Unspecified           5,600,000
                                                                 Minor Construction.
NV                            Nellis AFB......................  Dormitory: Planning and Design..       7,200,000
NY                            Air Force Research Laboratory--   Construct HF Antennas, Newport,        4,200,000
                               Hanscom Air Force Base Newport    and Stockbridge Test Annexes:
                               Test Annex.                       Unspecified Minor Construction.
OH                            Wright-Patterson AFB............  Child Development Center........      29,000,000
OH                            Wright-Patterson AFB............  Human Performance Wing                 4,000,000
                                                                 Laboratory: Planning and Design.
OK                            Tinker AFB......................  E-7 Operations Center: Planning       15,000,000
                                                                 and Design.
OK                            Tinker AFB......................  KC-46A 1-Bay Depot Corrosion         114,000,000
                                                                 Control Hangar.
OK                            Tinker AFB......................  KC-46A 2-Bay Program Depot            90,000,000
                                                                 Maintenance Hangar.
TX                            JBSA Lackland AFB...............  Basic Military Training Recruit        5,400,000
                                                                 Dormitory 8: Cost to Complete.
TX                            JBSA Randolph AFB...............  Child Development Center........      29,000,000
WA                            Fairchild AFB...................  ADAL KC-135 Flight Simulator....       7,300,000
WA                            Fairchild AFB...................  Consolidate TFI Base Operations:       8,000,000
                                                                 Cost to Complete.
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    Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex.--Understanding the 
critical importance of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex 
(JIAC) to the regional intelligence architecture of the United 
States and its partners, the Committees provide $421,000,000 
above the budget request for the construction of the complex, 
despite the late-in-cycle identification of the significant 
funding requirement as part of the Air Force's unfunded 
priorities list. The Committees are disappointed in the lack of 
prioritization the Air Force and Office of the Secretary of 
Defense have shown towards this project, despite its 
significant importance to national security and our allies in 
Europe and Africa. The Committees direct the Air Force, in 
coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, to 
provide quarterly updates on the status of the obligation of 
funds for the construction of the JIAC. Further, the Committees 
direct the Office of the Secretary of Defense to provide a 
report to the Committees within 90 days of enactment of this 
Act, and a briefing to the Committees, on why the Services 
consistently fail to prioritize joint combatant command 
projects, and how these problems can be remedied.
    Global Strike Command Security Gates.--The Committees 
remain concerned about deficient security gates at Air Force 
Global Strike Command installations, particularly as the Air 
Force plans to make significant investments in strategic 
weapons systems and weapons generation facilities at these 
bases. The Committees urge the Air Force to plan and program 
sufficient funding to address security gate deficiencies at 
these installations in its future years defense program.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $2,626,078,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Defense-Wide'', which is $209,680,000 above the 
budget request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$506,927,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services. Within the total for Military 
Construction, Defense-Wide, $109,680,000 is for the following 
projects in the following amounts:

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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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DE                            Dover AFB.......................  Armed Services Whole Blood              $350,000
                                                                 Processing Laboratory-East
                                                                 Replacement: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
FL                            MacDill AFB.....................  SOF Joint MISO Web-Operations          8,730,000
                                                                 Facility: Planning and Design.
FL                            MacDill AFB.....................  SOF Operations Integration            50,000,000
                                                                 Facility.
MO                            Fort Leonard Wood...............  Hospital Replacement Inc. 5.....      31,300,000
NC                            Fort Bragg......................  Albritton Middle School                7,000,000
                                                                 Addition: Planning and Design.
NC                            Camp Lejeune....................  Lejeune Schools Modernization:         6,600,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
SC                            MCRD Parris Island..............  Ambulatory Care Clinic                 4,800,000
                                                                 Replacement (Dental): Planning
                                                                 and Design.
SC                            MCAS Beaufort...................  Fuel Pier Replacement: Planning          900,000
                                                                 and Design.
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    Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program 
(ERCIP).--The agreement supports DOD's investments in energy 
efficiency, resilience, renewable energy systems, and energy 
security, and as such provides a total of $653,250,000 for 
ERCIP, an increase of $100,000,000 above the request. The 
additional funds in section 131 will allow ERCIP to address 
cost increases from projects funded in the fiscal year 2022 
enacted Act and fiscal year 2023 Act.
    United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).--The Committees 
recognize that some facilities in SOUTHCOM, particularly at 
Naval Air Station Key West, which houses Joint Interagency Task 
Force-South (JIATF-S), are no longer in adequate condition due 
to aging, corrosive local climate, natural disasters, and lack 
of prioritization by the Services. The Committees also 
recognize that the installation is critical to SOUTHCOM's 
mission but requires some improvements, including increasing 
resilience and ensuring modernization. Therefore, the agreement 
directs the Department to submit a report no later than 120 
days after enactment of this Act detailing the condition of all 
facilities at Naval Air Station Key West, the status of the new 
Command and Control Facility, as well as the Department's plan 
to update or replace facilities in poor condition across 
SOUTHCOM.
    Stormwater Management Projects.--The Committees recognize 
that resilient built and natural infrastructure on and around 
military bases are essential in maintaining military readiness. 
The Committees also recognize the increasing variability of the 
frequency and intensity of precipitation globally and the need 
to mitigate flooding and runoff. The agreement supports the 
implementation of stormwater best management practices, but 
recognizes there is currently no dedicated, authorized DOD 
entity that prioritizes stormwater management projects on and 
off military installations. Therefore, the agreement directs 
the Department to conduct a feasibility study and submit a 
report no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act 
assessing the potential creation of a program that prioritizes 
stormwater management projects in order to enhance resilience 
and improve water quality in stormwater-stressed ecosystems, 
where the Department has restoration partnership obligations, 
and where land subsidence and the expansion of non-permeable 
surfaces exacerbate flooding on and around military bases.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

    The agreement provides $459,018,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Army National Guard'', which is $161,740,000 
above the budget request. Within this amount, the agreement 
includes $83,435,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, 
and engineering services. Within the total for Military 
Construction, Army National Guard, $151,540,000 is for the 
following projects in the following amounts:

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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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AK                            JB Elmendorf-Richardson.........  Aircraft Maintenance Hangar.....     $63,000,000
AR                            Camp Robinson...................  Automated Multipurpose Machine         9,500,000
                                                                 Gun Range.
FL                            Camp Blanding...................  Automated Multipurpose Machine         1,080,000
                                                                 Gun Range: Planning and Design.
FL                            Camp Blanding...................  Scout Recce Gunnery Complex:           2,300,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
GA                            Fort Gordon.....................  National Guard/Reserve Center          2,100,000
                                                                 Building: Planning and Design.
IL                            Chicago.........................  National Guard Readiness Center        3,500,000
                                                                 Alteration: Planning and Design.
ME                            Saco............................  Southern Maine Readiness Center:       3,000,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
ME                            Woodville Training Center.......  Range Complex: Planning and            1,400,000
                                                                 Design.
MN                            Camp Ripley.....................  Dining Facility, Collective            3,000,000
                                                                 Training: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
MO                            Aviation Classification Repair    AVCRAD Aircraft Maintenance            5,600,000
                               Activity Depot.                   Hangar Addition Phase IV:
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NC                            Morrisville.....................  Army Aviation Flight Facility          4,500,000
                                                                 #1: Planning and Design.
NH                            Berlin..........................  Hangar and Aviation Operations         5,200,000
                                                                 Building: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
NH                            Concord.........................  National Guard Wellness Center:        2,000,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NJ                            Lawrenceville...................  Administration Building/General        5,950,000
                                                                 Purpose: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
NM                            Rio Rancho......................  Vehicle Maintenance Shop:                600,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
NY                            Lexington Armory................  National Guard Readiness Center        3,580,000
                                                                 Addition/Alteration: Planning
                                                                 and Design.
OR                            Camp Umatilla...................  Transient Training Officers            6,000,000
                                                                 Housing: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
PA                            Fort Indiantown Gap.............  Eastern ARNG Aviation Training         2,700,000
                                                                 Site (EAATS) Post-Initial
                                                                 Military Training Unaccompanied
                                                                 Housing: Planning and Design.
PA                            New Castle......................  National Guard Readiness Center:       2,360,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
VT                            Ethan Allen AFB.................  Civil Support Team Facility:           1,300,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
VT                            Ethan Allen AFB.................  Gold Star Pavilion: Unspecified          900,000
                                                                 Minor Construction.
VT                            Ethan Allen AFB.................  Micro-Grid System: Planning and        1,170,000
                                                                 Design.
VT                            Ethan Allen Firing Range........  Cantonment Area for Training:          3,500,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
VT                            Ethan Allen Firing Range........  Castle Trail Bypass (All Season          500,000
                                                                 Road): Planning and Design.
WV                            Kenova..........................  Armed Forces Readiness Center          4,300,000
                                                                 ADD/ALT: Unspecified Minor
                                                                 Construction.
WV                            Martinsburg.....................  National Guard Readiness Center:       1,500,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
WV                            Wheeling........................  AASF#2 Hangar ADD/ALT:                 6,000,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
WV                            Williamstown....................  AASF#1 Hangar ADD/ALT:                 5,000,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
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    National Guard Biathlon Programs.--The Committees continue 
to support the National Guard's role in administering the U.S. 
military's biathlon program and the agreement includes 
$8,000,000 above the President's budget request in unspecified 
minor construction for the update of biathlon facilities that 
enable engagement and training. The Director of the Army 
National Guard is directed to provide a spend plan for the use 
of these funds within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
    Readiness Centers.--The Committees note that many Army 
National Guard units utilize outdated and substandard 
facilities which can negatively impact the unit's ability to 
meet readiness, recruiting and retention, and training 
objectives. Facilities with physical shortfalls of greater than 
50 percent of authorized space, such as those in Jamestown, 
North Dakota, are particularly concerning. The Committees 
encourage the Army National Guard to allocate sufficient 
funding to address such facilities in future budget requests.
    Lodging Facilities.--The Committees are aware of lodging 
shortfalls near Army National Guard training centers and 
encourage the Army National Guard to allocate appropriate 
funding towards lodging requirements in future budget requests, 
particularly for installations with new training and readiness 
requirements.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

    The agreement provides $279,353,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Air National Guard'', which is $130,470,000 above 
the budget request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$56,982,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services. Within the total for Military 
Construction, Air National Guard, $112,970,000 is for the 
following projects in the following amounts:

 
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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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AL                            Montgomery Regional Airport Base  F-35 Weapons Load Crew Training       $6,800,000
                                                                 Facility.
AZ                            Morris Air National Guard Base..  Base Entry Complex..............      12,000,000
FL                            Jacksonville Air National Guard   F-35 Munitions Maintenance &             530,000
                               Base.                             Inspection Facility: Planning
                                                                 and Design.
FL                            Jacksonville Air National Guard   F-35 Construct Munitions Storage         770,000
                               Base.                             Area Admin & Pad: Planning and
                                                                 Design.
IL                            Scott AFB.......................  Maintenance Hangar & Shops:            2,500,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
MO                            Jefferson Barracks ANGB.........  Combat Arms Training and                 730,000
                                                                 Maintenance Facility: Planning
                                                                 and Design.
MO                            Jefferson Barracks ANGB.........  ADAL Security Forces Facility:         4,500,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
MO                            Rosecrans ANGB..................  Maintenance Hangar: Planning and       3,400,000
                                                                 Design.
MO                            Rosecrans ANGB..................  Parking Apron: Planning and            2,000,000
                                                                 Design.
NH                            Newington.......................  Small Arms Range: Unspecified          2,000,000
                                                                 Minor Construction.
NJ                            Atlantic City International       ADAL MAIN HANGAR: Planning and         3,000,000
                               Airport.                          Design.
NJ                            Atlantic City International       Main Gate Complex: Unspecified         5,100,000
                               Airport.                          Minor Construction.
OH                            Rickenbacker ANGB...............  Small Arms Range................       8,000,000
OR                            Kingsley Field ANGB.............  B210 Communications Building:          5,000,000
                                                                 Unspecified Minor Construction.
RI                            Quonset Point ANGB..............  Consolidated Headquarters             46,000,000
                                                                 Medical & Dining Facility.
VT                            Burlington International Airport  Cyber Operations Squadron              1,000,000
                                                                 Building: Planning and Design.
WV                            McLaughlin ANGB.................  C-130J Apron Expansion..........       7,500,000
WV                            McLaughlin ANGB.................  Construct Indoor Small Arms              640,000
                                                                 Range: Planning and Design.
WV                            McLaughlin ANGB.................  Squadron Operations Building:          1,500,000
                                                                 Planning and Design.
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                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

    The agreement provides $193,878,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Army Reserve'', which is $94,000,000 above the 
budget request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$24,829,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services. Within the total for Military 
Construction, Army Reserve, $74,000,000 is for the following 
projects in the following amounts:

 
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            State                         Location                           Project                  Amount
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GA                            Dobbins ARB.....................  Army Reserve Center: Planning         $5,000,000
                                                                 and Design.
WI                            Fort McCoy......................  Transient Training Enlisted           38,000,000
                                                                 Barracks.
WI                            Fort McCoy......................  Transient Training Officer            31,000,000
                                                                 Barracks.
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                  Military Construction, Navy Reserve

    The agreement provides $36,837,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Navy Reserve'', which is $6,500,000 above the 
budget request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$9,090,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

    The agreement provides $85,423,000 for ``Military 
Construction, Air Force Reserve'', which is $28,800,000 above 
the budget request. Within this amount, the agreement includes 
$27,573,000 for study, planning, design, architecture, and 
engineering services. Within the total for Military 
Construction, Air Force Reserve, $35,800,000 is for the 
following projects in the following amounts:

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                State                           Location                       Project                Amount
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MS..................................  Keesler AFB.................  Aeromedical Evacuation           $10,000,000
                                                                     Training Facility.
NY..................................  Niagara Falls ARS...........  Combined Operations and            2,800,000
                                                                     Alert Facility: Planning
                                                                     and Design.
OK..................................  Tinker AFB..................  10th Flight Test Squadron         12,500,000
                                                                     Operations Facility.
VA..................................  Joint Base Langley-Eustis...  Intelligence Group Facility.      10,500,000
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     North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program

    The agreement provides $220,139,000 for the ``North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program,'' 
which is $10,000,000 above the budget request, to support U.S. 
allies and partners, deter aggression by the Russian 
Federation, and promote democratic governance, peace, and 
stability in Europe.

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

    The agreement provides $574,687,000 for the ``Department of 
Defense Base Closure Account'', which is $290,000,000 above the 
budget request.
    Navy Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Remediation.--The 
agreement includes an additional $90,000,000 above the budget 
request for the Navy to accelerate environmental remediation at 
installations closed under previous BRAC rounds and for the 
demolition or removal of non-historically designated buildings 
and structures under Navy control where the sampling or 
remediation of radiologically contaminated materials have been 
the subject of substantiated allegations of fraud. Furthermore, 
the Navy is directed to provide a spend plan for these 
additional funds to the Committees no later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act.
    Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid 
(PFOA).--The Committees continue to be concerned about the 
extent of PFOS/PFOA contamination at closed U.S. military 
installations and how that contamination is measured. 
Therefore, the agreement includes an additional $200,000,000 
above the budget request within the Base Closure Account to 
increase the pace of cleanup at the military installations 
affected by PFOS/PFOA. The Department is directed to submit a 
spend plan for these additional funds to the Committees no 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act.

                             Family Housing

                            ITEM OF INTEREST

    Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI).--The 
Committees believe that the MHPI management companies have 
woefully neglected responsibilities outlined in their 
partnership agreements with the Services. The Committees 
continue to receive evidence of poor housing conditions, 
inadequate maintenance response times, mishandling of claims, 
indifference towards the wellbeing of servicemembers and their 
families, and some incidences of illegal incentive fee fraud. 
Therefore, the agreement provides an additional $30,000,000 for 
increased oversight of DOD's housing portfolio, including 
government owned and controlled family housing, and privatized 
family housing. Additionally, the agreement directs each 
Service to submit a report no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act detailing: (1) the current condition of 
all MHPI housing, including the current backlog of maintenance 
requests; (2) a summary of all MHPI tenant complaints; (3) a 
performance review of each MHPI management company; and (4) an 
update on all known and alleged incidences of incentive fee 
fraud. Furthermore, the agreement directs the Services to brief 
the Committees and provide a spend plan on how it will use the 
additional funding no later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

    The agreement provides $169,339,000 for ``Family Housing 
Construction, Army'', which is the same as the budget request.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    The agreement provides $446,411,000 for ``Family Housing 
Operation and Maintenance, Army'', which is $10,000,000 above 
the budget request.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    The agreement provides $337,297,000 for ``Family Housing 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', which is the same as the 
budget request.

    Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

    The agreement provides $378,224,000 for ``Family Housing 
Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps'', which is 
$10,000,000 above the budget request.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

    The agreement provides $232,788,000 for ``Family Housing 
Construction, Air Force'', which is the same as the budget 
request.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    The agreement provides $365,222,000 for ``Family Housing 
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', which is $10,000,000 
above the budget request.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    The agreement provides $50,113,000 for ``Family Housing 
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', which is the same as 
the budget request.

         Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund

    The agreement provides $6,442,000 for the ``Department of 
Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund'', which is the same as 
the budget request.

 Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund

    The agreement provides $494,000 for the ``Department of 
Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund'', 
which is the same as the budget request.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The agreement includes section 101 limiting the use of 
funds under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract.
    The agreement includes section 102 allowing the use of 
construction funds in this title for hire of passenger motor 
vehicles.
    The agreement includes section 103 allowing the use of 
construction funds in this title for advances to the Federal 
Highway Administration for the construction of access roads.
    The agreement includes section 104 prohibiting construction 
of new bases in the United States without a specific 
appropriation.
    The agreement includes section 105 limiting the use of 
funds for the purchase of land or land easements that exceed 
100 percent of the value.
    The agreement includes section 106 prohibiting the use of 
funds, except funds appropriated in this title for that 
purpose, for family housing.
    The agreement includes section 107 limiting the use of 
minor construction funds to transfer or relocate activities.
    The agreement includes section 108 prohibiting the 
procurement of steel unless American producers, fabricators, 
and manufacturers have been allowed to compete.
    The agreement includes section 109 prohibiting the use of 
construction or family housing funds to pay real property taxes 
in any foreign nation.
    The agreement includes section 110 prohibiting the use of 
funds to initiate a new installation overseas without prior 
notification.
    The agreement includes section 111 establishing a 
preference for American architectural and engineering services 
for overseas projects.
    The agreement includes section 112 establishing a 
preference for American contractors in United States 
territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf.
    The agreement includes section 113 requiring congressional 
notification of military exercises when construction costs 
exceed $100,000.
    The agreement includes section 114 allowing funds 
appropriated in prior years for new projects authorized during 
the current session of Congress.
    The agreement includes section 115 allowing the use of 
expired or lapsed funds to pay the cost of supervision for any 
project being completed with lapsed funds.
    The agreement includes section 116 allowing military 
construction funds to be available for five years.
    The agreement includes section 117 allowing the transfer of 
funds from Family Housing Construction accounts to the Family 
Housing Improvement Program.
    The agreement includes section 118 allowing transfers to 
the Homeowners Assistance Fund.
    The agreement includes section 119 limiting the amount of 
repair and maintenance funds for flag and general officer 
quarters and allowing for notification by electronic medium. 
The provision also requires an annual report on the 
expenditures of each quarter.
    The agreement includes section 120 extending the 
availability of funds in the Ford Island Improvement Account.
    The agreement includes section 121 allowing the transfer of 
expired funds to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense account.
    The agreement includes section 122 allowing for the 
reprogramming of construction funds among projects and 
activities subject to certain criteria.
    The agreement includes section 123 prohibiting the 
obligation or expenditure of funds provided to the Department 
of Defense for military construction for projects at Arlington 
National Cemetery.
    The agreement includes section 124 providing additional 
construction funds for unfunded requirements.
    The agreement includes section 125 directing all amounts 
appropriated to ``Military Construction, Army'', ``Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', ``Military Construction, 
Air Force'', and ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' 
accounts be immediately available and allotted for the full 
scope of authorized projects.
    The agreement includes section 126 extending the 
eligibility of unobligated funding for fiscal year 2017 and 
fiscal year 2018 projects that have not lapsed.
    The agreement includes section 127 defining the 
congressional defense committees.
    The agreement includes section 128 providing funds for 
various military construction accounts for DOD labs.
    The agreement includes section 129 providing additional 
funds for planning and design and unspecified minor 
construction in order to improve military installation 
resilience.
    The agreement includes section 130 providing the Air Force 
with funds for natural disasters.
    The agreement includes section 131 providing funds 
specified to address cost increases identified subsequent to 
the fiscal year 2023 budget request for authorized major 
construction projects across various accounts.
    The agreement includes section 132 providing additional 
funds for planning and design and authorized major construction 
of child development centers.
    The agreement includes section 133 providing the Navy with 
planning and design funds for water treatment and distribution 
infrastructure.
    The agreement includes section 134 providing funds 
specified to address cost increases for authorized major 
construction projects funded by this Act.
    The agreement includes section 135 providing funds for 
planning and design for construction at future foreign military 
training sites.
    The agreement includes section 136 prohibiting the use of 
funds in this Act to close or realign Naval Station Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                           Items of Interest

    Unobligated Balances of Expired Discretionary Funds.--The 
Department is directed to submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly reports detailing all unobligated 
balances of expired discretionary funds by fiscal year.
    Asset and Infrastructure Review.--The agreement provides no 
funding for the Asset and Infrastructure Review account given 
the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission was not seated. 
As the Department moves forward with the quadrennial market 
assessments and Strategic Capital Investment Planning Process, 
when recommending future infrastructure changes the Department 
is urged to focus on maintaining or improving veterans' access 
to medical care nationwide, including in dense urban or rural 
areas. In addition, the Department should consider how any 
changes could create additional barriers to care (e.g., 
increased travel time).
    Foreign Medical Program.--The agreement urges the 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take steps to ensure 
that the Foreign Medical Program better meets the needs of 
veterans living overseas, particularly in remote and 
underserved areas like the Freely Associated States. The 
agreement further notes that information technology 
improvements, such as facilitating electronic payment of 
reimbursements, have great potential to improve the program for 
veterans, and urges the Department to prioritize these 
projects.
    Expenditure Plan for Leases and Enhanced-Use Leases.--The 
agreement directs the Department to provide no later than 60 
days of enactment of this Act, a detailed expenditure plan for 
the funds appropriated in sections 705 and 707 of Public Law 
117-168, to enter into enhanced-use leases and major medical 
facility leases. The plan should be to the project level, 
reflect obligations and expenditures to date, and be updated on 
at least an annual basis until the funds are fully expended.

                            Toxic Exposures

    The Committees remain concerned by the long history of 
servicemembers being exposed to toxic substances, including 
Agent Orange, radiation, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
(PFAS), and open burn pits, and continue to urge the Department 
to make progress in how it addresses toxic exposures, 
particularly with regards to research, improving clinical 
efforts, and ensuring veterans are receiving the disability and 
compensation benefits that they have earned. The Committees 
note the landmark step forward taken with the recently enacted 
Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to 
Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-168), 
and encourage VA to ensure it is considering and addressing all 
varieties of toxic exposures, including herbicides, that affect 
veterans of all eras of service, including Gulf War veterans.
    Gender-Specific Impacts of Toxic Exposure.--The Committees 
recognize the gender-specific impacts of toxic exposure and 
direct the Department to ensure gender-specific research on 
women veterans is included in its research efforts and that 
sufficient numbers of women veterans are included in research 
studies, as well as considering options to incorporate gender-
based differences into the Department's Center of Excellence 
work, as directed in House Report 117-391.
    PFAS.--The agreement directs VA to continue collaborating 
with DOD's PFAS Task Force, academia, and other health 
institutions and agencies to monitor research activities, 
results, and publications on the health effects from PFAS, in 
addition to taking an active role of its own. Furthermore, the 
Department is directed to report to the Committees within 120 
days after enactment of this Act on the PFAS testing that will 
be undertaken at VA, and whether evidence-based information 
included in recommendations by the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will impact VA decisions 
related to blood testing for this chemical and establishing a 
PFAS registry for certain veterans (e.g., military 
firefighters).
    Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence.--To 
assist in better understanding the effects of exposure to open 
burn pits and airborne hazards on the health of veterans, the 
agreement provides $15,000,000 for the Airborne Hazards and 
Burn Pits Center of Excellence.
    Cancer Detection and Recurrence Monitoring Related to Toxic 
Exposure.--The Committees recommend VA work with outside 
entities specializing in genetic sequencing technologies and 
diagnostic services to better address cancer diagnoses related 
to toxic exposures. The Committees also encourage VA to 
consider all options to better incorporate available early 
detection diagnostics into veterans' care.
    Karshi Khanabad Air Base.--The Committees remain concerned 
about servicemembers who were exposed to various hazards at 
Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, also known as ``K2'', and 
urge the Department to implement the PACT Act's provisions 
related to K2 as quickly as possible.
    Medical Research on Burn Pit Exposure.--The Department is 
urged to partner with DOD to coordinate and share research on 
airborne hazards from open-air burn pits and its impact to 
servicemembers and veterans. The Departments are encouraged to 
enter into a memorandum of understanding for research on 
identifying and treating the health outcomes following exposure 
of servicemembers to airborne hazards from open-air burn pits, 
including utilizing information gathered through the VA's 
Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.
    Adjusted Rulemaking Process.--The Department is directed to 
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than 1 year after enactment of this Act on the timeline under 
which the Department plans to use the new rulemaking process to 
undertake a review of evidence related to toxic exposures of 
veterans who served at Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
    Million Veterans Program.--The agreement encourages the 
Million Veterans Program to support research utilizing 
emissions data that was collected and catalogued for the 
Department of Defense during Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terror to help in identifying the potential long-
term health consequences of exposure to burn pit emissions and 
environmental pollutants for servicemembers.
    Burn Pits Data Tracking and Reporting.--To improve data on 
veteran exposure to burn pits and potential health effects, the 
Committees reiterate the direction provided in House Report 
117-391 on burn pit data tracking and reporting.

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $146,778,136,000 for Compensation 
and Pensions in advance for fiscal year 2024. Of the amount 
provided, not more than $21,423,000 is to be transferred to 
General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration 
(VBA) and Information Technology Systems for reimbursement of 
necessary expenses in implementing provisions of title 38.
    Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Disability Claims 
Processing.--Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, the 
agreement directs the Department to submit a report to the 
Committees on corrective actions taken to improve the accuracy 
of processing MST-related disability claims, including those 
taken to address the VA Office of Inspector General's findings 
and recommendations from the VA Office of Inspector General's 
Report #20-00041-163. In addition, the report should provide an 
update on the implementation of sections 5501 and 5502 of 
Public Law 116-315, including what percentage of claims are 
being reviewed by specialized teams, any barriers VBA faces in 
allowing veteran MST survivors to choose the sex of their 
medical examiner, and any proposed changes for ensuring 
veterans' choices can be met.

                         READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

    The agreement provides $8,452,500,000 for Readjustment 
Benefits in advance for fiscal year 2024.
    Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses.--
The agreement expects the Department to fully fund the program 
consistent with current law, and encourages VA to take steps to 
expand the program to address increased demand, by including 
adding additional providers, particularly in areas of the 
country where the initiative is not currently available, as 
well as to help train and employ veterans with disabilities, 
including through programs that support blind veterans in high-
technology career fields, such as cybersecurity.
    Post-9/11 GI Bill.--The agreement directs the Department to 
submit a report to the Committees within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act on the potential costs associated with eliminating 
the 15-year delimitation date for using Post-9/11 GI Bill 
benefits. The report should also include the number of veterans 
that lost access to Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits in the past 3 
years and projections on the number of veterans that will lose 
access in the next 3 years.

                   VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

    The agreement provides $121,126,000 for Veterans Insurance 
and Indemnities in advance for fiscal year 2024.

                 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

    The agreement provides such sums as may be necessary for 
costs associated with direct and guaranteed loans for the 
Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund. The agreement limits 
obligations for direct loans to not more than $500,000 and 
provides $282,361,131 to be available for administrative 
expenses.
    VA Home Loans.--The agreement directs VA to take steps to 
complete all outstanding VA home loans, including those outside 
the contiguous United States, within 90 days of enactment of 
this Act and to maintain policies, funding, and staffing levels 
that ensure appraisals are completed within VA's established 
timeliness standards.
    Veterans Housing Rehabilitation and Modification Pilot 
Program.--The agreement encourages VA to coordinate with the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop an 
outreach plan to increase awareness about this program among 
veterans, Veterans Service Organizations, and other eligible 
entities.

            VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement provides $7,171 for the cost of direct loans 
from the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program Account, plus 
$445,698 to be paid to the appropriation for General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration. The agreement 
provides for a direct loan limitation of $942,330.

          NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement provides $1,400,000 for administrative 
expenses of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program 
Account.

      GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

    The agreement provides $3,863,000,000 for General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration and, of the amount 
provided, up to 10 percent is available for obligation until 
September 30, 2024.
    Equitable Relief.--As described in House Report 117-391, 
the Secretary is directed to continue to grant or extend 
equitable relief to eligible veterans initially deemed eligible 
in instances of administrative error, and the agreement 
requires the report to be submitted to the Committees no later 
than April 1, 2023.
    Transition Assistance Grant Program.--The agreement funds 
the program consistent with the request for the initial 
implementation of the transition assistance grant program 
established by Section 4304 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. 
Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 
2020 (P.L. 116-315) and reiterates the direction provided in 
House Report 117-391.
    Contract Providers for Exams.--The agreement urges VA to 
ensure that compensation and pension exams are available at VA 
facilities with the capability to conduct them in a safe and 
thorough manner.
    National Training Curriculum.--The agreement encourages the 
Department to improve disability claims processing training 
related to post-traumatic stress disorder to help ensure 
benefits are being correctly determined.
    GI Bill Apprenticeships and On-the-Job-Training.--The 
agreement directs VA to take additional actions to promote 
awareness and increased utilization of apprenticeships and on-
the-job training (OJT) programs, including continued 
coordination and support to State Approving Agencies (SAAs) and 
programs that may incentivize increased participation by 
employers. The agreement recommends additional support and 
resources be provided to SAAs for the purpose of increasing 
awareness and utilization of apprenticeships and OJT. The 
Department is encouraged to explore options to expand the 
program, while ensuring proper oversight of SAA contracts.
    Support to County, Tribal and Equivalent Governmental 
Veterans Service Officers.--The agreement directs the 
Department, no later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, to submit a report to the Committees on how to 
improve its support of county, Tribal and equivalent 
governmental Veterans Service Officers. The report shall assess 
the feasibility and current technical limitations of providing 
governmental Veterans Service Officers enhanced access to 
certain Department systems to better serve veterans and any 
other recommendations to improve how the Department monitors, 
coordinates with, or provides support to Veterans Service 
Officers to include but not limited to training or financial 
support for local governmental operations.
    Evaluation of the Impact of the National Work Queue.--The 
agreement directs the Department to provide a report to the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the 
National Work Queue, to address specifically (1) how it plans 
to restore procedures to provide specialized assistance to and 
coordination with veterans' accredited representatives; and (2) 
how it plans to evaluate VA employees fairly for their own work 
product.
    Evaluation of VBA Information Technology Systems.--The 
agreement directs the Department to provide a report to the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on how it 
plans to receive feedback, including from veterans' accredited 
representatives, on potential front-end improvements to VBA 
Information Technology systems (e.g., Veterans Benefits 
Management System) that may enhance veteran awareness and 
coordination for the timeliness and accuracy of claims.
    Modernize the Veterans Benefits Management System.--The 
agreement directs the Department to complete an assessment of 
the Veterans Benefits Management System, and develop a plan to 
modernize the system as appropriate. The Department is directed 
to submit a report to the Committees no later than 180 days 
after enactment of this Act detailing the findings of this 
assessment and the Department's plan to update the system.
    Ready for Decision Status.--The agreement directs the 
Department, no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
to provide a report to the Committees on: (1) the number of 
claims that reached Ready for Decision (RFD) status by month 
since January 2021; (2) the average time in RFD status, broken 
down by month and by the regional office responsible for the 
determination; (3) any impact that COVID-19 remote work status 
had on processing time; and (4) any impact from delays vendors 
contracted by the Government Publishing Office experienced in 
printing and mailing notification letters to veterans and 
claimants in calendar year 2021.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                           ITEMS OF INTEREST

    Develop Accurate and More Robust Quality Comparisons 
between VA and the Community.--The Department is directed to 
report to the Committees no later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act on steps it will take to provide more robust and 
accurate quality and timeliness comparisons between VA and 
Veterans Community Care providers so eligible veterans can make 
better informed decisions on where to receive care.
    Improved Transparency of, Access to, and Usability of 
Data.--The agreement directs the Department, not later than 180 
days after enactment of this Act, to complete a review of 
publicly available data on the Department's Access to Care 
website, and conduct an analysis of the access to and usability 
of the data, including: (1) any numeric indicators relating to 
timely care, effective care, safety, and veteran-centered care; 
(2) patient wait times information; and (3) patient safety, 
quality of care, and outcome measures. The Department should 
consult with veterans, Veterans Service Organizations, and 
caregivers of veterans from geographically diverse areas and 
representing different eras of service in the Armed Forces. The 
agreement directs the Department to submit to the Committees, 
no later than 30 days after completing the review, a report on 
the outcome of the review, including any recommendations to 
modify the presentation of data.
    Cost of Care for National Guard and Reserve Components.--
The agreement directs the Department to submit a report to the 
Committees within 180 days of enactment of this Act on the 
total cost of extending VA medical care eligibility to all non-
federally activated members of the National Guard and Reserve 
components of the Armed Services.
    Securing Medical Devices.--The agreement encourages the 
Department to ensure the security of all networked medical 
devices and to implement security and remediation best 
practices to address potential medical device cyberattack 
risks.

                            MEDICAL SERVICES

    The agreement provides $74,004,000,000 in advance for 
fiscal year 2024 for Medical Services, with $2,000,000,000 
available through fiscal year 2025. The agreement provides an 
additional $261,000,000 above the fiscal year 2023 advance 
appropriation for the Medical Services account. The agreement 
maintains bill language requiring the Secretary to ensure that 
sufficient amounts are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans.

                  Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

    The agreement provides $13,920,415,000 in discretionary 
funds for mental health programs, of which $498,098,000 is for 
suicide prevention outreach. In addition to the directives in 
House Report 117-391, the agreement urges the Department to 
focus on preventing suicides on VA properties.
    Veterans Crisis Line and 988 Implementation.--The agreement 
provides funding at the level requested for the Veterans Crisis 
Line (VCL). In addition to the instruction included in House 
Report 117-391, the agreement directs the Department to ensure 
VCL has geolocation capabilities to ensure accurate emergency 
dispatch to persons at risk of imminent harm to self or others. 
In lieu of the direction in House Report 117-391, the agreement 
supports an increase in staffing levels of Suicide Prevention 
Coordinators, including to ensure sufficient response to calls 
to the crisis line. In addition, the agreement continues the 
quarterly reporting requirement in House Report 117-391 
regarding the volume of calls received by the crisis line and 
other metrics to measure and ensure adequate staff response.
    DOD to VA Mental Health Transition Improvements.--The 
agreement directs the Veterans Affairs Collaboration Office to 
provide a report to the Committees on progress in implementing 
the Joint Action Plan created in response to Executive Order 
13822 no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
    National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.--The 
agreement provides $42,000,000 for the National Center for PTSD 
and encourages the Center to explore collaborations and 
investigational trials to test and develop new methods to treat 
PTSD. The agreement directs the Department to provide the 
report requested in House Report 117-391 to the Committees no 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.
    Virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.--In response to the 
directive in House Report 117-391, the Department should 
explicitly address efforts to better deliver mental health 
services virtually in areas struggling with broadband 
operability, including efforts to partner with commercially 
available platforms with VA-accredited clinicians.
    Suicide Prevention Technology.--The Committees strongly 
encourage VA to allocate resources to support integrated, real-
time data, interactive push notifications, data visualization 
tools and VA Suicide Prevention performance measure analytics. 
The report requested in House Report 117-391 should be provided 
to the Committees within 90 days of the enactment of this Act.
    Suicide Prevention.--The agreement encourages the 
Department to provide complete continuity of outpatient, 
residential, and inpatient mental health services to 
proactively screen for suicide risk.

                    Preventing Veteran Homelessness

    The agreement supports $2,695,392,000 for programs to 
prevent veteran homelessness, including up to $750,167,000 for 
Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF), $557,921,000 
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH), $276,368,000 for Grant 
and Per Diem (GPD) programs, and $81,394,000 for Veterans 
Justice Outreach program and Legal Services for Veterans 
grants.
    SSVF.--The agreement directs the Department to fill open 
vacancies, using all available recruitment and retention 
resources, and to submit an annual report on the status on 
filling any and all vacancies. In addition, the agreement 
directs the Department to report to the Committees not later 
than 1 year after enactment of this Act on the effectiveness of 
using contracted caseworkers in comparison to Department 
caseworkers, and on how effectively veterans are being assisted 
through SSVF.
    HUD-VASH.--The agreement supports the expansion of 
caseworkers hired in order to reach the Department's goal of 90 
percent of caseworker positions filled, and encourages the 
Department to continue to expand the program to reach as many 
veterans as possible.
    Moreover, the agreement directs VA to coordinate with HUD 
to establish pathways that would allow for temporary, 
transitional case management in areas that Public Housing 
Authorities have vouchers that are available, allocated and 
accompanied with VA case management resources, but 
underutilized due to a lack of VA referrals. The Department is 
expected to finalize its guidance regarding approval of a 
Public Housing Authority to be a designated service provider no 
later than March 31, 2023.
    Homeless Providers GPD Program.--The agreement directs the 
Department to make funding available for GPD beds based on a 
collaborative process with local housing partners, the local VA 
Medical Centers and the Continuums of Care.
    Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program.--In addition to 
the direction in House Report 117-391, the agreement urges the 
Department to expand outreach regarding housing, healthcare, 
and mental healthcare resources.
    Utilization of Long-Term Care Services by Organizations 
Serving Homeless and At-Risk Veterans through VA.--The 
agreement directs the Department to assess the utilization of 
long-term care services by veterans known to be experiencing 
homelessness, at-risk of homelessness within the next 90 days, 
and having experienced homelessness in the last 90 days. This 
assessment and should be broken down by each veteran's 
demographic data, geographical location of services rendered, 
and the program(s) the veteran utilized within the Office of 
Geriatric and Extended Care (GEC) and the Homeless Programs 
Office (HPO); and include a strategic plan to better coordinate 
access to GEC and HPO services. Within 1 year of enactment of 
this Act, the Department is directed to submit to the 
Committees a report on the findings and strategic plan.
    Non-Traditional Housing.--The agreement strongly encourages 
the Department to continue its efforts to find suitable housing 
for veterans and their families, including non-traditional 
efforts, such as ``Micro'' or ``Tiny Homes'' or renovated 
shipping containers. In lieu of the direction in House Report 
117-391, the agreement directs the Department to report to the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the 
feasibility, including cost estimates, of establishing a grant 
program to build villages of tiny homes for homeless veterans.

               VHA Staffing and Clinical Workforce Issues

    Annual Staffing Report.--The Committees appreciate the 
Department's efforts to provide useful information regarding 
its staffing challenges.The Committees remind the Veterans 
Health Administration of the directive included in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 to 
provide no later than January 31 of each calendar year, 
beginning in January 2023, a comprehensive report on workforce 
and staffing issues.
    VA Medical Center Staffing.--In addition to utilizing new 
authorities provided by Congress, the agreement encourages the 
Department to explore ways to introduce new technologies to 
reduce staff workloads and improve patients' access to timely 
care.

                              Rural Health

    Office of Rural Health.--The agreement provides 
$337,455,000 for the Office of Rural Health and the Rural 
Health Initiative, which is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2022 enacted level.
    Rural Transportation Challenges.--The agreement directs the 
Office of Rural Health to expand and improve transportation 
access for veterans to and from facilities, and to allocate 
sufficient funding to enhance rural access and transportation 
services, including up to $10,000,000 for the Highly Rural 
Transportation Grants Program. The agreement directs the 
Department to report the findings and recommendations of its 
ongoing studies on the use of accessible, autonomous and 
electric vehicles, which could be particularly helpful in rural 
areas, and as directed in House Report 117-391, to submit a 
plan for future analysis of this technology. In addition, the 
agreement directs the Office of Rural Health to expeditiously 
conclude the rural transportation study by the Veterans Rural 
Health Resource Center and report the findings to the 
Committees to assess gaps in the Department's comprehensive 
rural transportation program.
    Rural Health Eligibility.--The agreement directs the 
Department to submit a report to the Committees no later than 
180 days after enactment of this Act that analyzes the impact 
on access to VA healthcare if the VA income eligibility 
threshold for Priority Group 7 is increased to the highest 
income eligibility threshold in each State. The report should 
analyze the impact on veteran health if eligibility for dental 
care is expanded to include all VHA eligible veterans.
    Veterans Affairs Health Navigator Platform.--The agreement 
encourages the Department to investigate the benefits of 
utilizing Health Management Platforms and a health navigator 
system, focused on improving patient access and beneficiary 
experiences for veterans in rural and/or low population density 
areas, similar to an ongoing DOD pilot.

                     Telehealth and Connected Care

    The agreement provides $5,174,818,000 to sustain and 
increase telehealth capacity, including in rural, highly rural, 
and underserved communities.
    VA-Academic Telehealth Partnerships.--The agreement 
encourages the Department to support telehealth partnerships 
with academic institutions, including in communities in non-
contiguous areas without university teaching hospitals, and 
including Maternal Fetal Medicine services.

                     Gender-Specific Care for Women

    The agreement includes $840,446,000 to support gender-
specific care for women, as well as funding for the program 
office and initiatives. The Department is directed to provide a 
spend plan detailing how this funding will be allocated and 
describing all planned activities related to care for women 
veterans to the Committees no later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act. In addition, the Department is directed 
to provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on the 
expenditure of the funds. The Department is further directed to 
continue upgrading medical facilities to meet the needs of 
women veterans and is reminded of the annual reporting 
requirement included in the Joint Explanatory Statement 
accompanying Public Law 116-94 related to women's healthcare 
facilities.

                           Caregivers Support

    The agreement includes $1,866,210,000 for VA's Caregivers 
Program, and continues the requirement for quarterly reporting 
on obligations.
    Caregivers Support.--The agreement encourages the Secretary 
to permit recently disqualified and denied applicants with a 
history in the program to have their applications automatically 
reconsidered under the current requirements, rather than go 
through the appeals process, or consider creating an expedited 
review for Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family 
Caregivers (PCAFC) appeals to ensure timely decisions. The 
agreement urges the Department to proceed expeditiously in 
revising and reissuing regulations to bring the program fully 
in line with statute and Congressional intent, and to work 
collaboratively with the Committees in this process.
    PCAFC Legacy Caregivers Employment Assistance.--The 
agreement directs the Department to submit a report to the 
Committees no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act 
detailing what steps have been or could be taken to assist 
legacy PCAFC caregivers with job-hunting skills and employment 
placement.

       Opioid Safety Initiatives and Substance Use Disorder Care

    To continue to build upon opioid reduction efforts and 
safety initiatives, the agreement includes $662,805,000 for 
opioid prevention and treatment programs at VA, including 
$245,754,000 to continue implementation of the Jason Simcakoski 
Memorial and Promise Act as part of the Comprehensive Addiction 
and Recovery Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-198).
    The agreement also includes $183,287,000 for Substance Use 
Disorder (SUD) efforts to ensure a greater number of veterans 
can receive SUD specialty services. The Committees are 
concerned with challenges veterans face in accessing treatment, 
including wait times for inpatient admission, and direct the 
Department to continue to increase investment in this program 
to reduce delays and ensure adequate bed availability and 
staffing.

                              Whole Health

    The agreement provides $85,851,000 for Whole Health, which 
is $10,000,000 above the request, to continue to implement and 
expand the Whole Health initiative to all VA facilities. Within 
the total, the agreement includes $5,000,000 for creative arts 
therapies, as described in House Report 117-391 and consistent 
with the budget request.

                             Long-Term Care

    The agreement provides $12,085,353,000 as requested by the 
Department for long-term care, including $4,052,596,000 for 
non-institutional care. VA is encouraged to continue 
cooperating with community, State, and Federal partners to 
expand these programs.
    Rural Access to Home and Community-Based Services.--The 
agreement directs the Department, within 1 year of enactment of 
this Act, to report to the Committees on the availability of 
and access to home- and community-based services (HCBS) for 
rural veterans. The report should include an analysis of rural 
veterans' access to HCBS, including programs or care provided 
directly by VA, as well as HCBS paid for by VA; any disparities 
in rural veterans' access to each type of HCBS, as compared to 
their urban veteran counterparts; and, if available, 
considerations in access to care for rural veterans who live on 
Tribal lands, are women veterans, or are disabled veterans.
    Veteran-Directed Care.--The agreement encourages expansion 
of the Veteran-Directed Care Program.
    Domiciliary Care Claims for Veterans with Early-Stage 
Dementia.--The agreement directs the Secretary to expeditiously 
implement section 3007 of Public Law 116-315, and delegate the 
waiver authority to Veterans Integrated Service Networks and 
local VA hospital systems so that newly eligible veterans may 
begin to receive this crucial support.

                          Other Health Issues

    Neurology Centers of Excellence.--In lieu of the direction 
in House Report 117-391, the agreement directs the Department 
to provide a report to the Committees within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act on the feasibility, advisability, and 
costs of expanding the Neurology Centers of Excellence 
(including but not limited to epilepsy, headache, multiple 
sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease) to enhance their ability to 
serve veterans. The report should include funding provided for 
each category of Center of Excellence for the past five years 
(including the budget year) and proposed in fiscal year 2024; 
and estimated costs to support additional sites, increased 
staff at sites, or other activities associated with expansion. 
The agreement supports an additional $5,000,000 to begin 
expansion of the Headache Centers of Excellence, as described 
in the report submitted by the Department in response to the 
Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103); and up to $4,000,000 
to support an expansion of Parkinson's Disease Research, 
Education and Clinical Centers and associated Parkinson's 
Disease Consortiums and multiple sclerosis centers, pending the 
Committees' review of the recommendations in the requested 
report.
    Pressure Injuries.--A report on the timeline to update the 
directive required in House Report 117-391 on the Standardized 
Pressure Injury Prevention Protocol Checklist is requested 
within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
    Molecular Diagnostics for All Cancers.--The Committees 
believe that every veteran with cancer deserves the highest 
quality and most medically advanced diagnosis and treatment 
available, and the Committees commend the Department's 
Precision Oncology Program. The agreement supports the budget 
request to expand precision oncology clinical services, 
including molecular diagnostics, and includes up to $10,000,000 
to accelerate the adoption of molecular diagnostics for 
numerous cancers. Additionally, the Committees remind the 
Department of the reporting requirement in House Report 117-
391.
    Adaptive Sports.--The agreement includes $27,229,000 for 
National Veterans Sports Programs, including $16,000,000 for 
adaptive sports programs, and no less than $1,500,000 for 
equine therapy.
    Medication Optimization for Veterans.--The agreement 
provides $15,610,000, as requested, for the National 
Pharmacogenomics Program.
    Intimate Partner Violence Program.--The Committees support 
the VA Intimate Partner Violence Program (IPV), which has made 
important progress in implementing programs to combat domestic 
violence, and direct the Department to fully resource the IPV 
Program and to continue to include it as a program of interest 
with budget detail in the justifications accompanying the 
fiscal year 2024 budget submissions.
    Support for Vet Centers.--The agreement supports the 
request for Vet Centers and urges the Department to increase 
access to Vet Centers, including ensuring adequate staffing and 
evaluating whether additional centers may be needed. In 
addition to the direction in House Report 117-391, the 
agreement directs the Department to submit a report to the 
Committees no later than 90 days of enactment of this Act on 
its progress on implementing the recommendations in the report 
``VA Vet Centers: Evaluations Needed of Expectations for 
Counselor Productivity and Centers' Staffing'' (GAO--20--652).
    Pilot Programs for Agritherapy.--The agreement provides 
$5,000,000 to continue a pilot program to train veterans in 
agricultural vocations, while also tending to behavioral and 
mental health needs with behavioral healthcare services and 
treatments by licensed providers.
    Pain Management Treatments.--The Committees note 
alternative treatments for pain management have been shown to 
be effective in reducing pain and reliance on prescription 
opioids, and continue to encourage VA to expand the use of 
alternative treatments to pain management in its delivery of 
healthcare services, as well as integrate treatments such as 
acupuncture into VA medical centers and clinics through 
licensed professionals or on a contract basis. Additionally, 
given the potential of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) 
to treat back and other pain, the Department is directed to 
track utilization of OMT among veterans seeking care and 
provide a report to the Committees within 120 days of enactment 
of this Act on the use of OMT. The Department is further urged 
to develop a mechanism to track outcomes of this treatment.
    Bioelectronic Medicine for Veterans.--The Committees note 
the potential offered by Bioelectronic Medicine combined with 
machine learning and artificial intelligence and encourage the 
Department to ensure these technologies are available to 
veterans. In lieu of the funding in House Report 117-391, the 
agreement directs VA to report to the Committees within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act on how it plans to expand access to 
these technologies and support initiatives that encourage 
innovation.
    Home Improvements and Structural Alterations.--The 
agreement directs the Department to provide a report to the 
Committees no later than 90 days of enactment of this Act on 
whether the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations 
benefit is sufficient to cover the costs of medically necessary 
improvements and structural alterations, taking into account 
housing costs in defined geographic regions, and 
recommendations to improve the program to meet the need.
    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Compliance.--The 
agreement directs the Department to promptly provide the 
required report under Section 70913 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and apply the required 
preference to infrastructure projects funded by this Act.
    Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Treatment.--The agreement directs 
the Department to analyze what barriers exist for veterans 
seeking image-guided superficial radiotherapy across different 
types of practices, including but not limited to certified 
medical establishments and private dermatology practices, and 
what action can be taken to remove any identified obstacles. 
The Department is directed to submit a report on the analysis 
to the Committees no later than 90 days after the enactment of 
this Act.
    Integration of Veteran and Tribal Partners in Applicable 
Areas.--The agreement directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to appoint a single point of contact to coordinate Federal 
Tribal and veteran healthcare in areas where it may be 
difficult for a veteran to find proper representation of care 
due to limited presence of VA facilities.
    Solid Tumor Diagnostic Assay.--The agreement directs the 
Department to provide an update on cancer diagnostics 
proteomics research no later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act to the Committees.
    Rehabilitation and Disability Prevention.--The agreement 
encourages the Department to develop, evaluate, implement, and 
disseminate new strategies for rehabilitation and for 
disability prevention, including strategies for emotional well-
being.
    Dental Services.--The agreement supports efforts to expand 
VA dental services to the broadest extent of current authority.
    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.--The agreement encourages the 
Department to continue to research the efficacy of hyperbaric 
oxygen therapy (HBOT) as a treatment for PTSD and traumatic 
brain injury, and permit case-by-case referrals for HBOT in the 
community.
    Medical Cannabis.--The agreement acknowledges the 
Department is in the process of updating VHA Directive 1315, 
Access to VHA Clinical Programs for Veterans Participating in 
State-Approved Marijuana Programs, and encourages the 
Department to not interfere with a veteran's decision to 
participate in such programs and document it appropriately, to 
the extent allowable under Federal law.
    Mobile Health Clinics.--The agreement supports robust 
funding and encourages VA to expand their mobile clinics in 
order to serve more veterans.
    Medical Device Efficiencies.--The Committees note the 
importance of reducing emissions and waste at medical 
facilities, as well as improving supply chain resilience. The 
Department is encouraged to explore potential options and 
approaches to achieve these goals, including FDA-regulated, 
commercial reprocessing of single-use medical devices, as 
appropriate. Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Department is directed to submit a report to the Committees 
that provides an assessment of VA's medical device reprocessing 
efforts, including benefits, potential cost savings to VA 
medical facilities, estimates of reduced waste, and impacts on 
health outcomes.
    Air Ambulance Services.--The Committees urge the Department 
to ensure that any changes to the reimbursement policy for air 
ambulances do not reduce the availability of emergency services 
to veterans or increase mortality and morbidity among veterans 
needing air ambulance care, which is particularly important in 
rural areas. The Committees further note that Public Law 116-
260 required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
to review updated cost data on air ambulance services, and 
encourage VA to coordinate with HHS to ensure that its data is 
accurate and up to date before finalizing any payment policy 
changes.
    Pharmaceutical On-dose Tracking and Tracing Technologies.--
The agreement directs that the report directed in House Report 
117-391 should also outline the Department's implementation and 
deployment strategies for on-dose tracking of pharmaceutical 
products within the VA.
    Domestic Procurement of Medical Isotopes.--The agreement 
directs the Department to submit to the Committees a report 
within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the availability of 
domestic sources of sustainable medical radioisotopes available 
for procurement and the feasibility of increasing the portion 
of procured technetium-99m patient doses produced from 
domestically manufactured molybdenum-99.
    Oral Contraceptives.--In lieu of the direction in House 
Report 117-391, the Committees note the potential advantages 
for patients in receiving a full year's supply at once of oral 
contraceptive pills that are for regular use and urge the 
Department to improve awareness of the option to receive a full 
year's supply of such pills, when medically appropriate. The 
Committees request a report within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act on the findings of VA's evaluation of its demonstration 
project.
    Assisted Reproductive Services.--The agreement does not 
include the proposal in the fiscal year 2023 budget request to 
revise the access policy for assisted reproductive services.
    Fertility Treatment Data.--In lieu of the reporting 
requirements and directives under the heading ``Fertility 
Treatment Data'' in House Report 117-391, the Department is 
reminded of the annual reporting requirement included in the 
Joint Explanatory Statement that accompanied Public Law 117-
103.
    Adoption Reimbursement and Assisted Reproductive 
Services.--In lieu of the funding in House Report 117-391, the 
agreement urges the Department to increase its efforts to 
ensure veterans are informed about their benefits.

                         MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

    The agreement provides $33,000,000,000 in advance funding 
for fiscal year 2024 for Medical Community Care, with 
$2,000,000,000 available until September 30, 2025. The 
agreement provides an additional $4,300,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2023 advance appropriation for the Medical 
Community Care account.
    MISSION Act Reporting.--The agreement directs the 
Department to continue to provide to the Committees quarterly 
reports on the expenditures related to the MISSION Act for the 
prior fiscal year and the current fiscal year, and estimates 
for expenditures related to the MISSION Act for the next five 
fiscal years. These reports should include costs broken out by 
account, with categories for costs of MISSION Act-affected 
community care, caregiver expansion, urgent care, and other 
efforts. These reports should also include: (1) the number of 
veterans served by each authority for care outlined in section 
1703(d) of title 38, United States Code (i.e., the Department 
does not offer the care, the Department does not operate a 
full-service medical facility in the State in which the covered 
veteran resides, etc.); (2) the cost of such care broken out by 
the authorities in section 1703(d); and (3) the timeliness of 
care, on average.
    In addition, the agreement directs the Department to submit 
monthly reports to the Committees identifying available 
resources, obligations, authorizations, and anticipated funding 
needs for the remainder of the fiscal year. This should include 
detail on the timing of authorization of care and the 
obligation of funds. The report should also provide data broken 
out by VISN on the number of referrals and completed 
appointments in-house and in the community, including 
timeliness.
    Rural Health Continuity of Care.--The agreement continues 
to encourage VA to sustain continuity of care for rural 
veterans in line with the direction included in Senate Report 
117-35.
    Dialysis Services.--The agreement expects that VA will 
ensure that care is not disrupted or diminished for the 
veterans who receive treatment under the Nationwide Dialysis 
Services contracts. The agreement directs the Department to 
include as part of the feasibility report requested in Senate 
Report 117-35 a pay-for-performance value-based dialysis 
payment model under which dialysis providers are accountable 
for outcomes and are paid based on improved care metrics. 
Metrics that are highly correlated with improved veteran 
outcomes and lower total cost of care, as well as health equity 
should be considered.
    Community Care Payment Rates.--In addition to the 
information requested in House Report 117-391, the report on 
community care providers in rural areas should also address the 
effect of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment rates for 
certain mental healthcare providers on participation in the 
Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP). Specifically, the 
report should examine any effect lower payment rates have on: 
(1) provider recruitment and retention in the VCCP network, and 
(2) veterans' ability to access mental healthcare in the 
community. The report should also include the Department's view 
on whether the payment structure established under Public Law 
115-182, the VA MISSION Act of 2018, limits reimbursement rates 
for non-physician community mental health providers to the 
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
    State Veterans Homes Per Diem.--The agreement directs the 
Department to examine the contracts entered into with each 
State home for nursing home care to determine if adequate 
compensation is provided for the cost of furnishing care in 
that location, including in States outside of the contiguous 
United States, and that no undue burden is placed on the States 
to provide care to veterans. A report of the findings should be 
provided to the Committees within 90 days of the enactment of 
this Act.
    State Veterans Homes.--The agreement directs the Secretary 
to report to the Committees within 120 days of enactment of 
this Act on actions that the Department or Congress can take to 
expand support for State veterans homes, particularly those in 
rural areas at risk of closure due to financial challenges, 
such as increasing per diem reimbursement rates, expanding 
eligibility for care, altering the required veteran occupancy 
rate, or expanding hiring and retention authorities. The report 
should include a budgetary impact analysis of the options and 
an explanation of any additional authorities necessary.
    Veterans Access to Long-Term Care.--In addition to the 
direction in House Report 117-391 regarding long-term care for 
veterans with severe traumatic brain injury, the agreement 
directs the Department to provide to the Committees within 60 
days of enactment of this Act an update on its efforts to carry 
out the direction provided in Senate Report 117--35 regarding 
Veterans Care Agreements. In addition, this report should 
address if veteran access to long-term care services could be 
improved if TRICARE's Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
program exemptions included VA Health Benefits Providers, such 
as skilled nursing homes.
    Contract Nursing Homes.--The agreement directs the 
Department to provide a report to the Committees within 120 
days of enactment of this Act to determine if there has been a 
decrease in the availability of nursing home care and why. The 
report should include: (1) the number of contract nursing homes 
VA uses nationwide, by State, for each of the past 10 years; 
(2) an assessment about whether Medicare payment rates or VA 
Fee Schedule Rates affect whether non-VA nursing homes are 
willing to accept veteran patients; and (3) the number of 
veteran inpatients who remained at VA Medical Centers and VA 
Healthcare Systems for at least 30 days while awaiting an 
available treatment bed.
    Caregiver and Nurse Registries.--The agreement directs the 
Department to provide a report to the Committees no later than 
90 days after enactment of this Act on: (1) the rationale that 
led to the exclusion of licensed caregiver and nurse registries 
after 2 years of allowing them to participate; (2) the 
explanation provided to veterans on why they could no longer 
use the services they had previously relied on; (3) the total 
number of veterans impacted by this change; and (4) information 
on efforts undertaken by VA to ensure veterans are not left 
without caregivers as a result of this change.

                     MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

    The agreement provides $12,300,000,000 in advance funding 
for fiscal year 2024 for Medical Support and Compliance, with 
$350,000,000 available through fiscal year 2025. The agreement 
provides an additional $1,400,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2023 advance appropriation for the Medical Support and 
Compliance account.
    Office of Health Informatics.--The agreement directs the 
Department to evaluate the processes currently in place for 
coordinating with the Social Security Administration to 
transmit relevant medical and disability information for 
veterans with 100 percent service connected, permanent and 
total disability ratings, for the purpose of expediting Social 
Security Disability Insurance benefits decisions.

                           MEDICAL FACILITIES

    The agreement provides an additional $1,500,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2023 advance appropriation for this account. 
The agreement provides $8,800,000,000 in advance for fiscal 
year 2024 for Medical Facilities, of which $500,000,000 is made 
available through fiscal year 2025.
    The Committees expect VA to provide, no later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, an expenditure plan detailing the 
planned use of the funds provided, and further, the Committees 
request a quarterly update of the plan if the funding for any 
single project changes by more than $3,000,000 during that time 
period.
    Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Bakersfield, 
California.--The Committees remain concerned that a new 
Bakersfield CBOC remains unbuilt more than a decade after 
Congress authorized this facility in Public Law 111-82. 
Recognizing the constraints due to ongoing litigation, the 
Committees direct the Secretary to expeditiously execute Lease 
No. 36C10F20L0008 and commence construction of the CBOC as soon 
as possible. The Committees direct the Secretary to provide 
monthly reports on the CBOC's progress until completion and 
activation.
    Prohibition on Smoking.--The agreement supports the 
Department's efforts to make VA facilities smoke-free and 
encourages full implementation and enforcement of VHA 
Directives 1085 and 1085.1.
    Negative Air Pressure Containment Systems.--The agreement 
directs the Department to report to the Committees within 90 
days of enactment of this Act on the Department's prior 
utilization or purchase of commercial-off-the-shelf negative 
air pressure containment systems in response to the COVID--19 
pandemic and an analysis of potential requirements necessary to 
prepare for future pandemics.
    VA Infrastructure Requirements.--The agreement encourages 
the Department to incorporate the requirement to address aging 
infrastructure in future budget requests, as appropriate.
    Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund.--The agreement 
supports the Department's plan to allocate $75,000,000 of the 
Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund balances to support 
the deployment, upgrade, or installation of infrastructure or 
equipment to support goals established in Executive Order 
14057.

                    MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

    The agreement provides $916,000,000 for Medical and 
Prosthetic Research, available until September 30, 2024. Bill 
language is included to ensure that the Secretary allocates 
adequate funding for prosthetic research specifically for 
female veterans and for toxic exposures.
    Women Veterans Research.--The Committees direct the 
Department to ensure its research program adequately addresses 
the unique needs and concerns of women veterans, which can be 
substantially different than both civilian women and men 
veterans.
    Animal Research.--The agreement continues bill language to 
limit research on dogs, cats, and non-human primates, and 
reiterates that this language requires the implementation of a 
plan under which the Secretary will eliminate or reduce the 
research conducted using these species by not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of Public Law 116-94. 
Additionally, the Department is directed to include in any 
report to Congress describing animal research approved under 
Sec. 247 of this Act detail on what specific alternatives to 
animals were considered, why those alternatives were not 
chosen, and therefore supporting why these animal subjects are 
the only viable option for this research.
    Access to Clinical Oncology Trials.--The Committees 
continue to support the ongoing collaborative efforts between 
VA medical centers and National Cancer Institute (NCI)-
designated comprehensive cancer centers, but note the lack of 
infrastructure for clinical trials in other areas of the 
country. The Committees note the budget request has highlighted 
expanding access to oncology clinical trials as a priority for 
fiscal year 2023 and direct that not less than $10,000,000 be 
allocated to support partnerships between VA medical centers 
and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers, with an 
emphasis on expanding to new sites outside the current NAVIGATE 
structure.
    VA Cancer Moonshot.--The agreement directs that skin cancer 
be included as a priority area, due to the prevalence of 
various skin cancers among servicemembers.
    Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders.--The agreement 
encourages the Department to increase the Clinical Science 
Research and Development program funding for initiatives 
conducted across the Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D) 
System of Care, and prioritize activities to study and assess 
spinal cord neurostimulation therapies and devices to restore 
movement and autonomic functions in veterans living with SCI/D.
    Opiate-Free Pain Therapy for Veterans.--The agreement 
encourages the Department to implement a research project in 
various VA facilities/VISNs evaluating the efficacy of thermal, 
shortwave diathermy on patients with chronic pain for non-
opioid pain relief.
    Improving the Quality of Life in Tinnitus Management by 
Veterans.--The agreement encourages the Department to work with 
academic partners, as appropriate, to address and improve the 
outcomes for veterans experiencing problematic tinnitus, 
including research to identify contributing factors associated 
with tinnitus onset and progression to chronic tinnitus and 
develop novel interventional therapies and self-management 
tools. VA is encouraged to consider academic institution 
factors such as proximity to operational military bases, the 
presence of Nurse Practitioner/Doctor of Nursing Practice/
Doctorate programs, and the presence of Osteopathic Medicine 
and Engineering programs.

                     MEDICAL CARE COLLECTIONS FUND

    The agreement includes the authority for the Medical Care 
Collections Fund to retain co-payments and third-party 
collections, estimated to total $3,910,000,000 in fiscal year 
2023.
    MCCF Third-Party Billing.--The Committees note that 
procedures to provide for not only correct billing, but also 
prompt collection must continue to be improved at VA. 
Therefore, the agreement directs the Department to submit 
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
identifying the amount of third-party health billings that were 
owed to VA in the previous quarter, and the amount collected, 
with an explanation of why amounts were not collected, as 
directed in House Report 117-391.

                    National Cemetery Administration

    The agreement provides $430,000,000 for the National 
Cemetery Administration (NCA). Of the amount provided, up to 10 
percent is available until September 30, 2024.
    Cemetery Access and Unmet Needs.--The Committees remain 
concerned that NCA is not adequately serving the nation's 
veterans in certain areas, particularly rural areas and 
geographically isolated areas. The agreement therefore directs 
VA to continue to pursue efforts to ensure that a burial 
option, including those utilizing public-private partnerships, 
within 75 miles of all veteran homes is available and 
accessible. Additionally, the Department is directed to report 
to the Committees within 180 days of enactment of this Act on 
its progress to review and amend the criteria for establishing 
new national cemeteries, including changes to allow for the 
establishment of new national veterans cemeteries in 
geographically isolated areas and states where state veterans 
cemeteries do not meet national shrine standards, and how 
revised criteria will help address the remaining need of 
unserved veteran populations.
    Western New York Cemetery.--The agreement directs the 
Department to provide a detailed plan and timeline to the 
Committees no later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act to fully address and mitigate traffic safety concerns at 
the intersection of New York State Route 77 and Indian Falls 
Road (County Route 4) adjacent to the Western New York 
Cemetery.
    Rural Initiative National Cemetery Grants Program.--The 
agreement directs the Department to submit a report to the 
Committees no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act on 
the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Rural 
Initiative National Cemetery Grants Program to support State 
and local entity projects that enhance the operation and 
maintenance of Rural Initiative National Cemeteries.

                      Departmental Administration

                         GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $433,000,000 for General 
Administration. Of the amount provided, up to 10 percent is 
available for obligation until September 30, 2024. The 
agreement continues to include bill language permitting the 
transfer of funds from this account to General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration.
    Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT).--The 
agreement provides $20,300,000 for FMBT.
    The agreement provides funding for General Administration 
in the amounts specified below:

                            ($ in thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Office \1\                             Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of the Secretary....................................      $17,324
Office of General Counsel..................................      136,347
Office of Management.......................................       78,064
Office of Human Resources & Administration/Operations,           111,394
 Security & Preparedness...................................
Office of Enterprise Integration...........................       36,229
Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs.............       15,764
Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs..............        9,545
Office of Accountability & Whistleblower Protection........       28,333
    Total..................................................      433,000
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\1\ The Office of Acquisition, Logistics & Construction and the Veterans
  Experience Office are funded solely with reimbursable authority.

    The Secretary may alter these allocations if the Committees 
have been notified and written approval is provided.
    Data Governance and Analytics.--The agreement directs the 
Office of Enterprise Integration to further coordinate 
enterprise-wide efforts of managing VA data as a strategic 
asset, enhance veterans' insights, and strengthen VA's delivery 
of services and benefits to veterans, their families, 
survivors, and caregivers.
    Improving Personal Cybersecurity for Veterans.--The 
agreement encourages the Department to help improve personal 
cybersecurity among veterans by increasing digital and media 
literacy through education and resources, including protection 
against cyber threats and influence campaigns.
    VA Accessibility Office and VA Accessibility Officer.--The 
agreement encourages the Department to explore options, such as 
a VA Accessibility Office led by a Chief Accessibility Officer, 
to ensure the accessibility needs of disabled veterans and 
employees are met.
    508 Accessibility.--The agreement directs the Secretary to 
review VA's 508 accessibility compliance and Information and 
Communication Technology accessibility, report findings to the 
Committees within 90 days after enactment of this Act, and 
continue to report on the progress of 508 accessibility 
compliance annually for 3 years after enactment. The agreement 
urges the Department to maintain open lines of communication 
with VSOs, particularly the Blinded Veterans Association, 
during the ongoing effort to improve accessibility.
    Pershing Hall in Paris, France.--The Department is directed 
to submit a report to the Committees within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act on the current status of and the 
envisioned future state of Pershing Hall in Paris, France with 
regard to operations, developments and improvements, as well as 
any options for disposition under consideration. In developing 
the report, the Department shall consult with the Secretary of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission and interested 
stakeholders, including the American Legion and its Paris Post 
1.

                       BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

    The agreement provides $285,000,000 for the Board of 
Veterans Appeals, of which up to 10 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024.
    Scheduling Backlog.--The agreement directs the Department 
to submit a report to the Committees within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act on the length of time it takes to 
schedule appeals and the Board's planned steps to improve 
efficiency.
    Appeals Backlog.--The agreement supports the Board's 
efforts to increase personnel and invest in technology to help 
keep up with the increase in demand.
    Evaluating Execution of the Appeals Modernization Act.--The 
agreement directs the Department to provide a report to the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on: (1) its 
analysis of why more veterans choose to skip a quicker review 
by VBA; (2) its plan to educate veterans on quicker options 
available to them under the Appeals Modernization Act; (3) a 
summary of recurring issues before the Board; and (4) its plan 
to improve training of VBA employees to reduce the frequency of 
recurring issues before the Board.
    Recruitment and Retention.--The agreement supports using 
available tools to improve the recruitment and retention of 
attorneys, including the reimbursement of Bar Dues, and 
encourages the Board to use its discretion to lift the cap to 
reimburse attorneys for their Bar Dues.

                     INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $5,782,000,000 for the Information 
Technology (IT) Systems account. The agreement includes 
$1,494,230,000 for staff salaries and expenses, $4,145,678,000 
for operation and maintenance of existing programs, and 
$142,092,000 for program development.
    The agreement makes no more than 3 percent of pay and 
associated costs funding available until the end of fiscal year 
2024, no more than 5 percent of operations and maintenance 
funding available until the end of fiscal year 2024, and all IT 
systems development funding available until the end of fiscal 
year 2024.
    The agreement continues to include language permitting 
funding to be transferred among the three IT subaccounts, 
subject to approval from the Committees, and allowing funding 
to be transferred among development projects or to new projects 
subject to the Committees' approval. Further, the agreement 
prohibits increasing or decreasing a development project by 
more than $3,000,000 prior to receiving approval of the 
Committees or after a period of 30 days has elapsed.
    The agreement directs the Department to improve the type, 
quality, and organization of information in the IT budget 
submission starting in the fiscal year 2024 submission. This 
should include a section detailing every existing funded IT 
project.
    This table is intended to serve as the approved list of 
development projects; as noted above, any requested changes 
exceeding $3,000,000 to a project are subject to reprogramming 
requirements.

               INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
                            ($ in thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Project                             Agreement
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Health Management Platform.................................       70,736
  Community Care...........................................       37,879
  Telehealth Services......................................       13,657
  Purchased Care...........................................       10,000
  Patient Record System....................................        9,200
Clinical Applications......................................       43,277
  Supply Chain Management..................................       33,223
  Healthcare Administration Systems........................       10,054
Health Research and Development............................        5,209
  Research.................................................        5,209
Benefits Systems...........................................       20,727
  Other Benefits IT Systems................................        8,000
  Veterans Customer Experience.............................        7,222
  Benefits Systems.........................................        5,505
Other IT Systems...........................................        2,143
  Human Resources..........................................        2,143
    Total, IT development..................................      142,092
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                   VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

    The agreement provides $1,759,000,000 for Veterans 
Electronic Health Record for activities related to the 
development and rollout of VA's Electronic Health Record 
Modernization (EHRM) initiative, the associated contractual 
costs, and the salaries and expenses of employees hired under 
titles 5 and 38, United States Code. The agreement makes 25 
percent of funds contingent upon the Secretary, within 
specified deadlines: (1) providing a report detailing the 
status of outstanding issues impacting the stability and 
usability of the new electronic health record (EHR) system, 
including those that contributed to deployment delays, along 
with a timeline and measurable metrics; (2) certifying and 
detailing any changes to the full deployment schedule; and (3) 
certifying the status of outstanding issues impacting the 
stability and usability of the system, and whether the system 
is ready and optimized for further deployment at VA sites.
    While the Committees remain supportive of the need to 
modernize VA's electronic health record system, there continue 
to be wide-ranging and alarming implementation issues with the 
new system, including serious usability problems that have led 
to or contributed to instances of patient harm and reduced 
employee productivity. The Committees support the Department's 
decision to pause further deployments to address problems with 
the new system and improve theoperation at existing sites. The 
Committees are hopeful that the Department will resolve outstanding 
issues expeditiously and in a manner that will allow the Department to 
resume rollout of the new system safely and efficiently in Summer 2023, 
as planned.
    The agreement continues quarterly reporting of obligations, 
expenditures, and deployment schedule by facility. The 
Committees expect the Department to continue monthly briefings 
on program implementation, including updates on progress 
resolving outstanding issues, and to provide quarterly updates 
to review timelines, performance milestones, implementation, 
and change management progress. The agreement continues to 
direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct 
quarterly performance reviews of EHRM deployment and to report 
to the Committees each quarter.
    Cost and Budget Estimates.--The agreement directs the 
Department to clearly identify all costs related to EHRM 
implementation, including those that would be incurred in other 
budget accounts, in meeting the reporting requirements above 
and in the justifications accompanying the President's budget 
request. The Department is expected to provide to the 
Committees an updated Life Cycle Cost Estimate for the program, 
taking into account the recent estimate provided by the 
Institute for Defense Analyses. At least annually, the 
Department is directed to provide a report to the Committees 
comparing current estimated costs to the revised Life Cycle 
Cost Estimate.
    Patient Harm and Transparency.--The agreement reiterates 
the direction provided in House Report 117-391, acknowledges 
the initial report provided by the Department, and expects to 
receive the other report directed under this heading in House 
Report 117-391 within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
    Additional EHRM Oversight.--In addition, the agreement 
directs the Department to provide a report to the Committees no 
later than June 1, 2023, detailing steps taken to: (1) revise 
and enhance the EHR training program; (2) independently 
validate the efficacy of the super user program and the 
training for such program; (3) ensure proper medication 
management and accurate patient data through such record; (4) 
demonstrate that patient record flags that identify veterans 
who are at high risk for suicide are properly displayed in such 
record; and (5) implement a policy for regular updates to 
affected employees about progress on and estimated completion 
dates for issues arising from trouble tickets.
    For each site using the new EHR, the agreement directs the 
Department to periodically report to the Committees on changes 
to staffing levels, productivity compared to pre-implementation 
levels, and wait times for access to VA care and care in the 
community. The Department is strongly discouraged from 
retaliation against employees who raise patient safety concerns 
related to EHRM activities.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The agreement provides $273,000,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General. Of the amount provided, up to 10 percent is 
available for obligation until September 30, 2024.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

    The agreement provides $1,447,890,000 for Construction, 
Major Projects. The agreement makes this funding available for 
five years, except that $716,168,000 is made available until 
expended, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for seismic 
improvement projects. The agreement does not provide the 
requested new authority for VHA land acquisition.
    Construction Program.--The agreement encourages the 
Department to take into account whether States have a full-
service VA medical facility when determining which projects to 
fund.
    Cost Increases.--Recognizing the challenges of inflation 
and supply chain shortages, the agreement encourages the 
Department to adequately resource the completion of existing 
construction projects, including CHIP-IN for Vets Act projects.
    Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund.--The agreement 
supports the Department's plan to allocate $804,510,000 of the 
Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund balances to support 
construction projects in Portland, OR; Canandaigua, NY; Fort 
Harrison, MT; and for other purposes.
    The agreement funds the following items requested in the 
budget submission:

                                          CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
                                                ($ in thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Fiscal Year 2023 Funding
                                                                   ---------------------------------
                                                                                       Recurring
                Location                        Description                            Expenses         Total
                                                                    Appropriation  Transformational
                                                                                         Fund
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Veterans Health Administration (VHA):
  Portland, OR.........................  Upgrade Portland Bldg 100/ .............         503,000        503,000
                                          101 for Seismic Retrofit
                                          and Renovation.
  Louisville, KY.......................  New Medical Facility.....        35,000   ................       35,000
  Canandaigua, NY......................  Construction and           .............          62,500         62,500
                                          Renovation.
  Alameda, CA..........................  Community Based                 128,800   ................      128,800
                                          Outpatient Clinic and
                                          National Cemetery.
  Livermore, CA........................  Realignment and Closure,         35,000   ................       35,000
                                          Livermore Campus.
  Fort Harrison, MT....................  Seismic Upgrade and        .............          88,600         88,600
                                          Specialty Care
                                          Improvements.
  El Paso, TX..........................  Construct New Health Care       550,000   ................      550,000
                                          Center.
  Various Stations.....................  Advance Planning and            266,378           70,000        336,378
                                          Design Fund.
  Various Stations.....................  Asbestos.................  .............          15,000         15,000
  Various Stations.....................  Claims Analysis..........         2,500   ................        2,500
  Various Stations.....................  Construction and                128,122   ................      128,122
                                          Facilities Management
                                          Staff.
  Various Stations.....................  Hazardous Waste..........        16,000   ................       16,000
  Various Stations.....................  Non-Departmental Federal        134,590           65,410        200,000
                                          Entity Project
                                          Management Support.
  Various Stations.....................  Seismic Corrections......         1,500   ................        1,500
    Subtotal, VHA......................  .........................     1,297,890          804,510      2,102,400
National Cemetery Administration (NCA):
  Elmira, NY...........................  Phase 1 Gravesite                25,000   ................       25,000
                                          Development.
  Albuquerque, NM......................  Phase 1 Gravesite                57,000   ................       57,000
                                          Expansion.
  St. Louis, MO........................  Phase 1 Gravesite                44,000   ................       44,000
                                          Development (New Land).
  Various Stations.....................  Advance Planning and             13,000   ................       13,000
                                          Design Fund.
  Various Stations.....................  NCA Land Acquisition.....         1,000   ................        1,000
    Subtotal, NCA......................  .........................       140,000   ................      140,000
General Administration/Staff Offices:..  Department Advance               10,000   ................       10,000
                                          Planning and Design Fund
                                          for Major Construction.
    Major Construction, Total..........  .........................     1,447,890          804,510      2,252,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

    The agreement provides $626,110,000 for Construction, Minor 
Projects. The agreement makes this funding available for five 
years, except that $62,611,000 is made available until 
expended. The agreement supports the allocation included in the 
budget request, providing $344,245,000 for the Veterans Health 
Administration, $157,265,000 for the National Cemetery 
Administration, $30,000,000 for the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, and $94,600,000 for staff offices (including 
the Office of Information Technology). The agreement directs 
the Department to provide an expenditure plan to the Committees 
no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
    Support the Expeditious Enactment of the Greater Los 
Angeles Healthcare System's Master Plan.--The agreement 
supports the Department's efforts to operationalize the Greater 
Los Angeles Healthcare System's Master Plan and encourages 
continued engagement with the Principal Developer Team and 
others on any potential funding opportunities, including 
Capital Contributions.
    Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund.--The agreement 
supports the Department's plan to allocate $88,490,000 of the 
Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund balances to support 
facilities improvements at existing medical facilities.

       GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

    The agreement provides $150,000,000 for Grants for 
Construction of State Extended Care Facilities, to remain 
available until expended.

             GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

    The agreement provides $50,000,000 for Grants for 
Construction of Veterans Cemeteries, to remain available until 
expended.

                    Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund

    The agreement provides $5,000,000,000 in direct spending 
for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund (the Fund) established 
to support new costs related to providing veterans and their 
families the benefits and care associated with the eligibility 
expansion included in the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (P.L. 
117-168). The combination of these funds and those made 
available through discretionary appropriations in this Act and 
through other sources, fully support the administration's 
request to implement the PACT Act in fiscal year 2023, 
including to address increased demand for health care and 
benefits, and reflect the expedited implementation schedule 
announced by the President on August 10, 2022. The agreement 
does not shift discretionary resources to the Fund.
    The intent of the Fund is to address the costs associated 
with implementing the PACT Act, including additional future 
eligibilities that result from the process changes enacted. 
This Fund is intended to be used to cover the costs of care and 
delivery of benefits that are related to toxic exposure. The 
appropriations provided in this Fund supplement VA's ongoing 
efforts to provide toxic exposure-related healthcare or other 
benefits that VA had authority for prior to passage of the PACT 
Act.
    The agreement requires an expenditure plan to be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations. This expenditure plan is 
critical to ensure proper usage of the Fund, and will inform 
future budget estimates, including those from the Congressional 
Budget Office, on exactly how the Fund will be applied.

                       Administrative Provisions

             (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

    The agreement includes section 201 allowing for the 
transfer of funds among the three mandatory accounts.
    The agreement includes section 202 allowing for the 
transfer of funds among the four medical accounts.
    The agreement includes section 203 allowing salaries and 
expenses funds to be used for the hire of passenger vehicles, 
lease of facilities or land, and purchase of uniforms.
    The agreement includes section 204 restricting the accounts 
that may be used for the acquisition of land or the 
construction of any new hospital or home.
    The agreement includes section 205 limiting the use of 
funds in the Medical Services account only for entitled 
beneficiaries unless reimbursement is made to the Department.
    The agreement includes section 206 allowing for the use of 
certain mandatory appropriations accounts for payment of prior 
year accrued obligations for those accounts.
    The agreement includes section 207 allowing the use of 
appropriations available in this title to pay prior year 
obligations.
    The agreement includes section 208 allowing the Department 
to use surplus earnings from the National Service Life 
Insurance Fund, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund, and 
the United States Government Life Insurance Fund to administer 
these programs.
    The agreement includes section 209 allowing the Department 
to cover the administrative expenses of enhanced-use leases and 
provides authority to obligate these reimbursements until 
expended.
    The agreement includes section 210 limiting the amount of 
reimbursement 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 can charge other offices of the Department for 
services provided.
    The agreement includes section 211 requiring the Department 
to collect third-party payer information for persons treated 
for a non-service-connected disability.
    The agreement includes section 212 allowing for the use of 
enhanced-use leasing revenues for Construction, Major Projects 
and Construction, Minor Projects.
    The agreement includes section 213 outlining authorized 
uses for Medical Services funds.
    The agreement includes section 214 allowing for funds 
deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund to be 
transferred to the Medical Services and Medical Community Care 
accounts.
    The agreement includes section 215 allowing Alaskan 
veterans to use medical facilities of the Indian Health Service 
or Tribal organizations.
    The agreement includes section 216 permitting the transfer 
of funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset 
Fund to the Construction, Major Projects and Construction, 
Minor Projects accounts and makes those funds available until 
expended.
    The agreement includes section 217 requiring the Secretary 
to submit financial status quarterly reports for the 
Department. The specific data requested is similar to that 
requested in the fiscal year 2017 conference report.
    The agreement includes section 218 requiring the Department 
to notify and receive approval from the Committees of any 
proposed transfer of funding to or from the Information 
Technology Systems account and limits the aggregate annual 
increase in the account to no more than 10 percent of the 
funding appropriated to the account in this Act.
    The agreement includes section 219 providing up to 
$330,140,000 of specified fiscal year 2023 funds for transfer 
to the Joint DOD-VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
    The agreement includes section 220 which permits up to 
$314,825,000 of specified fiscal year 2024 medical care funding 
provided in advance to be transferred to the Joint DOD-VA 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
    The agreement includes section 221 which authorizes 
transfers from the Medical Care Collections Fund to the Joint 
DOD-VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
    The agreement includes section 222 which transfers at least 
$15,000,000 from VA medical accounts to the DOD-VA Health Care 
Sharing Incentive Fund.
    The agreement includes section 223 prohibiting funds from 
being used to replace the current system by which VISNs select 
and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
    The agreement includes section 224 requiring that the 
Department notify the Committees of bid savings in a major 
construction project of at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent, 
whichever is less, 14 days prior to the obligation of the bid 
savings and describe their anticipated use.
    The agreement includes section 225 which prohibits VA from 
increasing the scope of work for a major construction project 
above the scope specified in the original budget request unless 
the Secretary receives approval from the Committees.
    The agreement includes section 226 requiring a quarterly 
report from each VBA regional office on pending disability 
claims, both initial and supplemental; error rates; the number 
of claims processing personnel; corrective actions taken; 
training programs; and review team audit results. It also 
requires a quarterly report on the number of appeals pending at 
the Veterans Benefits Administration and the Board of Veterans 
Appeals.
    The agreement includes section 227 requiring VA to notify 
the Committees 15 days prior to any staff office relocations 
within VA of 25 or more full-time-equivalent staff.
    The agreement includes section 228 requiring the Secretary 
to report to the Committees each quarter about any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign exceeding 
$1,000,000.
    The agreement includes section 229 permitting the transfer 
to the Medical Services account of fiscal year discretionary 
2023 funds appropriated in this Act or available from advance 
fiscal year 2023 funds already appropriated, except for funds 
appropriated to General Operating Expenses, VBA, to address 
possible unmet, high priority needs in Medical Services, upon 
approval of the Committees.
    The agreement includes section 230 permitting the transfer 
of funding between the General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration account and the Board of Veterans 
Appeals account upon approval of the Committees.
    The agreement includes section 231 prohibiting the 
Secretary from reprogramming funds in excess of $7,000,000 
among the major construction projects or programs unless the 
reprogramming is approved by the Committees.
    The agreement includes section 232 maintaining certain 
professional standards for the veterans crisis hotline and 
requiring a study to assess its effectiveness.
    The agreement includes section 233 prohibiting the use of 
funds, from the period October 1, 2018, through January 1, 
2024, in contravention of VHA's guidelines on breast cancer 
screening published on May 10, 2017.
    The agreement includes section 234 addressing the use of 
funding for assisted reproductive technology treatment and 
adoption reimbursement.
    The agreement includes section 235 prohibiting any funds 
being used in a manner that is inconsistent with statutory 
limitations on outsourcing.
    The agreement includes section 236 pertaining to exceptions 
for Indian- or Native Hawaiian-owned businesses contracting 
with VA.
    The agreement includes section 237 directing the 
elimination over a series of years of the use of social 
security numbers in VA programs.
    The agreement includes section 238 referencing the 
provision in the 2017 Appropriations Act pertaining to 
certification of marriage and family therapists.
    The agreement includes section 239, which prohibits funds 
from being used to transfer funding from the Filipino Veterans 
Equity Compensation Fund to any other VA account.
    The agreement includes section 240 permitting funding to be 
used in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to carry out and expand the 
child care pilot program authorized by section 205 of Public 
Law 111-163.
    The agreement includes section 241 prohibiting VA from 
using funds to enter into an agreement to resolve a dispute or 
claim with an individual that would restrict the individual 
from speaking to members of Congress or their staff on any 
topic, except those required to be kept secret in the interest 
of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.
    The agreement includes section 242 referencing language in 
the 2017 Appropriations Act requiring certain data to be 
included in budget justifications for major construction 
projects.
    The agreement includes section 243 prohibiting the use of 
funds to deny the Inspector General timely access to 
information unless a provision of law expressly refers to the 
Inspector General and expressly limits such access.
    The agreement includes section 244 prohibiting funding from 
being used in a manner that would increase wait times for 
veterans at medical facilities.
    The agreement includes section 245 prohibiting the use of 
funds in fiscal year 2023 to convert any program which received 
specific purpose funds in fiscal year 2022 to a general 
purpose-funded program without the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 30 days prior to any such action.
    The agreement includes section 246 referencing language in 
the 2017 Appropriations Act regarding the verification of 
service for coastwise merchant seamen.
    The agreement includes section 247 addressing animal 
research at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    The agreement includes section 248 requiring the ratio of 
veterans to full-time employment equivalents in any 
rehabilitation program not to exceed 125 veterans to one full-
time employment equivalent.
    The agreement includes section 249 allowing fiscal year 
2023 and 2024 ``Medical Community Care'' funds to be used to 
cover obligations that otherwise would be paid by the Veterans 
Choice Fund, if necessary.
    The agreement includes section 250 allowing obligations and 
expenditures applicable to the ``Medical Services'' account in 
fiscal years 2017 through 2019 for aid to state homes to remain 
in the ``Medical Community Care'' account.
    The agreement includes section 251 specifying an amount 
from the four medical care accounts for gender-specific care 
for women.
    The agreement includes section 252 allocating funds from 
the ``Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund'' established in 
section 243 of division J of Public Law 114-113.
    The agreement includes section 253 requiring quarterly 
reports on the status of the ``Veterans Medical Care and Health 
Fund,'' established to execute section 8002 of the American 
Rescue Plan.
    The agreement includes section 254 providing contributions 
from other Federal agencies to VA Non-Profit Corporations for 
research with an extended distribution authority on valid 
obligations.
    The agreement includes section 255 rescinding unobligated 
balances.
    The agreement includes section 256 to limit funds from 
being used to close medical facilities.
    The agreement includes section 257 rescinding unobligated 
balances.
    The agreement includes section 258 to allow use of 
unobligated balances to support construction projects in the 
CHIP-IN program.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement provides $87,500,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), an 
increase of $700,000 above the budget request. The additional 
funds will allow ABMC to not only maintain the cemeteries and 
monuments honoring America's war dead, but also to preserve and 
communicate these veterans' stories of courage and sacrifice.

                 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

    The agreement provides such sums as necessary for the 
Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement provides $46,900,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims (CAVC). The funding supports a planned expansion of 
CAVC's authorization for additional judges, which will help 
address growing caseloads.
    Evaluating Recurring Appeals Issues.--The Committees are 
concerned certain issues involving veterans' claims continue to 
surface on appeals to the CAVC. Veterans who disagree with a VA 
decision may seek another review by the Administration of 
jurisdiction, e.g., the Veterans Benefits Administration, or 
they may appeal to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA). After 
a BVA decision, veterans may further appeal to the first 
tribunal beyond the confines of VA--the CAVC. Despite multiple 
layers of review at the Administration or BVA, and despite 
years of remands, the CAVC reportedly sees recurring issues 
with how VA processes a veteran's claim. Therefore, the 
agreement directs the CAVC to provide a report to the 
Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the 
recurring issues the Court addresses in VA decisions, and the 
impact it has on the quality or timeliness of a veteran's 
claim.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement provides $93,400,000 for Cemeterial Expenses, 
Army--Salaries and Expenses. Within that amount, up to 
$15,000,000 in funding is available until September 30, 2025.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    The agreement provides $62,500,000 for Construction, 
including $60,000,000 to support Arlington National Cemetery's 
Southern Expansion project that would provide approximately 
80,000 burial opportunities and extend the life of the 
Cemetery. The agreement directs the Cemetery to include in its 
required quarterly reports status updates on funds obligated, 
including previously appropriated funds, and funds remaining 
for the Southern Expansion project, as well as any remaining 
unfunded needs to complete the project.
    The agreement also provides $2,500,000 to begin the process 
of a project to make improvements to Memorial Avenue, and 
directs the Cemetery to provide updates on the status of this 
study and project, including obligations of funds.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               TRUST FUND

    The agreement provides a total of $75,360,000 for the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home (AFRH). The funding supports high-
priority capital projects, particularly those currently under 
design, as well as operations and maintenance requirements. The 
agreement requires AFRH to provide an expenditure plan 
detailing the planned use of the funds provided for capital 
projects, as directed in House Report 117-391. The agreement 
also includes two-year availability of funds for operations and 
maintenance.

                           MAJOR CONSTRUCTION

    The agreement provides $77,000,000 in major construction 
funding to support renovation of the Sheridan Building on the 
Washington campus, which will improve resident safety and 
quality of life, address needed maintenance projects, and 
provide additional opportunities for AFRH to increase occupancy 
rates. The Committees request quarterly reports on the status 
of this construction project, including obligations of funds, 
anticipated timelines, and any changes to the overall cost of 
the project.

                        Administrative Provision

    The agreement includes section 301 permitting funds from 
concessions at Army National Military Cemeteries to be used to 
support activities at the Cemeteries.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The agreement includes section 401 prohibiting the 
obligation of funds in this Act beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided.
    The agreement includes section 402 prohibiting the use of 
the funds in this Act for programs, projects, or activities not 
in compliance with Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
    The agreement includes section 403 encouraging all 
departments and agencies funded in this Act to expand the use 
of ``E-Commerce'' technologies and procedures.
    The agreement includes section 404 specifying the 
congressional committees that are to receive all reports and 
notifications.
    The agreement includes section 405 prohibiting the transfer 
of funds to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government without authority from an 
appropriations Act.
    The agreement includes section 406 prohibiting the use of 
funds for a project or program named for a serving Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States House 
of Representatives.
    The agreement includes section 407 requiring all reports 
submitted to Congress to be posted on official web sites of the 
submitting agency.
    The agreement includes section 408 prohibiting the use of 
funds to establish or maintain a computer network unless such 
network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of 
pornography, except for law enforcement investigation, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    The agreement includes section 409 prohibiting the use of 
funds for the payment of first-class air travel by an employee 
of the executive branch.
    The agreement includes section 410 prohibiting the use of 
funds in this Act for any contract where the contractor has not 
complied with E-Verify requirements.
    The agreement includes section 411 prohibiting the use of 
funds in this Act to construct facilities on military 
installations that do not meet resiliency standards.
    The agreement includes section 412 prohibiting the use of 
funds in this Act for the renovation, expansion, or 
construction of any facility in the continental United States 
for the purpose of housing any individual who has been detained 
at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) 
included in the bill or this explanatory statement, along with 
the name of each House Member, Senator, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee of 
jurisdiction for each item so identified. For each item, a 
Member is required to provide a certification that neither the 
Member nor the Member's immediate family has a financial 
interest, and each Senator is required to provide a 
certification that neither the Senator nor the Senator's 
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such 
congressionally directed spending item. Neither the bill nor 
the explanatory statement contains any limited tax benefits or 
limited tariff benefits as defined in the applicable House and 
Senate rules.

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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

   DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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   DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          Department of State

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                          diplomatic programs

  For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,463,159,000, of 
which $844,418,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2024, and of which up to $3,813,707,000 may remain available 
until expended for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall be allocated 
in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as follows:
          (1) Human resources.--For necessary expenses for 
        training, human resources management, and salaries, 
        including employment without regard to civil service 
        and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis 
        (not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 
        of the United States Information and Educational 
        Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 36), 
        $3,420,898,000, of which up to $684,767,000 is for 
        Worldwide Security Protection.
          (2) Overseas programs.--For necessary expenses for 
        the regional bureaus of the Department of State and 
        overseas activities as authorized by law, 
        $1,841,831,000.
          (3) Diplomatic policy and support.--For necessary 
        expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department 
        of State, including representation to certain 
        international organizations in which the United States 
        participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to 
        the advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts 
        of Congress, general administration, and arms control, 
        nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as 
        authorized, $1,043,372,000.
          (4) Security programs.--For necessary expenses for 
        security activities, $3,157,058,000, of which up to 
        $3,128,940,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.
          (5) Fees and payments collected.--In addition to 
        amounts otherwise made available under this heading--
                  (A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
                United States Information and Educational 
                Exchange Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to 
                remain available until expended, may be 
                credited to this appropriation from fees or 
                other payments received from English teaching, 
                library, motion pictures, and publication 
                programs and from fees from educational 
                advising and counseling and exchange visitor 
                programs; and
                  (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 
                derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 
                fees for use of Blair House facilities.
          (6) Transfer of funds, reprogramming, and other 
        matters.--
                  (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
                this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and 
                between paragraphs (1) through (4) under this 
                heading subject to section 7015 of this Act.
                  (B) Of the amount made available under this 
                heading for Worldwide Security Protection, not 
                to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, 
                and merged with, funds made available by this 
                Act under the heading ``Emergencies in the 
                Diplomatic and Consular Service'', to be 
                available only for emergency evacuations and 
                rewards, as authorized: Provided, That the 
                exercise of the authority provided by this 
                subparagraph shall be subject to prior 
                consultation with the Committees on 
                Appropriations.
                  (C) Funds appropriated under this heading are 
                available for acquisition by exchange or 
                purchase of passenger motor vehicles as 
                authorized by law and, pursuant to section 
                1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for 
                the field examination of programs and 
                activities in the United States funded from any 
                account contained in this title.
                  (D) Funds appropriated under this heading 
                shall be made available to support the 
                activities of the Ambassador-at-Large for the 
                Arctic Region, as described in the explanatory 
                statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
                preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
                  (E) Of the amount made available under this 
                heading, up to $75,000,000 may be transferred 
                to, and merged with, funds made available in 
                title I of this Act under the heading ``Capital 
                Investment Fund'': Provided, That the exercise 
                of the authority provided by this subparagraph 
                shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
                Committees on Appropriations.
                  (F) The eleventh proviso under the heading 
                ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' in the 
                Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
                Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 
                (title I of division J of Public Law 110-161) 
                is amended by inserting ``and for expenses of 
                rewards programs'' after ``for rewards 
                payments''.
                  (G) Consistent with section 204 of the 
                Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 
                Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 
                and 2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), up to $25,000,000 
                of the amounts made available under this 
                heading may be obligated and expended for 
                United States participation in international 
                fairs and expositions abroad, including for 
                construction and operation of a United States 
                pavilion at Expo 2025.
                  (H) Of the funds appropriated under this 
                heading, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made 
                available for a grant to a postsecondary 
                educational institution for the purpose of 
                establishing a program to increase the 
                participation of undergraduate students in the 
                Foreign Service, as authorized by section 150 
                of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
                Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2719): 
                Provided, That such grant program shall 
                hereafter be named the ``Nancy Pelosi 
                Fellowship Program''.

                        capital investment fund

  For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 
authorized, $389,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$98,500,000, of which $14,775,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading are made available notwithstanding section 
209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections.
  In addition, for the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 
oversight, $35,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available for the printing and reproduction costs of 
SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs during the prior 
fiscal year.

               educational and cultural exchange programs

  For necessary expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $777,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $287,500,000 shall be 
for the Fulbright Program and not less than $115,000,000 shall 
be for Citizen Exchange Program: Provided, That fees or other 
payments received from, or in connection with, English 
teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, and 
exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That a portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and 
Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie 
Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available for the Benjamin Gilman 
International Scholarships Program shall also be made available 
for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, pursuant to section 
7075 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public 
Law 116-6): Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be made available for the Arctic Exchange 
Program: Provided further, That any substantive modifications 
from the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under 
this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                        representation expenses

  For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000.

              protection of foreign missions and officials

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

            embassy security, construction, and maintenance

  For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 
maintaining, repairing, and planning for real property that are 
owned or leased by the Department of State, and renovating, in 
addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman 
Building, $902,615,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas 
representation expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for 
acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other 
departments and agencies of the United States Government.
  In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,055,206,000, to 
remain available until expended.

           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

  For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ``Repatriation Loans Program Account''.

                   repatriation loans program account

  For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 
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 funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $4,753,048.

              payment to the american institute in taiwan

  For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96-8), $34,083,000.

         international center, washington, district of columbia

  Not to exceed $1,842,732 shall be derived from fees collected 
from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at 
the International Center in accordance with section 4 of the 
International Center Act (Public Law 90-553), and, in addition, 
as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, to be derived 
from the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the 
purposes set out in that section.

     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

  For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000.

                      International Organizations

              contributions to international organizations

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts 
of Congress, $1,438,000,000, of which $96,240,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the 
President's budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on 
Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by the 
United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in 
an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United 
Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease 
elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided further, That 
any payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 
to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 
States and the respective international organization and shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for a United States contribution to an international 
organization for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organization for 
loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external 
borrowings.

        contributions for international peacekeeping activities

  For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of 
international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, 
$1,481,915,000, of which $740,958,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for any 
new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at 
least 15 days in advance of voting for such mission in the 
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in 
advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations 
are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration of the 
mission, the objectives of the mission, the national interest 
that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources 
of funds, including any reprogrammings or transfers, that will 
be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the 
estimated cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for obligation unless the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on a 
peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations 
is implementing effective policies and procedures to prevent 
United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 
peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from trafficking in 
persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts 
of sexual exploitation and abuse or other violations of human 
rights, and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such 
acts while participating in such mission, including prosecution 
in their home countries and making information about such 
prosecutions publicly available on the website of the United 
Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
work with the United Nations and foreign governments 
contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 
procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 
rights: Provided further, That funds shall be available for 
peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines 
that United States manufacturers and suppliers are not being 
given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and 
material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to 
those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under this heading may be used for any 
United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United 
States Armed Forces under the command or operational control of 
a foreign national, unless the President's military advisors 
have submitted to the President a recommendation that such 
involvement is in the national interest of the United States 
and the President has submitted to Congress such a 
recommendation: Provided further, That any payment of 
arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                       International Commissions

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or 
specific Acts of Congress, as follows:

 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

  For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation 
expenses, as follows:

                         salaries and expenses

  For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$57,935,000, of which $8,690,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

                              construction

  For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $53,030,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs for the United States Section, up to $5,000,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the purposes of 
the United States Section, which shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act.

              american sections, international commissions

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for 
technical assistance grants and the Community Assistance 
Program of the North American Development Bank, $16,204,000: 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading for 
the International Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and up to $9,000 may be 
made available for representation expenses: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be made 
available for representation expenses.

                  international fisheries commissions

  For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$65,719,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions pursuant 
to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                 United States Agency for Global Media

                 international broadcasting operations

  For necessary expenses to enable the United States Agency for 
Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry out international 
communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for 
radio, Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle 
East, $875,000,000, of which $43,750,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, up to $60,708,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading may remain available 
until expended for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom 
programs, of which not less than $40,000,000 shall be for 
Internet freedom programs: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 
may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 may 
be used for such expenses within the United States as 
authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for 
representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be allocated in accordance with the table included under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous 
proviso, funds may be reprogrammed within and between amounts 
designated in such table, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that no 
such reprogramming may reduce a designated amount by more than 
5 percent: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available in accordance with the 
principles and standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of 
the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
U.S.C. 6202) and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204): 
Provided further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any 
determination by the USAGM that any of its broadcast entities, 
including its grantee organizations, provides an open platform 
for international terrorists or those who support international 
terrorism, or is in violation of the principles and standards 
set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of such Act or the entity's 
journalistic code of ethics: Provided further, That in addition 
to funds made available under this heading, and notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from 
advertising and revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 
in receipts from cooperating international organizations, and 
up to $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 
Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, 
shall remain available until expended for carrying out 
authorized purposes: Provided further, That significant 
modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justified to 
Congress, including changes to transmission platforms 
(shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and television), 
for all USAGM language services shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 from the USAGM Buying 
Power Maintenance account may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``International Broadcasting Operations'', which shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise 
available under any other provision of law and shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                   broadcasting capital improvements

  For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, 
and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as 
authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, $9,700,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized.

                            RELATED PROGRAMS

                          The Asia Foundation

  For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The Asia 
Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $22,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                    United States Institute of Peace

  For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of 
Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace 
Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $55,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, which shall not be used for 
construction activities.

         Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund

  For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-
Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), 
the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such 
Fund on or before September 30, 2023, to remain available until 
expended.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

  For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
30, 2023, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any 
salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract 
providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate 
authorized by section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or 
for purposes which are not in accordance with section 200 of 
title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the 
restrictions on compensation for personal services.

                    Israeli Arab Scholarship Program

  For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 
note), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab 
Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2023, to remain 
available until expended.

                            East-West Center

  To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out 
the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the 
Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and 
West in the State of Hawaii, $22,000,000.

                    National Endowment for Democracy

  For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National 
Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $315,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $205,632,000 shall be 
allocated in the traditional and customary manner, including 
for the core institutes, and $109,368,000 shall be for 
democracy programs: Provided, That the requirements of section 
7062(a) of this Act shall not apply to funds made available 
under this heading.

                           OTHER COMMISSIONS

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, $819,000, as 
authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) 
of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, That 
such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2023: Provided 
further, That the Commission shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to exercising such authority.

      United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 
et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, including not more than $4,000 for representation 
expenses.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304 (22 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, including not more than 
$6,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People's Republic of China, as authorized by 
title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not more than $3,000 for 
representation expenses, to remain available until September 
30, 2024.

      United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $4,000,000, including not 
more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
authorities, requirements, limitations, and conditions 
contained in the second through fifth provisos under this 
heading in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public 
Law 111-117) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2023 
and shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.

                                TITLE II

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,743,350,000, of 
which up to $261,503,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading and under the heading ``Capital Investment Fund'' 
in this title may be made available to finance the construction 
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, or 
long-term lease of offices for use by the United States Agency 
for International Development, unless the USAID Administrator 
has identified such proposed use of funds in a report submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 
the obligation of funds for such purposes: Provided further, 
That contracts or agreements entered into with funds 
appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for the 
expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 
Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out 
chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ``Operating Expenses'' in 
accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for 
representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to 
exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses, and 
not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence 
expenses, for USAID during the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up 
to $20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available in title II of this 
Act under the heading ``Capital Investment Fund'', subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                        capital investment fund

  For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $259,100,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount is 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                      office of inspector general

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $80,500,000, of 
which up to $12,075,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2024, for the Office of Inspector General of the United 
States Agency for International Development.

                               TITLE III

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

  For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
other purposes, as follows:

                         global health programs

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $4,165,950,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, and which shall be 
apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided, That this amount shall be 
made available for training, equipment, and technical 
assistance to build the capacity of public health institutions 
and organizations in developing countries, and for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; 
(2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other 
health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly 
address the needs of mothers and children, and related 
education programs; (4) assistance for children displaced or 
orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the 
prevention, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases 
including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 
communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children 
infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness 
training for health crises; (7) programs to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to unanticipated and emerging global health 
threats, including zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/
reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this paragraph may be made available for United States 
contributions to The GAVI Alliance and to a multilateral 
vaccine development partnership to support epidemic 
preparedness: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior 
appropriations Acts may be made available to any organization 
or program which, as determined by the President of the United 
States, supports or participates in the management of a program 
of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided 
further, That any determination made under the previous proviso 
must be made not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence 
and criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or 
against abortion: Provided further, That in order to reduce 
reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be 
available only to voluntary family planning projects which 
offer, either directly or through referral to, or information 
about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and 
services, and that any such voluntary family planning project 
shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or 
referral agents in the project shall not implement or be 
subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number 
of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of 
a particular method of family planning (this provision shall 
not be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates 
or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, 
gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in 
exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 
program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of 
total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 
acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) the 
project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the 
right of access to participate in any program of general 
welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 
of any individual's decision not to accept family planning 
services; (4) the project shall provide family planning 
acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits and 
risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that 
might render the use of the method inadvisable and those 
adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use of the 
method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental 
contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are 
provided only in the context of a scientific study in which 
participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, 
not less than 60 days after the date on which the USAID 
Administrator determines that there has been a violation of the 
requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the 
requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
a report containing a description of such violation and the 
corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, That 
in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
discriminated against because of such applicant's religious or 
conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; 
and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the 
requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or 
appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, the term ``motivate'', as it 
relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed 
to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of 
information or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided 
further, That information provided about the use of condoms as 
part of projects or activities that are funded from amounts 
appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall 
include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 
use.
  In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
AIDS, $6,395,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department of 
State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this paragraph 
may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except for the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25), for 
a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, That 
the amount of such contribution shall be $2,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount 
of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2023 
may be made available to USAID for technical assistance related 
to the activities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for 
administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator.

                         development assistance

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and 
chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$4,368,613,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall be 
apportioned to the United States Agency for International 
Development.

                   international disaster assistance

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international 
disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, 
$3,905,460,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall be 
apportioned to the United States Agency for International 
Development not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

                         transition initiatives

  For necessary expenses for international disaster 
rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 
the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transition to 
democracy and long-term development of countries in crisis, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such support may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or 
preserve democratic institutions and processes, revitalize 
basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of 
conflict: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 
days prior to beginning a new, or terminating a, program of 
assistance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State 
determines that it is important to the national interest of the 
United States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for 
purposes of this heading and under the authorities applicable 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations.

                          complex crises fund

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division 
J of Public Law 116-94), $60,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
apportioned to the United States Agency for International 
Development.

                         economic support fund

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$4,301,301,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

                             democracy fund

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy 
globally, including to carry out the purposes of section 
502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98-164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), 
$222,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
which shall be made available for the Human Rights and 
Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading that are made available to the National 
Endowment for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 
purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 
initial obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph.
  For an additional amount for such purposes, $133,250,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, which shall be made 
available for the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and 
Innovation, United States Agency for International Development.

            assistance for europe, eurasia and central asia

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public 
Law 102-511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179), $500,334,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, which shall be 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
section 7047 of this Act, for assistance and related programs 
for countries identified in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support 
Act (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 3(c) of the SEED Act of 1989 
(22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ``Global Health Programs'', ``Economic 
Support Fund'', and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'' that are made available for assistance for such 
countries shall be administered in accordance with the 
responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to 
section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 601 of the 
SEED Act of 1989: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be considered to be economic 
assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
purposes of making available the administrative authorities 
contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available for contributions to multilateral 
initiatives to counter hybrid threats.

                          Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

  For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable 
the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 
2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), and other activities to meet refugee and 
migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and 
dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,912,188,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for refugees resettling in Israel.

     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
U.S.C. 2601(c)), $100,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in 
paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds made available by this Act under the heading 
``Migration and Refugee Assistance''.

                          Independent Agencies

                              peace corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, 
$430,500,000, of which $7,300,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps may 
transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as 
authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, 
That funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not 
be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 
operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for 
representation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be 
made available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 
That in addition to the requirements under section 7015(a) of 
this Act, the Peace Corps shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to any decision to open, close, or suspend 
a domestic or overseas office or a country program unless there 
is a substantial risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps 
personnel: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for 
abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous 
proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113-76 shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading.

                    millennium challenge corporation

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) 
(MCA), $930,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up 
to $130,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That 
section 605(e) of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for 
a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 
609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact obligates, 
or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the 
availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties 
to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United 
States Government funding anticipated for the duration of the 
Compact: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be available for 
representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to 
exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.

                       inter-american foundation

  For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the 
Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of 
section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $47,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 
may be available for representation expenses.

              united states african development foundation

  For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development 
Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 290h et 
seq.), $45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 
representation expenses: Provided, That funds made available to 
grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project 
purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the 
United States African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided 
further, That interest earned shall be used only for the 
purposes for which the grant was made: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development 
Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h-3(a)(2)), in exceptional 
circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the 
$250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to a 
project and a project may exceed the limitation by up to 10 
percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 
fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees after each 
time such waiver authority is exercised: Provided further, That 
the USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance from 
appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 
buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary 
to carry out its functions: Provided further, That the USADF 
may maintain bank accounts outside the United States Treasury 
and retain any interest earned on such accounts, in furtherance 
of the purposes of the African Development Foundation Act: 
Provided further, That the USADF may not withdraw any 
appropriation from the Treasury prior to the need of spending 
such funds for program purposes.

                       Department of the Treasury

               international affairs technical assistance

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $38,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not more than 
$9,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That amounts made available under this heading may be made 
available to contract for services as described in section 
129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without 
regard to the location in which such services are performed.

                           debt restructuring

  For ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Department of the 
Treasury--Debt Restructuring'' there is appropriated 
$52,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for 
the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees for, 
or credits extended to, such countries as the President may 
determine, including the costs of selling, reducing, or 
canceling amounts owed to the United States pursuant to 
multilateral debt restructurings, including Paris Club debt 
restructurings and the ``Common Framework for Debt Treatments 
beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative'': Provided, That 
such amounts may be used notwithstanding any other provision of 
law.

              tropical forest and coral reef conservation

  For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as 
the President may determine, for which funds have been 
appropriated or otherwise made available for programs within 
the International Affairs Budget Function 150, including the 
costs of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 
United States as a result of concessional loans made to 
eligible countries pursuant to part V of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, $20,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2026.

                                TITLE IV

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State

          international narcotics control and law enforcement

  For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,391,004,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
Department of State may use the authority of section 608 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its 
restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of the 
United States Government for the purpose of providing such 
property to a foreign country or international organization 
under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading, except that any funds made available notwithstanding 
such section shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
made available to support training and technical assistance for 
foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other 
judicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading that are 
transferred to another department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) 
of such Act, shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading for 
Program Development and Support may be made available 
notwithstanding pre-obligation requirements contained in this 
Act, except for the notification requirements of section 7015.

    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

  For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
demining and related programs and activities, $921,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the 
FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5854), section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related 
activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
international organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution to the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, 
and for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund 
shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, 
to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to 
nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons destruction, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
such funds may also be used for such countries other than the 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union and international 
organizations when it is in the national security interest of 
the United States to do so: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for the 
IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines that Israel is 
being denied its right to participate in the activities of that 
Agency: Provided further, That funds made available for 
conventional weapons destruction programs, including demining 
and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 
expenses related to the operation and management of such 
programs and activities, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                        peacekeeping operations

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $460,759,000, of 
which $330,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be used, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 
foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 
participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for a United States 
contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission 
in the Sinai: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available to pay assessed expenses of 
international peacekeeping activities in Somalia under the same 
terms and conditions, as applicable, as funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ``Contributions for International 
Peacekeeping Activities'': Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             international military education and training

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $112,925,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
civilian personnel for whom military education and training may 
be provided under this heading may include civilians who are 
not members of a government whose participation would 
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian 
control of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$3,000,000 shall remain available until expended to increase 
the participation of women in programs and activities funded 
under this heading, following consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $50,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses.

                   foreign military financing program

  For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $6,053,049,000: Provided, That to 
expedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and 
international organizations, the Secretary of State, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of such Committees, may 
use the funds appropriated under this heading to procure 
defense articles and services to enhance the capacity of 
foreign security forces: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading 
shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall be obligated 
upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of 
section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code.
  None of the funds made available under this heading shall be 
available to finance the procurement of defense articles, 
defense services, or design and construction services that are 
not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export 
Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such 
procurement has first signed an agreement with the United 
States Government specifying the conditions under which such 
procurement may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all 
country and funding level increases in allocations shall be 
submitted through the regular notification procedures of 
section 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include 
activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
international organizations: Provided further, That a country 
that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) or is a major non-NATO ally designated by section 517(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may utilize funds made 
available under this heading for procurement of defense 
articles, defense services, or design and construction services 
that are not sold by the United States Government under the 
Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the 
minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 
articles and services: Provided further, That not more than 
$70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside 
of the United States, for the general costs of administering 
military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may 
be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading for general costs of 
administering military assistance and sales, not to exceed 
$4,000 may be available for entertainment expenses and not to 
exceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $1,253,810,229 of funds 
realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) may be obligated for 
expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal 
year 2023 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), except that this limitation may be 
exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations.

                                TITLE V

                        MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                international organizations and programs

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $508,600,000: 
Provided, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations 
Democracy Fund: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, such funds shall be 
made available for core contributions for each entity listed in 
the table under this heading in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act) unless otherwise provided for in this 
Act, or if the Secretary of State has justified to the 
Committees on Appropriations the proposed uses of funds other 
than for core contributions following prior consultation with, 
and subject to the regular notification procedures of, such 
Committees.

                  International Financial Institutions

                      global environment facility

  For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $150,200,000, to remain 
available until expended.

               contribution to the clean technology fund

  For contribution to the Clean Technology Fund, $125,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to 
$125,000,000 of such amount shall be available to cover costs, 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, of direct loans issued to the Clean Technology Fund: 
Provided further, That such funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
without limitation.

     contribution to the international bank for reconstruction and 
                              development

  For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United 
States share of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital 
stock, $206,500,000, to remain available until expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

  The United States Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal 
year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 
States share of increases in capital stock in an amount not to 
exceed $1,421,275,728.70.

       contribution to the international development association

  For payment to the International Development Association by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,430,256,000, to remain 
available until expended.

               contribution to the asian development fund

  For payment to the Asian Development Bank's Asian Development 
Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $43,610,000, to remain 
available until expended.

              contribution to the african development bank

  For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in 
portion of the increases in capital stock, $54,648,752, to 
remain available until expended.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

  The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable 
capital portion of the United States share of increases in 
capital stock in an amount not to exceed $856,174,624.

              contribution to the african development fund

  For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until 
expended.

  contribution to the international fund for agricultural development

  For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $43,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

              global agriculture and food security program

  For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Security 
Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

 contributions to the international monetary fund facilities and trust 
                                 funds

  For contribution by the Secretary of the Treasury to the 
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust or the Resilience and 
Sustainability Trust of the International Monetary Fund, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031.

                                TITLE VI

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

                           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.), $7,500,000, of which up to $1,125,000 may 
remain available until September 30, 2024.

                            program account

  The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized to 
make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance 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 program for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation: Provided, That none of the funds available during 
the current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, 
contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 
fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon 
state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive economic 
or military assistance under this Act, that has detonated a 
nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of this Act.

                        administrative expenses

  For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to exceed $30,000 
for official reception and representation expenses for members 
of the Board of Directors, not to exceed $125,000,000, of which 
up to $18,750,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may 
accept, and use, payment or services provided by transaction 
participants for legal, financial, or technical services in 
connection with any transaction for which an application for a 
loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of 
the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) of such 
section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2023: 
Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary 
expenses (including special services performed on a contract or 
fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 
connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, 
repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets 
acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, 
or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or the 
evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects of any 
transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 
insurance commitment has been made, or systems infrastructure 
directly supporting transactions: Provided further, That in 
addition to other funds appropriated for administrative 
expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such 
purposes, to remain available until expended.

                     program budget appropriations

  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and 
tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not to exceed $15,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: 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 funds shall remain available 
until September 30, 2038, for the disbursement of direct loans, 
loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in 
fiscal years 2023 through 2026.

                           receipts collected

  Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 
1945 (Public Law 79-173) and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated 
herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account: Provided, That the sums herein appropriated from the 
General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by 
such offsetting collections so as to result in a final fiscal 
year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0.

      United States International Development Finance Corporation

                           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.), $5,583,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

                       corporate capital account

  The United States International Development Finance 
Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to make such 
expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in 
accordance with the law, and to make such expenditures 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 for the current 
fiscal year for the Corporation: Provided, That for necessary 
expenses of the activities described in subsections (b), (c), 
(e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115-254) and for administrative 
expenses to carry out authorized activities and project-
specific transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such 
Act, $1,000,000,000: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided--
          (1) $220,000,000 shall remain available until 
        September 30, 2025, for administrative expenses to 
        carry out authorized activities (including an amount 
        for official reception and representation expenses 
        which shall not exceed $25,000) and project-specific 
        transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of 
        such Act; and
          (2) $780,000,000 shall remain available until 
        September 30, 2025, for the activities described in 
        subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
        of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts obligated 
        in a fiscal year for activities described in section 
        1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for 
        disbursement for the term of the underlying project: 
        Provided further, That amounts made available under 
        this paragraph may be paid to the ``United States 
        International Development Finance Corporation--Program 
        Account'' for programs authorized by subsections (b), 
        (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 
        2018:
Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursuant to 
section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for support by the Corporation in upper-middle income countries 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2023 
collections of amounts described in section 1434(h) of the 
BUILD Act of 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That such collections 
collected in fiscal year 2023 in excess of $1,000,000,000 shall 
be credited to this account and shall be available in future 
fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2023, if such collections are less than $1,000,000,000, 
receipts collected pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 and the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount equal to such 
shortfall, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under this heading may not be used to 
provide any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited by 
any other provision of law or to provide assistance to any 
foreign country that is otherwise prohibited by any other 
provision of law: Provided further, That the sums herein 
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a 
dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collections described 
under this heading so as to result in a final fiscal year 
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $588,000,000.

                            program account

  Amounts paid from ``United States International Development 
Finance Corporation--Corporate Capital Account'' (CCA) shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
amounts paid to this account from CCA or transferred to this 
account pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115-254) shall be available for the 
costs of direct and guaranteed loans provided by the 
Corporation pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act and the 
costs of modifying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the 
Corporation pursuant to section 1463 of such Act: 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 such amounts 
obligated in a fiscal year shall remain available for 
disbursement for the following 8 fiscal years: Provided 
further, That funds made available in this Act and transferred 
to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to 
section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available 
for obligation for 1 additional fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the total loan principal or guaranteed principal amount 
shall not exceed $8,000,000,000.

                      Trade and Development Agency

  For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $87,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, of which no more 
than $21,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not more than $5,000 may be available for representation and 
entertainment expenses.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                      allowances and differentials

  Sec. 7001.  Funds appropriated under title I of this Act 
shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of 
title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 
transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, United 
States Code.

                      unobligated balances report

  Sec. 7002.  Any department or agency of the United States 
Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated 
balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, 
project, and activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all 
funds received by such department or agency in fiscal year 2023 
or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: 
Provided, That the report required by this section shall be 
submitted not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter and should specify by account the amount of funds 
obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not been 
further sub-obligated.

                          consulting services

  Sec. 7003.  The expenditure of any appropriation under title 
I of 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.

                         diplomatic facilities

  Sec. 7004. (a) Capital Security Cost Sharing Exception.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure 
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI 
of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G of 
that Act), as amended by section 111 of the Department of State 
Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323), a 
project to construct a facility of the United States may 
include office space or other accommodations for members of the 
United States Marine Corps.
  (b) Consultation and Notification.--Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
which may be made available for the acquisition of property or 
award of construction contracts for overseas United States 
diplomatic facilities during fiscal year 2023, shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
notifications pursuant to this subsection shall include the 
information enumerated under the heading ``Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance'' in House Report 117-401.
  (c) Interim and Temporary Facilities Abroad.--
          (1) Security vulnerabilities.--Funds appropriated by 
        this Act under the heading ``Embassy Security, 
        Construction, and Maintenance'' may be made available, 
        following consultation with the appropriate 
        congressional committees, to address security 
        vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States 
        diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
        security upgrades and local guard staffing.
          (2) Consultation.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the opening, closure, or any 
        significant modification to an interim or temporary 
        United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 
        prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
        committees and the regular notification procedures of 
        the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 
        consultation and notification may be waived if there is 
        a security risk to personnel.
  (d) Soft Targets.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' may 
be made available for security upgrades to soft targets, 
including schools, recreational facilities, and residences used 
by United States diplomatic personnel and their dependents.

                           personnel actions

  Sec. 7005.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
funded under title I of this Act resulting from personnel 
actions taken in response to funding reductions included in 
this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources 
available under title I 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 7015 of this Act.

                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

  Sec. 7006.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not authorized before enactment of this Act 
by Congress: Provided, That up to $25,000 may be made available 
to carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 
96-533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note).

        prohibition against direct funding for certain countries

  Sec. 7007.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 
be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or 
reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or 
Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 
prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct 
loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the Export-Import 
Bank or its agents.

                              coups d'etat

  Sec. 7008. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI 
of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose duly 
elected head of government is deposed by military coup d'etat 
or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, a coup 
d'etat or decree in which the military plays a decisive role: 
Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such government if 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that subsequent to the termination of 
assistance a democratically elected government has taken 
office: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elections 
or public participation in democratic processes, or to support 
a democratic transition: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
  (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, following consultation 
with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, may waive the 
restriction in this section on a program-by-program basis if 
the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such waiver is in the national security 
interest of the United States: Provided, That funds made 
available pursuant to such waiver shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations.

                      transfer of funds authority

  Sec. 7009. (a) Department of State and United States Agency 
for Global Media.--
          (1) Department of state.--
                  (A) In general.--Not to exceed 5 percent of 
                any appropriation made available for the 
                current fiscal year for the Department of State 
                under title I of this Act may be transferred 
                between, and merged with, such appropriations, 
                but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
                specifically provided, shall be increased by 
                more than 10 percent by any such transfers, and 
                no such transfer may be made to increase the 
                appropriation under the heading 
                ``Representation Expenses''.
                  (B) Embassy security.--Funds appropriated 
                under the headings ``Diplomatic Programs'', 
                including for Worldwide Security Protection, 
                ``Embassy Security, Construction, and 
                Maintenance'', and ``Emergencies in the 
                Diplomatic and Consular Service'' in this Act 
                may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
                appropriated under such headings if the 
                Secretary of State determines and reports to 
                the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 
                is necessary to implement the recommendations 
                of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, 
                for emergency evacuations, or to prevent or 
                respond to security situations and 
                requirements, following consultation with, and 
                subject to the regular notification procedures 
                of, such Committees: Provided, That such 
                transfer authority is in addition to any 
                transfer authority otherwise available in this 
                Act and under any other provision of law.
          (2) United states agency for global media.--Not to 
        exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
        for the current fiscal year for the United States 
        Agency for Global Media under title I of this Act may 
        be transferred between, and merged with, such 
        appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
        otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 
        more than 10 percent by any such transfers.
          (3) Treatment as reprogramming.--Any transfer 
        pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a 
        reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 
        and shall not be available for obligation or 
        expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
        set forth in that section.
  (b) Limitation on Transfers of Funds Between Agencies.--
          (1) In general.--None of the funds made available 
        under titles II through V 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.
          (2) Allocation and transfers.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (1), in addition to transfers made by, or 
        authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated 
        by this Act to carry out the purposes of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred 
        to agencies of the United States Government pursuant to 
        the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and section 1434(j) of 
        the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115-
        254).
          (3) Notification.--Any agreement entered into by the 
        United States Agency for International Development or 
        the Department of State with any department, agency, or 
        instrumentality of the United States Government 
        pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance 
        Act of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000 and any 
        agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, 
        with funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 
        making appropriations for the Department of State, 
        foreign operations, and related programs under the 
        headings ``Global Health Programs'', ``Development 
        Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and 
        ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' 
        shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
        of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
        requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply to 
        agreements entered into between USAID and the 
        Department of State.
  (c) United States International Development Finance 
Corporation.--
          (1) Transfers.--Amounts transferred pursuant to 
        section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of 
        Public Law 115-254) may only be transferred from funds 
        made available under title III of this Act: Provided, 
        That any such transfers, and any amounts transferred to 
        the United States International Development Finance 
        Corporation (the Corporation) pursuant to section 632 
        of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall be subject 
        to prior consultation with, and the regular 
        notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
        State, the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development, and the Chief Executive 
        Officer of the Corporation, as appropriate, shall 
        ensure that the programs funded by such transfers are 
        coordinated with, and complement, foreign assistance 
        programs implemented by the Department of State and 
        USAID: Provided further, That no funds transferred 
        pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
        may be used by the Corporation to post personnel 
        abroad.
          (2) Transfer of funds from millennium challenge 
        corporation.--Funds appropriated under the heading 
        ``Millennium Challenge Corporation'' in this Act or 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
        transferred to accounts under the heading ``United 
        States International Development Finance Corporation'' 
        and, when so transferred, may be used for the costs of 
        activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of 
        section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, That 
        such funds shall be subject to the limitations provided 
        in the second, third, and fifth provisos under the 
        heading ``United States International Development 
        Finance Corporation--Program Account'' in this Act: 
        Provided further, That any transfer executed pursuant 
        to the transfer authority provided in this paragraph 
        shall not exceed 10 percent of an individual Compact 
        awarded pursuant to section 609(a) of the Millennium 
        Challenge Act of 2003 (title VI of Public Law 108-199): 
        Provided further, That such funds shall not be 
        available for administrative expenses of the United 
        States International Development Finance Corporation: 
        Provided further, That such authority shall be subject 
        to prior consultation with, and the regular 
        notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations: Provided further, That the transfer 
        authority provided in this section is in addition to 
        any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 
        further, That within 60 days of the termination in 
        whole or in part of the Compact from which funds were 
        transferred under this authority to the United States 
        International Development Finance Corporation, any 
        unobligated balances shall be transferred back to the 
        Millennium Challenge Corporation, subject to the 
        regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
  (d) Transfer of Funds Between Accounts.--None of the funds 
made available under titles II through V of this Act may be 
obligated under an appropriations account to which such funds 
were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically 
provided for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 
days prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 
and provides a written policy justification to the Committees 
on Appropriations.
  (e) Audit of Inter-Agency Transfers of Funds.--Any agreement 
for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs entered into 
between the Department of State or USAID and another agency of 
the United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any comparable 
provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector 
General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or 
allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the use 
of such funds and report to the Department of State or USAID, 
as appropriate, upon completion of such audits: Provided, That 
such audits shall be transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations by the Department of State or USAID, as 
appropriate: Provided further, That funds transferred under 
such authority may be made available for the cost of such 
audits.

             prohibition and limitation on certain expenses

  Sec. 7010. (a) First-Class Travel.--None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
employees of United States Government departments and agencies 
funded by this Act in contravention of section 301-10.122 
through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
  (b) Computer Networks.--None of the funds made available by 
this Act for the operating expenses of any United States 
Government department or agency may be used to establish or 
maintain a computer network for use by such department or 
agency unless such network has filters designed to block access 
to sexually explicit websites: Provided, That nothing in this 
subsection shall limit the use of funds necessary for any 
Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any 
other entity carrying out the following activities: criminal 
investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative 
discipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken as 
part of official business.
  (c) Prohibition on Promotion of Tobacco.--None of the funds 
made available by this Act shall be available to promote the 
sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products (including 
electronic nicotine delivery systems), or to seek the reduction 
or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the 
marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic 
nicotine delivery systems), except for restrictions which are 
not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products 
(including electronic nicotine delivery systems) of the same 
type.
  (d) Email Servers Outside the .gov Domain.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Diplomatic 
Programs'' and ``Capital Investment Fund'' in title I, and 
``Operating Expenses'' and ``Capital Investment Fund'' in title 
II that are made available to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development may be made 
available to support the use or establishment of email accounts 
or email servers created outside the .gov domain or not fitted 
for automated records management as part of a Federal 
government records management program in contravention of the 
Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 (Public 
Law 113-187).
  (e) Representation and Entertainment Expenses.--Each Federal 
department, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation and 
entertainment expenses further official agency business and 
United States foreign policy interests, and--
          (1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of 
        the Executive Branch;
          (2) are principally for meals and events of a 
        protocol nature;
          (3) are not for employee-only events; and
          (4) do not include activities that are substantially 
        of a recreational character.
  (f) Limitations on Entertainment Expenses.--None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the 
headings ``International Military Education and Training'' or 
``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ``Global Health 
Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' 
may be obligated or expended to pay for--
          (1) alcoholic beverages; or
          (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
        substantially of a recreational character, including 
        entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
        musical productions, and amusement parks.

                         availability of funds

  Sec. 7011.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration 
of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided by this 
Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of 
chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, 
and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds 
made available for ``United States International Development 
Finance Corporation'' and under the heading ``Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' shall remain available for 
an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 
of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are 
initially obligated before the expiration of their respective 
periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in 
order to address balance of payments or economic policy reform 
objectives, shall remain available for an additional 4 years 
from the date on which the availability of such funds would 
otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially allocated 
or obligated before the expiration of their respective periods 
of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
October 31, 2023, detailing by account and source year, the use 
of this authority during the previous fiscal year.

            limitation on assistance to countries in default

  Sec. 7012.  No part of any appropriation provided under 
titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish 
assistance to the government of any country which is in default 
during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the 
United States of principal or interest on any loan made to the 
government of such country by the United States pursuant to a 
program for which funds are appropriated under this Act unless 
the President determines, following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country 
is in the national interest of the United States.

          prohibition on taxation of united states assistance

  Sec. 7013. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
made available to provide assistance for a foreign country 
under a new bilateral agreement governing the terms and 
conditions under which such assistance is to be provided unless 
such agreement includes a provision stating that assistance 
provided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, or 
reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of 
State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to 
conform with this requirement.
  (b) Notification and Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 
during fiscal year 2023 on funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs by a foreign 
government or entity against United States assistance programs, 
either directly or through grantees, contractors, and 
subcontractors, shall be withheld from obligation from funds 
appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2024 and for prior 
fiscal years and allocated for the central government of such 
country or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 
if, not later than September 30, 2024, such taxes have not been 
reimbursed.
  (c) De Minimis Exception.--Foreign taxes of a de minimis 
nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 
(b).
  (d) Reprogramming of Funds.--Funds withheld from obligation 
for each foreign government or entity pursuant to subsection 
(b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for countries which do 
not assess taxes on United States assistance or which have an 
effective arrangement that is providing substantial 
reimbursement of such taxes, and that can reasonably 
accommodate such assistance in a programmatically responsible 
manner.
  (e) Determinations.--
          (1) In general.--The provisions of this section shall 
        not apply to any foreign government or entity that 
        assesses such taxes if the Secretary of State reports 
        to the Committees on Appropriations that--
                  (A) such foreign government or entity has an 
                effective arrangement that is providing 
                substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or
                  (B) the foreign policy interests of the 
                United States outweigh the purpose of this 
                section to ensure that United States assistance 
                is not subject to taxation.
          (2) Consultation.--The Secretary of State shall 
        consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least 
        15 days prior to exercising the authority of this 
        subsection with regard to any foreign government or 
        entity.
  (f) Implementation.--The Secretary of State shall issue and 
update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance 
contained in this section.
  (g) Definitions.--As used in this section:
          (1) Bilateral agreement.--The term ``bilateral 
        agreement'' refers to a framework bilateral agreement 
        between the Government of the United States and the 
        government of the country receiving assistance that 
        describes the privileges and immunities applicable to 
        United States foreign assistance for such country 
        generally, or an individual agreement between the 
        Government of the United States and such government 
        that describes, among other things, the treatment for 
        tax purposes that will be accorded the United States 
        assistance provided under that agreement.
          (2) Taxes and taxation.--The term ``taxes and 
        taxation'' shall include value added taxes and customs 
        duties but shall not include individual income taxes 
        assessed to local staff.

                         reservations of funds

  Sec. 7014. (a) Reprogramming.--Funds appropriated under 
titles III through VI of this Act which are specifically 
designated may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
same account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with 
the designation is made impossible by operation of any 
provision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any such 
reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this 
subsection shall be made available under the same terms and 
conditions as originally provided.
  (b) Extension of Availability.--In addition to the authority 
contained in subsection (a), the original period of 
availability of funds appropriated by this Act and administered 
by the Department of State or the United States Agency for 
International Development that are specifically designated for 
particular programs or activities by this or any other Act may 
be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Secretary of 
State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines 
and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such designated 
funds can be obligated during the original period of 
availability: Provided, That such designated funds that 
continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall be 
obligated only for the purpose of such designation.
  (c) Other Acts.--Ceilings and specifically designated funding 
levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds 
or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any 
subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 
Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 
minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall 
not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.

                       notification requirements

  Sec. 7015. (a) Notification of Changes in Programs, Projects, 
and Activities.--None of the funds made available in titles I, 
II, and VI, and under the headings ``Peace Corps'' and 
``Millennium Challenge Corporation'', of this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs to the departments and 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees or of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, 
or made available by transfer, to the departments and agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to--
          (1) create new programs;
          (2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 
        activity;
          (3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
        post;
          (4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename 
        bureaus, centers, or offices; or
          (5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
        activities presently performed by Federal employees;
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations 
or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance of such 
obligation.
  (b) Notification of Reprogramming of Funds.--None of the 
funds provided under titles I, II, and VI of this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, to the departments and 
agencies funded under such titles that remain available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2023, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the department and agency funded under 
title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure for programs, projects, or activities through a 
reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that--
          (1) augments or changes existing programs, projects, 
        or activities;
          (2) relocates an existing office or employees;
          (3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing 
        program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 
        by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
          (4) 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 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
  (c) Notification Requirement.--None of the funds made 
available by this Act under the headings ``Global Health 
Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia'', ``Peace Corps'', ``Millennium Challenge 
Corporation'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', 
``International Military Education and Training'', ``Foreign 
Military Financing Program'', ``International Organizations and 
Programs'', ``United States International Development Finance 
Corporation'', and ``Trade and Development Agency'' shall be 
available for obligation for programs, projects, activities, 
type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations not 
justified or in excess of the amount justified to the 
Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any of these 
specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are 
notified 15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided, That 
the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 
than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 
defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 
not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of 
the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on 
Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
commitment: Provided further, That requirements of this 
subsection or any similar provision of this or any other Act 
shall not apply to any reprogramming for a program, project, or 
activity for which funds are appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount 
previously justified to Congress for obligation for such 
program, project, or activity for the current fiscal year: 
Provided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to 
subsection (f) of this section shall include information (if 
known on the date of transmittal of such notification) on the 
use of notwithstanding authority.
  (d) Department of Defense Programs and Funding 
Notifications.--
          (1) Programs.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs may be made available to support or continue 
        any program initially funded under any authority of 
        title 10, United States Code, or any Act making or 
        authorizing appropriations for the Department of 
        Defense, unless the Secretary of State, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Defense and in accordance with 
        the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
        on Appropriations, submits a justification to such 
        Committees that includes a description of, and the 
        estimated costs associated with, the support or 
        continuation of such program.
          (2) Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, funds transferred by the Department of Defense to 
        the Department of State and the United States Agency 
        for International Development for assistance for 
        foreign countries and international organizations shall 
        be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
        the Committees on Appropriations.
          (3) Notification on excess defense articles.--Prior 
        to providing excess Department of Defense articles in 
        accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
        notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same 
        extent and under the same conditions as other 
        committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: 
        Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell 
        excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control 
        Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the 
        Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
        regular notification procedures of such Committees if 
        such defense articles are significant military 
        equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms 
        Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original 
        acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
        notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the 
        use of appropriated funds for specific countries that 
        would receive such excess defense articles: Provided 
        further, That such Committees shall also be informed of 
        the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.
  (e) Waiver.--The requirements of this section or any similar 
provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act 
requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare: Provided, That in case of any such 
waiver, notification to the Committees on Appropriations shall 
be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
3 days after taking the action to which such notification 
requirement was applicable, in the context of the circumstances 
necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any 
notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain 
an explanation of the emergency circumstances.
  (f) Country Notification Requirements.--None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, 
Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, 
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, 
Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, 
Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  (g) Trust Funds.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in title III of this Act and prior Acts making funds 
available for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs that are made available for a trust fund held 
by an international financial institution shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, and such notification shall include the 
information specified under this section in House Report 117-
401.
  (h) Other Program Notification Requirement.--
          (1) Diplomatic programs.--Funds appropriated under 
        title I of this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
        Programs'' that are made available for lateral entry 
        into the Foreign Service shall be subject to prior 
        consultation with, and the regular notification 
        procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
          (2) Other programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        that are made available for the following programs and 
        activities shall be subject to the regular notification 
        procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
                  (A) the Global Engagement Center;
                  (B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa 
                initiatives;
                  (C) community-based police assistance 
                conducted pursuant to the authority of section 
                7035(a)(1) of this Act;
                  (D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and 
                the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund;
                  (E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy;
                  (F) the Countering PRC Influence Fund and the 
                Countering Russian Influence Fund;
                  (G) the Gender Equity and Equality Action 
                Fund; and
                  (H) funds specifically allocated for the 
                Partnership for Global Infrastructure and 
                Investment.
          (3) Democracy program policy and procedures.--
        Modifications to democracy program policy and 
        procedures, including relating to the use of consortia, 
        by the Department of State and USAID shall be subject 
        to prior consultation with, and the regular 
        notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
          (4) Arms sales.--The reports, notifications, and 
        certifications, and any other documents, required to be 
        submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms Export 
        Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and such documents 
        submitted pursuant to section 36(b) through (d) of such 
        Act with respect to countries that have received 
        assistance provided with funds appropriated by this Act 
        or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
        of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
        shall be concurrently submitted to the Committees on 
        Appropriations and shall include information about the 
        source of funds for any sale or transfer, as 
        applicable, if known at the time of submission.
  (i) Withholding of Funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or 
otherwise not programmed as a result of application of a 
provision of law in this or any other Act shall, if 
reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations.
  (j) Prior Consultation Requirement.--The Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation, and the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least 7 days 
prior to informing a government of, or publicly announcing a 
decision on, the suspension or early termination of assistance 
to a country or a territory, including as a result of an 
interagency review of such assistance, from funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs: 
Provided, That such consultation shall include a detailed 
justification for such suspension, including a description of 
the assistance being suspended.

      documents, report posting, records management, and related 
                       cybersecurity protections

  Sec. 7016. (a) Document Requests.--None of the funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through 
VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental 
organization, including any contractor, which fails to provide 
upon timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 
the auditing requirements of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  (b) Public Posting of Reports.--
          (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), any 
        report required by this Act to be submitted to Congress 
        by any Federal agency receiving funds made available by 
        this Act shall be posted on the public Web site of such 
        agency not later than 45 days following the receipt of 
        such report by Congress.
          (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report if--
                  (A) the public posting of the report would 
                compromise national security, including the 
                conduct of diplomacy;
                  (B) the report contains proprietary or other 
                privileged information; or
                  (C) the public posting of the report is 
                specifically exempted in the explanatory 
                statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
                preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
          (3) The agency posting such report shall do so only 
        after the report has been made available to the 
        Committees on Appropriations.
  (c) Records Management and Related Cybersecurity 
Protections.--The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall--
          (1) regularly review and update the policies, 
        directives, and oversight necessary to comply with 
        Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential 
        executive orders and memoranda concerning the 
        preservation of all records made or received in the 
        conduct of official business, including record emails, 
        instant messaging, and other online tools;
          (2) use funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        headings ``Diplomatic Programs'' and ``Capital 
        Investment Fund'' in title I, and ``Operating 
        Expenses'' and ``Capital Investment Fund'' in title II, 
        as appropriate, to improve Federal records management 
        pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 
        21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal 
        records management statutes, regulations, or policies 
        for the Department of State and USAID;
          (3) direct departing employees, including senior 
        officials, that all Federal records generated by such 
        employees belong to the Federal Government;
          (4) substantially reduce, compared to the previous 
        fiscal year, the response time for identifying and 
        retrieving Federal records, including requests made 
        pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
        (commonly known as the ``Freedom of Information Act''); 
        and
          (5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate 
        vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use 
        of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov 
        domain, improve the process to identify and remove 
        inactive user accounts, update and enforce guidance 
        related to the control of national security 
        information, and implement the recommendations of the 
        applicable reports of the cognizant Office of Inspector 
        General.

               use of funds in contravention of this act

  Sec. 7017.  If the President makes a determination not to 
comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 
grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations in writing within 5 days of 
such determination, the basis for such determination and any 
resulting changes to program or policy.

   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

  Sec. 7018.  None of the funds made available to carry out 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of 
family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 
abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used 
to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a 
method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the 
funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any 
biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to 
methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary 
sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any 
country or organization if the President certifies that the use 
of these funds by any such country or organization would 
violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and 
involuntary sterilizations.

                        allocations and reports

  Sec. 7019. (a) Allocation Tables.--Subject to subsection (b), 
funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall 
be made available in the amounts specifically designated in the 
respective tables included in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That such designated amounts 
for foreign countries and international organizations shall 
serve as the amounts for such countries and international 
organizations transmitted to Congress in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall 
be made available for such foreign countries and international 
organizations notwithstanding the date of the transmission of 
such report.
  (b) Authorized Deviations.--Unless otherwise provided for by 
this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, as 
applicable, may only deviate up to 10 percent from the amounts 
specifically designated in the respective tables included in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
such percentage may be exceeded only if the Secretary of State 
or USAID Administrator, as applicable, determines and reports 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by-
case basis that such deviation is necessary to respond to 
significant, exigent, or unforeseen events, or to address other 
exceptional circumstances directly related to the national 
security interest of the United States, including a description 
of such events or circumstances: Provided further, That 
deviations pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
  (c) Limitation.--For specifically designated amounts that are 
included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
deviations authorized by subsection (b) may only take place 
after submission of such report.
  (d) Exceptions.--
          (1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to--
                  (A) amounts designated for ``International 
                Military Education and Training'' in the 
                respective tables included in the explanatory 
                statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
                preceding division A of this consolidated Act);
                  (B) funds for which the initial period of 
                availability has expired; and
                  (C) amounts designated by this Act as minimum 
                funding requirements.
          (2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate from 
        amounts designated in the respective tables included in 
        the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
        the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
        Act) shall not apply to the table included under the 
        heading ``Global Health Programs'' in such statement.
          (3) With respect to the amounts designated for 
        ``Global Programs'' in the table under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' included in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act), the 
        matter preceding the first proviso in subsection (b) of 
        this section shall be applied by substituting ``5 
        percent'' for ``10 percent'', and the provisos in such 
        subsection (b) shall not apply.
  (e) Reports.--The Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, 
and other designated officials, as appropriate, shall submit 
the reports required, in the manner described, in House Report 
117-401 and the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
unless otherwise directed in such explanatory statement.
  (f) Clarification.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ``International Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration 
and Refugee Assistance'' shall not be included for purposes of 
meeting amounts designated for countries in this Act, unless 
such headings are specifically designated as the source of 
funds.

                           multi-year pledges

  Sec. 7020.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to make any pledge for future 
year funding for any multilateral or bilateral program funded 
in titles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was: 
(1) previously justified, including the projected future year 
costs, in a congressional budget justification; (2) included in 
an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs or previously 
authorized by an Act of Congress; (3) notified in accordance 
with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, including the projected future year costs; or 
(4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at least 7 
days in advance of the pledge.

   prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international 
                               terrorism

  Sec. 7021. (a) Lethal Military Equipment Exports.--
          (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated or 
        otherwise made available under titles III through VI of 
        this Act may be made available to any foreign 
        government which provides lethal military equipment to 
        a country the government of which the Secretary of 
        State has determined supports international terrorism 
        for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export Reform 
        Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)): Provided, That 
        the prohibition under this section with respect to a 
        foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that 
        government ceases to provide such military equipment: 
        Provided further, That this section applies with 
        respect to lethal military equipment provided under a 
        contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
          (2) Determination.--Assistance restricted by 
        paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
        may be furnished if the President determines that to do 
        so is important to the national interest of the United 
        States.
          (3) Report.--Whenever the President makes a 
        determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 
        shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
        report with respect to the furnishing of such 
        assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
        assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount 
        of such assistance, and an explanation of how the 
        assistance furthers the United States national 
        interest.
  (b) Bilateral Assistance.--
          (1) Limitations.--Funds appropriated for bilateral 
        assistance in titles III through VI of this Act and 
        funds appropriated under any such title in prior Acts 
        making appropriations for the Department of State, 
        foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be 
        made available to any foreign government which the 
        President determines--
                  (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
                individual or group which has committed an act 
                of international terrorism;
                  (B) otherwise supports international 
                terrorism; or
                  (C) is controlled by an organization 
                designated as a terrorist organization under 
                section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
          (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the application 
        of paragraph (1) to a government if the President 
        determines that national security or humanitarian 
        reasons justify such waiver: Provided, That the 
        President shall publish each such waiver in the Federal 
        Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes 
        effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the waiver (including the justification for the 
        waiver) in accordance with the regular notification 
        procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                       authorization requirements

  Sec. 7022.  Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Trade and Development 
Agency'', may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 
10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094(a)(1)).

              definition of program, project, and activity

  Sec. 7023.  For the purpose of titles II through VI of this 
Act, ``program, project, and activity'' shall be defined at the 
appropriations Act account level and shall include all 
appropriations and authorizations Acts funding directives, 
ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for the 
``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
accounts, ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be 
considered to include country, regional, and central program 
level funding within each such account, and for the development 
assistance accounts of the United States Agency for 
International Development, ``program, project, and activity'' 
shall also be considered to include central, country, regional, 
and program level funding, either as--
          (1) justified to Congress; or
          (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance 
        with the report required by section 653(a) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modified pursuant 
        to section 7019 of this Act.

authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation, and united 
                 states african development foundation

  Sec. 7024.  Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities 
authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Development 
Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting activities 
in a country for which assistance is prohibited, the agency 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations and report 
to such Committees within 15 days of taking such action.

                commerce, trade and surplus commodities

  Sec. 7025. (a) World Markets.--None of the funds appropriated 
or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act 
for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise made 
available to the Export-Import Bank and the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation shall be 
obligated or expended to finance any loan, any assistance, or 
any other financial commitments for establishing or expanding 
production of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be in 
surplus on world markets at the time the resulting productive 
capacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance 
will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 
prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the 
judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and 
employment in the United States are likely to outweigh the 
injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or 
competing commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this 
subsection shall not prohibit--
          (1) activities in a country that is eligible for 
        assistance from the International Development 
        Association, is not eligible for assistance from the 
        International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
        and does not export on a consistent basis the 
        agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
        is furnished; or
          (2) activities in a country the President determines 
        is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian 
        crisis, or a complex emergency.
  (b) Exports.--None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or 
breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or 
introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which would 
compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the 
United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not 
prohibit--
          (1) activities designed to increase food security in 
        developing countries where such activities will not 
        have a significant impact on the export of agricultural 
        commodities of the United States;
          (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
        United States producers;
          (3) activities in a country that is eligible for 
        assistance from the International Development 
        Association, is not eligible for assistance from the 
        International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
        and does not export on a consistent basis the 
        agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
        is furnished; or
          (4) activities in a country the President determines 
        is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian 
        crisis, or a complex emergency.
  (c) International Financial Institutions.--The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use the 
voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by 
such institution, using funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act, for the production or extraction of any 
commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world 
markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to 
United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
commodity.

                           separate accounts

  Sec. 7026. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--
          (1) Agreements.--If assistance is furnished to the 
        government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 
        of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result in 
        the generation of local currencies of that country, the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall--
                  (A) require that local currencies be 
                deposited in a separate account established by 
                that government;
                  (B) enter into an agreement with that 
                government which sets forth--
                          (i) the amount of the local 
                        currencies to be generated; and
                          (ii) the terms and conditions under 
                        which the currencies so deposited may 
                        be utilized, consistent with this 
                        section; and
                  (C) establish by agreement with that 
                government the responsibilities of USAID and 
                that government to monitor and account for 
                deposits into and disbursements from the 
                separate account.
          (2) Uses of local currencies.--As may be agreed upon 
        with the foreign government, local currencies deposited 
        in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an 
        equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used 
        only--
                  (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
                chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
                Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
                purposes as--
                          (i) project and sector assistance 
                        activities; or
                          (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
                  (B) for the administrative requirements of 
                the United States Government.
          (3) Programming accountability.--USAID shall take all 
        necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the 
        local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection 
        (a)(2)(A) from the separate account established 
        pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the purposes 
        agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
          (4) Termination of assistance programs.--Upon 
        termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 
        or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), any 
        unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a 
        separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) 
        shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed 
        to by the government of that country and the United 
        States Government.
  (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--
          (1) In general.--If assistance is made available to 
        the government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 
        10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 
        as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be 
        required to maintain such funds in a separate account 
        and not commingle with any other funds.
          (2) Applicability of other provisions of law.--Such 
        funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
        provisions of law which are inconsistent with the 
        nature of this assistance, including provisions which 
        are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of 
        the Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint 
        Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-1159).
          (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to 
        obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
        assistance, the President shall submit a notification 
        through the regular notification procedures of the 
        Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 
        detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 
        made available will be used, with a discussion of the 
        United States interests that will be served by such 
        assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of 
        the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by 
        such assistance).
          (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds 
        may be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) 
        only through the regular notification procedures of the 
        Committees on Appropriations.

                       eligibility for assistance

  Sec. 7027. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other Act 
with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed 
to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and from funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'': Provided, 
That before using the authority of this subsection to furnish 
assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 
organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations pursuant to the regular notification procedures, 
including a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such 
assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 
against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in 
this or any other Act.
  (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2023, restrictions 
contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance 
for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 
et seq.): Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to 
this subsection may be obligated or expended except as provided 
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations.
  (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
          (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
        law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
        international terrorism; or
          (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
        law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
        country that violates internationally recognized human 
        rights.

                          disability programs

  Sec. 7028. (a) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Development Assistance'' shall be made 
available for programs and activities administered by the 
United States Agency for International Development to address 
the needs and protect and promote the rights of people with 
disabilities in developing countries, including initiatives 
that focus on independent living, economic self-sufficiency, 
advocacy, education, employment, transportation, sports, 
political and electoral participation, and integration of 
individuals with disabilities, including for the cost of 
translation: Provided, That funds shall be made available to 
support disability rights advocacy organizations in developing 
countries.
  (b) Management, Oversight, and Technical Support.--Of the 
funds made available pursuant to this section, 5 percent may be 
used by USAID for management, oversight, and technical support.

                  international financial institutions

  Sec. 7029. (a) Evaluations.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice of the 
United States to encourage such institution to adopt and 
implement a publicly available policy, including the strategic 
use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct 
independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of at 
least 35 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and 
significant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the 
institution's goals of reducing poverty and promoting equitable 
economic growth, consistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure 
that decisions to support such loans, grants, programs, and 
activities are based on accurate data and objective analysis.
  (b) Safeguards.--
          (1) Standard.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
        International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
        and the International Development Association to use 
        the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 
        loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such institution 
        has adopted and is implementing any social or 
        environmental safeguard relevant to such loan, grant, 
        policy, or strategy that provides less protection than 
        World Bank safeguards in effect on September 30, 2015.
          (2) Accountability, standards, and best practices.--
        The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
        States executive director of each international 
        financial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
        United States to oppose loans or other financing for 
        projects unless such projects--
                  (A) provide for accountability and 
                transparency, including the collection, 
                verification, and publication of beneficial 
                ownership information related to extractive 
                industries and on-site monitoring during the 
                life of the project;
                  (B) will be developed and carried out in 
                accordance with best practices regarding 
                environmental conservation, cultural 
                protection, and empowerment of local 
                populations, including free, prior and informed 
                consent of affected Indigenous communities;
                  (C) do not provide incentives for, or 
                facilitate, forced displacement or other 
                violations of human rights; and
                  (D) do not partner with or otherwise involve 
                enterprises owned or controlled by the armed 
                forces.
  (c) Compensation.--None of the funds appropriated under title 
V of this Act may be made as payment to any international 
financial institution while the United States executive 
director to such institution is compensated by the institution 
at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such 
executive director receives from the United States, is in 
excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a 
position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate 
United States executive director to such institution is 
compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate 
provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code.
  (d) Human Rights.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to promote human rights due diligence and 
risk management, as appropriate, in connection with any loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy of such institution in accordance 
with the requirements specified under this section in House 
Report 117-401.
  (e) Fraud and Corruption.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice of the 
United States to include in loan, grant, and other financing 
agreements improvements in borrowing countries' financial 
management and judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and 
punish fraud and corruption.
  (f) Beneficial Ownership Information.--The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of 
each international financial institution to use the voice of 
the United States to encourage such institution to collect, 
verify, and publish, to the maximum extent practicable, 
beneficial ownership information (excluding proprietary 
information) for any corporation or limited liability company, 
other than a publicly listed company, that receives funds from 
any such financial institution.
  (g) Whistleblower Protections.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice of the 
United States to encourage such institution to effectively 
implement and enforce policies and procedures which meet or 
exceed best practices in the United States for the protection 
of whistleblowers from retaliation, including--
          (1) protection against retaliation for internal and 
        lawful public disclosure;
          (2) legal burdens of proof;
          (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
          (4) access to binding independent adjudicative 
        bodies, including shared cost and selection external 
        arbitration; and
          (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
        retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 
        prior employment.
  (h) Grievance Mechanisms and Procedures.--The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use the 
voice and vote of the United States to support independent 
investigative and adjudicative mechanisms and procedures that 
meet or exceed best practices in the United States to provide 
due process and fair compensation, including the right to 
reinstatement, for employees who are subjected to harassment, 
discrimination, retaliation, false allegations, or other 
misconduct.
  (i) Capital Increases.--None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available to support a new capital 
increase for an international financial institution unless the 
President submits a budget request for such increase to 
Congress and determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that--
          (1) the institution has completed a thorough analysis 
        of the development challenges facing the relevant 
        geographical region, the role of the institution in 
        addressing such challenges and its role relative to 
        other financing partners, and the steps to be taken to 
        enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
        institution; and
          (2) the governors of such institution have approved 
        the capital increase.

                          technology security

  Sec. 7030. (a) Insecure Communications Networks.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available for programs, 
including through the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity 
Partnership, to--
          (1) advance the adoption of secure, next-generation 
        communications networks and services, including 5G, and 
        cybersecurity policies, in countries receiving 
        assistance under this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs;
          (2) counter the establishment of insecure 
        communications networks and services, including 5G, 
        promoted by the People's Republic of China and other 
        state-backed enterprises that are subject to undue or 
        extrajudicial control by their country of origin; and
          (3) provide policy and technical training on 
        deploying open, interoperable, reliable, and secure 
        networks to information communication technology 
        professionals in countries receiving assistance under 
        this Act, as appropriate:
Provided, That such funds, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', may be used to 
strengthen civilian cybersecurity and information and 
communications technology capacity, including participation of 
foreign law enforcement and military personnel in non-military 
activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
  (b) CHIPS for America International Technology Security and 
Innovation Fund.--
          (1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made 
        available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
        Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 
        International Technology Security and Innovation Fund 
        for fiscal year 2023 pursuant to the transfer authority 
        in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division 
        A of Public Law 117-167), to the accounts specified and 
        in the amounts specified, in the table titled ``CHIPS 
        for America International Technology Security and 
        Innovation Fund'' in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
        division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
        such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
        and the regular notification procedures of, the 
        Committees on Appropriations.
          (2) Neither the President nor his designee may 
        allocate any amounts that are made available for any 
        fiscal year under section 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 
        2022 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing 
        appropriations for part of a fiscal year for the 
        Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
        Programs: 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 using 
        funds transferred from the CHIPS for America 
        International Technology Security and Innovation Fund, 
        which may be allocated pursuant to the transfer 
        authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
        only in amounts that are no more than the allocation 
        for such purposes in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
          (3) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
        the President for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
        State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
        proposed allocations by account and by program, 
        project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 
        amounts made available under section 102(c)(2) of the 
        CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2024.
          (4) The Secretary of State shall provide the 
        Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on the 
        status of balances of projects and activities funded by 
        the CHIPS for America International Technology Security 
        and Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection, including all 
        uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.

     financial management, budget transparency, and anti-corruption

  Sec. 7031. (a) Limitation on Direct Government-to-Government 
Assistance.--
          (1) Requirements.--Funds appropriated by this Act may 
        be made available for direct government-to-government 
        assistance only if--
                  (A) the requirements included in section 
                7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) of the Department of 
                State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
                Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public 
                Law 116-6) are fully met; and
                  (B) the government of the recipient country 
                is taking steps to reduce corruption.
          (2) Consultation and notification.--In addition to 
        the requirements in paragraph (1), funds may only be 
        made available for direct government-to-government 
        assistance subject to prior consultation with, and the 
        regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations: Provided, That such notification shall 
        contain an explanation of how the proposed activity 
        meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided 
        further, That the requirements of this paragraph shall 
        only apply to direct government-to-government 
        assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all funds 
        available for cash transfer, budget support, and cash 
        payments to individuals.
          (3) Suspension of assistance.--The Administrator of 
        the United States Agency for International Development 
        or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall 
        suspend any direct government-to-government assistance 
        if the Administrator or the Secretary has credible 
        information of material misuse of such assistance, 
        unless the Administrator or the Secretary reports to 
        the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 
        national interest of the United States to continue such 
        assistance, including a justification, or that such 
        misuse has been appropriately addressed.
          (4) Submission of information.--The Secretary of 
        State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, 
        concurrent with the fiscal year 2024 congressional 
        budget justification materials, amounts planned for 
        assistance described in paragraph (1) by country, 
        proposed funding amount, source of funds, and type of 
        assistance.
          (5) Debt service payment prohibition.--None of the 
        funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
        government of any foreign country for debt service 
        payments owed by any country to any international 
        financial institution.
  (b) National Budget and Contract Transparency.--
          (1) Minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.--The 
        Secretary of State shall continue to update and 
        strengthen the ``minimum requirements of fiscal 
        transparency'' for each government receiving assistance 
        appropriated by this Act, as identified in the report 
        required by section 7031(b) of the Department of State, 
        Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
        Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76).
          (2) Determination and report.--For each government 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
        State, not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, shall make or update any 
        determination of ``significant progress'' or ``no 
        significant progress'' in meeting the minimum 
        requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 
        determinations publicly available in an annual ``Fiscal 
        Transparency Report'' to be posted on the Department of 
        State website: Provided, That such report shall include 
        the elements included under this section in House 
        Report 117-401.
          (3) Assistance.--Not less than $7,000,000 of the 
        funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made available for 
        programs and activities to assist governments 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget 
        transparency and to support civil society organizations 
        in such countries that promote budget transparency.
  (c) Anti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights.--
          (1) Ineligibility.--
                  (A) Officials of foreign governments and 
                their immediate family members about whom the 
                Secretary of State has credible information 
                have been involved, directly or indirectly, in 
                significant corruption, including corruption 
                related to the extraction of natural resources, 
                or a gross violation of human rights, including 
                the wrongful detention of locally employed 
                staff of a United States diplomatic mission or 
                a United States citizen or national, shall be 
                ineligible for entry into the United States.
                  (B) Concurrent with the application of 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as 
                appropriate, refer the matter to the Office of 
                Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
                Treasury, to determine whether to apply 
                sanctions authorities in accordance with United 
                States law to block the transfer of property 
                and interests in property, and all financial 
                transactions, in the United States involving 
                any person described in such subparagraph.
                  (C) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
                privately designate or identify the officials 
                of foreign governments and their immediate 
                family members about whom the Secretary has 
                such credible information without regard to 
                whether the individual has applied for a visa.
          (2) Exception.--Individuals shall not be ineligible 
        for entry into the United States pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) if such entry would further important United States 
        law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit 
        the United States to fulfill its obligations under the 
        United Nations Headquarters Agreement: Provided, That 
        nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate 
        from United States Government obligations under 
        applicable international agreements.
          (3) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the application 
        of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 
        waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 
        that the circumstances which caused the individual to 
        be ineligible have changed sufficiently.
          (4) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 
        until September 30, 2024, the Secretary of State shall 
        submit a report, including a classified annex if 
        necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees 
        and the Committees on the Judiciary describing the 
        information related to corruption or violation of human 
        rights concerning each of the individuals found 
        ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant to 
        paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the 
        Secretary designated or identified pursuant to 
        paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for 
        the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers 
        provided under paragraph (3), and the justification for 
        each waiver.
          (5) Posting of report.--Any unclassified portion of 
        the report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted 
        on the Department of State website.
          (6) Clarification.--For purposes of paragraphs (1), 
        (4), and (5), the records of the Department of State 
        and of diplomatic and consular offices of the United 
        States pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas 
        or permits to enter the United States shall not be 
        considered confidential.
  (d) Extraction of Natural Resources.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall 
        be made available to promote and support transparency 
        and accountability of expenditures and revenues related 
        to the extraction of natural resources, including by 
        strengthening implementation and monitoring of the 
        Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, 
        implementing and enforcing section 8204 of the Food, 
        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
        246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the amendments made by such 
        section, and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, 
        and for technical assistance to promote independent 
        audit mechanisms and support civil society 
        participation in natural resource management.
          (2) Public disclosure and independent audits.--
                  (A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
                instruct the executive director of each 
                international financial institution to use the 
                voice and vote of the United States to oppose 
                any assistance by such institutions (including 
                any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any 
                country for the extraction and export of a 
                natural resource if the government of such 
                country has in place laws, regulations, or 
                procedures to prevent or limit the public 
                disclosure of company payments as required by 
                United States law, and unless such government 
                has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in 
                the sector in which assistance is being 
                considered that: (1) accurately account for and 
                publicly disclose payments to the government by 
                companies involved in the extraction and export 
                of natural resources; (2) include independent 
                auditing of accounts receiving such payments 
                and the public disclosure of such audits; and 
                (3) require public disclosure of agreement and 
                bidding documents, as appropriate.
                  (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 
                shall not apply to assistance for the purpose 
                of building the capacity of such government to 
                meet the requirements of such subparagraph.

                           democracy programs

  Sec. 7032. (a) Funding.--
          (1) In general.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
        ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', 
        ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', 
        and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
        Enforcement'', $2,900,000,000 should be made available 
        for democracy programs.
          (2) Programs.--Of the funds made available for 
        democracy programs under the headings ``Economic 
        Support Fund'' and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
        Central Asia'' pursuant to paragraph (1), not less than 
        $117,040,000 shall be made available to the Bureau of 
        Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
        State.
  (b) Authorities.--
          (1) Availability.--Funds made available by this Act 
        for democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and 
        under the heading ``National Endowment for Democracy'' 
        may be made available notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, and with regard to the National 
        Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation.
          (2) Beneficiaries.--Funds made available by this Act 
        for the NED are made available pursuant to the 
        authority of the National Endowment for Democracy Act 
        (title V of Public Law 98-164), including all decisions 
        regarding the selection of beneficiaries.
  (c) Definition of Democracy Programs.--For purposes of funds 
appropriated by this Act, the term ``democracy programs'' means 
programs that support good governance, credible and competitive 
elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, and 
religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, and 
the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 
democratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental 
organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 
development of democratic states and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens.
  (d) Program Prioritization.--Funds made available pursuant to 
this section that are made available for programs to strengthen 
government institutions shall be prioritized for those 
institutions that demonstrate a commitment to democracy and the 
rule of law.
  (e) Restrictions on Foreign Government Interference.--
          (1) Prior approval.--With respect to the provision of 
        assistance for democracy programs in this Act, the 
        organizations implementing such assistance, the 
        specific nature of the assistance, and the participants 
        in such programs shall not be subject to prior approval 
        by the government of any foreign country.
          (2) Disclosure of implementing partner information.--
        If the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development, determines that the 
        government of the country is undemocratic or has 
        engaged in or condoned harassment, threats, or attacks 
        against organizations implementing democracy programs, 
        any new bilateral agreement governing the terms and 
        conditions under which assistance is provided to such 
        country shall not require the disclosure of the names 
        of implementing partners of democracy programs, and the 
        Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
        expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing 
        bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform to this 
        requirement.
  (f) Continuation of Current Practices.--USAID shall continue 
to implement civil society and political competition and 
consensus building programs abroad with funds appropriated by 
this Act in a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of 
grants and cooperative agreements in implementing such 
programs.
  (g) Digital Security and Countering Disinformation.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available to advance 
digital security and counter disinformation as described under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).
  (h) Informing the National Endowment for Democracy.--The 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for 
Development, Democracy, and Innovation, USAID, shall regularly 
inform the NED of democracy programs that are planned and 
supported with funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs.
  (i) Protection of Civil Society Activists and Journalists.--
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Democracy Fund'', not less than 
$30,000,000 shall be made available to support and protect 
civil society activists and journalists who have been 
threatened, harassed, or attacked, including journalists 
affiliated with the United States Agency for Global Media.
  (j) International Freedom of Expression and Independent 
Media.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $20,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to protect international freedom of 
expression and independent media, as described under this 
section in House Report 117-401.
  (k) David E. Price Legislative Strengthening Program.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Democracy Fund'' 
shall be made available for legislative strengthening programs: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 
programs shall hereafter be collectively named the ``David E. 
Price Legislative Strengthening Program''.

                    international religious freedom

  Sec. 7033. (a) International Religious Freedom Office.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
Programs'' shall be made available for the Office of 
International Religious Freedom, Department of State.
  (b) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', and 
``International Broadcasting Operations'' shall be made 
available for international religious freedom programs and 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
``International Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration and 
Refugee Assistance'' shall be made available for humanitarian 
assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic and religious 
minorities: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Democracy 
Fund'' pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility of 
the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in 
consultation with other relevant United States Government 
officials, and shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations.
  (c) Authority.--Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs under the heading ``Economic 
Support Fund'' may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law for assistance for ethnic and religious 
minorities in Iraq and Syria.
  (d) Designation of Non-State Actors.--Section 7033(e) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115-31) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2023.

                           special provisions

  Sec. 7034. (a) Victims of War, Displaced Children, and 
Displaced Burmese.--Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
that are made available for victims of war, displaced children, 
displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons and 
assist victims of such trafficking may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law.
  (b) Forensic Assistance.--
          (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        heading ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than 
        $20,000,000 shall be made available for forensic 
        anthropology assistance related to the exhumation and 
        identification of victims of war crimes, crimes against 
        humanity, and genocide, which shall be administered by 
        the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
        and Labor, Department of State: Provided, That such 
        funds shall be in addition to funds made available by 
        this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs for assistance for countries.
          (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        heading ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
        Enforcement'', not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
        available for DNA forensic technology programs to 
        combat human trafficking in Central America and Mexico.
  (c) World Food Programme.--Funds managed by the Bureau for 
Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International 
Development, from this or any other Act, may be made available 
as a general contribution to the World Food Programme, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law.
  (d) Directives and Authorities.--
          (1) Research and training.--Funds appropriated by 
        this Act under the heading ``Assistance for Europe, 
        Eurasia and Central Asia'' shall be made available to 
        carry out the Program for Research and Training on 
        Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former 
        Soviet Union as authorized by the Soviet-Eastern 
        European Research and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 
        4501 et seq.).
          (2) Genocide victims memorial sites.--Funds 
        appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs under the headings 
        ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance for Europe, 
        Eurasia and Central Asia'' may be made available as 
        contributions to establish and maintain memorial sites 
        of genocide, subject to the regular notification 
        procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
          (3) Private sector partnerships.--Of the funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support 
        Fund'' that are made available for private sector 
        partnerships, including partnerships with philanthropic 
        foundations, up to $50,000,000 may remain available 
        until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds made 
        available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made 
        available following prior consultation with, and the 
        regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
          (4) Additional authority.--Of the amounts made 
        available by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
        Programs'', up to $500,000 may be made available for 
        grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign Relations 
        Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), 
        including to facilitate collaboration with Indigenous 
        communities.
          (5) Innovation.--The USAID Administrator may use 
        funds appropriated by this Act under title III to make 
        innovation incentive awards in accordance with the 
        terms and conditions of section 7034(e)(4) of the 
        Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
        Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public 
        Law 116-6): Provided, That each individual award may 
        not exceed $100,000.
          (6) Development innovation ventures.--Funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Development Assistance'' and made available for the 
        Development Innovation Ventures program may be made 
        available for the purposes of chapter I of part I of 
        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
          (7) Exchange visitor program.--None of the funds made 
        available by this Act may be used to modify the 
        Exchange Visitor Program administered by the Department 
        of State to implement the Mutual Educational and 
        Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-256; 22 
        U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), except through the formal 
        rulemaking process pursuant to the Administrative 
        Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) and 
        notwithstanding the exceptions to such rulemaking 
        process in such Act: Provided, That funds made 
        available for such purpose shall only be made available 
        after consultation with, and subject to the regular 
        notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations, regarding how any proposed modification 
        would affect the public diplomacy goals of, and the 
        estimated economic impact on, the United States: 
        Provided further, That such consultation shall take 
        place not later than 30 days prior to the publication 
        in the Federal Register of any regulatory action 
        modifying the Exchange Visitor Program.
          (8) Payments.--Funds appropriated by this Act and 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs under 
        the headings ``Diplomatic Programs'' and ``Operating 
        Expenses'', except for funds 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, are 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 funds made available pursuant to this 
        paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with 
        the Committees on Appropriations.
          (9) Afghan allies.--Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the 
        Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
        note) is amended--
                  (A) in the heading, by striking ``2022'' and 
                inserting ``2023'';
                  (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), in 
                the first sentence, by striking ``34,500'' and 
                inserting ``38,500''; and
                  (C) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking 
                ``December 31, 2023'' and inserting ``December 
                31, 2024''.
          (10) Transatlantic engagement.--Funds appropriated by 
        this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' are 
        available for support of an institute for transatlantic 
        engagement if legislation establishing such an 
        institute is enacted into law by September 30, 2023: 
        Provided, That in the event that such legislation is 
        not enacted into law by such date, the amounts 
        described in this paragraph shall be available under 
        the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' for the purposes 
        therein.
  (e) Partner Vetting.--Prior to initiating a partner vetting 
program, providing a direct vetting option, or making a 
significant change to the scope of an existing partner vetting 
program, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, as 
appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary and the 
Administrator shall provide a direct vetting option for prime 
awardees in any partner vetting program initiated or 
significantly modified after the date of enactment of this Act, 
unless the Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, as 
applicable, informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-
by-case basis that a direct vetting option is not feasible for 
such program.
  (f) Contingencies.--During fiscal year 2023, the President 
may use up to $145,000,000 under the authority of section 451 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law.
  (g) International Child Abductions.--The Secretary of State 
should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act 
for assistance for the central government of any country that 
is not taking appropriate steps to comply with the Convention 
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions, done at 
the Hague on October 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days 
of withholding funds under this subsection.
  (h) Transfer of Funds for Extraordinary Protection.--The 
Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds under 
the heading ``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'' 
unobligated balances of expired funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' for fiscal year 2023, at no 
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: Provided, That not more than 
$50,000,000 may be transferred.
  (i) Protections and Remedies for Employees of Diplomatic 
Missions and International Organizations.--The terms and 
conditions of section 7034(k) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2020 (division G of Public Law 116-94) shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2023.
  (j) Personnel.--Funds appropriated under the heading 
``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' may be used to carry out 
section 5(a)(6) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
1962 (22 U.S.C. 2605(a)(6)) for employing up to 50 individuals 
domestically without regard to the geographic limitation in 
such section, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  (k) Impact on Jobs.--Section 7056 of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2021 (division K of Public Law 116-260) shall continue in 
effect during fiscal year 2023.
  (l) Extension of Authorities.--
          (1) Incentives for critical posts.--The authority 
        contained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32) shall 
        remain in effect through September 30, 2023.
          (2) Categorical eligibility.--The Foreign Operations, 
        Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
        Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended--
                  (A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
                          (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
                        ``and 2022'' and inserting ``2022, and 
                        2023''; and
                          (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
                        ``2022'' each place it appears and 
                        inserting ``2023''; and
                  (B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 
                note), by striking ``2022'' and inserting 
                ``2023''.
          (3) Special inspector general for afghanistan 
        reconstruction competitive status.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, any employee of the Special 
        Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
        (SIGAR) who completes at least 12 months of continuous 
        service after enactment of this Act or who is employed 
        on the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs 
        first, shall acquire competitive status for appointment 
        to any position in the competitive service for which 
        the employee possesses the required qualifications.
          (4) Transfer of balances.--Section 7081(h) of the 
        Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
        Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 
        Law 115-31) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
        2023.
          (5) Protective services.--Section 7071 of the 
        Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
        Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of Public 
        Law 117-103) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
        year 2023.
          (6) Extension of loan guarantees to israel.--Chapter 
        5 of title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 Stat. 
        576) is amended under the heading ``Loan Guarantees to 
        Israel''--
                  (A) in the matter preceding the first 
                proviso, by striking ``September 30, 2023'' and 
                inserting ``September 30, 2028''; and
                  (B) in the second proviso, by striking 
                ``September 30, 2023'' and inserting 
                ``September 30, 2028''.
  (m) Monitoring and Evaluation.--
          (1) Beneficiary feedback.--Funds appropriated by this 
        Act that are made available for monitoring and 
        evaluation of assistance under the headings 
        ``Development Assistance'', ``International Disaster 
        Assistance'', and ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' 
        shall be made available for the regular and systematic 
        collection of feedback obtained directly from 
        beneficiaries to enhance the quality and relevance of 
        such assistance: Provided, That not later than 90 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
        of State and USAID Administrator shall submit to the 
        Committees on Appropriations, and post on their 
        respective websites, updated procedures for 
        implementing partners that receive funds under such 
        headings for regularly and systematically collecting 
        and responding to such feedback, including guidelines 
        for the reporting on actions taken in response to the 
        feedback received: Provided further, That the Secretary 
        of State and USAID Administrator shall regularly--
                  (A) conduct oversight to ensure that such 
                feedback is regularly collected and used by 
                implementing partners to maximize the cost-
                effectiveness and utility of such assistance; 
                and
                  (B) consult with the Committees on 
                Appropriations on the results of such 
                oversight.
          (2) Ex-post evaluations.--Of the funds appropriated 
        by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
        $10,000,000 shall be made available for ex-post 
        evaluations of the effectiveness and sustainability of 
        United States Government-funded assistance programs.
  (n) HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund.--Funds available in the 
HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established pursuant to section 
525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447) 
may be made available for pharmaceuticals and other products 
for child survival, malaria, tuberculosis, and emerging 
infectious diseases to the same extent as HIV/AIDS 
pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to the terms and 
conditions in such section: Provided, That the authority in 
section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-
447) shall be exercised by the Assistant Administrator for 
Global Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such 
non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budget 
justification an accounting of budgetary resources, 
disbursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 
fund.
  (o) Loans, Consultation, and Notification.--
          (1) Loan guarantees.--Funds appropriated under the 
        headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance for 
        Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' by this Act and 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
        made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan 
        guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, Small Island Developing 
        States, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized to 
        be provided: Provided, That amounts made available 
        under this paragraph for the costs of such guarantees 
        shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of 
        provisions of law limiting assistance to a country.
          (2) Consultation and notification.--Funds made 
        available pursuant to the authorities of this 
        subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with 
        the appropriate congressional committees and the 
        regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
          (3) Administration.--Not less than 30 days prior to 
        exercising the authority of this subsection, but not 
        later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, the President shall designate, and concurrently 
        report such designation to the appropriate 
        congressional committees, the Federal agency or 
        agencies responsible for managing the legacy loan 
        guarantee portfolio, maintaining the current and future 
        financial exposure of loan guarantees, and executing 
        future loan guarantees.
  (p) Local Works.--
          (1) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
        under the headings ``Development Assistance'' and 
        ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $100,000,000 
        shall be made available for Local Works pursuant to 
        section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
        Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
        2015 (division J of Public Law 113-235), which may 
        remain available until September 30, 2027.
          (2) Eligible entities.--For the purposes of section 
        7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
        and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division 
        J of Public Law 113-235), ``eligible entities'' shall 
        be defined as small local, international, and United 
        States-based nongovernmental organizations, educational 
        institutions, and other small entities that have 
        received less than a total of $5,000,000 from USAID 
        over the previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, That 
        departments or centers of such educational institutions 
        may be considered individually in determining such 
        eligibility.
  (q) Extension of Procurement Authority.--Section 7077 of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112-74) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2023.
  (r) Section 889.--For the purposes of obligations and 
expenditures made with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, the waiver authority in 
section 889(d)(2) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) may 
also be available to the Secretary of State, following 
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the 
use of the authority of this subsection since the date of 
enactment of this Act, which shall include the scope and 
duration of any waiver granted, the entity covered by such 
waiver, and a detailed description of the national security 
interest served: Provided further, That such report shall be 
updated every 60 days until September 30, 2024.
  (s) Definitions.--
          (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--Unless 
        otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act 
        the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
        the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
          (2) Funds appropriated by this act and prior acts.--
        Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of 
        this Act the term ``funds appropriated by this Act and 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs'' means 
        funds that remain available for obligation, and have 
        not expired.
          (3) International financial institutions.--In this 
        Act ``international financial institutions'' means the 
        International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
        the International Development Association, the 
        International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American 
        Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the 
        International Fund for Agricultural Development, the 
        Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
        Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 
        American Development Bank, the European Bank for 
        Reconstruction and Development, the African Development 
        Bank, the African Development Fund, and the 
        Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
          (4) Spend plan.--In this Act, the term ``spend plan'' 
        means a plan for the uses of funds appropriated for a 
        particular entity, country, program, purpose, or 
        account and which shall include, at a minimum, a 
        description of--
                  (A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 
                for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
                achieving such goals;
                  (B) amounts and sources of funds by account;
                  (C) how such funds will complement other 
                ongoing or planned programs; and
                  (D) implementing partners, to the maximum 
                extent practicable.
          (5) Successor operating unit.--Any reference to a 
        particular operating unit or office in this Act or 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs shall 
        be deemed to include any successor operating unit 
        performing the same or similar functions.
          (6) USAID.--In this Act, the term ``USAID'' means the 
        United States Agency for International Development.

                      law enforcement and security

  Sec. 7035. (a) Assistance.--
          (1) Community-based police assistance.--Funds made 
        available under titles III and IV of this Act to carry 
        out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 
        4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that 
        Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of 
        civilian police authority through training and 
        technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, 
        anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through 
        assistance to foster civilian police roles that support 
        democratic governance, including assistance for 
        programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, 
        address gender-based violence, and foster improved 
        police relations with the communities they serve.
          (2) Combat casualty care.--
                  (A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
                Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
                Act under the headings ``Peacekeeping 
                Operations'' and ``Foreign Military Financing 
                Program'' shall be made available for combat 
                casualty training and equipment in an amount 
                above the prior fiscal year.
                  (B) The Secretary of State shall offer combat 
                casualty care training and equipment as a 
                component of any package of lethal assistance 
                funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
                under the headings ``Peacekeeping Operations'' 
                and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'': 
                Provided, That the requirement of this 
                subparagraph shall apply to a country in 
                conflict, unless the Secretary determines that 
                such country has in place, to the maximum 
                extent practicable, functioning combat casualty 
                care treatment and equipment that meets or 
                exceeds the standards recommended by the 
                Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care: 
                Provided further, That any such training and 
                equipment for combat casualty care shall be 
                made available through an open and competitive 
                process.
          (3) Training related to international humanitarian 
        law.--The Secretary of State shall offer training 
        related to the requirements of international 
        humanitarian law as a component of any package of 
        lethal assistance funded by this Act with funds 
        appropriated under the headings ``Peacekeeping 
        Operations'' and ``Foreign Military Financing 
        Program'': Provided, That the requirement of this 
        paragraph shall not apply to a country that is a member 
        of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is a 
        major non-NATO ally designated by section 517(b) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or is complying with 
        international humanitarian law: Provided further, That 
        any such training shall be made available through an 
        open and competitive process.
          (4) International prison conditions.--Funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
        and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
        Enforcement'' shall be made available for assistance to 
        eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and 
        other detention facilities, notwithstanding section 660 
        of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That 
        the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
        shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
        the proposed uses of such funds prior to obligation and 
        not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act: Provided further, That such funds shall be in 
        addition to funds otherwise made available by this Act 
        for such purpose.
  (b) Authorities.--
          (1) Reconstituting civilian police authority.--In 
        providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 
        Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 
        Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from 
        instability may be deemed to mean support for regional, 
        district, municipal, or other sub-national entity 
        emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging 
        from instability.
          (2) Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.--
        Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign 
        Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
        2015 (division J of Public Law 113-235) shall continue 
        in effect during fiscal year 2023.
          (3) Commercial leasing of defense articles.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject 
        to the regular notification procedures of the 
        Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 
        23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) 
        may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, the 
        North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major 
        non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 
        (including leasing with an option to purchase) of 
        defense articles from United States commercial 
        suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other 
        than helicopters and other types of aircraft having 
        possible civilian application), if the President 
        determines that there are compelling foreign policy or 
        national security reasons for those defense articles 
        being provided by commercial lease rather than by 
        government-to-government sale under such Act.
          (4) Special defense acquisition fund.--Not to exceed 
        $900,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to section 
        51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the Special Defense 
        Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to remain available for 
        obligation until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the 
        provision of defense articles and defense services to 
        foreign countries or international organizations from 
        the Fund shall be subject to the concurrence of the 
        Secretary of State.
          (5) Oversight and accountability.--(A) Prior to the 
        signing of a new Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) 
        involving funds appropriated under the heading 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', the Secretary 
        of State shall consult with each recipient government 
        to ensure that the LOA between the United States and 
        such recipient government complies with the purposes of 
        section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2754) and that the defense articles, services, and 
        training procured with funds appropriated under such 
        heading are consistent with United States national 
        security policy.
          (B) The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the 
        appropriate congressional committees of any instance in 
        which the Secretary of State has credible information 
        that such assistance was used in a manner contrary to 
        such agreement.
  (c) Limitations.--
          (1) Child soldiers.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        should not be used to support any military training or 
        operations that include child soldiers.
          (2) Landmines and cluster munitions.--
                  (A) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, demining equipment available 
                to the United States Agency for International 
                Development and the Department of State and 
                used in support of the clearance of landmines 
                and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian 
                purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in 
                foreign countries, subject to such terms and 
                conditions as the Secretary of State may 
                prescribe.
                  (B) Report.--Not later than 120 days after 
                the date of enactment of this Act, the 
                Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to 
                the appropriate congressional committees on 
                implementation of the United States policy 
                regarding anti-personnel landmines (APLs) 
                announced on June 21, 2022, to include progress 
                on the destruction of APLs, and the number and 
                types of APLs required by such policy for the 
                defense of the Republic of Korea and the 
                methodology used to determine such number: 
                Provided, That the report shall include the 
                types (by Department of Defense Ammunition 
                Code) and quantities of landmines demilitarized 
                and removed from the demilitarization account 
                of the United States Armed Forces, and 
                demilitarization accomplished by contract or 
                outside the continental United States.
                  (C) Cluster munitions.--No military 
                assistance shall be furnished for cluster 
                munitions, no defense export license for 
                cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 
                munitions or cluster munitions technology shall 
                be sold or transferred, unless--
                          (i) the submunitions of the cluster 
                        munitions, after arming, do not result 
                        in more than 1 percent unexploded 
                        ordnance across the range of intended 
                        operational environments, and the 
                        agreement applicable to the assistance, 
                        transfer, or sale of such cluster 
                        munitions or cluster munitions 
                        technology specifies that the cluster 
                        munitions will only be used against 
                        clearly defined military targets and 
                        will not be used where civilians are 
                        known to be present or in areas 
                        normally inhabited by civilians; or
                          (ii) such assistance, license, sale, 
                        or transfer is for the purpose of 
                        demilitarizing or permanently disposing 
                        of such cluster munitions.
          (3) Crowd control.--If the Secretary of State has 
        information that a unit of a foreign security force 
        uses excessive force to repress peaceful expression or 
        assembly concerning corruption, harm to the environment 
        or human health, or the fairness of electoral 
        processes, or in countries that are undemocratic or 
        undergoing democratic transition, the Secretary shall 
        promptly determine if such information is credible: 
        Provided, That if the information is determined to be 
        credible, funds appropriated by this Act should not be 
        used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, 
        ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes 
        for such unit, unless the Secretary of State determines 
        that the foreign government is taking effective 
        measures to bring the responsible members of such unit 
        to justice.
  (d) Reports.--
          (1) Security assistance report.--Not later than 120 
        days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
        Appropriations a report on funds obligated and expended 
        during fiscal year 2022, by country and purpose of 
        assistance, under the headings ``Peacekeeping 
        Operations'', ``International Military Education and 
        Training'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program''.
          (2) Annual foreign military training report.--For the 
        purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961, the term ``military training 
        provided to foreign military personnel by the 
        Department of Defense and the Department of State'' 
        shall be deemed to include all military training 
        provided by foreign governments with funds appropriated 
        to the Department of Defense or the Department of 
        State, except for training provided by the government 
        of a country designated by section 517(b) of such Act 
        (22 U.S.C. 2321k(b)) as a major non-North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization ally: Provided, That such third-
        country training shall be clearly identified in the 
        report submitted pursuant to section 656 of such Act.

              assistance for innocent victims of conflict

  Sec. 7036.  Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Marla Ruzicka Fund for Innocent Victims of Conflict: Provided, 
That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act on the proposed uses of such funds.

                         palestinian statehood

  Sec. 7037. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
provided to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that--
          (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state--
                  (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 
                peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
                and
                  (B) is taking appropriate measures to counter 
                terrorism and terrorist financing in the West 
                Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling of 
                terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
                with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
                security organizations; and
          (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
        entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
        other countries in the region to vigorously pursue 
        efforts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
        peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and an 
        independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
        context of full and normal relationships, which should 
        include--
                  (A) termination of all claims or states of 
                belligerency;
                  (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
                sovereignty, territorial integrity, and 
                political independence of every state in the 
                area through measures including the 
                establishment of demilitarized zones;
                  (C) their right to live in peace within 
                secure and recognized boundaries free from 
                threats or acts of force;
                  (D) freedom of navigation through 
                international waterways in the area; and
                  (E) a framework for achieving a just 
                settlement of the refugee problem.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule 
of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights 
for its citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations 
assuring transparent and accountable governance.
  (c) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) if the 
President determines that it is important to the national 
security interest of the United States to do so.
  (d) Exemption.--The restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian 
Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing entity, 
in order to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), 
consistent with the provisions of section 7040 of this Act 
(``Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian Authority'').

 prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation

  Sec. 7038.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
technical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

                 assistance for the west bank and gaza

  Sec. 7039. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2023, 30 days 
prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West 
Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to 
the Committees on Appropriations that procedures have been 
established to assure the Comptroller General of the United 
States will have access to appropriate United States financial 
information in order to review the uses of United States 
assistance for the Program funded under the heading ``Economic 
Support Fund'' for the West Bank and Gaza.
  (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance 
is not provided to or through any individual, private or 
government entity, or educational institution that the 
Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, 
sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity 
nor, with respect to private entities or educational 
institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the 
entity's governing board or governing board of trustees any 
individual that has been determined to be involved in, or 
advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a 
designated foreign terrorist organization: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures 
specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this 
subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, 
entity, or educational institution which the Secretary has 
determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity.
  (c) Prohibition.--
          (1) Recognition of acts of terrorism.--None of the 
        funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
        Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program 
        may be made available for--
                  (A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
                honoring individuals who commit, or have 
                committed acts of terrorism; and
                  (B) any educational institution located in 
                the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 
                individual who the Secretary of State 
                determines has committed an act of terrorism.
          (2) Security assistance and reporting requirement.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
        funds made available by this or prior appropriations 
        Acts, including funds made available by transfer, may 
        be made available for obligation for security 
        assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until the 
        Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations on--
                  (A) the benchmarks that have been established 
                for security assistance for the West Bank and 
                Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian 
                compliance with such benchmarks; and
                  (B) the steps being taken by the Palestinian 
                Authority to end torture and other cruel, 
                inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, 
                including by bringing to justice members of 
                Palestinian security forces who commit such 
                crimes.
  (d) Oversight by the United States Agency for International 
Development.--
          (1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall ensure that Federal or 
        non-Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and 
        significant subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the 
        West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on 
        an annual basis to ensure, among other things, 
        compliance with this section.
          (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to 
        $1,300,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 
        General of the United States Agency for International 
        Development for audits, investigations, and other 
        activities in furtherance of the requirements of this 
        subsection: Provided, That such funds are in addition 
        to funds otherwise available for such purposes.
  (e) Comptroller General of the United States Audit.--
Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses 
of all funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, 
including all funds provided as cash transfer assistance, in 
fiscal year 2023 under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', 
and such audit shall address--
          (1) the extent to which such Program complies with 
        the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
          (2) an examination of all programs, projects, and 
        activities carried out under such Program, including 
        both obligations and expenditures.
  (f) Notification Procedures.--Funds made available in this 
Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

         limitation on assistance for the palestinian authority

  Sec. 7040. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the 
Palestinian Authority.
  (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall 
not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of 
the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that waiving 
such prohibition is important to the national security interest 
of the United States.
  (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant to 
subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 
6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after 
the enactment of this Act.
  (d) Report.--Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to 
subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds 
will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to ensure 
that the funds are properly disbursed: Provided, That the 
report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority 
has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and 
dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
  (e) Certification.--If the President exercises the waiver 
authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must 
certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority has 
established a single treasury account for all Palestinian 
Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow through 
this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist outside of 
the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and there is a 
single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll, and the 
Palestinian Authority is acting to counter incitement of 
violence against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at 
promoting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel.
  (f) Prohibition to Hamas and the Palestine Liberation 
Organization.--
          (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
        through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries of 
        personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in Gaza 
        or may be obligated or expended for assistance to Hamas 
        or any entity effectively controlled by Hamas, any 
        power-sharing government of which Hamas is a member, or 
        that results from an agreement with Hamas and over 
        which Hamas exercises undue influence.
          (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), 
        assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
        government only if the President certifies and reports 
        to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
        government, including all of its ministers or such 
        equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying with 
        the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and 
        (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
          (3) The President may exercise the authority in 
        section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
        as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 
        (Public Law 109-446) with respect to this subsection.
          (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to paragraph 
        (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
        report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 
        days of the certification and every quarter thereafter 
        on whether such government, including all of its 
        ministers or such equivalent are continuing to comply 
        with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) 
        and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
        amended: Provided, That the report shall also detail 
        the amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any 
        assistance provided pursuant to the abovementioned 
        certification and a full accounting of any direct 
        support of such government.
          (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
        through VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance 
        for the Palestine Liberation Organization.

                      middle east and north africa

  Sec. 7041. (a) Egypt.--
          (1) Certification and report.--Funds appropriated by 
        this Act that are available for assistance for Egypt 
        may be made available notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, 
        except for this subsection and section 620M of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be made 
        available for assistance for the Government of Egypt if 
        the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
        Committees on Appropriations that such government is--
                  (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
                with the United States; and
                  (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
                Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.
          (2) Economic support fund.--Of the funds appropriated 
        by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
        Fund'', not less than $125,000,000 shall be made 
        available for assistance for Egypt, of which not less 
        than $40,000,000 should be made available for higher 
        education programs, including not less than $15,000,000 
        for scholarships for Egyptian students with high 
        financial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of 
        higher education in Egypt that are currently accredited 
        by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the 
        United States Department of Education, or meets 
        standards equivalent to those required for United 
        States institutional accreditation by a regional 
        accrediting agency recognized by such Department: 
        Provided, That such funds shall be made available for 
        democracy programs, and for development programs in the 
        Sinai.
          (3) Foreign military financing program.--
                  (A) Certification.--Of the funds appropriated 
                by this Act under the heading ``Foreign 
                Military Financing Program'', $1,300,000,000, 
                to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
                should be made available for assistance for 
                Egypt: Provided, That such funds may be 
                transferred to an interest bearing account in 
                the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, following 
                consultation with the Committees on 
                Appropriations, and the uses of any interest 
                earned on such funds shall be subject to the 
                regular notification procedures of the 
                Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
                That $225,000,000 of such funds shall be 
                withheld from obligation until the Secretary of 
                State certifies and reports to the Committees 
                on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt 
                is taking sustained and effective steps to--
                          (i) strengthen the rule of law, 
                        democratic institutions, and human 
                        rights in Egypt, including to protect 
                        religious minorities and the rights of 
                        women, which are in addition to steps 
                        taken during the previous calendar year 
                        for such purposes;
                          (ii) implement reforms that protect 
                        freedoms of expression, association, 
                        and peaceful assembly, including the 
                        ability of civil society organizations, 
                        human rights defenders, and the media 
                        to function without interference;
                          (iii) hold Egyptian security forces 
                        accountable, including officers 
                        credibly alleged to have violated human 
                        rights;
                          (iv) investigate and prosecute cases 
                        of extrajudicial killings and forced 
                        disappearances;
                          (v) provide regular access for United 
                        States officials to monitor such 
                        assistance in areas where the 
                        assistance is used; and
                          (vi) comply with the requirement 
                        under this section in the explanatory 
                        statement described in section 4 (in 
                        the matter preceding division A of this 
                        consolidated Act).
                  (B) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive 
                the certification requirement in subparagraph 
                (A) if the Secretary determines and reports to 
                the Committees on Appropriations that such 
                funds are necessary for counterterrorism, 
                border security, or nonproliferation programs 
                or that it is otherwise important to the 
                national security interest of the United States 
                to do so, and submits a report to such 
                Committees containing a detailed justification 
                for the use of such waiver and the reasons why 
                any of the requirements of subparagraph (A) 
                cannot be met: Provided, That the report 
                required by this paragraph shall be submitted 
                in unclassified form, but may be accompanied by 
                a classified annex.
                  (C) In addition to the funds withheld 
                pursuant to subparagraph (A), $95,000,000 of 
                the funds made available pursuant to this 
                paragraph shall be withheld from obligation 
                until the Secretary of State determines and 
                reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
                that the Government of Egypt is making clear 
                and consistent progress in releasing political 
                prisoners, providing detainees with due process 
                of law, and preventing the intimidation and 
                harassment of American citizens.
  (b) Iran.--
          (1) Funding.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        the headings ``Diplomatic Programs'', ``Economic 
        Support Fund'', and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
        Demining and Related Programs'' shall be made available 
        for the programs and activities described under this 
        section in House Report 117-401.
          (2) Reports.--
                  (A) Semi-annual report.--The Secretary of 
                State shall submit to the Committees on 
                Appropriations the semi-annual report required 
                by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic Energy Act 
                of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by 
                section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review 
                Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-17).
                  (B) Sanctions report.--Not later than 180 
                days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
                the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
                the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 
                the appropriate congressional committees a 
                report on--
                          (i) the status of United States 
                        bilateral sanctions on Iran;
                          (ii) the reimposition and renewed 
                        enforcement of secondary sanctions; and
                          (iii) the impact such sanctions have 
                        had on Iran's destabilizing activities 
                        throughout the Middle East.
  (c) Iraq.--
          (1) Purposes.--Funds appropriated under titles III 
        and IV of this Act shall be made available for 
        assistance for Iraq for--
                  (A) bilateral economic assistance and 
                international security assistance, including in 
                the Kurdistan Region of Iraq;
                  (B) stabilization assistance, including in 
                Anbar Province;
                  (C) programs to support government 
                transparency and accountability, support 
                judicial independence, protect the right of due 
                process, end the use of torture, and combat 
                corruption;
                  (D) humanitarian assistance, including in the 
                Kurdistan Region of Iraq;
                  (E) programs to protect and assist religious 
                and ethnic minority populations; and
                  (F) programs to increase United States 
                private sector investment.
          (2) Basing rights.--None of the funds appropriated or 
        otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the 
        Government of the United States to enter into a 
        permanent basing rights agreement between the United 
        States and Iraq.
  (d) Israel.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not less than 
$3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel 
which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act: Provided, That to the extent that the Government of Israel 
requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made 
available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the 
United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons 
systems, of which not less than $775,300,000 shall be available 
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 
services, including research and development.
  (e) Jordan.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for Jordan, of which not less than 
$845,100,000 shall be made available for budget support for the 
Government of Jordan and not less than $425,000,000 shall be 
made available under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program''.
  (f) Lebanon.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated under titles III 
        and IV of this Act shall be made available for 
        assistance for Lebanon: Provided, That such funds made 
        available under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 
        may be made available notwithstanding section 1224 of 
        the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
        2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 2346 note).
          (2) Security assistance.--
                  (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                headings ``International Narcotics Control and 
                Law Enforcement'' and ``Foreign Military 
                Financing Program'' that are made available for 
                assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
                for programs and equipment for the Lebanese 
                Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese 
                Armed Forces (LAF) to address security and 
                stability requirements in areas affected by 
                conflict in Syria, following consultation with 
                the appropriate congressional committees.
                  (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
                that are made available for assistance for 
                Lebanon may only be made available for programs 
                to--
                          (i) professionalize the LAF to 
                        mitigate internal and external threats 
                        from non-state actors, including 
                        Hizballah;
                          (ii) strengthen border security and 
                        combat terrorism, including training 
                        and equipping the LAF to secure the 
                        borders of Lebanon and address security 
                        and stability requirements in areas 
                        affected by conflict in Syria, 
                        interdicting arms shipments, and 
                        preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe 
                        haven for terrorist groups; and
                          (iii) implement United Nations 
                        Security Council Resolution 1701:
                Provided, That prior to obligating funds made 
                available by this subparagraph for assistance 
                for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall 
                submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
                spend plan, including actions to be taken to 
                ensure equipment provided to the LAF is used 
                only for the intended purposes, except such 
                plan may not be considered as meeting the 
                notification requirements under section 7015 of 
                this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 
                any notification submitted pursuant to such 
                section shall include any funds specifically 
                intended for lethal military equipment.
          (3) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act may be made available for the ISF or the LAF 
        if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a foreign 
        terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to 
        section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1189).
  (g) Libya.--Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall be made available for stabilization assistance 
for Libya, including support for a United Nations-facilitated 
political process and border security: Provided, That the 
limitation on the uses of funds for certain infrastructure 
projects in section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76) shall apply to such 
funds.
  (h) Morocco.--Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall be made available for assistance for Morocco.
  (i) Saudi Arabia.--
          (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act under the heading ``International Military 
        Education and Training'' may be made available for 
        assistance for the Government of Saudi Arabia.
          (2) Export-import bank.--None of the funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
        and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
        of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
        should be obligated or expended by the Export-Import 
        Bank of the United States to guarantee, insure, or 
        extend (or participate in the extension of) credit in 
        connection with the export of nuclear technology, 
        equipment, fuel, materials, or other nuclear 
        technology-related goods or services to Saudi Arabia 
        unless the Government of Saudi Arabia--
                  (A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation 
                agreement pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic 
                Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153);
                  (B) has committed to renounce uranium 
                enrichment and reprocessing on its territory 
                under that agreement; and
                  (C) has signed and implemented an Additional 
                Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards 
                Agreement with the International Atomic Energy 
                Agency.
  (j) Syria.--
          (1) Non-lethal assistance.--Funds appropriated by 
        this Act under titles III and IV may be made available, 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, for non-
        lethal stabilization assistance for Syria, including 
        for emergency medical and rescue response and chemical 
        weapons investigations.
          (2) Limitations.--Funds made available pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection--
                  (A) may not be made available for a project 
                or activity that supports or otherwise 
                legitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign 
                terrorist organizations (as designated pursuant 
                to section 219 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of 
                Iran in Syria;
                  (B) may not be made available for activities 
                that further the strategic objectives of the 
                Government of the Russian Federation that the 
                Secretary of State determines may threaten or 
                undermine United States national security 
                interests; and
                  (C) should not be used in areas of Syria 
                controlled by a government led by Bashar al-
                Assad or associated forces.
          (3) Consultation and notification.--Funds made 
        available pursuant to this subsection may only be made 
        available following consultation with the appropriate 
        congressional committees, and shall be subject to the 
        regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
  (k) Tunisia.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated under titles III 
        and IV of this Act shall be made available for 
        assistance for Tunisia for programs to improve economic 
        growth and opportunity, support democratic governance 
        and civil society, protect due process of law, and 
        maintain regional stability and security, following 
        consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
          (2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
        submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
        the extent to which--
                  (A) the Government of Tunisia is implementing 
                economic reforms, countering corruption, and 
                taking credible steps to restore constitutional 
                order and democratic governance, including 
                respecting freedoms of expression, association, 
                and the press, and the rights of members of 
                political parties, that are in addition to 
                steps taken in the preceding fiscal year;
                  (B) the Government of Tunisia is maintaining 
                the independence of the judiciary and holding 
                security forces who commit human rights abuses 
                accountable; and
                  (C) the Tunisian military has remained an 
                apolitical and professional institution.
  (l) West Bank and Gaza.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made 
        available for programs in the West Bank and Gaza, which 
        may include water, sanitation, and other infrastructure 
        improvements.
          (2) Report on assistance.--Prior to the initial 
        obligation of funds made available by this Act under 
        the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance 
        for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
        shall report to the Committees on Appropriations that 
        the purpose of such assistance is to--
                  (A) advance Middle East peace;
                  (B) improve security in the region;
                  (C) continue support for transparent and 
                accountable government institutions;
                  (D) promote a private sector economy; or
                  (E) address urgent humanitarian needs.
          (3) Limitations.--
                  (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under 
                the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' in this 
                Act may be made available for assistance for 
                the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 
                enactment of this Act--
                          (I) the Palestinians obtain the same 
                        standing as member states or full 
                        membership as a state in the United 
                        Nations or any specialized agency 
                        thereof outside an agreement negotiated 
                        between Israel and the Palestinians; or
                          (II) the Palestinians initiate an 
                        International Criminal Court (ICC) 
                        judicially authorized investigation, or 
                        actively support such an investigation, 
                        that subjects Israeli nationals to an 
                        investigation for alleged crimes 
                        against Palestinians.
                  (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 
                restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph 
                resulting from the application of subclause (I) 
                of such clause if the Secretary certifies to 
                the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 
                is in the national security interest of the 
                United States, and submits a report to such 
                Committees detailing how the waiver and the 
                continuation of assistance would assist in 
                furthering Middle East peace.
                  (B)(i) The President may waive the provisions 
                of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 
                Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
                (Public Law 100-204) if the President 
                determines and certifies in writing to the 
                Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
                President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 
                appropriate congressional committees that the 
                Palestinians have not, after the date of 
                enactment of this Act--
                          (I) obtained in the United Nations or 
                        any specialized agency thereof the same 
                        standing as member states or full 
                        membership as a state outside an 
                        agreement negotiated between Israel and 
                        the Palestinians; and
                          (II) initiated or actively supported 
                        an ICC investigation against Israeli 
                        nationals for alleged crimes against 
                        Palestinians.
                  (ii) Not less than 90 days after the 
                President is unable to make the certification 
                pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, 
                the President may waive section 1003 of Public 
                Law 100-204 if the President determines and 
                certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 
                House of Representatives, the President pro 
                tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
                Appropriations that the Palestinians have 
                entered into direct and meaningful negotiations 
                with Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the 
                provisions of section 1003 of Public Law 100-
                204 under clause (i) of this subparagraph or 
                under previous provisions of law must expire 
                before the waiver under this clause may be 
                exercised.
                  (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this 
                subparagraph shall be effective for no more 
                than a period of 6 months at a time and shall 
                not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment 
                of this Act.
          (4) Application of taylor force act.--Funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
        Support Fund'' that are made available for assistance 
        for the West Bank and Gaza shall be made available 
        consistent with section 1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act 
        (title X of division S of Public Law 115-141).
          (5) Security report.--The reporting requirements in 
        section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
        2008 (Public Law 110-252) shall apply to funds made 
        available by this Act, including a description of 
        modifications, if any, to the security strategy of the 
        Palestinian Authority.
          (6) Incitement report.--Not later than 90 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
        congressional committees detailing steps taken by the 
        Palestinian Authority to counter incitement of violence 
        against Israelis and to promote peace and coexistence 
        with Israel.

                                 africa

  Sec. 7042. (a) African Great Lakes Region Assistance 
Restriction.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``International Military Education and Training'' for the 
central government of a country in the African Great Lakes 
region may be made available only for Expanded International 
Military Education and Training and professional military 
education until the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is not 
facilitating or otherwise participating in destabilizing 
activities in a neighboring country, including aiding and 
abetting armed groups.
  (b) Central African Republic.--Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', not less 
than $3,000,000 shall be made available for a contribution to 
the Special Criminal Court in Central African Republic.
  (c) Counter Illicit Armed Groups.--Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available for programs and activities in 
areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) or other 
illicit armed groups in Eastern Democratic Republic of the 
Congo and the Central African Republic, including to improve 
physical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-
warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, 
demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, 
especially child soldiers.
  (d) Democratic Republic of the Congo.--Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available for assistance for the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for stabilization, 
democracy, global health, and bilateral economic assistance, 
including in areas affected by, and at risk from, the Ebola 
virus disease: Provided, That such funds shall also be made 
available to support security, stabilization, development, and 
democracy in Eastern DRC: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Peacekeeping 
Operations'' and ``International Military Education and 
Training'' that are made available for such purposes may be 
made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
except section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
  (e) Ethiopia.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for assistance for Ethiopia should be used to 
support--
          (1) implementation of the cessation of hostilities 
        agreement in Tigray;
          (2) political dialogues and confidence building 
        measures to end other conflicts in the country;
          (3) civil society and protect human rights;
          (4) efforts to provide unimpeded access to 
        humanitarian assistance;
          (5) investigations and prosecutions of gross 
        violations of human rights; and
          (6) restoration of basic services in areas impacted 
        by conflict.
  (f) Malawi.--Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs that are made available for 
higher education programs in Malawi shall be made available for 
higher education and workforce development programs in 
agriculture as described under this section in House Report 
117-401.
  (g) South Sudan.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under title IV may be made available for assistance for the 
central Government of South Sudan, except to support 
implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement, mutual arrangements related to post-referendum 
issues associated with such Agreement, or any other viable 
peace agreement in South Sudan: Provided, That funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs that are made available for any new program, project, 
or activity in South Sudan shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.
  (h) Sudan.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        title III that are made available for assistance for 
        Sudan may be made available to support a civilian-led 
        transition in Sudan.
          (2) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act under title IV may be made available for 
        assistance for the central Government of Sudan, except 
        to support implementation of outstanding issues of the 
        Comprehensive Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements 
        related to post-referendum issues associated with such 
        Agreement, or any other viable peace agreement in 
        Sudan.
          (3) Consultation.--Funds appropriated by this Act and 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
        are made available for any new program, project, or 
        activity in Sudan shall be subject to prior 
        consultation with the appropriate congressional 
        committees.
  (i) Zimbabwe.--
          (1) Instruction.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        instruct the United States executive director of each 
        international financial institution to vote against any 
        extension by the respective institution of any loan or 
        grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet 
        basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the 
        Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
        Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has 
        been restored, including respect for ownership and 
        title to property, and freedoms of expression, 
        association, and assembly.
          (2) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act shall be made available for assistance for the 
        central Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and 
        education, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
        reports as required in paragraph (1).

                       east asia and the pacific

  Sec. 7043. (a) Burma.--
          (1) Uses of funds.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act, not less than $136,127,000 shall be made available 
        for assistance for Burma, which--
                  (A) may be made available notwithstanding any 
                other provision of law and following 
                consultation with the appropriate congressional 
                committees;
                  (B) may be made available for support for the 
                administrative operations and programs of 
                entities that support peaceful efforts to 
                establish an inclusive and representative 
                democracy in Burma and a federal union to 
                foster equality among Burma's diverse ethnic 
                groups, following consultation with the 
                Committees on Appropriations;
                  (C) shall be made available for programs to 
                promote ethnic and religious tolerance, unity, 
                and accountability and to combat gender-based 
                violence, including in Kachin, Chin, Mon, 
                Karen, Karenni, Rakhine, and Shan states;
                  (D) shall be made available for community-
                based organizations with experience operating 
                in Thailand to provide food, medical, and other 
                humanitarian assistance to internally displaced 
                persons in eastern Burma, in addition to 
                assistance for Burmese refugees from funds 
                appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``Migration and Refugee Assistance''; and
                  (E) shall be made available for programs and 
                activities to investigate and document 
                violations of human rights in Burma committed 
                by the military junta.
          (2) International security assistance.--None of the 
        funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``International Military Education and Training'' and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made 
        available for assistance for Burma.
          (3) Limitations.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act that are made available for assistance for 
        Burma may be made available to the State Administration 
        Council or any organization or entity controlled by, or 
        an affiliate of, the armed forces of Burma, or to any 
        individual or organization that has committed a gross 
        violation of human rights or advocates violence against 
        ethnic or religious groups or individuals in Burma, as 
        determined by the Secretary of State for programs 
        administered by the Department of State and USAID or 
        the President of the National Endowment for Democracy 
        (NED) for programs administered by NED.
          (4) Consultation.--Any new program or activity in 
        Burma initiated in fiscal year 2023 shall be subject to 
        prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
        committees.
  (b) Cambodia.--
          (1) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated under 
        title III of this Act, not less than $82,505,000 shall 
        be made available for assistance for Cambodia.
          (2) Certification and exceptions.--
                  (A) Certification.--None of the funds 
                appropriated by this Act that are made 
                available for assistance for the Government of 
                Cambodia may be obligated or expended unless 
                the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
                the Committees on Appropriations that such 
                Government is taking effective steps to--
                          (i) strengthen regional security and 
                        stability, particularly regarding 
                        territorial disputes in the South China 
                        Sea and the enforcement of 
                        international sanctions with respect to 
                        North Korea;
                          (ii) assert its sovereignty against 
                        interference by the People's Republic 
                        of China, including by verifiably 
                        maintaining the neutrality of Ream 
                        Naval Base, other military 
                        installations in Cambodia, and dual use 
                        facilities such as the runway at the 
                        Dara Sakor development project;
                          (iii) cease violence, threats, and 
                        harassment against civil society and 
                        the political opposition in Cambodia, 
                        and dismiss any politically motivated 
                        criminal charges against critics of the 
                        government; and
                          (iv) respect the rights, freedoms, 
                        and responsibilities enshrined in the 
                        Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia 
                        as enacted in 1993.
                  (B) Exceptions.--The certification required 
                by subparagraph (A) shall not apply to funds 
                appropriated by this Act and made available for 
                democracy, health, education, and environment 
                programs, programs to strengthen the 
                sovereignty of Cambodia, and programs to 
                educate and inform the people of Cambodia of 
                the influence activities of the People's 
                Republic of China in Cambodia.
          (3) Uses of funds.--Funds appropriated under title 
        III of this Act for assistance for Cambodia shall be 
        made available for--
                  (A) research, documentation, and education 
                programs associated with the Khmer Rouge in 
                Cambodia; and
                  (B) programs in the Khmer language to 
                monitor, map, and publicize the efforts by the 
                People's Republic of China to expand its 
                influence in Cambodia.
  (c) Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Asia Reassurance Initiative 
Act of 2018.--
          (1) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated under 
        titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 
        $1,800,000,000 shall be made available to support 
        implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the 
        Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 
        115-409).
          (2) Countering prc influence fund.--Of the funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
        Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
        Demining and Related Programs'', and ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'', not less than $325,000,000 shall 
        be made available for a Countering PRC Influence Fund 
        to counter the influence of the Government of the 
        People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist 
        Party and entities acting on their behalf globally, 
        which shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
        Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such funds 
        are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
        such purposes: Provided further, That up to 10 percent 
        of such funds shall be held in reserve to respond to 
        unanticipated opportunities to counter PRC influence: 
        Provided further, That the uses of such funds shall be 
        the joint responsibility of the Secretary of State and 
        the USAID Administrator, and shall be allocated as 
        specified under this section in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
        Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 
        this paragraph under the heading ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'' may remain available until 
        September 30, 2024: Provided further, That funds 
        appropriated by this Act for such Fund under the 
        headings ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
        Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
        Demining and Related Programs'', and ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'' may be transferred to, and merged 
        with, funds appropriated under such headings: Provided 
        further, That such transfer authority is in addition to 
        any other transfer authority provided by this Act or 
        any other Act, and is subject to the regular 
        notification procedures of the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
          (3) Restriction on uses of funds.--None of the funds 
        appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs may be made available 
        for any project or activity that directly supports or 
        promotes--
                  (A) the Belt and Road Initiative or any dual-
                use infrastructure projects of the People's 
                Republic of China; and
                  (B) the use of technology, including 
                biotechnology, digital, telecommunications, and 
                cyber, developed by the People's Republic of 
                China unless the Secretary of State, in 
                consultation with the USAID Administrator and 
                the heads of other Federal agencies, as 
                appropriate, determines that such use does not 
                adversely impact the national security of the 
                United States.
          (4) Maps.--None of the funds made available by this 
        Act should be used to create, procure, or display any 
        map that inaccurately depicts the territory and social 
        and economic system of Taiwan and the islands or island 
        groups administered by Taiwan authorities.
  (d) Laos.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III and IV, not less than $93,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Laos, including for assistance for persons 
with disabilities caused by unexploded ordnance accidents, and 
of which not less than $1,500,000 should be made available for 
programs to assist persons with severe physical mobility, 
cognitive, or developmental disabilities in areas sprayed with 
Agent Orange: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to 
this subsection may be used, in consultation with the 
Government of Laos, for assessments of the existence of dioxin 
contamination resulting from the use of Agent Orange in Laos 
and the feasibility and cost of remediation.
  (e) North Korea.--
          (1) Cybersecurity.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs may be made available for assistance for the 
        central government of a country the Secretary of State 
        determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees engages in significant transactions 
        contributing materially to the malicious cyber-
        intrusion capabilities of the Government of North 
        Korea: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall 
        submit the report required by section 209 of the North 
        Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 
        (Public Law 114-122; 22 U.S.C. 9229) to the Committees 
        on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
        of State may waive the application of the restriction 
        in this paragraph with respect to assistance for the 
        central government of a country if the Secretary 
        determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees that to do so is important to the national 
        security interest of the United States, including a 
        description of such interest served.
          (2) Broadcasts.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        the heading ``International Broadcasting Operations'' 
        shall be made available to maintain broadcasting hours 
        into North Korea at levels not less than the prior 
        fiscal year.
          (3) Human rights.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
        ``Democracy Fund'' shall be made available for the 
        promotion of human rights in North Korea: Provided, 
        That the authority of section 7032(b)(1) of this Act 
        shall apply to such funds.
          (4) Limitation on use of funds.--None of the funds 
        made available by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
        Support Fund'' may be made available for assistance for 
        the Government of North Korea.
  (f) Pacific Islands Countries.--
          (1) Operations.--Funds appropriated under title I in 
        this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs may be made available for establishing and 
        operating diplomatic facilities in Kiribati, Tonga, 
        Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, subject to section 
        7015(a)(3) of this Act and following consultation with 
        the Committees on Appropriations.
          (2) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
        ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics 
        Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, 
        Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', and 
        ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not less than 
        $150,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
        Pacific Islands countries, as specified under this 
        section in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act), following consultation with the 
        Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That funds made 
        available pursuant to this paragraph shall be made 
        available for joint development and security programs 
        between the United States and such countries in 
        coordination with regional allies and partners, 
        including Taiwan.
  (g) People's Republic of China.--
          (1) Limitation on use of funds.--None of the funds 
        appropriated under the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' 
        in this Act may be obligated or expended for processing 
        licenses for the export of satellites of United States 
        origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
        components) to the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
        unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 
        Appropriations are notified of such proposed action.
          (2) People's liberation army.--The terms and 
        requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign 
        assistance projects or activities of the People's 
        Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 
        projects or activities by any entity that is owned or 
        controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, 
        That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
        available pursuant to this Act may be used to finance 
        any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with the 
        PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State has 
        reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or an 
        affiliate of, the PLA.
          (3) Hong kong.--
                  (A) Democracy programs.--Of the funds 
                appropriated by this Act under the first 
                paragraph under the heading ``Democracy Fund'', 
                not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
                available for democracy and Internet freedom 
                programs for Hong Kong, including legal and 
                other support for democracy activists.
                  (B) Restrictions on assistance.--None of the 
                funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 
                making appropriations for the Department of 
                State, foreign operations, and related programs 
                that are made available for assistance for Hong 
                Kong should be obligated for assistance for the 
                Government of the People's Republic of China 
                and the Chinese Communist Party or any entity 
                acting on their behalf in Hong Kong.
                  (C) Report.--The report required under 
                section 7043(f)(3)(C) of the Department of 
                State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
                Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public 
                Law 116-260) shall be updated and submitted to 
                the Congress in the manner described.
  (h) Philippines.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for counternarcotics assistance for the 
Philippines, except for drug demand reduction, maritime law 
enforcement, or transnational interdiction.
  (i) Taiwan.--
          (1) Global cooperation and training framework.--Of 
        the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $4,000,000 
        shall be made available for the Global Cooperation and 
        Training Framework, which shall be administered by the 
        American Institute in Taiwan.
          (2) Foreign military financing.--Funds appropriated 
        by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
        the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
        related programs under the heading ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'', except for amounts designated as 
        an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
        resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, may be made 
        available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 
        the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans 
        and loan guarantees for Taiwan, if otherwise 
        authorized: Provided, That such costs may include the 
        costs of selling, reducing, or cancelling any amounts 
        owed to the United States or any agency of the United 
        States: Provided further, That the gross principal 
        balance of such direct loans shall not exceed 
        $2,000,000,000, and the gross principal balance of 
        guaranteed loans shall not exceed $2,000,000,000: 
        Provided further, That the Secretary of State may use 
        amounts charged to the borrower as origination fees to 
        pay for the cost of such loans.
          (3) Fellowship program.--Funds appropriated by this 
        Act under the heading ``Payment to the American 
        Institute in Taiwan'' shall be made available to 
        establish a Taiwan Fellowship Program.
          (4) Consultation.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
        shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
        the uses of funds made available pursuant to this 
        subsection: Provided, That such funds shall be subject 
        to the regular notification procedures of the 
        Committees on Appropriations.
  (j) Tibet.--
          (1) Financing of projects in tibet.--The Secretary of 
        the Treasury should instruct the United States 
        executive director of each international financial 
        institution to use the voice and vote of the United 
        States to support financing of projects in Tibet if 
        such projects do not provide incentives for the 
        migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or 
        facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land 
        and natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a 
        thorough needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of 
        the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and 
        traditions, and are subject to effective monitoring.
          (2) Programs for tibetan communities.--
                  (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
                law, of the funds appropriated by this Act 
                under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', 
                not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
                available to nongovernmental organizations with 
                experience working with Tibetan communities to 
                support activities which preserve cultural 
                traditions and promote sustainable development, 
                education, and environmental conservation in 
                Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous 
                Region and in other Tibetan communities in 
                China.
                  (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
                under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', 
                not less than $8,000,000 shall be made 
                available for programs to promote and preserve 
                Tibetan culture and language in the refugee and 
                diaspora Tibetan communities, development, and 
                the resilience of Tibetan communities and the 
                Central Tibetan Administration in India and 
                Nepal, and to assist in the education and 
                development of the next generation of Tibetan 
                leaders from such communities: Provided, That 
                such funds are in addition to amounts made 
                available in subparagraph (A) for programs 
                inside Tibet.
                  (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
                under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', 
                not less than $3,000,000 shall be made 
                available for programs to strengthen the 
                capacity of the Central Tibetan Administration: 
                Provided, That such funds shall be administered 
                by the United States Agency for International 
                Development.
  (k) Vietnam.--
          (1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
        of this Act, not less than $197,000,000 shall be made 
        available for assistance for Vietnam, of which not less 
        than--
                  (A) $30,000,000 shall be made available for 
                health and disability programs to assist 
                persons with severe physical mobility, 
                cognitive, or developmental disabilities: 
                Provided, That such funds shall be prioritized 
                to assist persons whose disabilities may be 
                related to the use of Agent Orange and exposure 
                to dioxin, or are the result of unexploded 
                ordnance accidents;
                  (B) $20,000,000 shall be made available, 
                notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
                activities related to the remediation of dioxin 
                contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be made 
                available for assistance for the Government of 
                Vietnam, including the military, for such 
                purposes;
                  (C) $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
                the Reconciliation/Vietnamese Wartime 
                Accounting Initiative; and
                  (D) $15,000,000 shall be made available for 
                higher education programs.
          (2) Section 7043(i)(1) of the Department of State, 
        Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
        Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117-103) is amended 
        by striking ``that'' and inserting ``: Provided, That 
        such funds shall be prioritized to assist persons whose 
        disabilities''.

                         south and central asia

  Sec. 7044. (a) Afghanistan.--
          (1) Restriction.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs and made available for assistance for 
        Afghanistan may be made available for direct assistance 
        to the Taliban.
          (2) Afghan special immigrant visas.--Funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
        under the heading ``Administration for Foreign 
        Affairs'' and fees available for obligation during 
        fiscal year 2023 in the Consular and Border Security 
        Programs account shall be made available for additional 
        Department of State personnel necessary to eliminate 
        processing backlogs and expedite adjudication of Afghan 
        Special Immigrant Visa cases, including for the 
        National Visa Center and the Afghan Special Immigrant 
        Visa Unit.
          (3) Afghan students.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
        of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
        shall be made available to support the higher education 
        of students from Afghanistan studying outside of the 
        country, including the costs of reimbursement to 
        institutions hosting such students, as appropriate: 
        Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development, as appropriate, shall 
        consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
        the initial obligation of funds for such purposes.
          (4) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
        USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the 
        appropriate congressional committees detailing plans, 
        consistent with the restriction contained in paragraph 
        (1), to--
                  (A) protect and strengthen the rights of 
                Afghan women and girls;
                  (B) support higher education programs, 
                including continued support for the American 
                University of Afghanistan's (AUAF) online 
                programs and support for other higher education 
                institutions in South Asia and the Middle East 
                that are hosting AUAF and other Afghan 
                students;
                  (C) support Afghan civil society activists, 
                journalists, and independent media, including 
                in third countries; and
                  (D) support health, education, including 
                community-based education, and other programs 
                to address the basic needs of the people of 
                Afghanistan.
  (b) Bangladesh.--Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act that are made available for assistance for 
Bangladesh--
          (1) not less than $23,500,000 shall be made available 
        to address the needs of communities impacted by 
        refugees from Burma;
          (2) not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available 
        for programs to protect freedom of expression and 
        association, and the right of due process; and
          (3) not less than $23,300,000 shall be made available 
        for democracy programs.
  (c) Nepal.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are made available 
for assistance for Nepal shall only be made available for 
humanitarian and disaster relief and reconstruction activities, 
and in support of international peacekeeping operations, 
military professionalization and training, and border security 
activities: Provided, That such funds may only be made 
available for additional uses if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the Government of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting 
violations of human rights and the laws of war by the Nepal 
Army, and the Nepal Army is cooperating fully with civilian 
judicial authorities in such cases.
  (d) Pakistan.--
          (1) Assistance.--
                  (A) Security assistance.--Funds appropriated 
                by this Act under the heading ``Foreign 
                Military Financing Program'' for assistance for 
                Pakistan may be made available only to support 
                counterterrorism and counterinsurgency 
                capabilities in Pakistan.
                  (B) Bilateral economic assistance.--Prior to 
                the obligation of funds made available by this 
                Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 
                for assistance for the central Government of 
                Pakistan, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
                report to the appropriate congressional 
                committees detailing--
                          (i) the amount of financing and other 
                        support, if any, provided by the 
                        Government of Pakistan to schools 
                        supported by, affiliated with, or run 
                        by the Taliban or any domestic or 
                        foreign terrorist organization in 
                        Pakistan;
                          (ii) the extent of cooperation by 
                        such government in issuing visas in a 
                        timely manner for United States 
                        visitors, including officials and 
                        representatives of nongovernmental 
                        organizations, engaged in assistance 
                        and security programs in Pakistan;
                          (iii) the extent to which such 
                        government is providing humanitarian 
                        organizations access to detainees, 
                        internally displaced persons, and other 
                        Pakistani civilians affected by 
                        conflict in Pakistan and the region; 
                        and
                          (iv) the extent to which such 
                        government is strengthening democracy 
                        in Pakistan, including protecting 
                        freedom of expression, assembly, and 
                        religion.
          (2) Authority and uses of funds.--(A) Funds 
        appropriated by this Act for assistance for Pakistan 
        may be made available notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, except for section 620M of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
          (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' 
        shall be made available for border security programs in 
        Pakistan, following consultation with the Committees on 
        Appropriations.
          (C) Funds appropriated by title III of this Act shall 
        be made available for programs to promote democracy and 
        for gender programs in Pakistan.
          (3) Withholding.--Of the funds appropriated under 
        titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 
        for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be 
        withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State 
        reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Dr. 
        Shakil Afridi has been released from prison and cleared 
        of all charges relating to the assistance provided to 
        the United States in locating Osama bin Laden.
  (e) Sri Lanka.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated under title III 
        of this Act shall be made available for assistance for 
        Sri Lanka for democracy and economic development 
        programs, particularly in areas recovering from ethnic 
        and religious conflict.
          (2) Certification.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        for assistance for the central Government of Sri Lanka 
        may be made available only if the Secretary of State 
        certifies and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that such Government is taking effective 
        and consistent steps to--
                  (A) protect the rights and freedoms of the 
                people of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and 
                religious belief, including by investigating 
                violations of human rights and the laws of war 
                and holding perpetrators of such violations 
                accountable;
                  (B) address the basic needs of the people of 
                Sri Lanka and responsibly mitigate the impact 
                of the country's economic collapse, including 
                by increasing transparency and accountability 
                in governance;
                  (C) combat corruption, including bringing to 
                justice public officials who have engaged in 
                significant acts of corruption;
                  (D) assert its sovereignty against influence 
                by the People's Republic of China; and
                  (E) promote reconciliation between ethnic and 
                religious groups, particularly arising from 
                past conflict in Sri Lanka, including by--
                          (i) addressing land confiscation and 
                        ownership issues;
                          (ii) resolving cases of missing 
                        persons, including by maintaining a 
                        functioning and credible office of 
                        missing persons;
                          (iii) reducing the presence of the 
                        armed forces in former conflict zones 
                        and restructuring the armed forces for 
                        a peacetime role that contributes to 
                        post-conflict reconciliation and 
                        regional security;
                          (iv) repealing or amending laws on 
                        arrest and detention by security forces 
                        to comply with international standards; 
                        and
                          (v) investigating allegations of 
                        arbitrary arrest and torture, and 
                        supporting a credible justice mechanism 
                        for resolving cases of war crimes:
                Provided, That the limitations of this 
                paragraph shall not apply to funds made 
                available for humanitarian assistance and 
                disaster relief; to protect human rights, 
                locate and identify missing persons, and assist 
                victims of torture and trauma; to promote 
                justice, accountability, and reconciliation; to 
                enhance maritime security and domain awareness; 
                to promote fiscal transparency and sovereignty; 
                and for International Military Education and 
                Training.
          (3) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
        Sri Lankan armed forces, except for humanitarian 
        assistance, disaster relief, instruction in human 
        rights and related curricula development, maritime 
        security and domain awareness, including 
        professionalization and training for the navy and coast 
        guard, and funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        heading ``International Military Education and 
        Training''.
          (4) Consultation.--Funds made available for 
        assistance for Sri Lanka other than for the purposes 
        specified in paragraph (1) shall be subject to prior 
        consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
  (f) Regional Programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be made available for assistance for countries in South and 
Central Asia to significantly increase the recruitment, 
training, and retention of women in the judiciary, police, and 
other security forces, and to train judicial and security 
personnel in such countries to prevent and address gender-based 
violence, human trafficking, and other practices that 
disproportionately harm women and girls.

                    latin america and the caribbean

  Sec. 7045. (a) Central America.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        titles III and IV shall be made available for 
        assistance for Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, 
        Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, including 
        through the Central America Regional Security 
        Initiative: Provided, That such assistance shall be 
        prioritized for programs that address the violence, 
        poverty, corruption, and other factors that contribute 
        to irregular migration, particularly of unaccompanied 
        minors, to the United States, including for programs to 
        reduce violence against women and girls, protect the 
        rights of Indigenous people, support civil society and 
        other independent institutions, enhance economic 
        opportunity, combat corruption and impunity, and 
        dismantle illegal armed groups and drug trafficking 
        organizations.
                  (A) Of the funds made available pursuant to 
                paragraph (1)--
                          (i) $61,500,000 should be made 
                        available to support entities and 
                        activities to combat corruption and 
                        impunity in such countries, including, 
                        as appropriate, offices of Attorneys 
                        General; and
                          (ii) $70,000,000 should be made 
                        available for programs to reduce 
                        violence against women and girls, 
                        including for Indigenous women and 
                        girls.
                  (B) Within the funds made available pursuant 
                to paragraph (1) and made available for 
                assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
                Honduras, up to $100,000,000 should be made 
                available for programs that support locally-led 
                development in such countries: Provided, That 
                up to 15 percent of the funds made available to 
                carry out this subparagraph may be used by the 
                Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development for administrative 
                and oversight expenses related to the purposes 
                of this subparagraph: Provided further, That 
                the USAID Administrator shall consult with the 
                Committees on Appropriations on the planned 
                uses of funds to carry out this subparagraph 
                prior to the initial obligation of funds: 
                Provided further, That such funds shall be 
                subject to the regular notification procedures 
                of the Committees on Appropriations.
                  (C) Funds made available pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) shall be made available for the 
                youth empowerment program established pursuant 
                to section 7045(a)(1)(C) of the Department of 
                State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
                Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of Public 
                Law 117-103).
          (2) Limitation on assistance to certain central 
        governments.--
                  (A) Of the funds made available pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) under the heading ``Economic 
                Support Fund'' and under title IV of this Act, 
                60 percent of such funds that are made 
                available for assistance for each of the 
                central governments of El Salvador and 
                Guatemala, and 45 percent of such funds that 
                are made available for assistance for the 
                central government of Honduras, may only be 
                obligated after the Secretary of State 
                certifies and reports to the Committees on 
                Appropriations that such government is--
                          (i) combating corruption and 
                        impunity, including investigating and 
                        prosecuting government officials, 
                        military personnel, and police officers 
                        credibly alleged to be corrupt;
                          (ii) implementing reforms, policies, 
                        and programs to strengthen the rule of 
                        law, including increasing the 
                        transparency of public institutions, 
                        strengthening the independence of 
                        judicial and electoral institutions, 
                        and improving the transparency of 
                        political campaign and political party 
                        financing;
                          (iii) protecting the rights of human 
                        rights defenders, trade unionists, 
                        journalists, civil society groups, 
                        opposition political parties, and the 
                        independence of the media;
                          (iv) providing effective and 
                        accountable law enforcement and 
                        security for its citizens, curtailing 
                        the role of the military in public 
                        security, and upholding due process of 
                        law;
                          (v) implementing programs to reduce 
                        violence against women and girls;
                          (vi) implementing policies to reduce 
                        poverty and promote economic growth and 
                        opportunity, including the 
                        implementation of reforms to strengthen 
                        educational systems, vocational 
                        training programs, and programs for at-
                        risk youth;
                          (vii) improving border security and 
                        combating human smuggling and 
                        trafficking and countering the 
                        activities of criminal gangs, drug 
                        traffickers, and transnational criminal 
                        organizations;
                          (viii) informing its citizens of the 
                        dangers of the journey to the southwest 
                        border of the United States; and
                          (ix) implementing policies that 
                        improve the environment for foreign 
                        investment, including executing tax 
                        reform in a transparent manner, 
                        ensuring effective legal mechanisms for 
                        reimbursements of tax refunds owed to 
                        United States businesses, and resolving 
                        disputes involving the confiscation of 
                        real property of United States 
                        entities.
                  (B) Reprogramming.--If the Secretary is 
                unable to make the certification required by 
                subparagraph (A) for one or more of the central 
                governments, such assistance shall be 
                reprogrammed for assistance for civil society 
                organizations in such country, or for other 
                countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 
                notwithstanding the funding provisions in this 
                subsection and the limitations in section 7019 
                of this Act: Provided, That any such 
                reprogramming shall be subject to the regular 
                notification procedures of the Committees on 
                Appropriations.
                  (C) Exceptions.--The limitation of 
                subparagraph (A) shall not apply to funds 
                appropriated by this Act that are made 
                available for--
                          (i) judicial entities and activities 
                        related to combating corruption and 
                        impunity;
                          (ii) programs to combat gender-based 
                        violence;
                          (iii) programs to promote and protect 
                        human rights, including those of 
                        Indigenous communities and Afro-
                        descendants;
                          (iv) humanitarian assistance; and
                          (v) food security programs.
                  (D) Foreign military financing program.--None 
                of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
                heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
                may be made available for assistance for El 
                Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras.
  (b) Colombia.--
          (1) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act under titles III and IV, $487,375,000 should be 
        made available for assistance for Colombia: Provided, 
        That such funds shall be made available for the 
        programs and activities described under this section in 
        House Report 117-401: Provided further, That of the 
        funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' 
        and made available for assistance pursuant to this 
        paragraph, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made 
        available to enhance rural security in coca producing 
        municipalities and other municipalities with high 
        levels of illicit activities: Provided further, That 
        funds made available pursuant to the preceding proviso 
        shall be prioritized in such municipalities that are 
        also targeted for assistance programs that provide 
        viable economic alternatives and improve access to 
        public services.
          (2) Withholding of funds.--
                  (A) Counternarcotics.--Of the funds 
                appropriated by this Act under the heading 
                ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
                Enforcement'' that are made available for 
                assistance for Colombia, 20 percent may be 
                obligated only if the Secretary of State 
                certifies and reports to the Committees on 
                Appropriations that--
                          (i) the Government of Colombia is 
                        implementing an effective whole-of-
                        government strategy to substantially 
                        and sustainably reduce coca cultivation 
                        and cocaine production levels in 
                        Colombia, including programs and 
                        activities that support illicit crop 
                        eradication, alternative development, 
                        drug interdiction, dismantling of drug 
                        trafficking and money laundering 
                        networks, rural security, environmental 
                        protection, judicial sector 
                        strengthening, and public health 
                        services; and
                          (ii) such strategy is in accordance 
                        with the 2016 peace accord between the 
                        Government of Colombia and the 
                        Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
                  (B) Human rights.--
                          (i) Of the funds appropriated by this 
                        Act under the heading ``Foreign 
                        Military Financing Program'' and made 
                        available for assistance for Colombia, 
                        20 percent may be obligated only if the 
                        Secretary of State certifies and 
                        reports to the Committees on 
                        Appropriations that--
                                  (I) the Special Jurisdiction 
                                for Peace and other judicial 
                                authorities, as appropriate, 
                                are sentencing perpetrators of 
                                gross violations of human 
                                rights, including those with 
                                command responsibility, to 
                                deprivation of liberty;
                                  (II) the Government of 
                                Colombia is making consistent 
                                progress in reducing threats 
                                and attacks against human 
                                rights defenders and other 
                                civil society activists, and 
                                judicial authorities are 
                                prosecuting and punishing those 
                                responsible for ordering and 
                                carrying out such attacks;
                                  (III) the Government of 
                                Colombia is making consistent 
                                progress in protecting Afro-
                                Colombian and Indigenous 
                                communities and is respecting 
                                their rights and territories;
                                  (IV) senior military officers 
                                credibly alleged, or whose 
                                units are credibly alleged, to 
                                be responsible for ordering, 
                                committing, and covering up 
                                cases of false positives and 
                                other extrajudicial killings, 
                                or of committing other gross 
                                violations of human rights, or 
                                of conducting illegal 
                                communications intercepts or 
                                other illicit surveillance, are 
                                being held accountable, 
                                including removal from active 
                                duty if found guilty through 
                                criminal, administrative, or 
                                disciplinary proceedings; and
                                  (V) the Colombian Armed 
                                Forces are cooperating fully 
                                with the requirements described 
                                in subclauses (I) through (IV).
                          (ii) Of the funds appropriated by 
                        this Act under the heading 
                        ``International Narcotics Control and 
                        Law Enforcement'' and made available 
                        for assistance for the Colombian 
                        National Police (CNP), five percent may 
                        be obligated only if the Secretary of 
                        State certifies and reports to the 
                        Committees on Appropriations that the 
                        Government of Colombia is bringing to 
                        justice the police personnel who 
                        ordered, directed, and used excessive 
                        force and engaged in other illegal acts 
                        against protesters in 2020 and 2021, 
                        and that the CNP is cooperating fully 
                        with such efforts.
          (3) Exceptions.--The limitations of paragraph (2) 
        shall not apply to funds made available for aviation 
        instruction and maintenance, and maritime and riverine 
        security programs.
          (4) Authority.--Aircraft supported by funds 
        appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs and made available for 
        assistance for Colombia may be used to transport 
        personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication and 
        interdiction, including security for such activities, 
        and to provide transport in support of alternative 
        development programs and investigations by civilian 
        judicial authorities.
          (5) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
        Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
        programs that are made available for assistance for 
        Colombia may be made available for payment of 
        reparations to conflict victims or compensation to 
        demobilized combatants associated with a peace 
        agreement between the Government of Colombia and 
        illegal armed groups.
  (c) Haiti.--
          (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        titles III and IV shall be made available for 
        assistance for Haiti to support the basic needs of the 
        Haitian people.
          (2) Certification.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        that are made available for assistance for Haiti may 
        only be made available for the central Government of 
        Haiti if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
        to the appropriate congressional committees that a 
        democratically elected government has taken office, or 
        the country is being led by a transitional governing 
        authority that is broadly representative of Haitian 
        society, and it is in the national interest of the 
        United States to provide such assistance.
          (3) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds 
        may be made available to support--
                  (A) free and fair elections;
                  (B) anti-gang police and administration of 
                justice programs, including to reduce pre-trial 
                detention and eliminate inhumane prison 
                conditions;
                  (C) public health, food security, subsistence 
                farmers, water and sanitation, education, and 
                other programs to meet basic human needs; and
                  (D) disaster relief and recovery.
          (4) Consultation.--Funds appropriated by this Act and 
        prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
        State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
        are made available for assistance for Haiti shall be 
        subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
        Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement of this 
        paragraph shall also apply to any funds from such Acts 
        that are made available for support for an 
        international security force in Haiti.
          (5) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated or 
        otherwise made available by this Act may be used for 
        assistance for the armed forces of Haiti.
          (6) Haitian coast guard.--The Government of Haiti 
        shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and 
        services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard.
  (d) Nicaragua.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy programs for 
Nicaragua, including to support civil society.
  (e) The Caribbean.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $82,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative.
  (f) Venezuela.--
          (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
        heading ``Economic Support Fund'', $50,000,000 should 
        be made available for democracy programs for Venezuela.
          (2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
        making appropriations for the Department of State, 
        foreign operations, and related programs under title 
        III shall be made available for assistance for 
        communities in countries supporting or otherwise 
        impacted by refugees from Venezuela, including 
        Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Curacao, and Trinidad and 
        Tobago: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to 
        funds otherwise made available for assistance for such 
        countries, subject to prior consultation with, and the 
        regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
        Appropriations.

                           europe and eurasia

  Sec. 7046. (a) Assistance.--
          (1) Georgia.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
        under titles III and IV, not less than $132,025,000 
        shall be made available for assistance for Georgia.
          (2) Ukraine.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
        titles III and IV shall be made available for 
        assistance for Ukraine.
  (b) Territorial Integrity.--None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for assistance for a government 
of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if such 
government directs any action in violation of the territorial 
integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent 
State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations 
included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That except as 
otherwise provided in section 7047(a) of this Act, funds may be 
made available without regard to the restriction in this 
subsection if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States: Provided 
further, That prior to executing the authority contained in the 
previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on how such assistance supports 
the national security interest of the United States.
  (c) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act.--Section 907 of 
the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply 
to--
          (1) activities to support democracy or assistance 
        under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 
        5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the Defense Against 
        Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
        2333) or non-proliferation assistance;
          (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
        Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961;
          (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
        United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
        acting within his or her official capacity;
          (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other 
        assistance provided by the United States International 
        Development Finance Corporation as authorized by the 
        BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115-254);
          (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import 
        Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79-173); or
          (6) humanitarian assistance.
  (d) Turkey.--None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to facilitate or support the sale of defense articles 
or defense services to the Turkish Presidential Protection 
Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that members of the TPPD who are named in the July 
17, 2017, indictment by the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, and against whom there are pending charges, have 
returned to the United States to stand trial in connection with 
the offenses contained in such indictment or have otherwise 
been brought to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this 
paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds made available by 
this Act for border security purposes, for North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to enhance the 
protection of United States officials and facilities in Turkey.

              countering russian influence and aggression

  Sec. 7047. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
central Government of the Russian Federation.
  (b) Annexation of Territory.--
          (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
        central government of a country that the Secretary of 
        State determines and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations has taken affirmative steps intended to 
        support or be supportive of the Russian Federation 
        annexation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: 
        Provided, That except as otherwise provided in 
        subsection (a), the Secretary may waive the restriction 
        on assistance required by this paragraph if the 
        Secretary determines and reports to such Committees 
        that to do so is in the national interest of the United 
        States, and includes a justification for such interest.
          (2) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act may be made available for--
                  (A) the implementation of any action or 
                policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the 
                Russian Federation over Crimea or other 
                territory in Ukraine;
                  (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 
                of United States Government investments in 
                Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the 
                control of the Russian Federation or Russian-
                backed forces, if such activity includes the 
                participation of Russian Government officials, 
                or other Russian owned or controlled financial 
                entities; or
                  (C) assistance for Crimea or other territory 
                in Ukraine under the control of the Russian 
                Federation or Russian-backed forces, if such 
                assistance includes the participation of 
                Russian Government officials, or other Russian 
                owned or controlled financial entities.
          (3) International financial institutions.--The 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
        States executive director of each international 
        financial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
        United States to oppose any assistance by such 
        institution (including any loan, credit, grant, or 
        guarantee) for any program that violates the 
        sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
          (4) Duration.--The requirements and limitations of 
        this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the 
        Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
        Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
        Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea and 
        other territory in Ukraine under the control of the 
        Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces.
  (c) Occupation of the Georgian Territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.--
          (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
        central government of a country that the Secretary of 
        State determines and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations has recognized the independence of, or 
        has established diplomatic relations with, the Russian 
        Federation occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia 
        and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the 
        Secretary shall publish on the Department of State 
        website a list of any such central governments in a 
        timely manner: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
        waive the restriction on assistance required by this 
        paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports to 
        the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in 
        the national interest of the United States, and 
        includes a justification for such interest.
          (2) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by 
        this Act may be made available to support the Russian 
        Federation occupation of the Georgian territories of 
        Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.
          (3) International financial institutions.--The 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
        States executive director of each international 
        financial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
        United States to oppose any assistance by such 
        institution (including any loan, credit, grant, or 
        guarantee) for any program that violates the 
        sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.
  (d) Countering Russian Influence Fund.--
          (1) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
        Act under the headings ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
        and Central Asia'', ``International Narcotics Control 
        and Law Enforcement'', ``International Military 
        Education and Training'', and ``Foreign Military 
        Financing Program'', not less than $300,000,000 shall 
        be made available to carry out the purposes of the 
        Countering Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by 
        section 254 of the Countering Russian Influence in 
        Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-44; 22 
        U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding the country limitation 
        in subsection (b) of such section, and programs to 
        enhance the capacity of law enforcement and security 
        forces in countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central 
        Asia and strengthen security cooperation between such 
        countries and the United States and the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization, as appropriate: Provided, That 
        funds made available pursuant to this paragraph under 
        the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may 
        remain available until September 30, 2024.
          (2) Economics and trade.--Funds appropriated by this 
        Act and made available for assistance for the Eastern 
        Partnership countries shall be made available to 
        advance the implementation of Association Agreements 
        and trade agreements with the European Union, and to 
        reduce their vulnerability to external economic and 
        political pressure from the Russian Federation.
  (e) Democracy Programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be made available to support democracy programs in the Russian 
Federation and other countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central 
Asia, including to promote Internet freedom: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', not less than $20,000,000 
shall be made available to strengthen democracy and civil 
society in Central Europe, including for transparency, 
independent media, rule of law, minority rights, and programs 
to combat anti-Semitism.

                             united nations

  Sec. 7048. (a) Transparency and Accountability.--Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations whether each organization, department, or agency 
receiving a contribution from funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ``Contributions to International 
Organizations'' and ``International Organizations and 
Programs''--
          (1) is posting on a publicly available website, 
        consistent with privacy regulations and due process, 
        regular financial and programmatic audits of such 
        organization, department, or agency, and providing the 
        United States Government with necessary access to such 
        financial and performance audits;
          (2) has submitted a report to the Department of 
        State, which shall be posted on the Department's 
        website in a timely manner, demonstrating that such 
        organization is effectively implementing and enforcing 
        policies and procedures which meet or exceed best 
        practices in the United States for the protection of 
        whistleblowers from retaliation, including--
                  (A) protection against retaliation for 
                internal and lawful public disclosures;
                  (B) legal burdens of proof;
                  (C) statutes of limitation for reporting 
                retaliation;
                  (D) access to binding independent 
                adjudicative bodies, including shared cost and 
                selection of external arbitration; and
                  (E) results that eliminate the effects of 
                proven retaliation, including provision for the 
                restoration of prior employment; and
          (3) effectively implementing and enforcing policies 
        and procedures on the appropriate use of travel funds, 
        including restrictions on first-class and business-
        class travel.
  (b) Restrictions on United Nations Delegations and 
Organizations.--
          (1) Restrictions on united states delegations.--None 
        of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
        pay expenses for any United States delegation to any 
        specialized agency, body, or commission of the United 
        Nations if such agency, body, or commission is chaired 
        or presided over by a country, the government of which 
        the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 
        section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 
        2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), supports international 
        terrorism.
          (2) Restrictions on contributions.--None of the funds 
        made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary 
        of State as a contribution to any organization, agency, 
        commission, or program within the United Nations system 
        if such organization, agency, commission, or program is 
        chaired or presided over by a country the government of 
        which the Secretary of State has determined, for 
        purposes of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
        section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 
        2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), or any other provision of 
        law, is a government that has repeatedly provided 
        support for acts of international terrorism.
          (3) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
        restriction in this subsection if the Secretary 
        determines and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that to do so is important to the 
        national interest of the United States, including a 
        description of the national interest served.
  (c) United Nations Human Rights Council.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be made available in support of 
the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that participation in the Council is important 
to the national interest of the United States and that such 
Council is taking significant steps to remove Israel as a 
permanent agenda item and ensure integrity in the election of 
members to such Council: Provided, That such report shall 
include a description of the national interest served and the 
steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and 
ensure integrity in the election of members to such Council: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations not later than September 30, 
2023, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations Human 
Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps 
taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure 
integrity in the election of members to such council.
  (d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency.--Prior to the 
initial obligation of funds for the United Nations Relief and 
Works Agency (UNRWA), the Secretary of State shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations, in writing, on whether UNRWA 
is--
          (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the West 
        Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to inspect 
        UNRWA installations and reporting any inappropriate 
        use;
          (2) acting promptly to address any staff or 
        beneficiary violation of its own policies (including 
        the policies on neutrality and impartiality of 
        employees) and the legal requirements under section 
        301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
          (3) implementing procedures to maintain the 
        neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 
        no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspections 
        of its installations, to ensure they are only used for 
        humanitarian or other appropriate purposes;
          (4) taking necessary and appropriate measures to 
        ensure it is operating in compliance with the 
        conditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
        Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the 
        Department of State on actions it has taken to ensure 
        conformance with such conditions;
          (5) taking steps to ensure the content of all 
        educational materials currently taught in UNRWA-
        administered schools and summer camps is consistent 
        with the values of human rights, dignity, and tolerance 
        and does not induce incitement;
          (6) not engaging in operations with financial 
        institutions or related entities in violation of 
        relevant United States law, and is taking steps to 
        improve the financial transparency of the organization; 
        and
          (7) in compliance with the United Nations Board of 
        Auditors' biennial audit requirements and is 
        implementing in a timely fashion the Board's 
        recommendations.
  (e) Prohibition of Payments to United Nations Members.--None 
of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for carrying out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part 
any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the 
United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
the costs for participation of another country's delegation at 
international conferences held under the auspices of 
multilateral or international organizations.
  (f) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount 
of funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2023 for contributions to any organization, department, agency, 
or program within the United Nations system or any 
international program that are withheld from obligation or 
expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall update such report each time additional funds 
are withheld by operation of any provision of law: Provided 
further, That the reprogramming of any withheld funds 
identified in such report, including updates thereof, shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
  (g) Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping 
Operations.--The Secretary of State shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, withhold assistance to any unit of the 
security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary has 
credible information that such unit has engaged in sexual 
exploitation or abuse, including while serving in a United 
Nations peacekeeping operation, until the Secretary determines 
that the government of such country is taking effective steps 
to hold the responsible members of such unit accountable and to 
prevent future incidents: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
promptly notify the government of each country subject to any 
withholding of assistance pursuant to this paragraph, and shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees of such 
withholding not later than 10 days after a determination to 
withhold such assistance is made: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist such 
government in bringing the responsible members of such unit to 
justice: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
policies, mechanisms, and procedures established to implement 
this subsection, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  (h) Additional Availability.--Subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
funds appropriated by this Act which are returned or not made 
available due to the second proviso under the heading 
``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'' in 
title I of this Act or section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the 
requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under 
section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated by this Act.

                          war crimes tribunal

  Sec. 7049.  If the President determines that doing so will 
contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide 
or other violations of international humanitarian law, the 
President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of 
commodities and services for the United Nations War Crimes 
Tribunal established with regard to the former Yugoslavia by 
the United Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or 
commissions as the Council may establish or authorize to deal 
with such violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation 
contained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the 
determination required under this section shall be in lieu of 
any determinations otherwise required under section 552(c): 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
section shall be made available subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                        global internet freedom

  Sec. 7050. (a) Funding.--Of the funds available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2023 under the headings 
``International Broadcasting Operations'', ``Economic Support 
Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia'', not less than $90,500,000 shall be 
made available for programs to promote Internet freedom 
globally: Provided, That such programs shall be prioritized for 
countries whose governments restrict freedom of expression on 
the Internet, and that are important to the national interest 
of the United States: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to this section shall be matched, to the 
maximum extent practicable, by sources other than the United 
States Government, including from the private sector.
  (b) Requirements.--
          (1) Department of state and united states agency for 
        international development.--Funds appropriated by this 
        Act under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'', 
        ``Democracy Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, 
        Eurasia and Central Asia'' that are made available 
        pursuant to subsection (a) shall be--
                  (A) coordinated with other democracy programs 
                funded by this Act under such headings, and 
                shall be incorporated into country assistance 
                and democracy promotion strategies, as 
                appropriate;
                  (B) for programs to implement the May 2011, 
                International Strategy for Cyberspace, the 
                Department of State International Cyberspace 
                Policy Strategy required by section 402 of the 
                Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of Public 
                Law 114-113), and the comprehensive strategy to 
                promote Internet freedom and access to 
                information in Iran, as required by section 414 
                of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 
                Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754);
                  (C) made available for programs that support 
                the efforts of civil society to counter the 
                development of repressive Internet-related laws 
                and regulations, including countering threats 
                to Internet freedom at international 
                organizations; to combat violence against 
                bloggers and other users; and to enhance 
                digital security training and capacity building 
                for democracy activists;
                  (D) made available for research of key 
                threats to Internet freedom; the continued 
                development of technologies that provide or 
                enhance access to the Internet, including 
                circumvention tools that bypass Internet 
                blocking, filtering, and other censorship 
                techniques used by authoritarian governments; 
                and maintenance of the technological advantage 
                of the United States Government over such 
                censorship techniques: Provided, That the 
                Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
                United States Agency for Global Media Chief 
                Executive Officer (USAGM CEO) and the President 
                of the Open Technology Fund (OTF), shall 
                coordinate any such research and development 
                programs with other relevant United States 
                Government departments and agencies in order to 
                share information, technologies, and best 
                practices, and to assess the effectiveness of 
                such technologies; and
                  (E) made available only with the concurrence 
                of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
                Rights, and Labor, Department of State, that 
                such funds are allocated consistent with--
                          (i) the strategies referenced in 
                        subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;
                          (ii) best practices regarding 
                        security for, and oversight of, 
                        Internet freedom programs; and
                          (iii) sufficient resources and 
                        support for the development and 
                        maintenance of anti-censorship 
                        technology and tools.
          (2) United states agency for global media.--Funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the heading 
        ``International Broadcasting Operations'' that are made 
        available pursuant to subsection (a) shall be--
                  (A) made available only for open-source tools 
                and techniques to securely develop and 
                distribute USAGM digital content, facilitate 
                audience access to such content on websites 
                that are censored, coordinate the distribution 
                of USAGM digital content to targeted regional 
                audiences, and to promote and distribute such 
                tools and techniques, including digital 
                security techniques;
                  (B) coordinated by the USAGM CEO, in 
                consultation with the OTF President, with 
                programs funded by this Act under the heading 
                ``International Broadcasting Operations'', and 
                shall be incorporated into country broadcasting 
                strategies, as appropriate;
                  (C) coordinated by the USAGM CEO, in 
                consultation with the OTF President, to solicit 
                project proposals through an open, transparent, 
                and competitive process, seek input from 
                technical and subject matter experts to select 
                proposals, and support Internet circumvention 
                tools and techniques for audiences in countries 
                that are strategic priorities for the OTF and 
                in a manner consistent with the United States 
                Government Internet freedom strategy; and
                  (D) made available for the research and 
                development of new tools or techniques 
                authorized in subparagraph (A) only after the 
                USAGM CEO, in consultation with the Secretary 
                of State, the OTF President, and other relevant 
                United States Government departments and 
                agencies, evaluates the risks and benefits of 
                such new tools or techniques, and establishes 
                safeguards to minimize the use of such new 
                tools or techniques for illicit purposes.
  (c) Coordination and Spend Plans.--After consultation among 
the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict planned 
activities, but not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAGM 
CEO, in consultation with the OTF President, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made 
available by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 
globally, which shall include a description of safeguards 
established by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs 
are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the 
Department of State spend plan shall include funding for all 
such programs for all relevant Department of State and United 
States Agency for International Development offices and 
bureaus.
  (d) Security Audits.--Funds made available pursuant to this 
section to promote Internet freedom globally may only be made 
available to support open-source technologies that undergo 
comprehensive security audits consistent with the requirements 
of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
of State to ensure that such technology is secure and has not 
been compromised in a manner detrimental to the interest of the 
United States or to individuals and organizations benefiting 
from programs supported by such funds: Provided, That the 
security auditing procedures used by such Bureau shall be 
reviewed and updated periodically to reflect current industry 
security standards.

 torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment

  Sec. 7051. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available 
by this Act may be used to support or justify the use of 
torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or 
punishment by any official or contract employee of the United 
States Government.
  (b) Assistance.--Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 
660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for 
assistance to eliminate torture and other cruel, inhuman, or 
degrading treatment or punishment by foreign police, military, 
or other security forces in countries receiving assistance from 
funds appropriated by this Act.

                aircraft transfer, coordination, and use

  Sec. 7052. (a) Transfer Authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or regulation, aircraft procured with funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the headings ``Diplomatic Programs'', 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', 
``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'', and ``Andean Counterdrug 
Programs'' may be used for any other program and in any region.
  (b) Property Disposal.--The authority provided in subsection 
(a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
equipment is no longer required to meet programmatic purposes 
in the designated country or region: Provided, That any such 
transfer shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  (c) Aircraft Coordination.--
          (1) Authority.--The uses of aircraft purchased or 
        leased by the Department of State and the United States 
        Agency for International Development with funds made 
        available in this Act or prior Acts making 
        appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
        operations, and related programs shall be coordinated 
        under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 
        Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to 
        transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, 
        Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting Department 
        of State and USAID programs and activities: Provided 
        further, That official travel for other agencies for 
        other purposes may be supported on a reimbursable 
        basis, or without reimbursement when traveling on a 
        space available basis: Provided further, That funds 
        received by the Department of State in connection with 
        the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by the 
        Department of State may be credited to the Working 
        Capital Fund of the Department and shall be available 
        for expenses related to the purchase, lease, 
        maintenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft.
          (2) Scope.--The requirement and authorities of this 
        subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary 
        purpose of which is the transportation of personnel.
  (d) Aircraft Operations and Maintenance.--To the maximum 
extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, 
including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act shall be borne 
by the recipient country.

   parking fines and real property taxes owed by foreign governments

  Sec. 7053.  The terms and conditions of section 7055 of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111-117) 
shall apply to this Act: Provided, That subsection (f)(2)(B) of 
such section shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 
2022'' for ``September 30, 2009''.

                      international monetary fund

  Sec. 7054. (a) Extensions.--The terms and conditions of 
sections 7086(b)(1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111-117) shall apply to 
this Act.
  (b) Repayment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Director of the International 
Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be 
repaid to the IMF before other private or multilateral 
creditors.

                              extradition

  Sec. 7055. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated in 
this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 
provided under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
``International Disaster Assistance'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', 
``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', ``United States Emergency 
Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', and 
``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Assistance'') for the central government of a country which has 
notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite to 
the United States any individual indicted for a criminal 
offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment 
without the possibility of parole or for killing a law 
enforcement officer, as specified in a United States 
extradition request.
  (b) Clarification.--Subsection (a) shall only apply to the 
central government of a country with which the United States 
maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United States 
has an extradition treaty and the government of that country is 
in violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty.
  (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 
in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver 
is important to the national interest of the United States.

                            enterprise funds

  Sec. 7056. (a) Notification.--None of the funds made 
available under titles III through VI of this Act may be made 
available for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate 
congressional committees are notified at least 15 days in 
advance.
  (b) Distribution of Assets Plan.--Prior to the distribution 
of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or 
winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a plan for the distribution of the assets of the 
Enterprise Fund.
  (c) Transition or Operating Plan.--Prior to a transition to 
and operation of any private equity fund or other parallel 
investment fund under an existing Enterprise Fund, the 
President shall submit such transition or operating plan to the 
appropriate congressional committees.

                     united nations population fund

  Sec. 7057. (a) Contribution.--Of the funds made available 
under the heading ``International Organizations and Programs'' 
in this Act for fiscal year 2023, $32,500,000 shall be made 
available for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
  (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of the 
operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the 
``Global Health Programs'' account and shall be made available 
for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health 
activities, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations.
  (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for a country 
program in the People's Republic of China.
  (d) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--Funds made 
available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available 
unless--
          (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act 
        in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and 
        does not commingle such funds with other sums; and
          (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions.
  (e) Report to Congress and Dollar-for-Dollar Withholding of 
Funds.--
          (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
        submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
        indicating the amount of funds that UNFPA is budgeting 
        for the year in which the report is submitted for a 
        country program in the People's Republic of China.
          (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that 
        UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country program in the 
        People's Republic of China in the year covered by the 
        report, then the amount of such funds UNFPA plans to 
        spend in the People's Republic of China shall be 
        deducted from the funds made available to UNFPA after 
        March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fiscal 
        year in which the report is submitted.

                        global health activities

  Sec. 7058. (a) In General.--Funds appropriated by titles III 
and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral 
assistance for child survival activities or disease programs 
including activities relating to research on, and the 
prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law except for 
provisions under the heading ``Global Health Programs'' and the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 
Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as 
amended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 should be made 
available for family planning/reproductive health, including in 
areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or 
endangered species.
  (b) Pandemics and Other Infectious Disease Outbreaks.--
          (1) Global health security.--Funds appropriated by 
        this Act under the heading ``Global Health Programs'' 
        shall be made available for global health security 
        programs to accelerate the capacity of countries to 
        prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease 
        outbreaks, including by strengthening public health 
        capacity where there is a high risk of emerging 
        zoonotic infectious diseases: Provided, That not later 
        than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        the USAID Administrator and the Secretary of State, as 
        appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
        Appropriations on the planned uses of such funds.
          (2) Financial intermediary fund.--Funds appropriated 
        by this Act under the heading ``Global Health 
        Programs'' may be made available for contributions to a 
        financial intermediary fund for pandemic preparedness 
        and global heath security.
          (3) Extraordinary measures.--If the Secretary of 
        State determines and reports to the Committees on 
        Appropriations that an international infectious disease 
        outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading 
        internationally, or that it is in the national interest 
        to respond to a Public Health Emergency of 
        International Concern, not to exceed an aggregate total 
        of $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act 
        under the headings ``Global Health Programs'', 
        ``Development Assistance'', ``International Disaster 
        Assistance'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', ``Economic 
        Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Assistance for 
        Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', ``Migration and 
        Refugee Assistance'', and ``Millennium Challenge 
        Corporation'' may be made available to combat such 
        infectious disease or public health emergency, and may 
        be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 
        under such headings for the purposes of this paragraph.
          (4) Emergency reserve fund.--Up to $90,000,000 of the 
        funds made available under the heading ``Global Health 
        Programs'' may be made available for the Emergency 
        Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) 
        of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
        Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J 
        of Public Law 115-31): Provided, That such funds shall 
        be made available under the same terms and conditions 
        of such section.
          (5) Consultation and notification.--Funds made 
        available by this subsection shall be subject to prior 
        consultation with, and the regular notification 
        procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
  (c) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be made 
available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in the 
City of Wuhan in the People's Republic of China.

                gender equality and women's empowerment

  Sec. 7059. (a) In General.--
          (1) Gender equality.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
        shall be made available to promote gender equality in 
        United States Government diplomatic and development 
        efforts by raising the status, increasing the economic 
        participation and opportunities for political 
        leadership, and protecting the rights of women and 
        girls worldwide.
          (2) Women's economic empowerment.--Funds appropriated 
        by this Act are available to implement the Women's 
        Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 
        (Public Law 115-428): Provided, That the Secretary of 
        State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development, as appropriate, shall 
        consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
        implementation of such Act.
          (3) Gender equity and equality action fund.--Of the 
        funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up to 
        $200,000,000 may be made available for the Gender 
        Equity and Equality Action Fund.
  (b) Madeleine K. Albright Women's Leadership Program.--Of the 
funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for programs specifically 
designed to increase leadership opportunities for women in 
countries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to 
law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for 
women's political status, expanding women's participation in 
political parties and elections, and increasing women's 
opportunities for leadership positions in the public and 
private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels: 
Provided, That such programs shall hereafter be collectively 
named the ``Madeleine K. Albright Women's Leadership Program''.
  (c) Gender-Based Violence.--
          (1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
        of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made 
        available to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent 
        and respond to gender-based violence in countries where 
        it is common in conflict and non-conflict settings.
          (2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
        this Act that are available to train foreign police, 
        judicial, and military personnel, including for 
        international peacekeeping operations, shall address, 
        where appropriate, prevention and response to gender-
        based violence and trafficking in persons, and shall 
        promote the integration of women into the police and 
        other security forces.
  (d) Women, Peace, and Security.--Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia'', and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'', $150,000,000 should be made available to support 
a multi-year strategy to expand, and improve coordination of, 
United States Government efforts to empower women as equal 
partners in conflict prevention, peace building, transitional 
processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by 
conflict or in political transition, and to ensure the 
equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to women 
and girls.

                           sector allocations

  Sec. 7060. (a) Basic Education and Higher Education.--
          (1) Basic education.--
                  (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III 
                of this Act, not less than $970,000,000 shall 
                be made available for the Nita M. Lowey Basic 
                Education Fund, and such funds may be made 
                available notwithstanding any other provision 
                of law that restricts assistance to foreign 
                countries: Provided, That such funds shall also 
                be used for secondary education activities: 
                Provided further, That of the funds made 
                available by this paragraph, $150,000,000 
                should be available for the education of girls 
                in areas of conflict: Provided further, That 
                section 7(a) of Public Law 115-56 shall be 
                implemented by substituting ``the thirtieth day 
                of June following'' for ``180 days after''.
                  (B) Of the funds appropriated under title III 
                of this Act for assistance for basic education 
                programs, not less than $160,000,000 shall be 
                made available for contributions to 
                multilateral partnerships that support 
                education.
          (2) Higher education.--Of the funds appropriated by 
        title III of this Act, not less than $285,000,000 shall 
        be made available for assistance for higher education: 
        Provided, That such funds may be made available 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law that 
        restricts assistance to foreign countries, and shall be 
        subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
        Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
        such amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 
        available for new and ongoing partnerships between 
        higher education institutions in the United States and 
        developing countries focused on building the capacity 
        of higher education institutions and systems in 
        developing countries: Provided further, That of such 
        amount and in addition to the previous proviso, not 
        less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for 
        higher education programs pursuant to section 
        7060(a)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign 
        Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
        2021 (division K of Public Law 116-260): Provided 
        further, That not later than 45 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall 
        consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
        proposed uses of funds for such partnerships.
          (3) Scholar rescue programs.--Of the funds 
        appropriated by this Act under the headings 
        ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
        and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
        Asia'', not less than $7,000,000 shall be made 
        available for scholar rescue programs, including for 
        scholars from Afghanistan, Burma, Ethiopia, the Russian 
        Federation, Ukraine, and Yemen: Provided, That the 
        Secretary of State and Administrator of the United 
        States Agency for International Development, as 
        appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
        Appropriations on such programs not later than 90 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act.
  (b) Development Programs.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
$18,500,000 shall be made available for USAID cooperative 
development programs and not less than $31,500,000 shall be 
made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 
program.
  (c) Food Security and Agricultural Development.--
          (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this 
        Act, not less than $1,010,600,000 shall be made 
        available for food security and agricultural 
        development programs to carry out the purposes of the 
        Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-195): 
        Provided, That funds may be made available for a 
        contribution as authorized by section 3202 of the Food, 
        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
        246), as amended by section 3310 of the Agriculture 
        Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334).
          (2) The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development and the heads of other 
        relevant Federal agencies, shall seek to enter into 
        negotiations with key foreign governments and 
        multilateral, philanthropic, and private sector 
        entities, including the United Nations Rome-based 
        agencies and the World Bank, regarding the potential 
        establishment of a multilateral fund focused on food 
        security, as described under this section in the 
        explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
  (d) Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises.--Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall be 
made available to support the development of, and access to 
financing for, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that 
benefit the poor, especially women.
  (e) Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons.--Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Development 
Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', and ``International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not less than 
$116,400,000 shall be made available for activities to combat 
trafficking in persons internationally, including for the 
Program to End Modern Slavery, of which not less than 
$87,000,000 shall be from funds made available under the 
heading ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'': Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic 
Support Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia'' that are made available for activities to combat 
trafficking in persons should be obligated and programmed 
consistent with the country-specific recommendations included 
in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and shall be 
coordinated with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 
in Persons, Department of State.
  (f) Reconciliation Programs.--Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ``Development Assistance'', not less 
than $25,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to-
people reconciliation programs which bring together individuals 
of different ethnic, racial, religious, and political 
backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, That 
the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on 
the uses of such funds, and such funds shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources other than 
the United States Government: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be administered by the Center for Conflict and Violence 
Prevention, USAID.
  (g) Water and Sanitation.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act, not less than $475,000,000 shall be made available for 
water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than 
$237,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and 
of which not less than $17,000,000 shall be made available to 
support initiatives by local communities in developing 
countries to build and maintain safe latrines.
  (h) Deviation.--Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 
the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may 
deviate below the minimum funding requirements designated in 
sections 7059, 7060, and 7061 of this Act by up to 10 percent, 
notwithstanding such designation: Provided, That concurrent 
with the submission of the report required by section 653(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations in writing any 
proposed deviations utilizing such authority that are planned 
at the time of submission of such report: Provided further, 
That any deviations proposed subsequent to the submission of 
such report shall be subject to prior consultation with such 
Committees: Provided further, That not later than November 1, 
2024, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the use of the authority of 
this subsection.

                          environment programs

  Sec. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of 
part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
provisions of this section and only subject to the reporting 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to support 
environment programs.
  (b)(1) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $385,000,000 shall be made available for 
biodiversity conservation programs.
  (2) Not less than $125,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available to 
combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 
trafficking.
  (3) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this Act 
may be made available for training or other assistance for any 
military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 
determines has been credibly alleged to have participated in 
wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in 
the national security interest of the United States.
  (4) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity programs 
shall not be used to support the expansion of industrial scale 
logging, agriculture, livestock production, mining, or any 
other industrial scale extractive activity into areas that were 
primary/intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, and 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive directors of each international financial institution 
(IFI) to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose 
any financing of any such activity.
  (5) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to 
support a new public-private partnership for conservation to 
promote long-term management of protected areas in developing 
countries, if legislation establishing a foundation to 
facilitate such partnership is enacted into law.
  (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each IFI that it is the policy of 
the United States to use the voice and vote of the United 
States, in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of 
such institution, regarding the construction of any large dam 
consistent with the criteria set forth in Senate Report 114-79, 
while also considering whether the project involves important 
foreign policy objectives.
  (d) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $185,000,000 shall be made available for 
sustainable landscapes programs.
  (e) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $270,000,000 shall be made available for 
adaptation programs, including in support of the implementation 
of the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
  (f) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $260,000,000 shall be made available for clean 
energy programs, including in support of carrying out the 
purposes of the Electrify Africa Act (Public Law 114-121) and 
implementing the Power Africa initiative.
  (g) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III may be 
made available for United States contributions to the 
Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund.
  (h) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for the 
purposes enumerated under section 7060(c)(7) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116-260): 
Provided, That such funds may only be made available following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
  (i) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available to support 
Indigenous and other civil society organizations in developing 
countries that are working to protect the environment, 
including threatened and endangered species, as described under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).
  (j) The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 
implement the directive regarding law enforcement in national 
parks and protected areas as described under this section in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                            budget documents

  Sec. 7062. (a) Operating Plans.--Not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or 
organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, and 
the Department of the Treasury and Independent Agencies funded 
in title III of this Act, including the Inter-American 
Foundation and the United States African Development 
Foundation, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an 
operating plan for funds appropriated to such department, 
agency, or organization in such titles of this Act, or funds 
otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year 2023, that 
provides details of the uses of such funds at the program, 
project, and activity level: Provided, That such plans shall 
include, as applicable, a comparison between the congressional 
budget justification funding levels, the most recent 
congressional directives or approved funding levels, and the 
funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and a 
clear, concise, and informative description/justification: 
Provided further, That operating plans that include changes in 
levels of funding for programs, projects, and activities 
specified in the congressional budget justification, in this 
Act, or amounts specifically designated in the respective 
tables included in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), as applicable, shall be subject to the 
notification and reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of 
this Act.
  (b) Spend Plans.--
          (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 
        Secretary of State or Administrator of the United 
        States Agency for International Development, as 
        appropriate, shall submit to the Committees on 
        Appropriations spend plans as described under this 
        section in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act).
          (2) Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
        detailed spend plan for funds made available by this 
        Act under the heading ``Department of the Treasury, 
        International Affairs Technical Assistance'' in title 
        III.
          (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 percent 
        of the funds contained in a spend plan required by this 
        subsection may be obligated prior to the submission of 
        such spend plan if the Secretary of State, the USAID 
        Administrator, or the Secretary of the Treasury, as 
        applicable, determines that the obligation of such 
        funds is necessary to avoid significant programmatic 
        disruption: Provided, That not less than seven days 
        prior to such obligation, the Secretary or 
        Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
        Committees on Appropriations on the justification for 
        such obligation and the proposed uses of such funds.
  (c) Clarification.--The spend plans referenced in subsection 
(b) shall not be considered as meeting the notification 
requirements in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961.
  (d) Congressional Budget Justification.--The congressional 
budget justification for Department of State operations and 
foreign operations shall be provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations concurrent with the date of submission of the 
President's budget for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the 
appendices for such justification shall be provided to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 10 calendar days 
thereafter.

                             reorganization

  Sec. 7063. (a) Prior Consultation and Notification.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, or any other Act may not be used to implement a 
reorganization, redesign, or other plan described in subsection 
(b) by the Department of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, or any other Federal department, 
agency, or organization funded by this Act without prior 
consultation by the head of such department, agency, or 
organization with the appropriate congressional committees: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That any such notification submitted to such 
Committees shall include a detailed justification for any 
proposed action: Provided further, That congressional 
notifications submitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to 
similar provisions of law in prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be deemed to meet the notification requirements of 
this section.
  (b) Description of Activities.--Pursuant to subsection (a), a 
reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any 
action to--
          (1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 
        covered departments, agencies, or organizations, 
        including bureaus and offices within or between such 
        departments, agencies, or organizations, including the 
        transfer to other agencies of the authorities and 
        responsibilities of such bureaus and offices;
          (2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the 
        United States official presence overseas, including at 
        bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic 
        facilities and other platforms; or
          (3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent Civil 
        Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and 
        locally employed staff workforce of the Department of 
        State and USAID from the staffing levels previously 
        justified to the Committees on Appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2023.

                     department of state management

  Sec. 7064. (a) Working Capital Fund.--Funds appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of State 
for payments to the Working Capital Fund that are made 
available for new service centers, shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  (b) Certification.--
          (1) Compliance.--Not later than 45 days after the 
        initial obligation of funds appropriated under titles 
        III and IV of this Act that are made available to a 
        Department of State bureau or office with 
        responsibility for the management and oversight of such 
        funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report 
        to the Committees on Appropriations, on an individual 
        bureau or office basis, that such bureau or office is 
        in compliance with Department and Federal financial and 
        grants management policies, procedures, and 
        regulations, as applicable.
          (2) Considerations.--When making a certification 
        required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall 
        consider the capacity of a bureau or office to--
                  (A) account for the obligated funds at the 
                country and program level, as appropriate;
                  (B) identify risks and develop mitigation and 
                monitoring plans;
                  (C) establish performance measures and 
                indicators;
                  (D) review activities and performance; and
                  (E) assess final results and reconcile 
                finances.
          (3) Plan.--If the Secretary of State is unable to 
        make a certification required by paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing 
        the steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office 
        into compliance.
  (c) Information Technology Platform.--None of the funds 
appropriated in title I of this Act under the heading 
``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' may be made available for 
a new major information technology investment without the 
concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, Department of 
State.

     united states agency for international development management

  Sec. 7065. (a) Authority.--Up to $170,000,000 of the funds 
made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', may be 
used by the United States Agency for International Development 
to hire and employ individuals in the United States and 
overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the 
authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949).
  (b) Restriction.--The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2024.
  (c) Program Account Charged.--The account charged for the 
cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority of 
this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities 
of such individual primarily relate: Provided, That funds made 
available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under 
the heading ``Operating Expenses''.
  (d) Foreign Service Limited Extensions.--Individuals hired 
and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act or 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the 
authority of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3949), may be extended for a period of up to 4 years 
notwithstanding the limitation set forth in such section.
  (e) Disaster Surge Capacity.--Funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', may be 
used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of 
individuals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary 
responsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural 
disasters, or man-made disasters subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
  (f) Personal Services Contractors.--Funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part 
II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 
1721 et seq.), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal 
services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, 
interim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 
activities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire 
personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more than 
15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or 
office: Provided further, That such funds appropriated to carry 
out title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 7 
U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made available only for personal 
services contractors assigned to the Bureau for Humanitarian 
Assistance.
  (g) Small Business.--In entering into multiple award 
indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this 
Act, USAID may provide an exception to the fair opportunity 
process for placing task orders under such contracts when the 
order is placed with any category of small or small 
disadvantaged business.
  (h) Senior Foreign Service Limited Appointments.--Individuals 
hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 
111-117) may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan 
or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs.
  (i) Crisis Operations Staffing.--Up to $86,000,000 of the 
funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant to, or 
to carry out the provisions of, part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and section 509(b) of the Global 
Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J of Public Law 116-
94) may be made available for the United States Agency for 
International Development to appoint and employ personnel in 
the excepted service to prevent or respond to foreign crises 
and contexts with growing instability: Provided, That functions 
carried out by personnel hired under the authority of this 
subsection shall be related to the purpose for which the funds 
were appropriated: Provided further, That such funds are in 
addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes and may 
remain attributed to any minimum funding requirement for which 
they were originally made available: Provided further, That the 
USAID Administrator shall coordinate with the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management and consult with the appropriate 
congressional committees on implementation of this provision.

  stabilization and development in regions impacted by extremism and 
                                conflict

  Sec. 7066. (a) Prevention and Stabilization Fund.--Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Economic 
Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', and ``Foreign 
Military Financing Program'', not less than $135,000,000 shall 
be made available for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund for 
the purposes enumerated in section 509(a) of the Global 
Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J of Public Law 116-
94), of which $25,000,000 may be made available for the Multi-
Donor Global Fragility Fund authorized by section 510(c) of 
such Act: Provided, That such funds shall be allocated as 
specified under this section in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under such headings may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under such headings for such 
purposes: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by this Act 
or any other Act, and is subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection that are transferred to funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program'' may remain available until September 30, 2024.
  (b) Transitional Justice.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 
promote accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, 
and war crimes, which shall be in addition to any other funds 
made available by this Act for such purposes: Provided, That 
such programs shall include components to develop local 
investigative and judicial skills, and to collect and preserve 
evidence and maintain the chain of custody of evidence, 
including for use in prosecutions, and may include the 
establishment of, and assistance for, transitional justice 
mechanisms: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
administered by the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of 
Global Criminal Justice, Department of State, and shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made available by 
this paragraph shall be made available on an open and 
competitive basis.
  (c) Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may be 
made available to the Global Community Engagement and 
Resilience Fund, including as a contribution.

                          debt-for-development

  Sec. 7067.  In order to enhance the continued participation 
of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and 
debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which 
is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for 
International Development may place in interest bearing 
accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization as 
a result of economic assistance provided under title III of 
this Act and, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, any interest earned on such 
investment shall be used for the purpose for which the 
assistance was provided to that organization.

           extension of consular fees and related authorities

  Sec. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 
1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied through fiscal year 
2023 by substituting ``the costs of providing consular 
services'' for ``such costs''.
  (b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for 
Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (division B 
of Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 592) shall be applied during 
fiscal year 2023 by substituting ``2020 through 2023'' for 
``2020 and 2021''.
  (c) Discretionary amounts made available to the Department of 
State under the heading ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' 
of this Act, and discretionary unobligated balances under such 
heading from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
may be transferred to the Consular and Border Security Programs 
account if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 
sustain consular operations, following consultation with such 
Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in this 
Act and under any other provision of law: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be transferred from amounts designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
  (d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to section 
286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of State 
may also use fees deposited into the Fraud Prevention and 
Detection Account for the costs of providing consular services.
  (e) Amounts provided pursuant to subsection (b) are 
designated by the Congress as being for 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.

       management of international transboundary water pollution

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 7069.  In fiscal year 2023 and in each fiscal year 
thereafter--
   (a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(the ``Administrator'') may transfer amounts made available 
under the heading ``Environmental Protection Agency--State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants'' in the USMCA Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (title IX of Public Law 116-113) to 
the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
and Mexico (the ``Commission''), by entering into an 
interagency agreement or by awarding a grant, to support the 
construction of treatment works (as that term is defined in 
section 212(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292(2))), that will be owned or operated by the 
Commission: Provided, That the Commission shall, in 
consultation with the Administrator and subject to the 
requirements of sections 513 and 608 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372 and 1388), use amounts 
transferred pursuant to this section for general, 
administrative, or other costs (including construction 
management) related to the planning, study, design, and 
construction, of treatment works that, as determined by the 
Commissioner of the Commission, will--
          (1) protect residents in the United States-Mexico 
        border region from water pollution resulting from--
                  (A) transboundary flows of wastewater, 
                stormwater, or other international 
                transboundary water flows originating in 
                Mexico; and
                  (B) any inadequacies or breakdowns of 
                treatment works in Mexico; and
          (2) provide treatment of the flows and water 
        pollution described in subparagraph (A) in compliance 
        with local, State, and Federal law: Provided, That the 
        Commission may also use amounts transferred pursuant to 
        this section to operate and maintain any new treatment 
        work constructed, which shall be in addition to any 
        amounts otherwise available to the Commission for such 
        purposes.
  (b) The Commission is authorized to enter into an agreement 
with the appropriate official or officials of the United States 
and Mexican States for the operation and maintenance by the 
Commission of any new treatment works, pursuant to subsection 
(a): Provided, That such agreement shall contain a provision 
relating to the division between the two Governments of the 
costs of such operation and maintenance, or of the works 
involved there as may be recommended by said Commission and 
approved by the Government of Mexico.
  (c) Nothing in this section modifies, amends, repeals, or 
otherwise limits the authority of the Commission under--
          (1) the treaty relating to the utilization of the 
        waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the 
        Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the 
        Gulf of Mexico, and supplementary protocol, signed at 
        Washington February 3, 1944 (59 Stat. 1219), between 
        the United States and Mexico; or
          (2) any other applicable treaty.
  (d) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
  (e) 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 or 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 
section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in 
the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022.

                            waiver authority

  Sec. 7070.  The President may waive section 414 of Public Law 
101-246 and section 410 of Public Law 103-236 with respect to 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Organization if the President determines and reports in writing 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional 
committees that to do so would enable the United States to 
counter Chinese influence or to promote other national 
interests of the United States: Provided, That the authority of 
this section shall cease to have effect if, after enactment of 
this Act, the Palestinians obtain the same standing as member 
states or full membership as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated 
between Israel and the Palestinians: Provided further, That the 
authority of this section shall sunset on September 30, 2025, 
unless extended in a subsequent Act of Congress.

                    organization of american states

  Sec. 7071. (a) The Secretary of State shall instruct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of 
American States (OAS) to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to: (1) implement budgetary reforms and efficiencies 
within the Organization; (2) eliminate arrears, increase other 
donor contributions, and impose penalties for successive late 
payment of assessments; (3) prevent programmatic and 
organizational redundancies and consolidate duplicative 
activities and functions; (4) prioritize areas in which the OAS 
has expertise, such as strengthening democracy, monitoring 
electoral processes, and protecting human rights; and (5) 
implement reforms within the Office of the Inspector General 
(OIG) to ensure the OIG has the necessary leadership, 
integrity, professionalism, independence, policies, and 
procedures to properly carry out its responsibilities in a 
manner that meets or exceeds best practices in the United 
States.
  (b) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act 
and made available for an assessed contribution to the 
Organization of American States, but not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees on actions taken or planned to be taken pursuant to 
subsection (a) that are in addition to actions taken during the 
preceding fiscal year, and the results of such actions.

                     multilateral development banks

  Sec. 7072. (a) International Development Association 
Twentieth Replenishment.--The International Development 
Association Act (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section:

``SEC. 32. TWENTIETH REPLENISHMENT.

  ``(a) In General.--The United States Governor of the 
International Development Association is authorized to 
contribute on behalf of the United States $3,500,000,000 to the 
twentieth replenishment of the resources of the Association, 
subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
  ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--In order to pay for 
the United States contribution provided for in subsection (a), 
there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year 
limitation, $3,500,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.''.
  (b) Asian Development Fund Twelfth Replenishment.--The Asian 
Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 37. TWELFTH REPLENISHMENT.

  ``(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized to 
contribute, on behalf of the United States, $177,440,000 to the 
twelfth replenishment of the resources of the Fund, subject to 
obtaining the necessary appropriations.
  ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 
provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $177,440,000 for 
payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.''.

                       war crimes accountability

  Sec. 7073. (a) Exception for Certain Investigations.--Section 
2004(h) of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 
(22 U.S.C. 7423(h)) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``Agents.--No agent'' and inserting 
        the following: ``Agents.--
          ``(1) In general.--No agent''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
          ``(2) Exception.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) 
        shall not apply with respect to investigative 
        activities that--
                  ``(A) relate solely to investigations and 
                prosecutions of foreign persons for crimes 
                within the jurisdiction of the International 
                Criminal Court related to the Situation in 
                Ukraine; and
                  ``(B) are undertaken in concurrence with the 
                Attorney General.''.
  (b) Exception for Certain Support.--Section 2015 of the 
American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 
7433) is amended by striking ``Nothing'' through the end of 
such section and inserting the following:
  ``(a) Assistance.--Nothing in this title shall prohibit the 
United States from rendering assistance to international 
efforts to bring to justice Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosovic, 
Osama bin Laden, other members of Al Queda, leaders of Islamic 
Jihad, and other foreign nationals accused of genocide, war 
crimes or crimes against humanity, or from rendering assistance 
to the International Criminal Court to assist with 
investigations and prosecutions of foreign nationals related to 
the Situation in Ukraine, including to support victims and 
witnesses.
  ``(b) Authority.--Assistance made available pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section may be made available 
notwithstanding section 705 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000 and 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7401), 
except that none of the funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection may be made available for the purpose of supporting 
investigations or prosecutions of U.S. servicemembers or other 
covered United States persons or covered allied persons as such 
terms are defined in section 2013 of this Act.
  ``(c) Notification.--The Secretary of State shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives, of any amounts obligated 
pursuant to subsection (b) not later than 15 days before such 
obligation is made.''.
  (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to modify the existing roles or authorities of any 
Federal agency or official.

                              rescissions

                    (including rescissions of funds)

  Sec. 7074. (a) Millennium Challenge Corporation.--Of the 
unobligated balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ``Millennium Challenge Corporation'' from prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, $100,000,000 are rescinded.
  (b) Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance.--Of the 
unobligated and unexpended balances from amounts available 
under the heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance'' from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$42,000,000 are rescinded.
  (c) Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
Activities.--Of the unobligated and unexpended balances from 
amounts available under the heading ``Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities'' from prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs, $100,000,000 are rescinded.
  (d) Restriction.--No amounts may be rescinded from 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.
  This division may be cited as the ``Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2023''.

    [Clerk's note.--Reproduced below is the material relating 
to division K contained in the Explanatory Statement regarding 
H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.\1\]
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on
December 20, 2022 by Mr. Leahy of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. The statement appears on page S9285 of 
Book II.
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DIVISION K--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
        PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
    The explanatory statement accompanying this division is 
approved and indicates congressional intent. In implementing 
this agreement, Federal departments, agencies, commissions, and 
other entities are directed to comply with the directives, 
reporting requirements, and instructions contained in the H. 
Rept. 117-401 (House report) accompanying H.R. 8282 (House 
bill) as though stated in this explanatory statement, unless 
specifically directed to the contrary.
    This explanatory statement, while repeating some House 
report language for emphasis or clarification, does not negate 
language in such report unless expressly provided herein. 
Language expressing an opinion or making an observation in the 
House report represents the view of the House committee unless 
specifically endorsed in this explanatory statement.
    Reports required to be submitted pursuant to the Act, 
including reports required by this explanatory statement and 
the House report, may not be consolidated to include responses 
to multiple requirements in a single report, except following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
    For purposes of this explanatory statement, the term ``the 
Act'' means the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023, and the term ``prior 
Acts'' means prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 
In addition, ``division K of Public Law 117-103'' means the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2022; ``division K of Public Law 116-260'' 
means the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2021; ``division G of Public Law 
116-94'' means the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; ``division F of 
Public Law 116-6'' means the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019; 
``division J of Public Law 115-31'' means the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2017; and ``division K of Public Law 114-113'' means the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2016.
    For the purposes of the Act, the term ``regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations'' 
shall mean such Committees must be notified not less than 15 
days in advance of the initial obligation of funds, and the 
term ``reporting procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations'' shall mean a report must be provided to such 
Committees not more than 90 days after the conclusion of fiscal 
year 2023.
    Federal agencies funded by the Act shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of any reprogramming, as required 
by section 7015 of the Act, at the most detailed level of the 
Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ), the Act, or this 
explanatory statement.
    Section 7015(c) of the Act requires that any notification 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of such section include 
information, if known on the date of transmittal of such 
notification, on the use of notwithstanding authority. The 
Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID), as appropriate, 
shall include in such notifications detailed information on the 
provisions of law being notwithstood and a justification for 
the use of such authority.
    Congressional notifications submitted by the heads of the 
Federal agencies funded in the Act for funds that are being 
reallocated prior to initial obligation, reprogrammed, or 
reobligated after deobligation, shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, contain detailed information about the sources of 
the funds and why such funds are no longer needed or intended 
to be used as previously justified.
    The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator are directed 
to submit notifications for the obligation of funds made 
available by the Act and prior Acts not later than 60 days 
prior to the expiration of such funds.
    Section 7019 of the Act requires that amounts designated in 
the respective tables included in this explanatory statement 
for funds appropriated in titles III through V, including 
tables in title VII, shall be made available in the amounts 
designated, unless otherwise provided for in the Act, and shall 
be the basis of the report required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) (653(a) report), where 
applicable. In lieu of the funding tables and allocations of 
funding contained in the House report, the tables and 
allocations contained in this explanatory statement shall guide 
departments, agencies, commissions, and other entities when 
allocating funds. The Act provides that the amounts designated 
in the tables shall be made available notwithstanding the date 
of the transmission of the 653(a) report. The authority of 
section 7019(b) to deviate by more than 10 percent shall not be 
used to deviate to zero unless such funds cannot be legally 
obligated or conditions are such that such deviation is 
directly related to the national security interest of the 
United States.
    Proposed deviations from tables in titles I and II in this 
explanatory statement are subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations unless an 
exception or deviation authority is specifically provided in 
the Act or this explanatory statement.
    The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
continue to provide the Committees on Appropriations electronic 
copies of all reports, notifications, spend plans, and any 
other documents required by the Act, prior Acts, this and prior 
explanatory statements and statements of managers, the House 
report, and prior House and Senate reports.
    For purposes of the Act and this explanatory statement, the 
term ``prior consultation'' means a pre-decisional engagement 
between a relevant Federal agency and the Committees on 
Appropriations during which such Committees are given a 
meaningful opportunity to provide facts and opinions, in 
advance of any public announcement, to inform: (1) the use of 
funds; (2) the development, content, or conduct of a program or 
activity; or (3) a decision to be taken. Additionally, section 
7020 of the Act includes specific requirements regarding multi-
year pledges.
    Notwithstanding authority included in any provision of the 
Act shall not be construed to exclude the requirements of such 
provision.
    Pursuant to section 7016(b), any Federal agency receiving 
funds made available by the Act shall post on its publicly 
available website any report required by the Act not later than 
45 days following the receipt of such report by Congress. This 
requirement does not apply if: (1) the public posting of the 
report would compromise national security, including the 
conduct of diplomacy; (2) the report contains proprietary or 
other privileged information; or (3) the public posting of the 
report is specifically exempted in the House report or this 
explanatory statement.
    For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), with respect to 
appropriations contained in the Act, the term ``program, 
project, and activity'' (PPA) means any item for which a dollar 
amount is specified in the Act or this explanatory statement. 
In addition, the definition of PPA in section 7023 of the Act 
shall apply to the accounts listed in that section. In carrying 
out any Presidential sequestration, Federal agencies funded by 
the Act shall conform to the definition of PPA described in 
this paragraph.
    In submitting annual CBJs, each Federal agency funded by 
the Act shall include detailed information on all available 
resources, including estimated prior fiscal year unobligated 
balances and recoveries, reimbursable agreements, funds 
transferred pursuant to section 632(a) and (b) of the FAA and 
significant uses of the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535). Agencies 
that use a Working Capital Fund (WCF) shall include in CBJs the 
total budgetary resources for each office that receives funds 
from a WCF, and include a table on WCF resources that will 
serve as a baseline for reprogramming and transfer purposes. 
CBJs shall also include estimated savings from any proposed 
office or mission closure or reorganization, elimination of 
special envoys and other senior level special representatives, 
and actual prior fiscal year representation and entertainment 
expenses for each department and agency where such expenses are 
authorized.Spend plans submitted pursuant to section 7062(b) of 
the Act shall: (1) include all intended sources of funds made 
available by the Act and any other resources, as applicable, 
for such program; and (2) conform to the definition of such 
plan under section 7034(s)(4) of the Act.
    Consistent with prior fiscal years, none of the funds made 
available by the Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for 
the attendance of more than 50 employees of Federal agencies 
who are stationed in the United States at any single 
international conference occurring outside the United States, 
unless the Secretary of State reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees at least 5 days in advance that such 
attendance is important to the national interest.
    For purposes of this restriction, the term ``international 
conference'' means a conference attended by representatives of 
the United States Government and of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations 
(NGOs).
    Federal agencies funded by the Act shall not provide 
bonuses to government contractors who fail to complete their 
contract in a satisfactory manner, including as a result of 
avoidable scheduling delays or cost overruns.
    The agreement does not endorse directives under certain 
House report headings: Non-discrimination policies (under 
Operating Expenses); and Assistance Priorities under section 
7045 regarding funding for violence prevention programs at 
Mexico's northern border.
    In addition to amounts in this division, the agreement 
includes $16,565,000,000 in division M to respond to the 
situation in Ukraine and in countries impacted by the situation 
in Ukraine and for additional support and assistance for other 
operations, vulnerable populations, and communities.

                                TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

    The agreement includes $12,963,396,000 for Administration 
of Foreign Affairs. The agreement includes a total of 
$5,771,528,000 for embassy security, which are allocated 
according to the following table:

                            EMBASSY SECURITY
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Budget
                      Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worldwide Security Protection..............................    3,813,707
Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance............    1,957,821
                                                            ------------
  Total....................................................    5,771,528
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

    The agreement includes $9,463,159,000 for Diplomatic 
Programs in this division. In addition, $147,054,000 is 
included under this heading in division M of the Act. Funds 
appropriated by the Act for activities, bureaus, and offices 
under this heading are allocated according to the following 
table:

                           DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                        Category                             Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Human Resources.........................................       3,420,898
  Worldwide Security Protection.........................         684,767
Overseas Programs.......................................       1,841,831
Diplomatic Policy and Support...........................       1,043,372
Security Programs.......................................       3,157,058
  Worldwide Security Protection.........................       3,128,940
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................       9,463,159
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                              BUREAU/OFFICE
               (includes salary and bureau-managed funds)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau of Administration
  Freedom of Information Act............................          41,300
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
  Atrocities Prevention Training........................             500
  Democracy fellowship program..........................             800
  Human Rights Vetting..................................          20,000
  Special Advisor on International Disability Rights....             750
  Special Advisor to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+             500
   Persons..............................................
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
  Office of Terrorism Financing and Economic Sanctions            10,691
   Policy...............................................
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
  Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues......           1,500
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
  U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen..........................             500
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and
 Scientific Affairs
  Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Region.............           2,000
Office of International Religious Freedom...............           8,840
  Religious freedom curriculum development..............             600
Office of the Secretary
  Office of Diversity and Inclusion.....................           7,249
  Office of Global Women's Issues.......................          15,000
  Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism............           1,500
  Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage             2,000
   Affairs..............................................
  Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues................           1,000
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.....          17,000
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Inclusion Unit..............           2,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The agreement includes funding for additional Foreign 
Service Officers and Civil Service positions for the Department 
of State in fiscal year 2023. Prior to submitting the operating 
plan required by section 7062(a) of the Act, the Secretary of 
State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
major changes from the prior fiscal year, including funding for 
programs, offices, and staffing increases referenced in this 
explanatory statement.
    Arctic.--The Secretary of State shall prioritize filling 
the position of Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Region and 
ensure that the United States enhances its engagement in such 
region. The agreement provides $2,000,000 to support the 
Ambassador-at-Large, $50,000 for the Indigenous Peoples 
Secretariat to support the work of U.S.-based Permanent Party 
Participants to the Arctic Council, and funding for the next 
Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region. The 
Secretary of State shall support the 2024 Arctic Winter Games 
and work with the Department of the Interior to ensure 
appropriate support for the Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State shall update the report required 
under this heading in Senate Report 116-126 in the manner 
described, including progress made in fiscal year 2022 and 
efforts planned in fiscal year 2023 to better coordinate Arctic 
policy within the Department of State.
    Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.--The agreement 
endorses the language under this heading in the House report.
    Bureau of Intelligence and Research.--The agreement 
includes funding above the prior fiscal year for the Bureau of 
Intelligence and Research, including for information technology 
(IT) modernization, which shall be made available following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
    Caribbean Countries.--The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall, not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, review the United States diplomatic and 
development presence in the Caribbean and develop and submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations a plan for expanding such 
presence, with a particular focus on the Eastern and Southern 
Caribbean. Such plan shall review and examine: (1) the 
personnel, facility, and transportation assets, particularly 
options for improved methods for transit between islands, 
needed to reengage in a region and in countries where there is 
no regular presence of United States diplomatic or development 
personnel; (2) provide an estimate of resources required; and 
(3) a timeline for the plan's implementation.
    Case-Zablocki Act.--The agreement provides increased 
funding to enhance Executive Branch reporting to Congress on 
binding and non-binding instruments, including implementation 
of the Case-Zablocki Act (1 U.S.C. 112b).
    Charleston Passport Center.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the operations 
of the Charleston Passport Center, particularly the need for 
in-person constituent appointments.
    Consular Operations.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing steps 
taken to address visa and passport processing backlogs, 
including the expansion of interview waivers, implementation of 
new technology, and increases for staffing.
    Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Oversight.--The agreement 
includes $5,000,000 above the prior fiscal year to increase 
staffing and resources for the Bureaus of Political-Military 
Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) to enable 
efficient management and robust oversight of United States 
security assistance programs, related statutory requirements, 
and implementation of the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy.
    Department of State Staffing Reports.--Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of the Act and every quarter 
thereafter until September 30, 2024, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
detailing the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition 
of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family members, 
and the Locally Employed Staff (LES) workforce of the 
Department of State.
    Diversity and Inclusion.--The agreement includes funding 
for workforce diversity initiatives, including not less than 
$6,000,000 each for the Pickering and Rangel Fellowships and 
additional funds for the International Career Advancement 
Program. The Department of State should continue to evaluate 
diversity across Foreign Service Specialist tracks and 
Generalist cones and determine whether the Foreign Affairs IT 
Fellowship model or other such existing models could be 
expanded to increase diversity in other fields.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
describing the demographic composition of their respective 
Federal advisory committees, boards, or commissions, including 
any selections for advisory committees, boards, or commissions 
in fiscal year 2023.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State shall update the report required 
under the heading Department of State Diversity and Inclusion 
in the explanatory statement accompanying division K of Public 
Law 117-103.
    East Asia and the Pacific Region.--The Department of State 
shall ensure sufficient personnel are assigned to posts in the 
East Asia and Pacific regions, including management, security, 
political, consular, and economic officers in Laos, New 
Zealand, and Samoa.
    Employment in International Organizations.--The agreement 
provides $500,000 for grants, programs, and activities to 
promote the employment of U.S. citizens by international 
organizations and bodies, including through consultation, 
analytical services, and related support for such applicants.
    Freedom of Expression Curriculum.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State 
shall update the report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
the status of implementing the curriculum directed to be 
established under this heading in Senate Report 116-126.
    Global Criminal Justice.--The agreement provides funds 
under this heading for the Office of Global Criminal Justice 
(GCJ) to hire additional personnel above the prior fiscal year 
to enhance GCJ's capacity to manage programs implemented 
pursuant to section 7066(b) of the Act. Not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the Ambassador-at-Large 
for GCJ shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
the implementation of such directive.
    Intercountry Adoption.--The Secretary of State should 
ensure that the fee schedule approved for the Intercountry 
Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, Inc. (IAAME) 
does not impose undue financial burdens on families seeking to 
adopt internationally and confirm that fees collected for 
monitoring and oversight by IAAME are not used for other 
unpermitted purposes. The next annual report on intercountry 
adoptions, as required by Public Law 106-279, shall detail 
efforts of the Department of State to increase intercountry 
adoptions in fiscal year 2023, including steps that the Bureau 
of Consular Affairs takes to address impediments to 
intercountry adoption and an assessment of the country-specific 
technical assistance required to strengthen intercountry 
adoption programs in partner countries.
    International Fisheries Management Coordination.--The 
Secretary of State shall work with Canadian officials and 
relevant stakeholders to develop an agreement that addresses 
territorial disputes and conflicting fisheries management 
measures in the Gulf of Maine. Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing progress 
toward, and contents of, such an agreement.
    Nancy Pelosi Fellowship Program.--The agreement includes 
$2,000,000 for a new Nancy Pelosi Fellowship Program for 
undergraduate students to take advantage of internship 
opportunities at think tanks, foundations, or other non-
education institutions dedicated to global service and 
engagement as they pursue a career in the Foreign Service. The 
Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act on the establishment of such program.
    Office of Canadian Affairs.--The agreement provides 
$500,000 for the Office of Canadian Affairs to continue leading 
the U.S. interagency working group to identify gaps and 
limitations within the Memoranda of Understanding between 
British Columbia and Alaska, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
    Office of Global Food Security, Department of State.--The 
agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Office of Global Food 
Security to begin hiring to the Office's pre-2017 staffing 
level and to carry out the diplomatic initiatives of the 
office.
    Outstanding Judgments.--The Secretary of State shall 
assist, as appropriate, in obtaining payment of outstanding 
judgments against foreign governments and diplomats, including 
in the human trafficking civil case Lipenga v. Kambalame, and 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Act on progress 
in resolving that case in the prior fiscal year.
    Pacific Islands Countries.--In addition to the reporting 
requirements contained in the House report under the heading 
Diplomatic and Development Presence in the Pacific Islands, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations on: (1) the anticipated costs and timeline 
for opening diplomatic facilities in Kiribati, Tonga, Solomon 
Islands, and Vanuatu and expanding diplomatic and development 
personnel in the region, including Samoa; (2) the anticipated 
timeline for expanding and stationing United States direct 
hires and hiring Locally Employed Staff in such countries, and 
the feasibility of posting consular positions at such 
facilities; (3) the feasibility for establishing a resident 
Ambassador to such countries, and Samoa; and (4) options for 
improved methods for transit to and between countries and 
islands, including the feasibility and cost of operating and 
maintaining dedicated transportation assets.
    Paid Internships.--The agreement provides $18,000,000 for 
paid internships for the Department of State as authorized by 
section 9201 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 
2022 (division I of H.R. 7900).
    Preventing Diplomats from Aiding and Abetting Flights from 
Justice.--The Secretary of State shall update the report 
required under this heading in Senate Report 116-126 in the 
manner described, except such report shall detail the steps 
taken by the Department of State since the submission of the 
previous report.
    Private Security Companies.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
update the report required under this heading in Senate Report 
115-152 regarding actions taken to ensure consistency in 
upholding standards and codes of conduct used by certain 
private security companies.
    Real Property.--The Secretary of State shall assist in 
facilitating resolutions of commercial disputes involving 
United States entities seeking the return of real property 
seized or expropriated by foreign governments, as appropriate.
    Sanctions Implementation.--The agreement includes funding 
to continue to strengthen implementation of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et 
seq), including for the Bureaus of Economic and Business 
Affairs, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs 
(INL), and DRL. The agreement also endorses House report 
language under the heading Combating corruption under section 
7045 of such report. The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act on the implementation of these 
directives.
    Security Clearances.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing: (1) the 
average processing time to complete a security clearance 
investigation; (2) the efforts the Department and partner 
agencies are undertaking to reduce that processing time; and 
(3) the projected results by the end of fiscal year 2023.
    Staff Care and Resilience.--The agreement provides funds to 
enhance staff care and resilience programs at the Department of 
State. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
the Act, the Secretary of State shall update the report 
required under this heading in the explanatory statement 
accompanying division K of Public Law 117-103.
    Unexplained Health Incidents.--The agreement provides 
funding to assist Department of State personnel and their 
family members who have been impacted by unexplained health 
incidents. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations detailing the Department's ongoing 
support for impacted personnel, consistent with the Helping 
American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021 
(Public Law 117-46).

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

    The agreement includes $389,000,000 for Capital Investment 
Fund.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The agreement includes $98,500,000 for Office of Inspector 
General in this division, of which $14,775,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and also includes 
$35,200,000 under this heading in this division for the Special 
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). In 
addition, $5,500,000 is included under this heading in division 
M of the Act.
    Afghanistan.--The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall work with SIGAR to resolve any disputes 
related to SIGAR's ongoing investigatory and audit work, 
consistent with prior fiscal years. The Special Inspector 
General, the Secretary of State, and the USAID Administrator 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
cooperation not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 
2023.

               EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

    The agreement includes $777,500,000 for Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Programs, of which not less than $287,500,000 
is for the Fulbright Program and $115,000,000 is for Citizen 
Exchange Program. Funds under this heading are allocated 
according to the following table:

                   EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Program/Activity                     Budget Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Academic Programs
  Fulbright Program..................................            287,500
  Global Academic Exchanges..........................             63,981
  Special Academic Exchanges.........................             22,158
    Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program             17,000
    South Pacific Scholarships.......................              1,000
    Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000.........              2,500
                                                      ------------------
  Subtotal...........................................            373,639
Professional and Cultural Exchanges
  International Visitor Leadership Program...........            105,000
  Citizen Exchange Programs..........................            115,000
    Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange................              4,125
  Special Professional and Cultural Exchanges........              7,500
    J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange..........              6,000
                                                      ------------------
  Subtotal...........................................            227,500
Special Initiatives
  Young Leaders Initiatives..........................             37,500
  Countering State Disinformation and Pressure.......             12,000
  Community Engagement Exchange Program..............              6,000
    Pawel Adamowicz Exchange Program.................              1,000
------------------------------------------------------
  Subtotal...........................................             55,500
Program and Performance..............................             15,800
  Cultural Antiquities Task Force....................              1,200
American Spaces......................................             16,000
Exchanges Support....................................             89,061
                                                      ------------------
  Total..............................................            777,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Arctic Exchange Program.--The agreement provides $750,000 
under this heading for the Arctic Exchange Program for the 
purpose of fostering greater ties between business communities 
in North America and Greenland.
    Community Engagement Exchange Program.--The agreement 
directs the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to 
continue to focus on countries ranked as ``not free'' or 
``partly free'' in Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2022 
report and where the U.S. Government does not offer other 
comparable exchange opportunities for civil society 
organizations.
    Fulbright Program.--The agreement includes additional funds 
above the prior fiscal year for the Fulbright Program, 
including funding for fellowships in Greece, Laos, and the 
Pacific Islands countries (PICs).
    Future Leaders Exchange Program.--The Secretary of State 
shall increase the number of female participants in the Future 
Leaders Exchange Program, including from Central Asia.
    Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. 
Students.--The agreement includes funding above the prior 
fiscal year for the Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for 
U.S. Students Program, and encourages the Secretary of State to 
incorporate recommendations of the Commission on the Abraham 
Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program into such program, as 
appropriate.
    Madeleine K. Albright Fellowship Program.--The agreement 
provides $1,500,000 to establish the Madeleine K. Albright 
Fellowship Program for participants from foreign countries with 
a focus on understanding and promoting the core principles of 
democratic society. The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations prior to establishing such 
program.
    McCain Scholars and Fellowship Programs.--The agreement 
provides $1,600,000 to continue funding for the three McCain 
Scholars and Fellowship programs funded in prior Acts, 
including $700,000 under the Benjamin Gilman International 
Scholarships Program and $900,000 under the Fulbright Program.
    Minority Serving Institutions.--The agreement provides 
$4,000,000 for the Fulbright Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities (HBCU) Institutional Leaders Initiative and the 
Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Leaders Initiative 
to continue to raise and expand awareness of Fulbright 
opportunities among HBCU and HSI students and faculty, and 
recommends that the Department of State expand these 
initiatives to other Minority Serving Institutions. The 
agreement endorses the reporting requirement under the heading 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the House 
report.
    South Pacific Scholarship Program.--The agreement provides 
$1,000,000 for the South Pacific Scholarship Program, which 
shall be awarded on an open and competitive basis.
    U.S.-Ireland Scholarship Programs.--The agreement includes 
funding for U.S.-Ireland scholarship programs to be matched 
dollar-for-dollar by the Government of Ireland and awarded on a 
competitive basis.

                        REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $7,415,000 for Representation 
Expenses, subject to section 7010
    (e) of the Act.

              PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

    The agreement includes $30,890,000 for Protection of 
Foreign Missions and Officials.

            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

    The agreement includes $1,957,821,000 for Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance.
    Funds under this heading are allocated according to the 
following table:

             EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repair, Construction, and Operations....................         902,615
  Repair and Construction...............................         197,405
  Operations............................................         705,210
Worldwide Security Upgrades.............................       1,055,206
  Capital Security Cost Sharing and Maintenance Cost             940,206
   Sharing Programs.....................................
  Compound Security Program.............................         115,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total, Embassy Security, Construction, and                 1,957,821
     Maintenance........................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Argentina.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the timeline for embassy 
construction and rehabilitation projects in Buenos Aires, 
Argentina.
    Art in Embassies Program.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
update the report required under this heading in Senate Report 
114-79, as necessary, and identify each U.S. Embassy in which 
the art is being displayed.
    The Secretary of State shall continue to include in 
diplomatic facility construction project notifications that 
contain funds for a major purchase of art, a determination that 
such purchase is in the national interest of the United States. 
For major purchases of art that are not part of a diplomatic 
facility construction project, such determination shall be made 
and reported to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 
obligation of funds for such purpose.
    Capital Security Cost Sharing and Maintenance Cost Sharing 
Programs.--The agreement includes $940,206,000 under this 
heading, as well as an additional $162,285,000 in consular 
fees, for the Department of State contribution to the Capital 
Security Cost Sharing and Maintenance Cost Sharing Programs in 
fiscal year 2023. An additional $1,101,726,000 is available 
from other agency contributions.
    United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba.--The Secretary of 
State shall update the report under this heading in Senate 
Report 116-126 in the manner described.

           EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

    The agreement includes $8,885,000 for Emergencies in the 
Diplomatic and Consular Service.
    Quarterly Reports.--The quarterly reports required by 
section 124 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204) shall include, by 
category, actual expenditures for the prior two fiscal years 
and cumulative totals for the current fiscal year of the funds 
available under this heading.

                   REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement includes $1,300,000 for Repatriation Loans 
Program Account and $1,000,000 transfer authority under 
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service to support 
the subsidy cost and a total loan level of $4,753,048.

              PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

    The agreement includes $34,083,000 for Payment to the 
American Institute in Taiwan.
    Taiwan Fellowship Program.--The agreement provides funding 
to establish a Taiwan Fellowship Program. Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Director of the American 
Institute in Taiwan, shall submit a plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations on steps intended to be taken to establish and 
implement such program.

         INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    The agreement includes $743,000 for International Center, 
Washington, District of Columbia.

     PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

    The agreement includes $158,900,000 for Payment to the 
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

                      International Organizations

              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

    The agreement includes $1,438,000,000 for Contributions to 
International Organizations, of which $96,240,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024.

        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

    The agreement includes $1,481,915,000 for Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities, of which $740,958,000 
may remain available until September 30, 2024.
    Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations detailing overdue payments to 
United Nations (UN) peacekeeping troop contributing countries 
(TCCs), including an assessment of the impact of such overdue 
payments on TCCs' operational readiness.
    Russian Military Equipment.--The Secretary of State is 
directed to work with the UN to reduce the UN's reliance on 
Russian military equipment, and to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act on steps to be taken to achieve such 
outcome.

                       International Commissions

 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $57,935,000 for Salaries and 
Expenses, of which $8,690,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    The agreement includes $53,030,000 for Construction.
    Consultation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the U.S. Commissioner of the U.S. Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the fiscal 
year 2023 operating plan, including the planning, resources, 
and timeline for new and ongoing construction projects.

              AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

    The agreement includes $16,204,000 for American Sections, 
International Commissions, of which $10,881,000 is for the 
International Joint Commission (IJC), $2,323,000 is for the 
International Boundary Commission, and $3,000,000 is for the 
North American Development Bank.
    Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Watershed.--The agreement 
provides the funding requested for the IJC to finalize reports 
and responses to stakeholders for its multi-year, U.S.-Canadian 
study on the causes and impacts of, and mitigation options for, 
flooding in the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River watershed.
    Transboundary Watershed Management.--The agreement includes 
funds above the prior fiscal year for the IJC, in collaboration 
with the U.S. interagency working group led by the Office of 
Canadian Affairs, to address gaps and limitations in 
transboundary governance between British Columbia and bordering 
U.S. states, including Alaska, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

                  INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

    The agreement includes $65,719,000 for International 
Fisheries Commissions. Such funds are allocated according to 
the following table:

                   INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                   Commission/Activity                       Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Great Lakes Fishery Commission..........................          50,000
  Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog Basins...........          10,000
  Grass Carp............................................           1,000
  Lake Memphremagog Fishery.............................             500
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.................           1,750
Pacific Salmon Commission...............................           5,868
International Pacific Halibut Commission................           4,582
Other Marine Conservation Organizations.................           3,519
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................          65,719
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The agreement includes $50,000,000 for the Great Lakes 
Fishery Commission (GLFC) for operations and programs, 
including funds for the Commission to address risks to its 
programs, fund its infrastructure strategy, implement its 
invasive sea lamprey control, conduct research to aid cross-
border fishery management, and manage grass carp control in the 
Great Lakes. The agreement also supports the efforts of the 
GLFC to combat other invasive carp species in the Great Lakes 
Basin.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                 United States Agency for Global Media

                 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

    The agreement includes $875,000,000 for International 
Broadcasting Operations, of which $43,750,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024.
    Funds under this heading are allocated according to the 
following table and are subject to sections 7015 and 7062 of 
the Act:

                  INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                    Entities/Grantees                        Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal Entities
  International Broadcasting Bureau.....................          55,508
  Office of Cuba Broadcasting...........................          12,973
  Office of Technology, Services, and Innovation........         182,851
  Voice of America......................................         267,476
                                                         ---------------
  Subtotal..............................................         518,808
Independent Grantee Organizations
  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.......................         146,602
  Radio Free Asia.......................................          63,000
  Middle East Broadcasting Networks.....................         106,590
  Open Technology Fund..................................          40,000
                                                         ---------------
  Subtotal..............................................         356,192
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................         875,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Data and Communication Security.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAGM Chief 
Executive Officer (CEO) and the heads of the independent 
grantee organizations shall submit a joint report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on a strategy to improve the cyber 
resilience of the agency's IT systems.
    Language Service Review.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the USAGM CEO shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
the process and outcome of the 2022 Language Service Review, 
including assessments and cost-benefit analyses for 
establishing new language services directed in the House report 
under the headings Mongolia and Pacific Islands, and the 
planned timing and focus of the 2023 Language Service Review.

                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

    The agreement includes $9,700,000 for Broadcasting Capital 
Improvements.

                            RELATED PROGRAMS

                          The Asia Foundation

    The agreement includes $22,000,000 for The Asia Foundation.

                    United States Institute of Peace

    The agreement includes $55,000,000 for United States 
Institute of Peace.

         Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund

    The agreement provides $177,000 from interest and earnings 
from the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund.
    The Center shall continue efforts to leverage existing 
funds to secure contributions from private and other public 
sources to the maximum extent practicable. The agreement 
supports Department of State oversight of the annual grant to 
the Center; however, the Secretary of State shall not require 
prior approval of program participants.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

    The agreement includes $175,000 from interest and earnings 
from the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund.

                   Israeli Arab Scholarship Pprogram

    The agreement includes $91,000 from interest and earnings 
from the Israeli Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund.

                            East-West Center

    The agreement includes $22,000,000 for East-West Center. 
Funds are provided above the prior fiscal year to expand 
programs and activities, particularly in PICs.

                    National Endowment for Democracy

    The agreement includes $315,000,000 for National Endowment 
for Democracy, of which $205,632,000 shall be allocated in the 
traditional and customary manner, including for the core 
institutes, and $109,368,000 for democracy programs.

                           OTHER COMMISSIONS

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $819,000 for Commission for the 
Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

      United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $3,500,000 for United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom as reauthorized 
in the United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-181). The 
Commission shall regularly monitor, report on, and advocate 
against laws and policies of foreign countries that permit or 
condone violations of human rights of minority groups and other 
vulnerable communities on the basis of religion.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $2,908,000 for Commission on 
Security and Cooperation in Europe.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $2,300,000 for Congressional-
Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China.

      United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $4,000,000 for United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission.

                                TITLE II

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $1,743,350,000 for Operating 
Expenses in this division, of which $261,503,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024. In addition, $5,000,000 is 
included under this heading in division M of the Act. Funds 
under this heading are allocated according to the following 
table and subject to sections 7015 and 7062 of the Act:

                           OPERATING EXPENSES
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                    Program/Activity                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overseas Operations.....................................         821,194
Washington Support......................................         564,771
Central Support.........................................         407,855
Global Development Partnership Initiative...............         111,500
  Total, Operating Expenses.............................       1,905,320
    of which, fiscal year 2023 appropriations...........       1,743,350
    of which, carryover and other sources...............         161,970
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Diversity and Inclusion.--The agreement includes funding to 
support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility 
initiatives at USAID, including fellowships to promote 
diversity in the Foreign Service. Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Administrator shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on 
implementation of current workforce diversity activities, 
including benchmarks for ensuring accountability and progress 
on these initiatives.

 Localization.--Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
  the Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
   Appropriations, and post on the USAID website, a copy of USAID's 
policies and procedures for rewarding agency personnel who demonstrate 
 the skills and commitment to building lasting partnerships with local 
 government officials and community leaders to implement programs that 
encourage and support local initiative and local ownership, including, 
        but not limited to, Centroamerica Local and Local Works.

    Personnel.--The agreement includes funding to support the 
Global Development Partnership Initiative, USAID's multi-year 
workforce expansion initiative.
    Staff Care and Resilience.--The agreement provides funds to 
enhance staff care and resilience programs at USAID. Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID 
Administrator shall update the report required under this 
heading in the explanatory statement accompanying division K of 
Public Law 117-103.
    Staffing Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, and every quarter thereafter until 
September 30, 2023, the USAID Administrator shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations on the on-board 
personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the Civil Service, 
Foreign Service, and Foreign Service National workforce of 
USAID, on an operating unit-by-operating unit basis.
    Volunteers.--The USAID Administrator shall implement an 
agency-wide policy that attributes additional merit to 
proposals and applications that include the use of skilled U.S. 
and local volunteers, including, as appropriate, the use of the 
Peace Corps Response volunteers and U.S. Government retirees, 
to implement locally-driven development activities. Not later 
than 45 days after the date of enactment of the Act, such 
policy shall be posted on the USAID website and submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations.

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

    The agreement includes $259,100,000 for Capital Investment 
Fund.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The agreement includes $80,500,000 for Office of Inspector 
General in this division, of which $12,075,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2024. In addition, $8,000,000 is 
included under this heading in division M of the Act.

                               TITLE III

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                         GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

    The agreement includes $10,560,950,000 for Global Health 
Programs. Funds under this heading are allocated according to 
the following table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                         GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                    Program/Activity                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maternal and Child Health...............................         910,000
  Polio.................................................          85,000
  The GAVI Alliance.....................................         290,000
  Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus.........................           2,000
Nutrition (USAID).......................................         160,000
  Iodine Deficiency Disorder............................           3,000
  Micronutrients........................................          33,000
  of which, Vitamin A...................................        [22,500]
Vulnerable Children (USAID).............................          30,000
  Blind Children........................................           4,500
HIV/AIDS (USAID)........................................         330,000
  Microbicides..........................................          45,000
HIV/AIDS (Department of State)..........................       6,395,000
  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and             2,000,000
   Malaria..............................................
  UNAIDS................................................          50,000
Family Planning/Reproductive Health (USAID).............         523,950
Global Health Security..................................         900,000
  Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.......         100,000
Malaria.................................................         795,000
Tuberculosis............................................         394,500
  Global TB Drug Facility...............................          15,000
Other Public Health Threats.............................         122,500
  Neglected Tropical Diseases...........................         114,500
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................      10,560,900
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Child Wasting.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on efforts to scale-up 
USAID procurement of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for 
nutrition programming funded under this heading and under 
International Disaster Assistance, including the procurement of 
American-made RUTF.
    Frontline Health Workers.--The agreement includes funds to 
increase USAID activities to: (1) support frontline health 
workers, including those in conflict settings; (2) expand and 
diversify the global health workforce; (3) increase leadership 
opportunities for women; and (4) increase investments in 
digital technologies for health, including using digital 
systems to improve access to primary healthcare services. Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the 
USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on efforts to track funding for, and measure 
progress on, such activities in a consistent and standardized 
way.
    Health Reserve Fund.--The agreement includes up to 
$8,000,000 of the funds made available for ``Other Public 
Health Threats'' under this heading for the Health Reserve Fund 
to support cross-cutting health activities, including health 
service delivery, the health workforce, health information 
systems, access to essential medicines, health systems 
financing, and governance, in challenging environments and 
countries in crisis. The USAID Administrator shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the uses of such funds.
    HIV-Positive Pregnant Women.--The U.S. Global AIDS 
Coordinator is encouraged to prioritize treatment for HIV-
positive pregnant women to prevent mother-to-child 
transmission. Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Coordinator shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations on services provided to HIV-
positive women during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the 12 
months following delivery, including diagnosis and treatment 
services, to ensure mother and child have access to treatment.
    HIV, TB, and Malaria Report.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator and 
the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations detailing the approximate number 
of treatments provided for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, 
disaggregated by disease, as a result of U.S. Government 
assistance in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Such report shall 
include detail on funds expended to achieve such outcomes.
    Leprosy.--The USAID Administrator is encouraged to support 
research and development of a vaccine to protect against nerve 
damage resulting from leprosy.
    Maternal and Child Health Report.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
the following outcomes achieved during the previous fiscal 
year, disaggregated by country: (1) the approximate number of 
treatments provided to children for pneumonia and diarrhea, 
reported separately, as a result of U.S. Government assistance; 
and (2) the approximate number of mothers and infants who 
received postnatal care within two days of childbirth as a 
result of such assistance. Such report shall include detail on 
funds expended to achieve such outcomes.
    Multilateral Vaccine Development.--The agreement includes 
$100,000,000 for a United States contribution to the Coalition 
for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, pursuant to section 6501 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117-81). Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on such contribution.
    Research and Development.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator shall 
update the report required under this heading in Senate Report 
116--126. Such report shall also include detail on USAID's 
research and development of antibiotics.
    Vaccines.--The agreement supports continued efforts at not 
less than the prior fiscal year to create effective vaccines 
for malaria and HIV/AIDS and to undertake vaccine development 
efforts to prevent and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.
    Vulnerable Children.--The agreement supports funding to 
coordinate assistance for orphans and vulnerable children and 
to implement the United States Government Strategy on Advancing 
Protection and Care for Children in Adversity (APCCA). The 
annual report required by the Assistance for Orphans and Other 
Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109-95) shall include the amounts invested for each 
objective of the APCCA in the prior fiscal year.
    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the USAID Administrator and the Secretary of State shall 
jointly submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on: 
(1) the amount of funding provided under development and 
humanitarian assistance accounts for mental health and 
psychosocial support programming in the prior fiscal year; and 
(2) how USAID and the Department of State are working to 
integrate mental health and psychosocial programming, including 
child-specific programming, into their development and 
humanitarian assistance programs.

                         DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

    The agreement includes $4,368,613,000 for Development 
Assistance. Funds for certain countries and programs under this 
heading are allocated according to the following table and 
subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                         DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Country/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Africa
 
Counter-Lord's Resistance Army/Illicit Armed Groups               10,000
 Program................................................
Democratic Republic of the Congo........................          95,000
Ghana...................................................          64,100
Liberia.................................................          71,500
Malawi..................................................          65,500
  Higher education programs.............................          10,000
Mozambique..............................................          73,500
Somalia55,000...........................................
The Gambia democracy programs...........................           2,000
Power Africa............................................         100,000
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).................          20,000
 
                        East Asia and the Pacific
 
Cambodia................................................          58,000
  Youth empowerment and countering PRC influence........           5,000
  Democracy programs....................................          23,000
Greater Mekong rule of law and environment..............           7,000
Mongolia................................................           7,000
Thailand................................................           7,000
Timor-Leste.............................................          16,000
 
                      Middle East and North Africa
 
USAID Middle East Regional
  Refugee Scholarships Program in Lebanon...............          10,000
 
                         South and Central Asia
 
Bangladesh
  Labor programs........................................           3,000
Maldives................................................           6,000
 
                           Western Hemisphere
 
Haiti
  Reforestation.........................................           8,500
 
                             Global Programs
 
Bureau for Resilience and Food Security
  Feed the Future Innovation Labs.......................          62,000
  Global Crop Diversity Trust...........................           5,500
Combating child marriage................................          20,000
Development Innovation Ventures.........................          40,000
Disability Programs.....................................          20,000
Leahy War Victims Fund..................................          15,000
Low Cost Eyeglasses.....................................           5,000
Market-Based Social Enterprises.........................           3,000
Mobility Program........................................           3,000
Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program.....................           2,500
Office of Education.....................................          35,000
Trade Capacity Building.................................          20,000
USAID Advisor for Indigenous Peoples' Issues............           5,700
Victims of Torture......................................          12,000
Wheelchairs.............................................           5,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Advisor for Indigenous Peoples' Issues.--The agreement 
includes $500,000 under title II of the Act for administrative 
and other related expenses, and $5,700,000 under this heading 
for program costs, personnel, and other administrative expenses 
for USAID's Advisor for Indigenous Peoples' Issues, consistent 
with the directives under this heading in the explanatory 
statement accompanying division K of Public Law 117-103.
    Clean Cookstoves.--The Department of State and USAID, in 
partnership with other Federal agencies, shall continue to help 
address the health and safety issues associated with 
traditional cookstoves, including by distributing clean 
cookstoves that sustainably reduce fuel consumption and 
exposure to harmful smoke.
    Digital Risk Impact Assessments.--The agreement supports 
USAID's Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment initiative, which 
identifies development opportunities and risks in digital 
connectivity and infrastructure; digital society, rights, and 
governance; and digital economy, and provides additional funds 
for USAID to complete such an assessment for each bilateral 
mission.
    Faith-Based Organizations.--The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall continue to use the faith sector, in 
conjunction with the public and private sectors, for the 
delivery of assistance in developing countries.
    Leahy War Victims Fund.--The agreement includes funds for 
the Leahy War Victims Fund (LWVF), which assists people with 
severe disabilities as a result of armed conflict. Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID 
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing: (1) the amount and purposes of LWVF 
funds made available, by country, in fiscal years 2020, 2021, 
and 2022, and the amount expected to be made available, by 
country, in fiscal year 2023; and (2) the implementing partners 
in each country.
    Low Cost Eyeglasses.--The agreement includes funds for 
USAID's program to support sustainable, locally owned 
initiatives that provide needy children and adults with poor 
vision access to low cost eyeglasses. Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
planned uses of such funds and on the implementation of USAID's 
multiyear strategy to support: (1) government led and 
implemented expansion of access to eyeglasses within public 
health and education systems; and (2) growing the number of 
for-profit optical businesses that serve low-income customers.
    Wheelchairs.--The agreement includes funds for USAID's 
Wheelchair Program to improve the availability of, and access 
to, appropriate wheelchairs in low- and middle-income 
countries, including to support international coordination and 
professionalization of the wheelchair sector to ensure services 
and product standards are developed and promoted globally. 
Broader efforts to increase global access to assistive 
technology contribute to improved access to wheelchairs, and 
these funds may be used to promote such efforts. The USAID 
Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of funds for 
such purposes.
    Youth Report.--The agreement endorses the reporting 
requirement under the heading Tracking of Funding for Children 
and Youth in the House report. The USAID Administrator shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on such report 
prior to its submission, including data collected on programs 
to ensure all age groups are benefitting proportionately, 
particularly infants and children under school age. The USAID 
Administrator should work with partner countries to prioritize 
the needs of such age group.

                   INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

    The agreement includes $3,905,460,000 for International 
Disaster Assistance in this division. In addition, $937,902,000 
is included under this heading in division M of the Act.

                         TRANSITION INITIATIVES

    The agreement includes $80,000,000 for Transition 
Initiatives in this division. In addition, $50,000,000 is 
included under this heading in division M of the Act.

                          COMPLEX CRISES FUND

    The agreement includes $60,000,000 for Complex Crises Fund.

                         ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

    The agreement includes $4,301,301,000 for Economic Support 
Fund in this division. In addition, $12,966,500,000 is included 
under this heading in division M of the Act. Funds for certain 
countries and programs under this heading are allocated 
according to the following table and subject to section 7019 of 
the Act:

                          ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Country/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Africa
 
West Africa anti-slavery programs.......................           2,000
 
                        East Asia and the Pacific
 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations partnership                22,500
 programs...............................................
Burma...................................................          50,000
Thailand................................................           7,000
 
                      Middle East and North Africa
 
Iraq....................................................         150,000
  Scholarships..........................................          10,000
  Democracy.............................................          25,000
  Justice sector assistance.............................           2,500
Lebanon.................................................         112,500
  Lebanon scholarships..................................          14,000
Middle East Partnership Initiative......................          27,200
  Scholarship program...................................          20,000
Middle East Regional Cooperation........................           8,000
Near East Regional Democracy............................          55,000
Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act.....          50,000
West Bank and Gaza......................................         225,000
 
  South and Central Asia................................
 
Maldives................................................           3,000
 
                           Western Hemisphere
 
Organization of American States.........................           5,000
 
                             Global Programs
 
Atrocities Prevention...................................           3,000
Bureau for Oceans and International Environment and
 Scientific Affairs.....................................
  Arctic Council........................................           1,000
Conflict and Stabilization Operations...................           5,000
Family Planning/Reproductive Health (USAID).............          51,050
House Democracy Partnership.............................           2,300
Implementation of Public Law 99-415.....................           4,000
Information Communications Technology Training..........           1,000
Small Island Developing States..........................          50,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Domestic Resource Mobilization.--USAID shall continue to 
encourage partner countries to increase their investments in 
health, education, and other development sectors by 
strengthening revenue generation and budgetary capacity, 
reducing losses from corruption and graft, and countering tax 
avoidance.
    Middle East Partnership Initiative Availability and 
Consultation Requirement.--The agreement includes funds 
appropriated under title III of the Act, which shall be made 
available for assistance for the Western Sahara. Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of the Act and prior to the 
obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of such 
funds.
    Office of Global Women's Issues.--The agreement includes 
funds above the prior fiscal year for the Office of Global 
Women's Issues. The Secretary of State and the Ambassador-at-
Large for Global Women's Issues shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of funds made 
available for such office.
    Small Island Developing States.--The agreement includes 
funds for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in addition to 
funds specifically designated for the Caribbean and PICs in the 
Act and this explanatory statement, which should not be limited 
to use in the Caribbean and PICs. Such funds shall be used to 
help respond to the complex challenges facing SIDS, 
particularly those that rely on external financing to help 
prepare for, and recover from, climate-related disasters and to 
manage growing debt burdens. The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall jointly consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the allocation of such funds prior to the 
submission of the 653(a) report.

                             DEMOCRACY FUND

    The agreement includes $355,700,000 for Democracy Fund, of 
which $222,450,000 is for the Department of State's Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and $133,250,000 is for 
USAID's Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation.
    The agreement includes funds for the directives included in 
the table under this heading in the House report.
    Annual Country Human Rights Report.--In lieu of the 
directives on the annual country human rights reports in the 
House report, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on such report.
    Human Rights.--In lieu of the directive in the House report 
under this heading, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the USAID Administrator, should submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, on the activities of special 
envoys with responsibilities for issues of concern to 
marginalized populations.

            ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

    The agreement includes $500,334,000 for Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia in this division. In addition, 
$350,000,000 is included under this heading in division M of 
the Act.

                          Department of State

                    MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

    The agreement includes $2,912,188,000 for Migration and 
Refugee Assistance in this division. In addition, 
$1,535,048,000 is included under this heading in division M of 
the Act.
    Donor Contributions.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the 
Department of State to encourage increased contributions, 
including by the Gulf countries, to international humanitarian 
assistance appeals, including for food assistance managed by 
the World Food Programme. The report should include the level 
of funding pledged and provided to appeals for such assistance 
from international organizations by each of the Gulf countries 
in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
    Older People.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall brief the Committees on Appropriations on 
the inclusion of older people as beneficiaries of humanitarian, 
evacuation, resettlement, and recovery efforts, including the 
relevant policies and reporting mechanisms in place to ensure 
such inclusion.
    People's Republic of China Special Economic Zones.--The 
Secretary of State should review the protection and assistance 
needs of migrants and others who have fallen prey to human 
trafficking associated with cyber and financial crimes, 
including victims of crimes committed by PRC criminal 
syndicates within Special Economic Zones in Burma, Laos, and 
Cambodia.
    Refugee Employment.--The Secretary of State shall expand 
efforts, utilizing existing organizations and mechanisms, to 
assist refugees and other displaced persons in becoming self-
reliant through labor mobility, as a complementary solution for 
refugees in addition to resettlement. The Secretary should also 
assess and consider refugees' skills as a factor in assigning 
refugees to resettlement locations within the United States in 
order to facilitate their success and to meet the needs of 
United States businesses by helping to fill skill gaps and 
provide needed talent for economic growth. Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps being 
taken in response to this directive.
    Rohingya Refugees.--The agreement includes funds to 
continue necessary support for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar 
and other parts of Bangladesh, as well as those in other 
countries in the region. The Secretary of State is directed to 
work with neighboring countries to ensure safe transit and full 
access to refugees from Burma.
    Unaccompanied Refugee Minors.--Funds provided under this 
heading should support the resettlement of eligible 
unaccompanied refugee minors who have been referred by the UN 
High Commissioner for Refugees and NGOs.
    United States Refugee Admissions Program.--Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report on the United States Refugee 
Admissions Program (USRAP) to the appropriate congressional 
committees. Such report shall include: (1) for each fiscal year 
2019 through 2022, the average duration of each step of the 
refugee screening process; the number of interviews, approvals, 
and denials of refugee applications; and the number of cases 
placed on hold or that are pending; (2) for the current fiscal 
year, the number of refugees in the USRAP pipeline, 
disaggregated by status; (3) the total number of Afghan 
nationals referred to the USRAP, disaggregated by P1, P2, P3, 
and I-730; the total number of Afghan SIV applicants; and the 
number of Afghan nationals with pending Humanitarian Parole 
applications; and (4) the number of Iraqi Priority 2 Direct 
Access Program adjudications since the resumption of the 
program on March 1, 2022.
    The Secretary of State shall also update the report 
required under this heading in Senate Report 115-282 in the 
manner described.

     UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND

    The agreement includes $100,000 for United States Emergency 
Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.

                          Independent Agencies

                              PEACE CORPS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement includes $430,500,000 for Peace Corps, of 
which $7,300,000 is for the Office of Inspector General.
    Prioritization.--The agreement endorses language in the 
House report regarding the prioritization of opening programs 
in PICs, including in countries where the Peace Corps 
terminated such programs, such as in Palau.

                    MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

    The agreement includes $930,000,000 for Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, including up to $130,000,000 for 
administrative expenses.
    Supporting Economic Growth.--The Millennium Challenge 
Corporation should continue trade-based capacity building 
efforts in support of the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act 
(Public Law 115-167) and collaborate with other agencies to 
address the existing barriers that sub-Saharan African nations 
face in the development of free trade agreements.

                       INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

    The agreement includes $47,000,000 for Inter-American 
Foundation. The agreement includes sufficient funds to support 
the exchange program described under this heading in the House 
report.

              UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

    The agreement includes $45,000,000 for United States 
African Development Foundation. The agreement includes 
sufficient funds to support partnerships between the United 
States African Development Foundation and African diaspora 
communities in the United States that further African-led 
development projects, as described under this heading in the 
House report.
    The operating plan required by section 7062(a) of the Act 
shall include current and projected staffing levels, as well as 
the use of, and rationale for, different hiring authorities, 
including for U.S. direct hires and contractors.

                       Department of the Treasury

               INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

    The agreement includes $38,000,000 for International 
Affairs Technical Assistance, of which not more than $9,500,000 
is for administrative expenses.

                           DEBT RESTRUCTURING

    The agreement includes $52,000,000 for Debt Restructuring 
to support multilateral debt restructurings, including Paris 
Club debt restructurings and the Common Framework on Debt 
Treatments, to provide economic relief to low-income countries.

              TROPICAL FOREST AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION

    The agreement includes $20,000,000 for Tropical Forest and 
Coral Reef Conservation. In implementing the Tropical Forest 
and Coral Reef Conservation Act, the Department of the Treasury 
should seek to negotiate agreements with eligible partners in 
the most expeditious manner possible.

                                TITLE IV

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State

          INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

    The agreement includes $1,391,004,000 for International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement in this division. In 
addition, $300,000,000 is included under this heading in 
division M of the Act. Funds for certain countries, programs, 
and activities under this heading are allocated according to 
the following table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

           INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                Country/Program/Activity                     Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Association of Southeast Asian Nations partnership                 2,500
 programs...............................................
Atrocities Prevention...................................           3,000
Combating Wildlife Trafficking..........................          50,000
Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights.............          20,000
Demand Reduction........................................          20,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo........................  ..............
  Virunga National Park security........................           2,000
Global Crime and Drugs Policy...........................           7,000
International Law Enforcement Academy...................          39,000
International Organized Crime...........................          68,150
Pakistan Border Security................................          15,000
Thailand................................................           2,500
Trafficking in Persons..................................          87,000
  Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons...          76,000
  of which, Child Protection Compacts...................        [12,500]
West Bank and Gaza......................................          42,000
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    Anti-Corruption.--The agreement includes funds under this 
heading above the prior fiscal year, including to support the 
Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption.
    Environmental Crimes.--The agreement includes not less than 
the prior fiscal year for programs to combat environmental 
crimes related to logging. The agreement also recommends the 
use of additional funds to combat other environmental crimes, 
including illegal mining.
    Opioids and Other Illicit Drugs.--The agreement endorses 
language in the House report supporting Department of State 
efforts to address the flow of illegal opioids into the United 
States.
    Pacific Islands Countries.--In addition to the guidance in 
the House report regarding the participation of PICs in 
International Law Enforcement Academies Bangkok, the Secretary 
of State should consider establishing other programs to bring 
officials and civil society representatives from PICs to 
Southeast Asia to engage on law enforcement issues, including 
narcotics and human trafficking.
    West Bank.--The agreement includes additional funds to 
strengthen the Palestinian security sector program for the West 
Bank under this heading, which shall be the joint 
responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the 
U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian 
Authority. Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the intended uses of such funds 
and on efforts to professionalize Palestinian security forces 
and to build, maintain, and sustain Palestinian security and 
justice sector institutions.

    NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS

    The agreement includes $921,000,000 for Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs in this division. 
In addition, $105,000,000 is included under this heading in 
division M of the Act. Funds for certain countries, programs, 
and activities under this heading are allocated according to 
the following table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

     NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                Country/Program/Activity                     Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund...................          15,000
International Atomic Energy Agency......................          95,000
Conventional Weapons Destruction........................         264,103
  Humanitarian demining.................................         218,350
  of which, Southeast Asia..............................        [73,000]
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    Conventional Weapons Destruction.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act and prior to the 
submission of the 653(a) report, the Secretary of State shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed 
allocations by country for humanitarian demining.
    Nagorno-Karabakh.--The agreement provides $2,000,000 for 
humanitarian demining and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance 
activities in areas affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                        PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

    The agreement includes $460,759,000 for Peacekeeping 
Operations, of which $330,000,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2024. Funds for certain countries, programs, and 
activities under this heading are allocated according to the 
following table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                         PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                Country/Program/Activity                     Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Africa..................................................
  Somalia...............................................         224,800
  Africa Regional.......................................          59,050
Political-Military Affairs..............................
  Global Peace Operations Initiative....................          71,000
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                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

    The agreement includes $112,925,000 for International 
Military Education and Training.
    International Military Education and Training Database.--
For purposes of implementing section 548(a) of the FAA, funds 
in the Act shall be made available to foreign governments, 
consistent with applicable provisions of law, to assist in the 
development and maintenance of a record of each International 
Military Education and Training (IMET) recipient's ``subsequent 
military or defense ministry career and current position and 
location,'' including for programs to develop the human 
resources capabilities necessary to comply with such 
requirement. The Secretary of State shall require IMET 
recipient governments to provide such information in a timely 
manner and shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
on the implementation and impact of such directive on the 
program not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
the Act.
    Participation of Civilians.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
the participation of civilians, including officials of relevant 
foreign government ministries and civil society in IMET courses 
for fiscal years 2019 through 2023, disaggregated by 
nationality, government agency, and civil society organization.
    Participation of Women.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing 
the short- and long-term steps taken to increase female 
participation in IMET courses, including the results achieved 
in fiscal year 2022 and activities planned in fiscal year 2023.

                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

    The agreement includes $6,053,049,000 for Foreign Military 
Financing Program in this division. In addition, $80,000,000 is 
included under this heading in division M of the Act. Funds 
under this heading for certain countries are allocated 
according to the following table and subject to section 7019 of 
the Act:

                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                         Country                             Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ecuador.................................................           5,000
Georgia.................................................          35,000
Iraq....................................................         250,000
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    Foreign Military Sales Report.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
recommendations for streamlining, expediting, and improving end 
use monitoring in the foreign military sales process.
    Pakistan.--Funds made available by the Act under this 
heading may be made available for assistance for Pakistan. The 
Secretary of State should consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to making an offer of such assistance to 
the Government of Pakistan, the purposes of which should serve 
the security interests of the United States and Pakistan.

                                TITLE V

                        MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

    The agreement includes $508,600,000 for International 
Organizations and Programs. Funds under this heading are 
allocated according to the following table and subject to 
section 7019 of the Act:

                INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Budget
                   Organizations/Programs                     Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Chemicals and Toxins Programs................        3,175
International Civil Aviation Organization..................        1,200
International Conservation Programs........................        9,000
International Development Law Organization.................          400
International Maritime Organization........................          325
Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund........................       51,900
Organization of American States Fund for Strengthening             5,000
 Democracy.................................................
Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and                50
 Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia.......................
UN Capital Development Fund................................        1,000
UN Children's Fund.........................................      142,000
  Joint Program on Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation...        5,000
UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.......          100
UN Democracy Fund..........................................        3,500
UN Development Program.....................................       81,550
UN Environmental Programs..................................       10,200
 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/UN Framework        15,000
                Convention on Climate Change
           UN High Commissioner for Human Rights                  17,500
  Honduras.................................................        1,000
  Colombia.................................................        3,000
  Guatemala................................................        1,000
  Mexico...................................................        1,000
UN Human Settlements Program...............................          700
UN Junior Professional Officer Program.....................        2,500
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.....        3,500
UN Peacebuilding Fund......................................        1,000
UN Relief and Works Agency.................................       75,000
UN Resident Coordinator System.............................       23,000
UN Special Coordinator for UN Response to Sexual                   1,500
 Exploitation and Abuse....................................
UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG)          1,750
 on Sexual Violence in Conflict............................
UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women................        1,500
UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of        1,150
 Human Rights..............................................
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture...................        9,000
UN Women...................................................       12,000
World Meteorological Organization..........................        1,000
World Trade Organization Technical Assistance..............          600
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    Organizations of American States.--The agreement includes 
$5,000,000 under Economic Support Fund for the Organization of 
American States for the autonomous promotion and protection of 
human rights.
    United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).--The 
agreement includes funds under this heading, in addition to 
funds provided under Migration and Refugee Assistance to 
maintain food assistance to vulnerable Palestinians in the West 
Bank and Gaza in response to rising food and transport costs.

                  International Financial Institutions

                      GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

    The agreement includes $150,200,000 for Global Environment 
Facility.

               CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND

    The agreement includes $125,000,000 for Contribution to the 
Clean Technology Fund.

     CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND 
                              DEVELOPMENT

    The agreement includes $206,500,000 for Contribution to the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

    The agreement includes $1,421,275,728.70 for Limitation on 
Callable Capital Subscriptions.

       CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

    The agreement includes $1,430,256,000 for Contribution to 
the International Development Association towards the third of 
three installments for IDA-19 and for the first of three 
installments for IDA-20.

               CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

    The agreement includes $43,610,000 for Contribution to the 
Asian Development Fund.

              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

    The agreement includes $54,648,752 for Contribution to the 
African Development Bank.

              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

    The agreement includes $856,174,624 for Limitation on 
Callable Capital Subscriptions.

              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

    The agreement includes $171,300,000 for Contribution to the 
African Development Fund.

  CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

    The agreement includes $43,000,000 for Contribution to the 
International Fund for Agricultural Development.

              GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM

    The agreement includes $10,000,000 for Global Agriculture 
and Food Security Program.

 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND FACILITIES AND TRUST 
                                 FUNDS

    The agreement includes $20,000,000 for Contributions to the 
International Monetary Fund Facilities and Trust Funds.

                                TITLE VI

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

                           INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The agreement includes $7,500,000 for Inspector General for 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, of which 
$1,125,000 may remain available until September 30, 2024.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    The agreement includes $125,000,000 for Administrative 
Expenses for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, of 
which up to $18,750,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2024.

                     PROGRAM BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS

    The agreement includes $15,000,000 for Program Budget 
Appropriations.

      United States International Development Finance Corporation

                           INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The agreement includes $5,583,000 for Inspector General for 
United States International Development Finance Corporation.

                       CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

    The agreement includes $1,000,000,000 for Corporate Capital 
Account, including $220,000,000 for administrative expenses and 
project-specific transaction costs as described in section 
1434(k) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115-
254) and $780,000,000 for programs, which may be paid to the 
United States International Development Finance Corporation 
(DFC) Program Account.
    Development Mission.--The DFC CEO shall continue to comply 
with section 1412(c) of the BUILD Act of 2018 by prioritizing 
support in low- and lower-middle income countries with 
significant potential for advancing United States development 
priorities. DFC investments should be complementary to, not a 
substitute for, other United States foreign assistance 
programs.
    Digital Surveillance.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the DFC CEO shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees detailing steps 
taken to align DFC safeguards on digital surveillance with 
international best practices.
    Environmental and Social Policies and Procedures.--DFC's 
use of waivers of its Environmental and Social Policies and 
Procedures should be limited to compelling circumstances and in 
furtherance of an important U.S. national interest. The use of 
such waivers is subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. Such notification shall 
include the justification for the waiver and describe the 
environmental and social policies and procedures to be applied 
in lieu of DFC's policies and procedures.
    Operating Plan.--The operating plan required by section 
7062(a) of the Act shall contain detailed information regarding 
all funds available to the DFC in the current fiscal year, 
including: (1) carryover; (2) funds transferred from other 
Federal agencies; and (3) funds that are not allocated for 
particular programs, projects, or activities. The DFC shall 
also specify in the operating plan funds intended to be made 
available for any overseas presence.
    Pacific Islands Countries.--In addition to the reporting 
requirement in the House report under the heading Investment in 
the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean, the DFC CEO shall submit 
an analysis of any legislative barriers that may hinder DFC 
efforts to fully engage in PICs and compete against 
authoritarian influences, including by the PRC, in the Pacific 
and Caribbean regions.
    Reallocation of Funds.--Notifications submitted for funds 
made available by the Act under this heading and under Program 
Account shall include detailed information regarding any such 
funds that were previously justified for a different purpose.

                            PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement includes up to $780,000,000 for Program 
Account transferred from Corporate Capital Account.

                      TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

    The agreement includes $87,000,000 for Trade and 
Development Agency, including not more than $21,000,000 for 
administrative expenses.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The following general provisions are contained in the Act. 
Each is designated as unchanged, modified, or new as compared 
to division K of Public Law 117-103:
Section 7001. Allowances and Differentials (unchanged)
Section 7002. Unobligated Balances Report (unchanged)
    Report on Unallocated Funds.--Not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
all funds appropriated in prior Acts under Foreign Military 
Financing Program, or a predecessor account, that have been 
obligated into the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund and are 
unallocated to a case as of the date of enactment of the Act.
Section 7003. Consulting Services (unchanged)
Section 7004. Diplomatic Facilities (modified)
    New Embassy and Consulate Compound Construction.--Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the 
Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations on efforts to expand 
opportunities for additional, qualified U.S. companies to 
participate in Department of State construction projects 
abroad, including minority-owned companies, and the results of 
those efforts.
Section 7005. Personnel Actions (unchanged)
Section 7006. Prohibition on Publicity or Propaganda (unchanged)
Section 7007. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain Countries 
        (unchanged)
Section 7008. Coups d'Etat (modified)
    Modifications.--The agreement provides a new program-by-
program national security interest waiver of the prohibition on 
funds for the government of a country whose duly elected head 
of government is deposed by a coup d'etat. Such waiver is 
intended to be used to improve consistency and transparency in 
the application of this section.
Section 7009. Transfer of Funds Authority (modified)
Section 7010. Prohibition and Limitation on Certain Expenses 
        (unchanged)
Section 7011. Availability of Funds (unchanged)
Section 7012. Limitation on Assistance to Countries in Default 
        (unchanged)
Section 7013. Prohibition on Taxation of United States Assistance 
        (unchanged)
Section 7014. Reservations of Funds (unchanged)
Section 7015. Notification Requirements (modified)
    Funds Received from Foreign Governments.--The Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of the 
receipt of funds received from foreign governments pursuant to 
sections 607 and 635(d) of the FAA, other than from countries 
that are North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or major 
non-NATO allies designated pursuant to section 517(b) of such 
Act. The report shall include the source and the amount of 
funds received.
    Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.--
Subsection (h)(2)(H) requires that funds specifically allocated 
for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment 
(PGII) are subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. Such requirement is not 
intended to apply to funds that are being attributed to PGII 
and have been justified or designated for other purposes, 
including to meet other directives in the Act or this 
explanatory statement.
Section 7016. Documents, Report Posting, Records Management, and 
        Related Cybersecurity Protections (unchanged)
Section 7017. Use of Funds in Contravention of this Act (unchanged)
Section 7018. Prohibition on Funding for Abortions and Involuntary 
        Sterilization (unchanged)
Section 7019. Allocations and Reports (unchanged)
Section 7020. Multi-Year Pledges (unchanged)
Section 7021. Prohibition on Assistance to Governments Supporting 
        International Terrorism (unchanged)
Section 7022. Authorization Requirements (unchanged)
Section 7023. Definition of Program, Project, and Activity (unchanged)
Section 7024. Authorities for the Peace Corps, Inter-American 
        Foundation, and United States African Development Foundation 
        (unchanged)
Section 7025. Commerce, Trade and Surplus Commodities (unchanged)
Section 7026. Separate Accounts (unchanged)
Section 7027. Eligibility for Assistance (unchanged)
Section 7028. Disability Programs (modified)
    Children.--The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall increase funding for programs implemented by the UN 
Children's Fund and its partners to protect the rights of, and 
increase access to services and opportunities for, children 
with severe cognitive and physical disabilities in developing 
countries.
    Disability Programs.--Funds made available for ``Disability 
Programs'' under Development Assistance shall be made available 
for USAID disability programs, including to support disability 
rights advocacy organizations in developing countries, and 
shall be in addition to funds otherwise directed, including for 
assistive technology and the Leahy War Victims Fund.
Section 7029. International Financial Institutions (modified)
    Accountability, Standards, and Best Practices.--The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director of each international financial institution 
to use the voice and vote of the United States to promote the 
prioritization of the use of local labor and trade-off 
standards that determine best value bids, rather than lowest-
price technically acceptable, including with State-owned 
companies and enterprises.
    Human Rights.--The United States executive director of each 
international financial institution (IFI) shall consult with 
the Assistant Secretary for DRL prior to voting on a loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy if the executive director has reason 
to believe it could result in, or facilitate, forced 
displacement or other violations of human rights.
    Implementation Report.--In lieu of the reports required 
under this section in prior Acts and in the House report, not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Act and 
every 180 days thereafter until September 30, 2024, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a consolidated report to 
the appropriate congressional committees detailing the actions 
taken by the United States executive directors of the 
international financial institutions to implement subsections 
(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of this section.
    Such report shall include a description of the extent to 
which the United States executive directors consult with the 
Department of State on the implementation of such subsections, 
including instructions given to such executive directors, and 
how assessments of corruption are incorporated into United 
States voting practices at the international financial 
institutions.
Section 7030. Technology Security (modified)
    Pursuant to subsection (b)(1), the agreement allocates 
$100,000,000 made available by the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public 
Law 117-167) for the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America International Technology 
Security and Innovation Fund according to the following table 
for fiscal year 2023:

 CHIPS FOR AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
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                                                              Budget
                         Account                             Authority
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Diplomatic Programs.....................................          15,800
of which, salaries and expenses and administration......          34,500
Office of Inspector General.............................             500
Economic Support Fund...................................          66,700
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related            17,000
 Programs...............................................
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................         100,000
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    Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership.--The 
agreement includes funding above the prior fiscal year for the 
Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership and 
encourages relevant Federal agencies, including the United 
States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), to further 
collaborate with other agencies on policy and technical 
training to promote open, interoperable, reliable, and secure 
networks, including through programs to strengthen civilian 
cybersecurity capabilities of United States allies and 
partners.
    Strategy Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing 
the steps taken to implement the strategy required under this 
section in the explanatory statement accompanying division K of 
Public Law 116-260.
Section 7031. Financial Management, Budget Transparency, and Anti-
        Corruption (modified)
    Anti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights.--For purposes of 
subsection (c)(1)(B), ``as appropriate'' means circumstances 
when the individual about whom there is credible information 
under subsection (c)(1)(A) may own property or have other 
pecuniary interests in the United States or may seek to engage 
in financial transactions in the United States.
    Corruption.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the standards established 
to implement the condition in subsection (a)(1)(B).
    Specific Cases.--The Secretary of State shall apply 
subsection (c) to foreign government officials involved in 
threatening, unjustly or wrongfully imprisoning, or otherwise 
depriving of liberty independent journalists who speak out or 
publish about corruption or other abuses.
    Waiver.--The Secretary of State shall submit a written 
notification to the appropriate congressional committees and 
the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of 
Representatives not less than 5 days prior to exercising the 
waiver authority in subsection (c)(3), including the 
justification for each waiver.
Section 7032. Democracy Programs (modified)
    The agreement includes a total of $2,900,000,000 for 
democracy programs under several accounts in a manner similar 
to the prior fiscal year to strengthen democracy abroad against 
rising authoritarianism and erosion of the rule of law. 
Subsection (a)(2) designates not less than $117,040,000 for DRL 
for certain countries and regional programs. Such funds are 
allocated according to the following table:

    BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF STATE
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund
  Afghanistan...........................................           5,000
  Burma.................................................           4,000
  Maldives..............................................             500
  Near East Regional Democracy..........................          15,000
  North Korea...........................................           5,000
  People's Republic of China............................          12,000
  South Sudan...........................................           1,000
  Sri Lanka.............................................           2,000
  Sudan.................................................           1,000
  Syria.................................................          11,000
  Venezuela.............................................          10,000
  Yemen.................................................           3,000
  HRDF..................................................          19,600
  Countering Transnational Regression...................           2,640
  Warsaw Declaration....................................           2,500
Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia
  Europe and Eurasia....................................          22,000
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    Democracy Assessment.--Following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an assessment of USAID, DRL, and 
INL democracy programs funded by prior Acts from fiscal years 
2018 through 2022, which shall include: (1) the amounts and a 
summary of the priority areas of such programs, disaggregated 
by entity and fiscal year; (2) an assessment of the respective 
and collective efforts of such entities to coordinate democracy 
assistance programs; (3) an assessment of the respective 
efforts by such entities to assess results and evaluate the 
impact of such assistance; and (4) an assessment of the funding 
obligated by such entities for democracy programs through 
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements.
    Democracy Assistance for Africa.--The agreement includes 
funding above the budget request for democracy assistance for 
countries in Africa, which are facing increasing threats to 
stability and development gains.
    Digital Security and Countering Disinformation.--For the 
purposes of subsection (g), programs to advance digital 
security and counter disinformation should: (1) address digital 
security to enhance the safety of implementers and 
beneficiaries; (2) support civil society organizations working 
to counter government surveillance, censorship, and repression 
by digital means; (3) combat weaponized technology, including 
the misuse of social media; (4) prevent the digital 
manipulation of elections, electoral data, and critical 
infrastructure; and (5) counter disinformation propagated by 
malign actors, including the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
and the Russian Federation.
    Labor Programs.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations an update to the report 
required under section 7032(k)(1) of division K of Public Law 
117-103 on labor programs that support labor rights, 
independent worker organizing, and capacity in collective 
bargaining through partnership with relevant stakeholders.
    Funds for labor programs administered by USAID are subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
    Program Changes.--The Secretary of State or USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, shall continue to report to the 
appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of a 
decision to significantly change the objectives or the content 
of a democracy program or to close such a program due to 
increasing repression by the host government. The report shall 
also include a strategy for continuing support for democracy 
promotion, if such programming is feasible.
    Program Coordination.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees describing 
the framework and mechanisms for the coordination of democracy 
programs supported by the Department of State and USAID, 
including at the headquarters and mission level, and at 
multilateral fora.
    Protection of Civil Society Activists and Journalists, 
Independence of the Media, and Freedom of Expression.--The 
agreement provides funds for programs to protect civil society 
activists and journalists who are harassed, threatened, and 
attacked for their legitimate advocacy activities. The 
Assistant Secretary of State for DRL shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations and relevant stakeholders prior to 
the obligation of such funds. Funds should be made available 
for programs to protect and strengthen independent media in 
Afghanistan, including for educational programming.
    Restrictions on Foreign Government Interference.--The 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID 
Administrator, shall continue to submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees every 90 days until 
September 30, 2023, detailing steps taken by the Department of 
State and USAID to comply with the requirements of subsection 
(e).
    Spend Plan.--The spend plan required under section 7062(b) 
of the Act for democracy programs should include accounts, 
regions, and global programs.
    Transnational Repression.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
brief the appropriate congressional committees on steps taken 
to combat transnational repression through multilateral fora 
and in bilateral diplomacy.
Section 7033. International Religious Freedom (unchanged)
    Assistance.--The agreement includes not less than 
$10,000,000 under Economic Support Fund for programs to protect 
and investigate the persecution of religious minorities, and 
not less than $10,000,000 for international religious freedom 
programs under Democracy Fund.
    Countries of Particular Concern.--If the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 
recommends the designation of a country as a country of 
particular concern (CPC) in its annual report, and such country 
is not designated as a CPC by the Department of State, the 
Secretary of State shall provide the rationale for such 
decision to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 
days of such decision.
    Curriculum Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of implementation of 
training for all Foreign Service Officers in international 
humanitarian law and policy, and the development and 
implementation of training based on the curriculum required 
under section 103 of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious 
Freedom Act (Public Law 114-281).
    Expansion of Activities Report.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, and following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the 
Secretary of State shall brief such Committees on efforts and 
opportunities to expand international religious freedom 
programs, including through roundtables that bring together 
individuals from diverse religions and beliefs.
Section 7034. Special Provisions (modified)
    Several provisions of law included in prior Acts that 
extended certain authorities are not included in the Act due to 
the extension of such authorities in the Department of State 
Authorization Act of 2022 (division I of H.R. 7900).
    Atrocities Prevention.--Funds made available by the Act 
under Economic Support Fund for programs to prevent atrocities 
shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State 
for DRL. The Assistant Secretary of State for DRL and the 
Assistant Secretary of State for INL shall coordinate 
atrocities prevention programs funded under Economic Support 
Fund and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, 
respectively. Such funds shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Exchange Visitor Program Clarification.--For purposes of 
subsection (d)(7), the term ``modify'' means any executive 
action that changes the number, origin, or eligibility of 
program participants during any 60 day period, or that 
otherwise changes the manner in which the program is 
implemented, including the suspension of visas.
    Ex-Post Evaluations.--The agreement endorses language in 
the House report under this section regarding ex-post 
evaluations of the sustainability of United States assistance 
programs. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
the uses of funds made available for ex-post evaluations in 
fiscal year 2023.
    Forensic Anthropology Assistance.--Funding for forensic 
anthropology assistance shall be used to support activities, 
including DNA analysis and the exhumation and identification of 
remains, in countries where large numbers of people were killed 
or forcibly disappeared and presumed dead as a result of armed 
conflict, crimes against humanity, or other gross violations of 
human rights, including to support activities in Central 
America to exhume remains of victims of atrocities. Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the 
Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the planned uses of funds.
    Innovation Incentive Awards.--In lieu of the biannual 
directive included under this heading in the explanatory 
statement accompanying division K of Public Law 114-113, the 
USAID Administrator shall submit such report to the Committees 
on Appropriations every 12 months on the use of the authority 
provided under subsection (d)(5) of the Act.
    Localization Report.--In addition to the requirements 
enumerated under the heading Locally-led development in the 
House report, such report shall also describe how USAID: (1) 
defines a ``locally-established partner'' and an 
``underutilized partner'', including any plans to modify such 
definitions, or the definition of a ``local entity''; and (2) 
assesses the capacity of local entities to effectively 
implement and manage funds. Such report shall also include 
details on funding implemented by local entities in fiscal 
years 2021 and 2022, including development and humanitarian 
assistance programs.
    Local Works.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations an updated report on the Local 
Works program including: (1) an assessment of progress in 
achieving the central goal of Local Works to move USAID toward 
a model of sustainability-based partnership with local 
governments, organizations, and communities; (2) a description 
of the factors that limit or prevent such partnerships from 
being achieved and steps being taken to address those factors 
and to expand Local Works; and (3) recommendations for 
administrative or legislative action that would support further 
expansion of such partnerships.
    New Partnerships Initiative.--The agreement includes funds 
at not less than the prior fiscal year to support the New 
Partnerships Initiative and directs the USAID Administrator to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Act on funding provided 
to new, under-utilized, and local partners under such 
initiative in the prior fiscal year.
    Protections and Remedies for Employees of Diplomatic 
Missions and International Organizations.--For purposes of 
implementing section 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-457), the Secretary of State shall consider the 
following as sufficient to determine that a diplomatic mission 
``tolerated such actions'': (1) the failure to provide a 
replacement passport within a reasonable period of time to a T-
visa recipient; (2) the existence of multiple concurrent civil 
suits against members of the diplomatic mission; or (3) the 
failure to satisfy a civil judgment against an employee of the 
diplomatic mission.
    Small Island Developing States.--The agreement authorizes 
loan guarantees for certain countries, including SIDS. This 
authority provides the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator additional means for supporting countries in the 
Caribbean and PICs, including to mitigate and address the 
impacts of climate change.
Section 7035. Law Enforcement and Security (modified)
    Crowd Control.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, and every 90 days thereafter until 
September 30, 2024, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing any 
actions taken pursuant to subsection (c)(3).
    Foreign Military Training Report.--Section 656 of the FAA 
requires the inclusion of units of operation of military 
personnel who receive training. The agreement directs that such 
units shall be specified at the battalion or equivalent level.
    International Prison Conditions.--The agreement includes 
funding for programs to eliminate inhumane prison conditions 
and reduce pre-trial detention, including overcrowding and the 
use of solidarity confinement, that violate due process and 
harm human health. Such funds are in addition to other funds 
made available by the Act for such purposes.
    Reports Continued.--The Secretary of State shall submit the 
report on security assistance required by section 7035(d)(1) of 
division G of Public Law 116-94 in the manner described, except 
such report shall include funds obligated and expended during 
fiscal year 2022.
    The Secretary of State shall submit the report on vetting 
required by section 7049(d)(3) of division F of Public Law 116-
6 in the manner described.
    Section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act.--For purposes 
of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 
``credible information'' means information that, considering 
the source of such information and the surrounding 
circumstances, supports a reasonable belief that a violation 
has occurred, and shall not be determined solely on the basis 
of: (1) the number of sources; (2) whether the source has been 
critical of a policy or action of the U.S. Government or its 
security partners; (3) whether the source has a personal 
connection to the information being reported; or (4) whether 
the U.S. Government is able to independently verify the 
information.
    Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriation on progress in obtaining the 
written agreements with recipients of U.S. assistance required 
by section 620M(c) of the FAA, including a list of the 
countries to which the written agreements are applicable and 
the number of agreements signed. Such agreements shall utilize 
standardized language that is fully consistent with and 
specific to implementation of the letter and intent of such 
section.
    Security Assistance Coordination.--The agreement supports 
increased measures to ensure that security cooperation programs 
funded by the Act are strategic, address clearly defined goals 
and objectives, and are integrated with other programs. Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an 
integrated security cooperation strategy for assistance for 
Georgia, Kenya, Peru, and Vietnam.
    Security Force Professionalization.--Prior fiscal year 
funds appropriated for security force professionalization 
programs under Peacekeeping Operations and International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement remain available to 
increase partner capacity to collect, track, and analyze data 
on arbitrary arrest, abuse of detainees, and harm to civilians 
from law enforcement operations of the respective government. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, 
the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the planned uses and program management of 
such funds in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
    Training Related to International Humanitarian Law.--Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, and 
following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to such Committees 
on the implementation of section 7035(a)(4) of division G of 
Public Law 116-94. Such report shall include the amount of 
funds made available by country under Peacekeeping Operations 
and Foreign Military Financing Program.
Section 7036. Assistance for Innocent Victims of Conflict (modified)
Section 7037. Palestinian Statehood (unchanged)
Section 7038. Prohibition on Assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
        Corporation (unchanged)
Section 7039. Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza (unchanged)
Section 7040. Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian Authority 
        (unchanged)
Section 7041. Middle East and North Africa (modified)
    Bahrain Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing efforts 
made on behalf of political prisoners in Bahrain and the 
Government of Bahrain's response.
    Egypt.--The agreement includes assistance for Egypt at 
levels consistent with the prior fiscal year.
    In accordance with paragraph (3)(A)(vi), the Secretary of 
State shall certify and report that the Government of Egypt is 
taking sustained and effective steps to provide American 
citizens with fair and commensurate compensation for injuries 
and losses caused by the Egyptian military, including in an 
attack on September 13, 2015 as described under this heading in 
the House report.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall update the report required under this heading 
in Senate Report 116-126 on Egypt's compliance with end-user 
monitoring agreements for the use of United States military 
equipment in the Sinai, in the manner described.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees on incidents of 
harassment, threats, and arbitrary detention against American 
citizens, and their family members in Egypt and the United 
States.
    Iraq.--In addition to the amounts designated in the Act for 
Iraq under Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 
Program, the agreement includes not less than the following 
amounts for assistance for Iraq: $47,500,000 under 
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs; and $1,000,000 under International Military Education 
and Training.
    Funds made available under Economic Support Fund for 
democracy programs for Iraq should be the responsibility of the 
Assistant Secretary of State for DRL.
    The agreement includes $10,000,000 under Economic Support 
Fund to support American-style higher education institutions in 
Iraq, including in the Kurdistan region, on an open and 
competitive basis.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the governments 
of the United States and Iraq to maintain the Memorandum of 
Understanding terms for United States specific rice tender.
    Jordan.--The agreement supports the Government of Jordan in 
making sustainable economic reforms, including in the water and 
public sectors, consistent with the terms of the new Memorandum 
of Understanding between the United States and the Government 
of Jordan. Within the total amounts designated in the Act for 
assistance for Jordan, the agreement includes not less than the 
following: $10,400,000 under Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs; and $3,800,000 under 
International Military Education and Training.
    Lebanon.--The agreement includes assistance for Lebanon at 
levels not less than those requested for fiscal year 2023.
    The agreement continues to support the efforts of the 
Lebanese Armed Forces to combat Hezbollah and other terrorist 
groups in Lebanon, and to continue to serve as a stabilizing 
force in that country and for the region. As a current 
recipient of United States foreign assistance, the Lebanese 
Armed Forces are not controlled by a Foreign Terrorist 
Organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
    Morocco.--The agreement includes not less than $10,000,000 
under Economic Support Fund, not less than $10,000,000 under 
Development Assistance, and $10,000,000 under Foreign Military 
Financing Program for assistance for Morocco.
    Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act 
(MEPPA).--The MEPPA consultation required under this section in 
the House report shall include detail on funds made available 
specifically for women's leadership programs that bring 
together Israeli and Palestinian women who are committed to 
working in pursuit of Middle East peace.
    Syria.--Recognizing that the failure to address extremism 
at al-Hol Camp could further destabilize the region and 
strengthen the Islamic State, the agreement includes funds 
under Economic Support Fund for programs to address instability 
and insecurity in al-Hol Camp, including to mitigate extremism 
among Camp youth, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of 
other relevant Federal agencies, shall brief the Committees on 
Appropriations on plans to work with United States allies to 
address the growing security threat posed by conditions at the 
al-Hol displacement camp in Syria and associated ISIS-detention 
sites being guarded by the Syrian Democratic Forces, where over 
70 percent of the population is reportedly under age 18.
    UN Political Process on Western Sahara.--The Secretary of 
State shall continue to support a United Nations-led political 
process that achieves a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable 
political solution in accordance with relevant United Nations 
Security Council resolutions.
    Yemen.--The agreement includes funds under title III of the 
Act and under Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs for health, humanitarian, and stabilization 
assistance for Yemen, including demining operations.
Section 7042. Africa (modified)
    Benin.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 for democracy 
programs for Benin to support civil society and free and fair 
elections.
    Democratic Republic of the Congo.--The agreement endorses 
the reporting directive under this section in the House report 
regarding the ongoing violence and instability in the eastern 
region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) affecting 
minority communities, including the Banyamulenge. In addition, 
the report should include an assessment of the support provided 
by Rwanda to the M23 rebel group and the impact of such support 
on civilian populations and stability in the region.
    The Secretary of State shall brief the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, on efforts to work with the Government of 
the DRC and the UN to thoroughly investigate and bring to 
justice those responsible for the deaths of Michael Sharp and 
Zaida Catalan.
    Equatorial Guinea.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 for 
democracy programs for Equatorial Guinea to support civil 
society and anti-corruption programs.
    Mozambique.--The agreement includes assistance for 
Mozambique above the prior fiscal year, including for efforts 
to help counter and reverse ISIS--Mozambique gains by 
strengthening the legitimacy and capacity of the armed forces 
and addressing the lack of basic services and political and 
economic exclusion.
    Prosper Africa.--Of the funds made available in the Act 
under Development Assistance, $100,000,000 should be made 
available for the Prosper Africa initiative to increase two-way 
trade and investment between the United States and African 
countries.
    Rwanda.--Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the Committees 
on Appropriations on abuse of the judicial system by the 
Government of Rwanda to silence critics of the government, 
including arbitrary and incommunicado detention, mistreatment 
of prisoners, coerced confessions, lack of due process, and 
unfair trials.
    Sahel.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall update the 
report required under the heading Report on Sub-Saharan 
Security Programs in Senate Report 116-126.
    The Secretary of State should work with the governments of 
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to ensure the transparent 
investigation, and appropriate punishment, of security force 
personnel and those associated with such personnel who are 
implicated in gross violations of human rights. Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
such investigations and the intended uses of funds made 
available under title IV of the Act and prior Acts for 
assistance for such governments.
    South Sudan.--The agreement includes funds for democracy 
programs to support civil society organizations in South Sudan 
that document human rights violations and advocate for 
conditions conducive to free and fair elections, peace and 
stability, and for conflict mitigation and reconciliation 
programs, at levels above the prior fiscal year. Any funds made 
available for the central government of South Sudan may only be 
made available, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, for: (1) humanitarian assistance; (2) health 
programs, including to prevent, detect, and respond to 
infectious diseases; (3) assistance to support South Sudan 
peace negotiations or to advance or implement a peace 
agreement; and (4) assistance to support implementation of 
outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and 
subsequent and mutual arrangements related to such agreement, 
or any other internationally recognized viable peace agreement 
in South Sudan.
    Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit an updated report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on steps taken, and 
planned to be taken, by the governments of the United States 
and South Sudan to obtain justice and fair compensation for the 
victims of the attack on the Terrain Hotel on July 11, 2016.
    Sudan.--Funds made available for assistance for Sudan 
should be prioritized for civil society capacity building, 
political party and coalition building, women and youth 
empowerment, protection of human rights, and support for 
elections if the Secretary of State determines that conditions 
exist for free and fair elections.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
steps taken in the prior year to prevent the Sudan Humanitarian 
Aid Commission from disrupting or diverting humanitarian and 
development assistance provided for the people of Sudan.
    Virunga National Park.--The agreement includes funding 
under International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement for 
equipment and training to bolster security in Virunga National 
Park, including against illegal armed groups.
Section 7043. East Asia and the Pacific (modified)
    Association of Southeast Asian Nations.--Funds provided 
under Economic Support Fund and International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement to support the Association of Southeast 
Asian Nations (ASEAN) shall be coordinated with the Ambassador 
of the United States Mission to ASEAN.
    Countering PRC Influence Fund.--The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall allocate funds from the Countering 
PRC Influence Fund (CPRCIF) to activities that provide the 
highest strategic impact to counter PRC influence globally. Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, and 
prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on the development of an impact measurement 
system that scores the strategic impact of each proposed 
activity to assist in the prioritization and allocation of 
funds from the CPRCIF.
    Funds are allocated according to the following table and 
subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                      COUNTERING PRC INFLUENCE FUND
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
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                                                              Budget
                         Account                             Authority
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Development Assistance..................................          90,000
Economic Support Fund...................................          80,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.....          80,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related            25,000
 Programs...............................................
Foreign Military Financing Program......................          50,000
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    Indonesia.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the feasibility and cost of 
establishing American Presence Posts in Indonesia to increase 
official presence in geographic areas of strategic importance 
to the United States and Indonesia.
    Laos.--The agreement includes $1,000,000 for trilateral 
programs in Laos, to be coordinated and conducted by the 
Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, with the 
Government of Vietnam, and $1,000,000 for short-term 
undergraduate and graduate scholarships, including for 
Government of Laos officials at universities in Thailand and 
Vietnam, as appropriate. An additional $1,500,000 is provided 
for the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in 
Laos.
    Funds made available by the Act under Department of the 
Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance shall be 
made available for assistance for Laos, including for the 
deployment of temporary duty personnel.
    The agreement includes funding for programs to combat 
trafficking in persons in Laos, including $2,000,000 to address 
trafficking along the northern border.
    For purposes of subsection (d), dioxin assessments, 
conducted in coordination with the Government of Laos, should 
include environmental testing in areas with possible 
contamination to determine the actual need for remediation, if 
any. These areas include villages close to multiple spraying 
runs and former United States facilities where Agent Orange may 
have been stored, and where there is a disproportionate number 
of persons with disabilities consistent with exposure to 
dioxin.
    Mongolia.--The agreement includes funding above the prior 
fiscal year for democracy programs for Mongolia, including 
political party strengthening activities.
    Pacific Islands Countries.--For purposes of the Act, the 
term ``Pacific Islands countries'' includes the Cook Islands, 
the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
Republic of Nauru, Niue, the Republic of Palau, the Independent 
State of Papua New Guinea, the Independent State of Samoa, the 
Solomon Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic 
of Vanuatu.
    Funds made available for assistance for PICs shall support: 
trade capacity building; climate change mitigation and 
adaptation programs; emergency preparedness and technical 
assistance for emergencies and post-disaster relief and 
recovery; economic programs to advance inclusive and 
sustainable long-term economic development, including 
$60,000,000 for the South Pacific Tuna Treaty; democratic 
governance; and security programs, including $5,000,000 for 
trilateral programs to be conducted with regional allies, 
including Taiwan. The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the mechanisms for a flexible response fund 
and new initiatives to strengthen governance and rule of law in 
the PICs.
    In order to craft a coherent communications strategy 
targeting the region, funds made available in the Act for PICs 
shall be made available on a bilateral basis, and the 
Department of State and USAID shall attribute regional funding 
made available for such countries on a country-by-country 
basis, to the extent practicable.
    The agreement includes funds above the prior fiscal year to 
address WWII-era UXO in PICs, including $2,500,000 for the 
Solomon Islands.
    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations detailing projects awarded by the 
Asian Development Bank and the World Bank from fiscal years 
2016 through 2021 to companies owned by, or affiliated with, 
the PRC in PICs, on a country-by-country and project-by-project 
basis. Such report shall include a description of the project 
awarded, including dollar amount, and factors that determined 
awards, such as least cost assessment.
    People's Republic of China.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
update the report required under this heading in Senate Report 
115-282 in the manner described.
    The Secretary of State shall brief the Committees on 
Appropriations, not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, on the United States government's plan to 
use sanctions, including those authorized by the Hong Kong 
Autonomy Act and the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, against 
PRC officials and other entities complicit in genocide, crimes 
against humanity, and other gross violations of human rights.
    The agreement supports funding for NGOs within the Indo-
Pacific region that are focused on the protection and 
advancement of freedom of expression, association, assembly, 
and religion for women, human rights activists, and ethnic and 
religious minorities in the PRC. The Assistant Secretary of 
State for DRL shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and representatives of civil society regarding: 
(1) strengthening the capacity of such entities; (2) protecting 
members of organizations who have been targeted for arrest, 
harassment, forced sterilization, coercive abortion, forced 
labor, or intimidation, including members residing outside the 
PRC; and (3) messaging to reach the broadest possible audiences 
within the PRC about United States Government efforts to 
protect freedom of expression, association, assembly, and 
religion.
    None of the funds made available by the Act shall be used 
to implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, or enforce 
any action that directly supports or facilitates forced labor 
and other violations of human rights, crimes against humanity, 
and genocide in the PRC.
    Philippines.--The Secretary of State shall update the 
report required under this heading in Senate Report 116-126 and 
include in such report how United States assistance for the 
armed forces of the Philippines is helping to achieve results 
in addressing the findings in such report. Such report shall 
also assess actions taken by the Government of the Philippines 
during the preceding 12 months to bring to justice those 
involved in the killings of nine social activists on March 7, 
2021.
    The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations regarding the content of the report required in 
the House report under this heading regarding the rule of law.
    Taiwan.--The agreement includes funds under International 
Military Education and Training for assistance to enhance 
Taiwan's defense capabilities and strengthen interoperability 
between the United States and Taiwan.
    Thailand.--The agreement provides $4,000,000 for democracy, 
conflict resolution, and reconciliation programs in Southern 
Thailand.
    Tibet.--For purposes of the report required by section 
653(a) of the FAA, spend plans, and notifications, the 
Department of State and USAID shall differentiate assistance 
made available by the Act for Tibet from any such assistance 
made available for India and in the PRC.
    Funds made available by the Act shall not be used to 
produce or disseminate documents, reports, maps, or other 
materials that recognize, identify, or otherwise refer to 
Tibet, including the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan 
autonomous counties and prefectures, as part of the PRC, until 
the Secretary of State reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Government of the PRC has reached a final 
negotiated agreement on Tibet with the Dalai Lama or his 
representatives or with democratically-elected leaders of the 
Tibetan people.
    The Secretary of State shall continue to pursue the 
establishment of a consulate in Lhasa to provide services to 
American citizens traveling in Tibet and to monitor political, 
economic, and cultural developments in the Tibet Autonomous 
Region. Until such consulate is established, the Department of 
State should not permit the establishment of any additional PRC 
consulates in the United States.
    USAID should consider supporting a project to provide 
housing for Tibetan refugee families in India.
    Vietnam.--The agreement includes funds to strengthen 
Vietnam's capacity to conduct DNA analysis and to otherwise 
assist in locating and identifying the remains of Vietnamese 
soldiers and civilians missing from the war, which may include 
oral histories, and to support communications and outreach that 
furthers reconciliation including museum and other exhibits on 
war legacy cooperation. These funds are intended to complement 
funds made available by the Department of Defense for the 
Reconciliation/Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Initiative. The 
USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the planned uses of such funds.
    The agreement includes $2,500,000 under Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Programs and $7,500,000 under title III for 
the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000.
Section 7044. South and Central Asia (modified)
    Afghanistan.--The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall take all appropriate actions to support and 
protect women and girls and ensure such efforts are a top 
priority in the Department of State's diplomatic engagement on 
Afghanistan. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of the Act, the Secretary and Administrator shall jointly 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
detailing steps taken, and intended to be taken, to protect the 
rights of Afghan women and girls, including advocating for 
their freedom of movement, right to education and employment, 
political participation, and access to healthcare.
    Bangladesh.--The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator, as applicable, shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations concerning any plans for assistance for 
Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char, Bangladesh prior to the 
development of the program plan for funds made available in the 
Act under Migration and Refugee Assistance and International 
Disaster Assistance.
    Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (b)(3), 
$2,000,000 should be made available for programs for the 
Rohingya community in Bangladesh, consistent with prior years.
    India.--The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
should work with the Government of India and Indian civil 
society organizations to increase economic opportunities, 
encourage tolerance, protect human rights, and strengthen the 
administration of justice in the remote States of North Eastern 
India. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
the Act, the Secretary and Administrator shall brief the 
appropriate congressional committees on the situation in North 
Eastern India.
    Pakistan.--The agreement supports assistance for the basic 
needs of the people of Pakistan as they recover from 
devastating flooding. The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on: (1) the cost estimates for recovery from the 
floods; (2) United States assistance provided, and anticipated 
to be provided, in support of such recovery; and (3) how such 
support serves United States national interests.
    The agreement includes funding for assistance for Pakistan 
for democracy and gender programs consistent with the prior 
fiscal year.
    Funds made available in the Act under Economic Support Fund 
and Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs for Pakistan shall be made available to interdict 
precursor materials from Pakistan to Afghanistan that are used 
to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and for 
agriculture extension programs that encourage alternative 
fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers to decrease the dual-use 
of fertilizer in the manufacturing of IEDs.
Section 7045. Latin America and the Caribbean (modified)
    Central America.--Funds for certain assistance for Central 
America are allocated according to the following table and 
subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                 SELECTED ASSISTANCE FOR CENTRAL AMERICA
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development Assistance
  El Salvador...........................................
    National Commission for the Search of Persons                  1,000
     Disappeared in the Context of the Armed Conflict...
  Honduras..............................................         126,650
Economic Support Fund
  State Western Hemisphere Regional.....................
    Central America Program to Protect Judicial                    2,500
     Officials, Independent Media, and Human Rights
     Defenders..........................................
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
    Central America Regional Security Initiative of             [32,500]
     which, Costa Rica..................................
International Military Education and Training
    Costa Rica..........................................             725
Foreign Military Financing Program
    Costa Rica..........................................           7,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Within the funds provided pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1)(A)(ii), the agreement includes funding for support of 
bilateral compacts with the governments of Central America for 
the purpose of strengthening their capacity to protect women 
and children from domestic violence, sexual assault, 
trafficking, and child abuse or neglect, including by holding 
perpetrators accountable.
    The Government of Guatemala should fulfill its commitment 
under the financing agreement for the Chixoy Reparations Plan 
in a timely manner, and the USAID Administrator shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations on progress not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Act, 
including the reasons for any delay in implementing the 
agreement.
    The agreement endorses language under this section in the 
House report concerning the purposes and allocation of funds 
made available pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) to combat 
corruption and impunity.
    Funds made available by the Act for assistance for El 
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras shall, as appropriate and in 
accordance with the conditions of subsection (a)(2), be made 
available for programs that: (1) increase productivity in 
targeted economic sectors in which each country could be 
regionally or globally competitive, consistent with United 
States and international law; (2) reduce trade barriers 
regionally and with the United States; (3) enhance 
infrastructure at key border crossings in order to facilitate 
trade regionally and with the United States; (4) provide 
technical assistance to promote economic growth that is 
equitable and reaches all, including the most marginalized, and 
attract foreign investment, including by implementing legal, 
regulatory, and economic reforms; and (5) provide technical 
assistance to increase the collection of taxes.
    Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on funds allocated for the National 
Commission for the Search of Persons Disappeared in the Context 
of the Armed Conflict in El Salvador for fiscal years 2022 and 
2023.
    Colombia.--Pursuant to subsection (b), funds for certain 
assistance for Colombia are allocated according to the 
following table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                                COLOMBIA
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development Assistance
  Biodiversity..........................................          15,000
Economic Support Fund
  Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Communities.............          25,000
  Human Rights..........................................          15,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
  Rule of Law and Human Rights..........................          37,500
  of which, Justice Sector Institutional Strengthening &        [19,500]
   Reform...............................................
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related            21,000
 Programs...............................................
International Military Education and Training...........           1,850
Foreign Military Financing Program......................          38,525
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Section 7062(b) of the Act requires the submission of a 
spend plan prior to making funds appropriated by the Act 
available for assistance for Colombia. Concurrent with the 
submission of such plan, and with respect to funds appropriated 
under International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the counternarcotics strategy of the 
Government of Colombia and the planned United States assistance 
in support of such strategy. Such report shall include (1) a 
summary of the strategy, including for eradication, 
interdiction, and law enforcement objectives; (2) an 
explanation of how United States assistance will support 
implementation of such strategy; (3) a description of how such 
assistance aligns with United States national interests; (4) a 
description of any ways in which the Government of Colombia's 
counternarcotics strategy does not align with United 
Statesinterests and priorities, and steps intended to be taken to 
ensure that such assistance is advancing United States national 
interests; and (5) an assessment of the likelihood that such strategy 
will sustainably reduce illicit drug cultivation, production, and 
trafficking.
    The Secretary of State shall regularly review the progress 
of the Government of Colombia in meeting the objectives of the 
counternarcotics strategy and inform the Committees on 
Appropriations of the outcome of such review.
    The agreement provides funding to continue programs and 
activities to protect Colombia's biodiversity in national 
parks, protected areas, and Indigenous reserves.
    The agreement supports programs, including demining and UXO 
clearance activities, to reintegrate demobilized combatants 
into civilian pursuits, consistent with United States and 
Colombian law. Funds for such programs may only be made 
available following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Government of Colombia.
    The agreement provides not less than $2,000,000 for 
continued support for efforts to improve education, digital 
connectivity, tertiary roads, and other improvements in 
Indigenous coffee producing communities, to increase incomes 
and expand economic opportunities, which should be matched with 
donations from non-United States Government sources.
    Cuba.--The Secretary of State shall update the Consular 
Services Report and U.S. Government Personnel Report contained 
under the Cuba heading in section 7035 of Senate Report 116-126 
in the manner described.
    Haiti.--The Secretary of State should use every appropriate 
diplomatic tool to press for meaningful dialogue between the 
current authorities, civil society, the political opposition, 
and other relevant stakeholders to restore democratic 
governance through free and fair elections, counter violent 
gangs, improve security, and deliver basic services to the 
Haitian people. Additionally, the Secretary is directed to 
continue to take strong legal action against individuals 
engaged in human rights abuses, corruption, and other illicit 
activities.
    The agreement includes not less than $5,000,000 to continue 
efforts to help meet the sanitary, medical, and nutritional 
needs of Haitian prisoners, the vast majority of whom are in 
pre-trial detention. The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the planned uses of funds.
    Mexico.--The agreement includes assistance for Mexico 
commensurate with prior fiscal years, which should be 
prioritized for programs and activities described in the first 
paragraph under the heading Assistance Priorities under this 
section in the House report.
    The Secretary of State should press the Government of 
Mexico to provide answers to the families of an estimated 
100,000 cases of disappeared persons and identify the thousands 
of human remains that have been recovered. The Department of 
State should provide forensic assistance to Mexico to help 
address the significant backlog of cases.
    The agreement includes funds under International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement for a Resident Legal Advisor at the 
United States Embassy in Mexico, including to address cases of 
migrant kidnappings and particularly cases in which extortion 
payments are being demanded from relatives in the United 
States.
    Nicaragua.--The agreement provides not less than 
$15,000,000 for democracy programs for Nicaragua, including to 
support civil society, journalists, and other activists 
promoting the transparency and accountability of government 
institutions.
    The Caribbean.--Funds for certain assistance for the 
Caribbean are allocated according to the following table and 
subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                              THE CARIBBEAN
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                   Account/Initiative                        Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development Assistance
  Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean....................           9,500
  Dominican Republic....................................          18,100
           USAID Caribbean Development Program                    13,000
  Caribbean Energy Initiative...........................           7,500
  USAID Latin America and the Caribbean Regional........
  Strengthening Resilience to Natural Disasters.........          10,000
  Inclusive Economic Growth.............................          12,000
Economic Support Fund
  Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean....................           9,500
  USAID Latin America and the Caribbean Regional........
  Strengthening Resilience to Natural Disasters.........           7,000
  State Western Hemisphere Regional.....................
  Caribbean Basin Security Initiative...................          37,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
  State Western Hemisphere Regional.....................
  Caribbean Basin Security Initiative...................          35,000
Foreign Military Financing Program
  State Western Hemisphere Regional.....................
  Caribbean Basin Security Initiative...................          10,000
                                                         ---------------
    Subtotal, Resilience to Natural Disasters...........          17,000
                                                         ---------------
    Subtotal, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative.......          82,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on the design and allocation of funds made 
available for inclusive economic growth in the Caribbean for 
fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
    Venezuela.--Pursuant to subsection (f), the agreement 
directs that $50,000,000 under Economic Support Fund should be 
made available for democracy programs for Venezuela, and that 
funds under title III of the Act shall be made available to 
assist with the needs of Venezuelan migrants, subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations.
    Western Hemisphere Report on United States Counternarcotics 
Strategy.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
USAID Administrator, shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act on the United States counternarcotics 
strategy in Central and South America. Such report shall 
include: (1) a review disaggregated by country of prior 
counternarcotics initiatives in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, 
Central America, and Mexico and whether past results achieved 
the goals and projected outcomes of such initiatives, including 
an explanation of lessons learned and reasons for not achieving 
projected outcomes; (2) a description of how the current 
strategy has incorporated such lessons and changed over time; 
and (3) the goals and projected outcomes of the current 
strategy.
Section 7046. Europe and Eurasia (modified)
    Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance.--The agreement 
provides $1,000,000 under Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia for programs to address racism, Islamophobia, and 
xenophobia in Europe. The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the appropriate congressional committees on plans to counter 
anti-Semitism, racism, and intolerance in Europe, including 
through initiatives supported by the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the OSCE Parliamentary 
Assembly, and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe.
    Armenia.--The agreement includes not less than $60,000,000 
for Armenia, including for programs to support economic 
development, private sector productivity, energy independence, 
democracy, and the rule of law.
    Balkans.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall jointly brief the Committees on 
Appropriations on programs and initiatives being conducted or 
intended to be conducted, in addition to those briefed the 
prior fiscal year, to increase bilateral trade between the 
United States and the Balkans, to reduce youth unemployment in 
the region, and to grow small and medium enterprises to spur 
economic growth.
    Baltic States.--The agreement provides assistance for 
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia as a means to defend against the 
malign influence and aggression of the Russian Federation.
    Belarus.--The agreement includes not less than $30,000,000 
for democracy programs and other purposes for Belarus, which 
shall be made available to promote human rights and support 
civil society activists, independent media, and political 
opposition forces.
    Black Sea Countries.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
strategy for working with NATO allies to deepen economic ties 
with, and strengthen economic and security assistance for, 
Black Sea countries, including to support efforts to bolster 
democratic resilience.
    Civil Society and Independent Journalists.--The Department 
of State, USAID, and NED are encouraged to continue supporting 
civil society organizations and independent journalists in 
European and Eurasian countries where democratic progress and 
freedom of expression and association are threatened.
    Conflict in the Caucasus.--The agreement endorses language 
under this heading in the House report and directs that, prior 
to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under title IV 
of the Act for assistance for Armenia and Azerbaijan, the 
Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds.
    Georgia.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall update and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations the report described 
under this section in the explanatory statement accompanying 
division K of Public Law 116-260.
    Hungary.--The agreement includes $2,000,000 for democracy 
programs for Hungary, particularly to support independent media 
and civil society.
    Ukraine.--Provisions related to the oversight of 
supplemental funds for Ukraine, including for budget support, 
humanitarian assistance, and security assistance, are included 
under division M of the Act.
Section 7047. Countering Russian Influence and Aggression (modified)
    Countering Russian Influence Fund.--The agreement includes 
not less than $300,000,000 for the Countering Russian Influence 
Fund (CRIF), which is in addition to amounts made available for 
bilateral assistance for countries in Europe, Eurasia, and 
Central Asia. Funds are allocated according to the following 
table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                    COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                         Account                             Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia.........          95,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.....          50,000
International Military Education and Training...........           5,000
Foreign Military Financing Program......................         150,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligation and Expenditure Report.--Not later than 90 days 
after the initial obligation of funds and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2024, the Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall submit a consolidated report to the 
Committees on Appropriations containing updated information on 
obligations and expenditures of the CRIF on a country and 
project basis.
Section 7048. United Nations (modified)
    Annual Report on Arrears.--The Secretary of State shall 
continue to submit the reports on arrears required by section 
7048(j) of division J of Public Law 115-31 during fiscal year 
2023.
Section 7049. War Crimes Tribunal (modified)
Section 7050. Global Internet Freedom (modified)
    The agreement includes not less than $90,500,000 for 
programs to promote Internet freedom globally, of which 
$40,000,000 is from funds appropriated under International 
Broadcasting Operations for the Open Technology Fund (OTF). 
Funds for such activities are allocated according to the 
following table and subject to section 7019 of the Act:

                         GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Support Fund...................................          27,000
  Near East Regional Democracy..........................          16,750
Democracy Fund (Department of State)....................          14,000
Democracy Fund (USAID)..................................           3,500
Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia.........           6,000
International Broadcasting Operations, Open Technology            40,000
 Fund...................................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Internet Freedom Cost Matching.--Funds in the agreement 
that are made available for Internet freedom programs should be 
matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources other 
than the United States Government, including from the private 
sector.
Section 7051. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment 
        or Punishment (unchanged)
Section 7052. Aircraft Transfer, Coordination, and Use (unchanged)
Section 7053. Parking Fines and Real Property Taxes Owed by Foreign 
        Governments (unchanged)
Section 7054. International Monetary Fund (unchanged)
Section 7055. Extradition (unchanged)
Section 7056. Enterprise Funds (unchanged)
Section 7057. United Nations Population Fund (unchanged)
Section 7058. Global Health Activities (modified)
    Family Planning/Reproductive Health.--The agreement 
maintains prior year funding levels and policy related to 
family planning/reproductive health. The agreement does not 
endorse directives under certain House report headings: 
Research, regarding contraception; and Women's reproductive 
healthcare in El Salvador.
    World Health Assembly Multilateral Instrument.--The 
Secretary of State is encouraged to prioritize spillover 
prevention within the new pandemic prevention multilateral 
instrument being negotiated among the World Health Assembly.
Section 7059. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (modified)
Section 7060. Sector Allocations (modified)
    Basic Education.--The agreement includes $130,000,000 for 
the Global Partnership for Education and $30,000,000 for 
Education Cannot Wait. The USAID Administrator shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on such contributions to 
ensure adequate monitoring, evaluation, effectiveness, and 
sustainability of programs.
    Deviation Authority.--The agreement retains deviation 
authority for funds made available in the Act pursuant to this 
section and sections 7059 and 7061. Deviation authority 
provided in the Act should be exercised only to address 
unforeseen or exigent circumstances, including opportunities to 
advance United States foreign policy and development interests. 
Consultations conducted and notifications submitted prior to 
the use of such authority shall include detailed information 
justifying the purpose for which funds will be used, the source 
of funding, and efforts taken by the Department of State and 
USAID to identify other available funding.
    Economic Growth.--The agreement includes funds requested 
for macroeconomic growth and private sector engagement. Not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the 
Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, and Secretary of the 
Treasury shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the strategies, resources, and 
mechanisms available to support sustainable economic growth in 
foreign countries, including: (1) how such support is targeted 
and measured for effectiveness; and (2) recommendations for 
improvements to such efforts.
    Food Security.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the directive contained in 
subsection (c)(2), including: (1) key parties to be engaged in, 
and potential timelines for, such negotiations; and (2) how 
such a fund would complement existing bilateral and 
multilateral mechanisms intended to transition global food 
security efforts from emergency response toward comprehensive, 
country-led strategies to sustainably address food insecurity.
    Global Child Thrive Act.--The USAID Administrator should 
prioritize implementation of the Global Child Thrive Act 
(Subtitle I, Title XII, Public Law 116-283) and integrate early 
childhood development interventions across humanitarian and 
development programming, including within nutrition, maternal 
and child health, basic education, and vulnerable children 
programs.
    Pursuant to the Reinforcing Education Accountability in 
Development Act (division A of Public Law 115-56), the annual 
report to Congress on the United States Government Strategy on 
International Basic Education should include funding data 
disaggregated by country, education level, and populations 
affected by crisis and conflict.
    International Food Security Balances Report.--The USAID 
Administrator shall submit the international food security 
balances report required under this heading in the explanatory 
statement accompanying division K of Public Law 117-103 every 
90 days until September 30, 2023, as required in such 
explanatory statement.
    Land Grant Institutions.--USAID should continue supporting 
the work of land grant institutions of higher learning and 
continue partnering with such institutions with specialized 
capability in agriculture research to assist developing 
countries in improving food production.
    Market-Based Social Enterprises.--Funds used to support 
market-based assistance for smallholder farmers through 
locally-based social enterprises should support organizations 
that are significantly funded through earned revenue and 
demonstrate social impact through rigorously measured impact 
data, including measuring attributable crop yield increases.
    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations detailing how USAID: (1) defines 
market-based social enterprises; and (2) intends to program and 
track funds for this purpose in fiscal year 2023.
    Scholar Rescue Programs.--Funding for programs to rescue 
scholars shall be awarded on a competitive basis. The Secretary 
of State and USAID Administrator shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of 
funds for such purpose, including to identify the operating 
unit or units responsible for administering such funds.
Section 7061. Environment Programs (modified)
    Funds for certain bilateral environment programs are 
allocated according to the following table and subject to 
section 7019 of the Act:

                          ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS
               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Budget
                     Account/Program                         Authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andean Amazon...........................................          25,000
Brazilian Amazon........................................          25,000
Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment.....          45,000
Endangered Sea Turtles..................................             150
Great Apes..............................................          45,000
Guatemala/Belize/Mexico.................................           7,500
Lacey Act...............................................           4,000
Plastic Impacted Marine Species.........................           1,000
Toxic Chemicals.........................................           9,000
  Lead exposure.........................................           3,000
United States Fish and Wildlife Service.................           6,500
  Migratory bird conservation...........................           1,500
United States Forest Service............................           8,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Climate Action and Support Transparency Training.--The 
agreement includes funds to support implementation of the 
United States component of the Climate Action and Support 
Transparency Training Adaptation Academy.
    Environmental Defenders.--Subsection (i) provides 
$20,000,000 to support Indigenous and other civil society 
organizations. These funds are intended for small grants to 
local environmental defenders who, often at great personal 
risk, work to protect landscapes, rivers, wildlife, and human 
health that are imperiled by mining, logging, and other 
extractive industries, petrochemical manufacturing, or other 
sources of pollution or environmental degradation.
    Great Apes.--Of the funds provided to protect the habitat 
of great apes in Central Africa and Indonesia, $8,500,000 shall 
be directly transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service and the agreement includes $5,500,000 for USAID's 
orangutan conservation program.
    Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing.--
USAID's Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation and 
Bureau for Resilience and Food Security are directed to work 
together to address the fundamental system failures that allow 
for IUU fishing to persist, jeopardizing economic, 
environmental, and food security objectives, including through 
new or expanded initiatives undertaken by the Bureau for 
Resilience and Food Security.
    Marine Partnerships.--The agreement supports efforts by 
United States research institutions to partner with marine 
science researchers in developing countries, to improve 
scientific knowledge and management practices that support 
sustainably managed marine fish and other resources.
    Maya Biosphere Reserve.--The agreement includes funding for 
tropical forest conservation in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, of 
which not less than $2,500,000 shall be provided by direct 
transfer to the Department of the Interior's International 
Technical Assistance Program to: (1) strengthen environmental 
governance; (2) expand community-based conservation 
initiatives; (3) protect archeological sites; and (4) encourage 
sustainable economic opportunities including in Belize and 
Mexico. The agreement does not provide funding for logging or 
the construction of roads, except for community forest 
concessions and temporary roads in support of such concessions.
    Methane Emissions Detection Technologies.--Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Special Presidential Envoy 
for Climate, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on efforts to engage with stakeholders, such as 
members of the Global Methane Initiative, on public-private 
partnerships to identify and mitigate methane emissions.
    National Parks and Protected Areas.--Funds made available 
for law enforcement in national parks and protected areas shall 
only be made available pursuant to the directives listed under 
this heading in the House report, and the Secretary of State 
and USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of the Act on implementation of such requirements.
    Ocean Plastic Pollution.--Pursuant to subsection (h), not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 
reduce ocean plastic pollution and other marine debris. If 
progress is made on a new global agreement for plastic 
pollution, including for a multilateral fund to support such 
agreement, or on a new international public-private partnership 
to address plastics pollution, additional funds are available 
in the Act to support such efforts.
    Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the 
Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, in 
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on: (1) the 
status of negotiations for a global agreement on plastic 
pollution; (2) progress made toward establishing a new 
multilateral fund to reduce ocean plastic pollution and other 
marine debris, including engagement with the World Bank and 
other key bilateral and multilateral donors; (3) how such fund 
would be structured, administered, and financed; (4) the status 
of a new international public-private partnership to address 
ocean pollution; and (5) efforts to implement ocean plastic 
pollution programming to date, including support for bilateral 
and multilateral programs.
    Plastic Impacted Marine Species.--The agreement includes 
funds to be administered pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 3701 for cost-
matching projects that protect marine species severely impacted 
by marine plastic debris, and the USAID Administrator shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 
obligation of such funds.
    Small Modular Reactors.--Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, the DFC CEO, the 
USTDA Director, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall brief the Committees on Appropriations on 
efforts to support deployment of advanced small modular reactor 
technology for the purpose of increasing energy independence 
and providing alternative access to clean energy.
    United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States 
Forest Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and the Department of the Interior.--Funds 
provided by direct transfer to United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service (USFWS), United States Forest Service (USFS), National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the 
Department of the Interior (DOI) shall be transferred 
expeditiously and in a manner that is consistent with prior 
fiscal years. Prior to the obligation and expenditure of funds 
USFWS, USFS, NOAA, and DOI shall submit spend plans to the 
Committees on Appropriations and USAID detailing the intended 
uses of such funds. Prior to the submission of spend plans, 
such agencies shall consult on the intended uses of funds with 
USAID, as appropriate.
    Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking.--The agreement continues 
to support the use of aircraft for antipoaching and protected 
area management activities pursuant to the authority provided 
in section 484(a)(2) of the FAA for transfer of title of 
aircraft to support anti-poaching and protected area management 
activities.
Section 7062. Budget Documents (modified)
    Spend Plans.--The following spend plans shall be submitted 
pursuant to section 7062(b) of the Act: (1) assistance for 
countries in Central America (including for the youth 
empowerment program on a country-by-country basis) and the 
Caribbean, Ethiopia, PICs, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia; (2) 
assistance for the Africa Regional Counterterrorism program, 
Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, Central America Regional 
Security Initiative, Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, Global 
Peace Operations Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy and the 
CPRCIF, Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, 
Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism, Power 
Africa and Prosper Africa initiatives, and Trans-Saharan 
Counterterrorism Partnership; (3) assistance made available 
pursuant to the following sections in the Act: section 7032; 
section 7035(a)(4); section 7047(d) (on a country-by-country 
basis); section 7059; and subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f) 
and (g) of section 7060; (4) funds provided under International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement for International 
Organized Crime and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property 
Rights, to include bilateral and global programs funded under 
such heading; and (5) implementation of the Global Fragility 
Act of 2019 (GFA) (title V of division J of Public Law 116-94).
Section 7063. Reorganization (unchanged)
Section 7064. Department of State Management (modified)
    Report on Compliance.--The report accompanying the 
certification required in subsection (b)(1) shall include a 
description of the criteria used by the Secretary of State to 
certify that an office or bureau is capable of managing and 
overseeing foreign assistance.
    Report on Sole Source Awards.--Not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
all sole source awards made by the Department of State during 
the prior fiscal year in excess of $2,000,000, which shall be 
posted on the Department website.
    Section 7065. United States Agency for International 
Development Management (modified)
    Crisis Operations Staffing.--The agreement includes a new, 
temporary authority for USAID to respond to foreign crises and 
contexts with growing instability. Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator 
shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the 
implementation and impact of this authority, and whether the 
benefits necessitate the establishment of a more permanent 
authority.
    USAID Accountability Mechanism.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the USAID Administrator 
shall update the report required under this heading in the 
explanatory statement accompanying division K of Public Law 
117-103.
Section 7066. Stabilization and Development in Regions Impacted by 
        Extremism and Conflict (modified)
    Consolidated Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of the Act, and every 90 days thereafter until 
September 30, 2023, the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall submit a consolidated report to the 
Committees on Appropriations containing updated information on 
obligations and expenditures of the Prevention and 
Stabilization Fund (PSF) on a country and program basis.
    Prevention and Stabilization Fund.--The agreement includes 
$135,000,000 for the PSF as one source of funds for 
implementation of the Global Fragility Act. The Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator shall prioritize the use of such 
funds in countries with national and local governments with the 
demonstrated political will and capacity to partner on 
strengthening government legitimacy, and where the objectives 
of the Global Fragility Act can also be measurably advanced 
through support for civil society and enhanced partner 
ownership. The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the intended 
prioritization and allocation of such funds not later than 60 
days prior to submitting the pre-obligation spend plans 
required by section 7062(b) of the Act, and such consultations 
and spend plans shall include detailed information on how 
sources other than the PSF are being coordinated as part of 
implementation of the Global Fragility Act.
Section 7067. Debt-for-Development (unchanged)
Section 7068. Extension of Consular Fees and Related Authorities 
        (modified)
Section 7069. Management of International Transboundary Water Pollution 
        (new)
Section 7070. Waiver Authority (new)
Section 7071. Organization of American States (modified)
Section 7072. Multilateral Development Banks (new)
Section 7073. War Crimes Accountability (new)
Section 7074. Rescissions (modified)
    The agreement rescinds $242,000,000 in prior year 
unobligated balances. Of the total, $100,000,000 is from 
unobligated Millennium Challenge Corporation balances, 
$100,000,000 is from unobligated Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities balances, and $42,000,000 
is from unobligated Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance balances.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives and rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, neither the bill nor the explanatory statement contains 
any congressional earmarks or congressionally directed spending 
items, limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as 
defined in the applicable House and Senate rules.
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$171,014,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--
          (1) $3,569,000 shall be available for the immediate 
        Office of the Secretary;
          (2) $1,277,000 shall be available for the immediate 
        Office of the Deputy Secretary;
          (3) $28,089,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the General Counsel;
          (4) $17,469,000 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;
          (5) $21,026,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;
          (6) $3,968,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs;
          (7) $41,399,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Assistant Secretary for Administration;
          (8) $5,727,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Public Affairs and Public Engagement;
          (9) $2,312,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Executive Secretariat;
          (10) $15,533,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;
          (11) $29,195,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Chief Information Officer; and
          (12) $1,450,000 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, $48,996,000, of which 
$37,542,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amounts that are available until expended, 
$3,224,000 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 there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training: Provided further, 
That any reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or 
elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology of the Department of Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional 
project assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 
49, United States Code, $800,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That of amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be awarded to projects in historically 
disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty as 
defined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That section 6702(g) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act not less 
than 5 percent shall be made available for the planning, 
preparation, or design of eligible projects: Provided further, 
That grants awarded under this heading in this Act for eligible 
projects for planning, preparation, or design shall not be 
subject to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That in 
distributing amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an 
equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate 
balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, 
including Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of 
transportation modes: Provided further, That section 
6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That a grant award under this heading in this 
Act shall be not greater than $45,000,000: Provided further, 
That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
not apply to amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act: Provided further, That not more than 15 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act may be 
awarded to projects in a single State: Provided further, That 
for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 
Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a 
contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an overall 
financing package: Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts awarded under this heading in this Act, not 
more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects 
located in rural areas and not more than 50 percent shall be 
allocated for eligible projects located in urbanized areas: 
Provided further, That for the purpose of determining if an 
award for planning, preparation, or design under this heading 
in this Act is an urban award, the project location is the 
location of the project being planned, prepared, or designed: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
and may transfer portions of such amounts to the Administrators 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway 
Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration to fund 
the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 
under the program authorized under section 6702 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 
consider and award projects based solely on the selection 
criteria as identified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of 
title 49, United States Code.

                    thriving communities initiative

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for a thriving communities program, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall make such 
amounts available for technical assistance and cooperative 
agreements to develop and implement technical assistance, 
planning, and capacity building to improve and foster thriving 
communities through transportation improvements: Provided 
further, 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: Provided further, 
That to be eligible for a cooperative agreement under this 
heading, a recipient shall provide assistance to entities 
described in the preceding proviso on engaging in public 
planning processes with residents, local businesses, non-profit 
organizations, and to the extent practicable, philanthropic 
organizations, educational institutions, or other community 
stakeholders: Provided further, That such cooperative 
agreements shall facilitate the planning and development of 
transportation and community revitalization activities 
supported by the Department of Transportation under titles 23, 
46, and 49, United States Code, that increase mobility, reduce 
pollution from transportation sources, expand affordable 
transportation options, facilitate efficient land use, preserve 
or expand jobs, improve housing conditions, enhance connections 
to health care, education, and food security, or improve health 
outcomes: Provided further, That the Secretary may prioritize 
assistance provided with amounts made available under this 
heading to communities that have disproportionate rates of 
pollution and poor air quality, communities experiencing 
disproportionate effects (as defined by Executive Order No. 
12898), areas of persistent poverty as defined in section 
6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, or historically 
disadvantaged communities: Provided further, That the preceding 
proviso shall not prevent the Secretary from providing 
assistance with amounts made available under this heading to 
entities described in the second proviso under this heading 
that request assistance through the thriving communities 
program: Provided further, That planning and technical 
assistance made available under this heading may include pre-
application assistance for capital projects eligible under 
titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain amounts made available under this 
heading for the necessary administrative expenses of (1) 
developing and disseminating best practices, modeling, and 
cost-benefit analysis methodologies to assist entities 
described in the second proviso under this heading with 
applications for financial assistance programs under titles 23, 
46, and 49, United States Code, and (2) award, administration, 
and oversight of cooperative agreements to carry out the 
provisions under this heading: Provided further, That such 
amounts and payments as may be necessary to carry out the 
thriving communities program may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other operating administrations within the 
Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 3 business days prior to a 
transfer carried out under the preceding proviso.

     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, 
$8,850,000, 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.

       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, 2024.

                       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, $48,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024.

                         office of civil rights

  For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$14,800,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development 
activities, and making grants, $36,543,000, 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, $12,914,000 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).

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$505,285,000, 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, $5,132,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: 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, 
$354,827,000, 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 2023, 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 rescission and transfer of funds)

  Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the 
Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, 
except for activities underway on the date of enactment of this 
Act, unless such assessments or agreements have completed the 
normal reprogramming process for congressional notification.
  Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 
Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each 
meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance to 
record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
  Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working 
Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full payments 
in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from all 
Federal agencies from available funds for transit benefit 
distribution services that are necessary to carry out the 
Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program 
under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of SAFETEA-LU 
(5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Provided, That the Department shall 
maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital 
Fund, to be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted 
transit benefits to Government employees: Provided further, 
That such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing for the 
continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the 
Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by each customer 
agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit.
  Sec. 104.  Receipts collected in the Department's Working 
Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, United 
States Code, for unused transit and van pool benefits, in an 
amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2023 
collections, shall be available until expended in the 
Department's Working Capital Fund to provide contractual 
services in support of section 189 of this Act: Provided, That 
obligations in fiscal year 2023 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.  For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 
the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, as authorized 
in section 328 of title 49, United States Code, $4,500,000, to 
remain available until expended.
  Sec. 109. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2023, from amounts made available in section 
157(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A 
of Public Law 117-180) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the 
amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2023, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, and shall be 
available, without additional competition, for completing the 
funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2020 
national infrastructure investments program, in addition to 
other funds as may be available for such purposes.
  (b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available in section 157(b) of the 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 
117-180) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of 
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2023, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, and shall be 
available, without additional competition, for completing the 
funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2019 
national infrastructure investments program, in addition to 
other funds as may be available for such purposes.
  Sec. 109A. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Department of Transportation's operating 
administrations in this Act or in Public Law 117-103 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 or in Public Law 117-103 may be transferred under 
subsection (a) is the local and regional project assistance 
program under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code.
  Sec. 109B.  Of the amounts made available under the heading 
``National Infrastructure Investments'', not less than 
$1,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000 shall be available 
to complete port infrastructure projects that received awards 
from the national infrastructure investments program under 
title I of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2019 (Public Law 116-6) or rail infrastructure projects that 
received awards from the national infrastructure investments 
program under title I of division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141): Provided, That 
an award funded under this section may allow the total award to 
a recipient to be greater than $25,000,000: Provided further, 
That sponsors of projects eligible for funds made available 
under this section 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 the 
allocation under the preceding 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 part of the Federal 
share of total project costs and shall be up to 100 percent: 
Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this section: 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 of amounts 
made available under this section, the Secretary may award to 
rail infrastructure projects only amounts that the Secretary 
determines are not needed to complete port infrastructure 
projects.

                    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, $11,915,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, of which $9,993,821,000 to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading--
          (1) not less than $1,630,794,000 shall be available 
        for aviation safety activities;
          (2) $8,812,537,000 shall be available for air traffic 
        organization activities;
          (3) $37,854,000 shall be available for commercial 
        space transportation activities;
          (4) $918,049,000 shall be available for finance and 
        management activities;
          (5) $65,581,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
        operations planning activities;
          (6) $152,509,000 shall be available for security and 
        hazardous materials safety activities; and
          (7) $297,676,000 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 
$187,800,000 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, $2,945,000,000, of which $570,000,000 is 
for personnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, $2,221,200,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, and $153,800,000 is for terminal 
facilities and shall remain available until September 30, 2027: 
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 
2024 through 2028, 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 2023'' 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, 
$45,000,000 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, $255,000,000, 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: 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 2023, 
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 $137,372,000 shall be available for 
administration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport 
Cooperative Research Program, $40,828,000 shall be available 
for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available and transferred to 
``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out 
the Small Community Air Service Development Program: Provided 
further, That in addition to airports eligible under section 
41743 of title 49, United States Code, such program may include 
the participation of an airport that serves a community or 
consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, 
according to FAA hub classifications effective at the time the 
Office of the Secretary issues a request for proposals.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

  For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for Airports'', 
to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for 
projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and 
subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
$558,555,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025: 
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) $283,555,000 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); 
        and
          (2) up to $275,000,000 shall be made available to the 
        Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to 
        airports, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be 
        made available to any commercial service airport, 
        notwithstanding the requirement for the airport to be 
        located in an air quality nonattainment or maintenance 
        area 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 further, That the Secretary may make discretionary 
grants to primary airports for airport-owned infrastructure 
required for the on-airport distribution, blending, 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 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 an 
earthquake, 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

  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 2023.
  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.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Not to exceed $473,535,991 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 $58,764,510,674 
for fiscal year 2023: 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, $59,503,510,674 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 $3,417,811,613: 
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 2023 in this or any other 
Act for: (1) ``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code; (2) the Appalachian Development Highway 
System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-
240; (3) the nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal 
projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act, as amended 
(23 U.S.C. 201 note); (4) the Northern Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or (5) the Denali 
Commission, and shall not affect the distribution or amount of 
funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That, except 
for 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, 2026, 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) $1,862,811,613 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) $40,000,000 shall be for the nationally 
        significant Federal lands and Tribal projects program 
        under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 
        note), of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be for 
        competitive grants to tribal governments;
          (4) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional 
        infrastructure accelerator demonstration program 
        authorized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 
        U.S.C. 601 note): Provided, That for funds made 
        available under this paragraph, the Federal share of 
        the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 
        to 100 percent;
          (5) $20,000,000 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;
          (6) $45,000,000 shall be for the active 
        transportation infrastructure investment program under 
        section 11529 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
        Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note): Provided, That except as 
        otherwise provided under such section or this heading, 
        the funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 
        23, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 
        made available under this paragraph shall remain 
        available until expended;
          (7) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the Pollinator-
        Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway Rights-of-
        Way Program under section 332 of title 23, United 
        States Code;
          (8) $5,000,000 shall be for a cooperative series of 
        agreements with universities, Federal agencies, the 
        National Academy of Sciences, transportation agencies, 
        or nonprofit organizations, to examine the impacts of 
        culverts, roads, and bridges on threatened or 
        endangered salmon populations: Provided, That, for 
        funds made available under this paragraph, the Federal 
        share of the costs of an activity carried out with such 
        funds shall be 80 percent: Provided further, That, 
        except as otherwise provided under this heading, the 
        funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
        administered as if authorized under chapter 5 of title 
        23, United States Code;
          (9) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge replacement 
        and rehabilitation program: Provided, That, for the 
        purposes of funds made available under this paragraph, 
        the term ``State'' means any of the 50 States or the 
        District of Columbia and the term ``qualifying State'' 
        means any State in which the percentage of total deck 
        area of bridges classified as in poor condition in such 
        State is at least 5 percent or in which the percentage 
        of total bridges classified as in poor condition in 
        such State is at least 5 percent: Provided further, 
        That, of the funds made available under this paragraph, 
        the Secretary shall reserve $6,000,000 for each State 
        that does not meet the definition of a qualifying 
        State: Provided further, That, after making the 
        reservations under the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
        shall distribute the remaining funds made available 
        under this paragraph to each qualifying State by the 
        proportion that the percentage of total deck area of 
        bridges classified as in poor condition in such 
        qualifying State bears to the sum of the percentages of 
        total deck area of bridges classified as in poor 
        condition in all qualifying States: Provided further, 
        That, of the funds made available under this 
        paragraph--
                  (A) no qualifying State shall receive more 
                than $60,000,000;
                  (B) each State shall receive an amount not 
                less than $6,000,000; and
                  (C) after calculating the distribution of 
                funds pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 
                amount in excess of $60,000,000 shall be 
                redistributed equally among each State that 
                does not meet the definition of a qualifying 
                State:
        Provided further, That the funds made available under 
        this paragraph shall be used for highway bridge 
        replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads: 
        Provided further, That for purposes of this paragraph, 
        the Secretary shall calculate the percentages of total 
        deck area of bridges (including the percentages of 
        total deck area classified as in poor condition) and 
        the percentages of total bridge counts (including the 
        percentages of total bridges classified as in poor 
        condition) based on the National Bridge Inventory as of 
        December 31, 2018: Provided further, That, except as 
        otherwise provided under this heading, the funds made 
        available under this paragraph shall be administered as 
        if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
        States Code;
          (10) $15,000,000 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;
          (11) $150,000,000 shall be for competitive awards for 
        activities eligible under section 176(d)(4) of title 
        23, United States Code, of which $125,000,000 shall be 
        for such activities eligible under subparagraph (A) of 
        such section, and of which $25,000,000 shall be for 
        such activities eligible under subparagraph (C) of such 
        section: 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, except as otherwise provided under this 
        heading, funds made available under this paragraph 
        shall be administered as if made available to carry out 
        section 176(d) of such title: Provided further, That, 
        for purposes of the calculation under section 
        176(d)(5)(G)(ii) of such title, amounts made available 
        under this paragraph shall be included in the 
        calculation of the total amount provided for fiscal 
        year 2023 under section 176(d) of such title: Provided 
        further, That for purposes of applying the set-asides 
        under section 176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) of such title, 
        amounts made available under this paragraph for 
        competitive awards for activities eligible under 
        sections 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title 
        shall be included in the calculation of the amounts 
        made available to carry out section 176(d) of such 
        title for fiscal year 2023: Provided further, That, the 
        Secretary may retain not more than a total of 5 percent 
        of the amounts made available under this paragraph to 
        carry out this paragraph and to review applications for 
        grants under this paragraph, and may transfer portions 
        of the funds retained under this proviso to the 
        relevant Administrators to fund the award and oversight 
        of grants provided under this paragraph: Provided 
        further, That a project assisted with funds made 
        available under this paragraph shall be treated as a 
        project on a Federal-aid highway;
          (12) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
        Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) 
        of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 
        note; Public Law 105-277): Provided, That funds made 
        available under this paragraph shall not be subject to 
        section 311 of such Act: Provided further, That except 
        as otherwise provided under section 307(e) of such Act 
        or this heading, funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall be administered as if directly 
        appropriated to the Denali Commission and subject to 
        applicable provisions of such Act, including the 
        requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that the 
        local community provides a 10 percent non-Federal match 
        in the form of any necessary land or planning and 
        design funds: Provided further, That such funds shall 
        be available until expended: Provided further, That the 
        Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 
        made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall 
        be up to 90 percent; and
          (13) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
        Commission to carry out the Denali Access System 
        Program under section 309 of the Denali Commission Act 
        of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277): 
        Provided, That a transfer under this paragraph shall 
        not be subject to section 311 of such Act: Provided 
        further, That except as otherwise provided under this 
        heading, funds made available under this paragraph 
        shall be administered as if directly appropriated to 
        the Denali Commission and subject to applicable 
        provisions of such Act: Provided further, That funds 
        made available under this paragraph shall not be 
        subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act: Provided 
        further, That funds made available under this paragraph 
        shall be available until expended: Provided further, 
        That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
        expenditure is made with funds transferred under this 
        paragraph shall be up to 100 percent.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

  Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2023, 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 2023, 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.

              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), $367,500,000, 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 $367,500,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety 
Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 2023, of which 
$14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2025, is for the research and technology program, and of 
which not less than $63,098,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2025, 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, 
$506,150,000, 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 $506,150,000 in fiscal year 2023 for 
``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'': Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading--
          (1) $398,500,000, to remain available for obligation 
        until September 30, 2024, shall be for the motor 
        carrier safety assistance program;
          (2) $42,650,000, to remain available for obligation 
        until September 30, 2024, shall be for the commercial 
        driver's license program implementation program;
          (3) $58,800,000, to remain available for obligation 
        until September 30, 2024, shall be for the high 
        priority program;
          (4) $1,200,000, to remain available for obligation 
        until September 30, 2024, shall be for the commercial 
        motor vehicle operators grant program; and
          (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation 
        until September 30, 2024, 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.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
shall update annual inspection regulations under Appendix G to 
subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as recommended by GAO-19-264.
  Sec. 132.  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, $210,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2024.

                        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, $197,000,000, 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 2023, are in excess of $197,000,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading--
          (1) $190,000,000 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) $7,000,000 shall be for the National Driver 
        Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
        United States Code:
Provided further, That within the $197,000,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024, 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 2023 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, $795,220,000, 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 2023 are in excess of $795,220,000 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) $370,900,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety 
        Programs'' under section 402 of title 23, United States 
        Code;
          (2) $346,500,000 shall be for ``National Priority 
        Safety Programs'' under section 405 of title 23, United 
        States Code;
          (3) $38,300,000 shall be for the ``High Visibility 
        Enforcement Program'' under section 404 of title 23, 
        United States Code; and
          (4) $39,520,000 shall be for grant administrative 
        expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
        Code:
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 of the funds made available for ``National Priority 
Safety Programs'' under section 405 of title 23, United States 
Code, for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as described in 
subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for 
technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That with 
respect to the ``Transfers'' provision under section 405(a)(8) 
of title 23, United States Code, any amounts transferred to 
increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall 
include the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided 
further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the 
authority granted under the preceding proviso or under section 
405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

  Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available to 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the 
amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 
to pay for travel and related expenses for State management 
reviews and to pay for core competency development training and 
related expenses for highway safety staff.
  Sec. 141.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 
Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation 
authority was made available in previous public laws but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
been used.
  Sec. 142.  None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 405(a)(9) 
of title 23, United States Code.
  Sec. 143.  Section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
  ``(f) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
`Honoring the Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate Drunk Driving 
Act'.''.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

  For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $250,449,000, of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

  For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$44,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000 
shall be available pursuant to section 20108(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, for the construction, alteration, and 
repair of buildings and improvements at the Transportation 
Technology Center.

         federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail

  For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 
for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as authorized by section 
24911 of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 
withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act for the costs of award and project 
management oversight of grants carried out under title 49, 
United States Code.

        consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as authorized by 
section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, $535,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act--
          (1) not less than $150,000,000 shall be for projects 
        eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United 
        States Code, that support the development of new 
        intercity passenger rail service routes including 
        alignments for existing routes;
          (2) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for projects 
        eligible under section 22907(c)(11) of title 49, United 
        States Code: Provided, That for amounts made available 
        in this paragraph, the Secretary shall give preference 
        to projects that are located in counties with the most 
        pedestrian trespasser casualties;
          (3) $5,000,000 shall be for preconstruction planning 
        activities and capital costs related to the deployment 
        of magnetic levitation transportation projects;
          (4) $30,426,000 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): 
        Provided, That requirements under subsections (g) and 
        (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
        shall not apply to this paragraph: 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; 
        and
          (5) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
        workforce development and training activities as 
        authorized under section 22907(c)(13) of title 49, 
        United States Code:
Provided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, eligible projects under section 
22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, shall also include 
railroad systems planning (including the preparation of 
regional intercity passenger rail plans and State Rail Plans) 
and railroad project development activities (including railroad 
project planning, preliminary engineering, design, 
environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the 
development and analysis of project alternatives): Provided 
further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act for projects that implement or sustain positive train 
control systems otherwise eligible under section 22907(c)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for projects 
selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be 
transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the 
appropriate agencies to be administered in accordance with 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
eligible recipients under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall include any holding company of a 
Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are 
defined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): 
Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That section 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in previous fiscal 
years if such funds are announced in a notice of funding 
opportunity that includes funds made available under this 
heading in this Act: Provided further, That the preceding 
proviso shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division 
J of Public Law 117-58): Provided further, That unobligated 
balances remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of 
this Act may be used for any eligible project under section 
22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for the costs of 
award and project management oversight of grants carried out 
under title 49, United States Code.

     northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

  To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities 
associated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 
22101(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117-58), $1,260,000,000, 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), $1,193,000,000, 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 
at least $50,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
in this Act shall be available for the development, 
installation and operation of railroad safety improvements, 
including the implementation of a positive train control 
system, on State-supported routes as defined under section 
24102(13) of title 49, United States Code, on which positive 
train control systems are not required by law or regulation as 
identified on or before the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That any unexpended balances from amounts 
provided under this heading in this Act and in prior fiscal 
years for the development, installation and operation of 
railroad safety technology on State-supported routes on which 
positive train control systems are not required by law or 
regulation shall also be available for railroad safety 
improvements on State-supported routes as identified on or 
before the date of enactment of Public Law 117-103: 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 to support planning and capital costs, and operating 
assistance consistent with the Federal funding limitations 
under section 22908 of title 49, United States Code, of 
corridors selected under section 25101 of title 49, United 
States Code, that are operated by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                         (including rescission)

                     (including transfer of funds)

  Sec. 150.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in 
contravention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
  Sec. 151.  The amounts made available to the Secretary or to 
the Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of award, 
administration, and project management oversight of financial 
assistance which are administered by the Federal Railroad 
Administration, in this and prior Acts, may be transferred to 
the Federal Railroad Administration's ``Financial Assistance 
Oversight and Technical Assistance'' account for the necessary 
expenses to support the award, administration, project 
management oversight, and technical assistance of financial 
assistance administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, 
in the same manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
  Sec. 152.  Amounts made available under the heading 
``Department of Transportation--Federal Railroad 
Administration--Restoration and Enhancement'' in any prior 
fiscal years are subject to the requirements of section 22908 
of title 49, United States Code, as in effect on the effective 
date of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58).
  Sec. 153.  Section 802 of title VIII of division J of Public 
Law 117-58 is amended--
          (1) in the first proviso, by inserting ``that could 
        be'' after ``amounts''; and
          (2) in the second proviso, by inserting ``that could 
        be'' after ``amounts'':
Provided, That amounts repurposed by the amendments made by 
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 or 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 section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th 
Congress) as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 
8, 2022.
  Sec. 154.  Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining 
from--
          (1) ``Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program'' 
        account totaling $1,811,124.16 appropriated by Public 
        Law 112-10 is hereby permanently rescinded; and
          (2) ``Railroad Safety Grants'' account totaling 
        $1,610,000.00 appropriated by Public Law 114-113 is 
        hereby permanently rescinded.
  Sec. 155.  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 2022 and the 3 prior calendar 
years: Provided further, That such summary shall include the 
total number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving waivers 
for each month for 2022 and for the 3 prior calendar years.
  Sec. 156.  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. 157.  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).
  Sec. 158.  State-supported routes operated by Amtrak. Section 
24712(a) of title 49, United States Code, is hereby amended by 
inserting after section 24712(a)(7) the following--
          ``(8) Staffing.--The Committee may--
                  ``(A) appoint, terminate, and fix the 
                compensation of an executive director and other 
                Committee employees necessary for the Committee 
                to carry out its duties; and
                  ``(B) enter into contracts necessary to carry 
                out its duties, including providing Committee 
                employees with retirement and other employee 
                benefits under the condition that Non-Federal 
                members or officers, the executive director, 
                and employees of the Committee are not Federal 
                employees for any purpose.
          ``(9) Authorization of appropriations.--Amounts made 
        available by the Secretary of Transportation for the 
        Committee may be used to carry out this section.''.
  Sec. 159.  For an additional amount for ``Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements'', $25,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for projects selected in 
response to the Notice of Funding Opportunity published by the 
Federal Railroad Administration on August 19, 2019 (84 FR 
42979), and where a grant for the project was obligated after 
June 1, 2021 and remains open: Provided, That sponsors of 
projects eligible for funds made available under this heading 
in this section 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 section shall be allocated to projects eligible to 
receive funding under this section in order of the date the 
grants were obligated: Provided further, That the allocation 
under the preceding 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 the amounts made available under this section 
shall not be part of the Federal share of total project costs 
under section 22907(h)(2) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Federal Railroad Administration 
shall provide the amounts allocated to projects under this 
section no later than 90 days after the date the sufficient 
written justifications required under this section have been 
submitted.

                     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, as amended by the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, section 20005(b) of 
Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act, $13,634,000,000, 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, as amended by the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, section 20005(b) of 
Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations 
of $13,634,000,000 in fiscal year 2023.

                     transit infrastructure grants

  For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities grants 
under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, low or 
no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such title, ferry 
boats grants under section 5307(h) of such title, bus testing 
facilities under section 5318 of such title, innovative 
mobility solutions grants under section 5312 of such title, 
accelerating innovative mobility initiative grants under 
section 5312 of such title, accelerating the adoption of zero 
emission buses under section 5312 of such title, 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, $541,959,324, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the sums provided 
under this heading in this Act--
          (1) $90,000,000 shall be available for buses and bus 
        facilities competitive grants as authorized under 
        section 5339(b) of such title;
          (2) $50,000,000 shall be available for the low or no 
        emission grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of 
        such title: Provided, That the minimum grant award 
        shall be not less than $750,000;
          (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat 
        grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such 
        title: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
        this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
        available for low or zero emission ferries or ferries 
        using electric battery or fuel cell components and the 
        infrastructure to support such ferries;
          (4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the operation 
        and maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected 
        under section 5318 of such title;
          (5) $360,459,324 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;
          (6) $17,500,000 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 20 miles between the 
        two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible under 
        section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: 
        Provided further, That entities that provide eligible 
        service pursuant to the preceding proviso may use 
        amounts made available in this paragraph for public 
        transportation capital projects to support any ferry 
        service between two rural areas: Provided further, That 
        entities eligible for amounts made available in this 
        paragraph shall only provide ferry service to rural 
        areas;
          (7) $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
        demonstration and deployment of innovative mobility 
        solutions as authorized under section 5312 of title 49, 
        United States Code: Provided, That such amounts shall 
        be available for competitive grants or cooperative 
        agreements for the development of software to 
        facilitate the provision of demand-response public 
        transportation service that dispatches public 
        transportation fleet vehicles through riders mobile 
        devices or other advanced means: Provided further, That 
        the Secretary shall evaluate the potential for software 
        developed with grants or cooperative agreements to be 
        shared for use by public transportation agencies;
          (8) $1,000,000 shall be for the accelerating 
        innovative mobility initiative as authorized under 
        section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
        That such amounts shall be available for competitive 
        grants to improve mobility and enhance the rider 
        experience with a focus on innovative service delivery 
        models, creative financing, novel partnerships, and 
        integrated payment solutions in order to help 
        disseminate proven innovation mobility practices 
        throughout the public transportation industry; and
          (9) $5,000,000 shall be available to support 
        technical assistance, research, demonstration, or 
        deployment activities or projects to accelerate the 
        adoption of zero emission buses in public transit as 
        authorized under section 5312 of title 49, United 
        States Code:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any other 
Act.

                   technical assistance and training

  For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title 49, 
United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: 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), $2,210,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading in this Act--
          (1) $1,772,900,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
        States Code;
          (2) $100,000,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United 
        States Code;
          (3) $215,000,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 
        States Code; and
          (4) $100,000,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
        America's Surface Transportation Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to 
administer the capital investment grants program in accordance 
with the procedural and substantive requirements of section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 3005(b) of 
the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act: Provided 
further, That projects that receive a grant agreement under the 
Expedited Project Delivery for Capital Investment Grants Pilot 
Program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding 
provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code, without further evaluation or rating under such 
section: Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed 
the Federal share under section 3005(b): Provided further, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2024 
President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on capital investment 
grants, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2024.

      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 rescissions)

  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, 
2026, 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, 2022, 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.  For an additional amount for ``Department of 
Transportation--Federal Transit Administration--Capital 
Investment Grants'', $425,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for allocation to recipients with existing full 
funding grant agreements under sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided, That allocations shall 
be made only to recipients--
          (1) that have received allocations for fiscal year 
        2022 or that have expended 100 percent of the funds 
        allocated under section 3401(b)(4) of the American 
        Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2); and
          (2) that have a non-capital investment grant share of 
        at least $800,000,000 and either a capital investment 
        grant share of 40 percent or less or signed a full 
        funding grant agreement between January 20, 2017 and 
        January 20, 2021; and
          (3) that have expended at least 75 percent of the 
        allocations received under paragraph (4) of section 
        3401(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
        Law 117-2) or expended at least 50 percent of the 
        Federal operating assistance allocations received under 
        section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, in the 
        Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
        (Public Law 116-136), the Coronavirus Response and 
        Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division 
        M of Public Law 116-260), or the American Rescue Plan 
        Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2):
Provided further, That recipients with projects open for 
revenue service shall not be eligible to receive an allocation 
of funding under this section: Provided further, That amounts 
shall be provided to recipients proportionally based on the 
non-capital investment grant share of the project: Provided 
further, That no project may receive an allocation of more than 
15 percent of the total amount in this section: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall proportionally distribute 
funds in excess of such 15 percent to recipients for which the 
percent of funds does not exceed 15 percent: Provided further, 
That amounts allocated pursuant to this section shall be 
provided to eligible recipients notwithstanding the limitation 
of any calculation of the maximum amount of Federal financial 
assistance for the project under section 5309(k)(2)(C)(ii) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Federal Transit Administration shall allocate amounts under 
this section no later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
  Sec. 166. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2023, from amounts made available to the 
Department of Transportation in section 422 under title IV of 
division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117-103) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated on September 30, 2023, for an additional 
amount for fiscal year 2023, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and shall be available for the same 
purposes and under the same authorities for which such amounts 
were originally provided in the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6).
  (b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available to the Department of 
Transportation under the heading ``Federal Transit 
Administration--Capital Investment Grants'' in division H of 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
116-94) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 
appropriated on September 30, 2023, for an additional amount 
for fiscal year 2023, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, and shall be available for the same purposes and under 
the same authorities for which such amounts were originally 
provided in Public Law 116-94.
  Sec. 167.  Any unexpended balances from amounts previously 
appropriated for low or no emission vehicle component 
assessment under 49 U.S.C. 5312(h) under the headings ``Transit 
Formula Grants'' and ``Transit Infrastructure Grants'' in 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022 may be used by the facilities 
selected for such vehicle component assessment for capital 
projects in order to build new infrastructure and enhance 
existing facilities in order to expand component testing 
capability, in accordance with the industry stakeholder testing 
objectives and capabilities as outlined through the work of the 
Federal Transit Administration Transit Vehicle Innovation and 
Deployment Centers program and included in the Center for 
Transportation and the Environment report submitted to the 
Federal Transit Administration for review.

        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, 
$38,500,000, 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 
$14,800,000 shall be for the seaway infrastructure program.

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

                    (including rescission of funds)

  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, $55,000,000 
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

  For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under 
section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, $60,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                        operations and training

  For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $213,181,000: Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--
          (1) $87,848,000 shall remain available until 
        September 30, 2024, for the operations of the United 
        States Merchant Marine Academy;
          (2) $11,900,000 shall remain available until 
        expended, for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
        equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
        Academy;
          (3) $31,921,000 shall remain available until 
        expended, for capital improvements at the United States 
        Merchant Marine Academy;
          (4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 
        30, 2024, for the Maritime Environmental and Technical 
        Assistance program authorized under section 50307 of 
        title 46, United States Code; and
          (5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
        expended, for the America's Marine Highway Program to 
        make grants for the purposes authorized under 
        paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) 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 (now 
known as the America's Marine Highway Program) from prior year 
recoveries shall be available to carry out activities 
authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of 
title 46, United States Code.

                   state maritime academy operations

  For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
activities for State Maritime Academies, $120,700,000: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
          (1) $30,500,000 shall remain available until 
        expended, for maintenance, repair, life extension, 
        insurance, and capacity improvement of National Defense 
        Reserve Fleet training ships, and for support of 
        training ship operations at the State Maritime 
        Academies, of which not more than $8,000,000 shall be 
        for expenses related to training mariners, and for 
        costs associated with training vessel sharing pursuant 
        to section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States Code, 
        for costs associated with mobilizing, operating and 
        demobilizing the vessel; travel costs for students, 
        faculty and crew; and the costs of the general agent, 
        crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, and 
        vessel hire costs, as determined by the Secretary;
          (2) $75,000,000 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;
          (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 
        30, 2027, for the Student Incentive Program;
          (4) $6,800,000 shall remain available until expended, 
        for training ship fuel assistance; and
          (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 
        30, 2024, for direct payments for State Maritime 
        Academies:
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration may use the funds made available under paragraph 
(2) and the funds provided for shoreside infrastructure 
improvements in Public Law 117-103 for the purposes described 
in paragraph (2): Provided further, That such funds may be used 
to reimburse State Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act.

                     assistance to small shipyards

  To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                             ship disposal

                    (including rescission of funds)

  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, $12,000,000 
are hereby permanently rescinded.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $3,000,000, 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, $212,203,512, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That projects 
eligible for amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act shall be projects for coastal seaports, inland river ports, 
or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, not less than 
$187,203,512 shall be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes 
ports: Provided further, That the requirements under section 
3501(a)(12) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) shall apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That for grants awarded under this heading in this 
Act, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided 
further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, the requirement under section 54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of 
title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to projects 
located in noncontiguous States or territories.

           administrative provision--maritime administration

  Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services 
and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under 
control of the Maritime Administration: Provided, That payments 
received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That rental payments under any such 
lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such 
utilities, services, or repairs shall be deposited into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

  For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $29,936,000, of 
which $4,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025.

                       hazardous materials safety

  For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $70,743,000, of which $12,070,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, 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), $190,385,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which $29,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund; of which $153,985,000 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 $28,318,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, 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, $108,073,000: 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.
  This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2023''.

                                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, $18,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: 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, $659,600,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--
          (1) $90,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Chief Financial Officer;
          (2) $125,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the General Counsel, of which not less than $20,300,000 
        shall be for the Departmental Enforcement Center;
          (3) $225,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Administration, of which not less than $3,500,000 may 
        be for modernization and deferred maintenance of the 
        Weaver Building;
          (4) $51,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Chief Human Capital Officer;
          (5) $28,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        the Chief Procurement Officer;
          (6) $65,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Field Policy and Management;
          (7) $4,600,000 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: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed 
reports required by Congress.

                            program offices

  For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$1,054,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
          (1) $278,200,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Public and Indian Housing;
          (2) $163,400,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Community Planning and Development;
          (3) $465,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Housing, of which not less than $13,300,000 shall be 
        for the Office of Recapitalization;
          (4) $39,600,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Policy Development and Research;
          (5) $97,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and
          (6) $11,100,000 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, 
$23,599,532,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2022 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that 
shall be available on October 1, 2022), and $4,000,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall be available on 
October 1, 2023: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--
          (1) $23,748,420,000 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 2023 
        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, 2023: Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may extend the notification period with the 
        prior written approval of the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations: 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 2023 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 2022 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 2023 
        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) $2,777,612,000 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 
        $2,747,612,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 
        shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the 
        calendar year 2023 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 to the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development 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) $606,500,000 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) $50,000,000 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: Provided, That 
                the assistance made available under this 
                subparagraph 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: Provided, That 
                assistance made available under this 
                subparagraph shall continue to remain available 
                for such eligible youth upon turnover: Provided 
                further, That of the total amount made 
                available under this subparagraph, up to 
                $15,000,000 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 
                the assistance made available under the 
                preceding proviso, at an interval to be 
                determined by the Secretary, and unutilized 
                voucher assistance that is no longer needed 
                shall be recaptured by the Secretary and 
                reallocated pursuant to the preceding proviso:
        Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
        administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
        prior Act under the family unification program, or made 
        available and competitively selected under this 
        paragraph, that determines that it no longer has an 
        identified need for such assistance upon turnover, such 
        agency 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;
          (8) $50,000,000 shall be available for new 
        incremental voucher assistance under section 8(o) of 
        the Act to be allocated pursuant to a method, as 
        determined by the Secretary, which may include a 
        formula that may include such factors as severe cost 
        burden, overcrowding, substandard housing for very low-
        income renters, homelessness, and administrative 
        capacity, where such allocation method shall include 
        both rural and urban areas: Provided, That the 
        Secretary may specify additional terms and conditions 
        to ensure that public housing agencies provide vouchers 
        for use by survivors of domestic violence, or 
        individuals and families who are homeless, as defined 
        in section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), or at risk of 
        homelessness, as defined in section 401(1) of such Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); and
          (9) 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 2023 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 2023 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)), 
$8,514,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
          (1) $5,109,000,000 shall be available for the 
        Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund 
        formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, for 2023 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 2023 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) $50,000,000 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 2023, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
        available for public housing agencies under 
        administrative and judicial receiverships or under the 
        control of a Federal monitor: 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, 2024, for emergency capital needs have been 
        processed, shall be allocated to public housing 
        agencies for such safety and security measures;
          (5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
        grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and 
        reduce residential health hazards in public housing, 
        including lead-based paint (by carrying out the 
        activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim 
        controls, as those terms are defined in section 1004 of 
        the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
        of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, 
        radon, and fire safety: Provided, That not less than 
        $25,000,000 of the amounts provided under this 
        paragraph shall be awarded for evaluating and reducing 
        lead-based paint hazards: Provided further, That for 
        purposes of environmental review, a grant under this 
        paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 
        activities under title I of the Act for purposes of 
        section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be 
        subject to the regulations implementing such section: 
        Provided further, That amounts made available under 
        this paragraph shall be combined with amounts made 
        available under the sixth paragraph under this heading 
        in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
        Law 116-260) and shall be used in accordance with the 
        purposes and requirements under this paragraph;
          (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; and
          (7) $50,000,000 shall be available to support ongoing 
        public housing financial and physical assessment 
        activities:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, during fiscal year 2023, 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.

                    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) 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, $350,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: 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 not more than 20 percent of the amount 
of any grant made with amounts made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary supportive services 
notwithstanding subsection (d)(1)(L) of such section 24: 
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 such 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 United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (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 $175,000,000 shall be awarded to public 
housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall 
create partnerships with other local organizations, including 
assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident 
organizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That not 
more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the community: 
Provided further, That 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 United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until 
September 30, 2023, 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, 2026, 
$175,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--
          (1) $125,000,000 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) $35,000,000 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

                         (including rescission)

  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, $1,020,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
          (1) $787,000,000 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 a grant funded 
        pursuant to this paragraph shall be in an amount not 
        greater than $7,500,000: Provided further, That any 
        amounts transferred for the necessary costs of 
        administering and overseeing the obligation and 
        expenditure of such additional amounts in prior Acts 
        may also be used for the necessary costs of 
        administering and overseeing such additional amount;
          (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
        guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 
        by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 
        including the cost of modifying such notes and other 
        obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): 
        Provided further, That amounts made available in this 
        and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed notes 
        and other obligations that are unobligated, including 
        recaptures and carryover, shall be available to 
        subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
        other obligations, any part of which is to be 
        guaranteed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain 
        available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
        That any remaining loan guarantee limitation authorized 
        for this program in fiscal year 2020 or prior fiscal 
        years is hereby rescinded;
          (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

                         (including rescission)

  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), $5,521,000, 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, shall be available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$1,400,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided further, That any remaining loan guarantee limitation 
authorized under this heading in fiscal year 2020 or prior 
fiscal years is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That any 
amounts determined by the Secretary to be unavailable are 
hereby returned to the General Fund of the Treasury.

                  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, 
2027: 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 shall 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, 2024: 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.), $499,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, except that amounts allocated 
pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025: 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, $6,397,285,641, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026: 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) $85,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary 
        to award grants on a competitive basis to State and 
        local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, 
        and multijurisdictional entities for additional 
        activities under title I of the Act for the 
        identification and removal of barriers to affordable 
        housing production and preservation: Provided, That 
        eligible uses of such grants include activities to 
        further develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 
        plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate 
        affordable housing production and preservation: 
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize 
        applicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress 
        and a commitment to overcoming local barriers to 
        facilitate the increase in affordable housing 
        production and preservation; and (B) demonstrate an 
        acute demand for housing affordable to households with 
        incomes below 100 percent of the area median income: 
        Provided further, That funds allocated for such grants 
        shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula 
        assistance received by a jurisdiction under paragraph 
        (1) of this heading: Provided further, That in 
        administering such amounts the Secretary may waive or 
        specify alternative requirements for any provision of 
        such title I except for requirements related to fair 
        housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, the 
        environment, and requirements that activities benefit 
        persons of low- and moderate-income, upon a finding 
        that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
        necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 
        amounts;
          (3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
        authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 
        Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271): 
        Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to this 
        paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount of any 
        formula assistance received by a State under paragraph 
        (1) of this heading: Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activities 
        based on the notice establishing the funding formula 
        published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) except that 
        the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of drug 
        overdose deaths for 2020 based on data from the Centers 
        for Disease Control and Prevention; and
          (4) $2,982,285,641 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 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 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 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 2023, 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 
$300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on 
outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of such 
section 108: Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees 
from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 
108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for 
guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected 
in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commitment authority 
funded by fees may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to 
guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any State on 
behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in 
accordance with the requirements of such section 108: Provided 
further, That any State receiving such a guarantee or 
commitment under the preceding proviso shall distribute all 
funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general local 
government in non-entitlement areas that received the 
commitment.

                  home investment partnerships program

  For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), 
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
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 2016 through 2025 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 2025 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.), $225,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: 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 may 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, of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for a pilot program for the 
Secretary to provide grants to assist in the redevelopment of 
manufactured housing communities (including pre-1976 mobile 
homes) as replacement housing that is affordable, as defined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That each such redevelopment 
project shall provide, for each unit of single-family 
manufactured housing (including pre-1976 mobile homes) replaced 
under the project, up to 4 dwelling units of such affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall define 
eligible activities for grant assistance under the pilot 
program, which may include relocation assistance or buy-outs 
for residents of a manufactured housing community or 
downpayment assistance for such residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall require each grantee under the pilot 
program to supplement the amount of the grant with non-Federal 
amounts exceeding 50 percent of the grant: 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, $62,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading--
          (1) $13,500,000 shall be available for the Self-Help 
        Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under 
        such section 11;
          (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, 
        third, and fourth capacity building entities specified 
        in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 
        (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
        $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity building 
        activities: Provided, That for purposes of awarding 
        grants from amounts made available in this paragraph, 
        the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as 
        appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
        appropriations;
          (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; and
          (4) $1,000,000 shall be available for a program to 
        rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or low-
        income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of 
        the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (38 
        U.S.C. 2101 note): Provided, That the issuance of a 
        Notice of Funding Opportunity for the amounts made 
        available in this paragraph shall be completed not 
        later than 120 days after enactment of this Act and 
        such amounts shall be awarded not later than 180 days 
        after such issuance.

                       homeless assistance grants

  For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for related 
activities and assistance, $3,633,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: 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) $3,154,000,000 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 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 or 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, not less than $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: 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) $7,000,000 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) $75,000,000 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 $30,000,000 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, $13,537,580,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2022 (in addition to 
the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available October 1, 2022), and $400,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
1, 2023: 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 $343,000,000 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, $1,075,000,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, up to 
$120,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 
continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
residents of assisted housing projects: Provided further, That 
any funding for existing service coordinators under the 
preceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 202 projects: 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, 2026: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this 
account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available, 
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, 
for the purposes authorized under this heading: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the current purposes 
authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, up to $25,000,000 shall be used to expand the supply 
of intergenerational dwelling units (as such term is defined in 
section 202 of the Legacy Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note)) 
for elderly caregivers raising children: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of the preceding proviso the Secretary may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision 
of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in 
order to facilitate the development of such units, except for 
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment: Provided further, That of the 
total amount made available under this heading, up to 
$6,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary to support 
preservation transactions of housing for the elderly originally 
developed with a capital advance and assisted by a project 
rental assistance contract under the provisions of section 
202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

  For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for 
project assistance contracts pursuant to subsection (h) of 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by section 
205(a) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 
1978 (Public Law 95-557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 
contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for 
project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 
other appropriate entities as authorized under section 
811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing 
for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 
811(b)(1) of such Act, $360,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated 
with section 811 projects: Provided further, 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, 2026: 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, 2024, 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 2023 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2023 
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 2023 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, 2024: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2023, 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, 2024: Provided further, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or 
before April 1, 2023, 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 2023 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, 2024: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2023, gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, 
and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 
$1,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
governmental entities in connection with the sale of single 
family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

  New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes 
of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $900,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That $40,400,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, 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, 2023, an additional $100 for necessary salaries 
and expenses shall be available until expended for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including 
a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no 
case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commitment and 
Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be credited as 
offsetting collections to this account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

  For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et 
seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of 
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical 
assistance, $125,400,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: 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, 2025, 
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, 
2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Secretary may assess and collect fees 
to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and 
may use such funds to develop on-line courses and provide such 
training: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used to lobby the executive 
or legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection 
with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $1,355,000 
shall be available to the Secretary for the creation and 
promotion of translated materials and other programs that 
support the assistance of persons with limited English 
proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the Healthy Homes 
Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 and 1701z-2), 
and for related activities and assistance, $410,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided as 
follows:
          (1) $290,000,000 shall be for the award of grants 
        pursuant to such section 1011, of which not less than 
        $95,000,000 shall be provided to areas with the highest 
        lead-based paint abatement needs;
          (2) $85,000,000 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 up to five 
                communities that are served by both the Healthy 
                Homes Initiative and the Department of Energy 
                weatherization programs to demonstrate whether 
                the coordination of Healthy Homes remediation 
                activities with weatherization activities 
                achieves cost savings and better outcomes in 
                improving the safety and quality of homes; and
                  (B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to 
                experienced non-profit organizations, States, 
                local governments, or public housing agencies 
                for safety and functional home modification 
                repairs and renovations to meet the needs of 
                low-income seniors to enable them to remain in 
                their primary residence: Provided, That of the 
                total amount made available under this 
                subparagraph no less than $10,000,000 shall be 
                available to meet such needs in communities 
                with substantial rural populations;
          (3) $5,000,000 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;
          (5) $25,000,000 shall be for a lead-risk assessment 
        demonstration for public housing agencies to conduct 
        lead hazard screenings or lead-risk assessments during 
        housing quality standards inspections of units in which 
        a family receiving assistance under section 8(o) of the 
        U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) resides 
        or expects to reside, and has or expects to have a 
        child under age 6 residing in the unit, while 
        preserving rental housing availability and 
        affordability; and
          (6) $5,000,000 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, except for amounts in paragraph (2)(B) for 
home modification repairs and renovations, in this or prior 
appropriations Acts, still remaining available, may be used for 
any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 
which such amounts were appropriated if a program competition 
is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 
under this heading that are oversubscribed.

                      Information Technology Fund

  For Department-wide and program-specific information 
technology systems and infrastructure, $374,750,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which up to $23,950,000 
shall be for development, modernization, and enhancement 
projects, including planning for such projects: Provided, That 
not more than 10 percent of the funds made available under this 
heading for development, modernization, and enhancement may be 
obligated until the Secretary submits and the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations approve a plan that--
          (1) identifies for each development, modernization, 
        and enhancement project to be funded from available 
        balances, including carryover--
                  (A) plain language summaries of the project 
                scope;
                  (B) the estimated total project cost; and
                  (C) key milestones to be met; and
          (2) identifies for each major modernization project--
                  (A) the functional and performance 
                capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
                benefits to be realized;
                  (B) the estimated life-cycle cost;
                  (C) key milestones to be met through the 
                project end date, including any identified 
                system decommissioning;
                  (D) a description of the procurement strategy 
                and governance structure for the project and 
                the number of HUD staff and contractors 
                supporting the project; and
                  (E) certification from the Chief Information 
                Officer that each project is compliant with the 
                Department's enterprise architecture, life-
                cycle management and capital planning and 
                investment control requirements:
Provided further, That not later than 30 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Secretary shall submit an updated report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate summarizing the status, cost and 
plan for all modernization projects; and for each major 
modernization project with an approved project plan, 
identifying--
          (1) results and actual expenditures of the prior 
        quarter;
          (2) any variances in cost, schedule (including 
        procurement), or functionality from the previously 
        approved project plan, reasons for such variances and 
        estimated impact on total life-cycle costs; and
          (3) risks and mitigation strategies associated with 
        ongoing work.

                      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, $146,000,000: 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 transfer of funds)

                         (including rescission)

  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 during fiscal year 2023 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 2023 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 2023 and 2024, 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 2023, 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 2023, 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 
2023, 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 Uniform Physical Condition Standards 
        (UPCS) score of 59 or less; or
          (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
        within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety 
        deficiencies 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 UPCS score of 60 or above, 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 UPCS physical 
inspection scores of less than 60 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 2023.
  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 2023 for the Continuum of Care (CoC) program as 
authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program income of grant 
recipients may count toward meeting the recipient's matching 
requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC costs that 
supplement the recipient's CoC program.
  Sec. 227. (a) From amounts made available under this title 
under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the Secretary 
may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of funds for 
activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one 
Continuum of Care program component to another.
  (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
the funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum of 
care and meet standards determined by the Secretary.
  Sec. 228.  The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 
Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, 
shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of such agreements.
  Sec. 229.  None of the amounts made available in this Act may 
be used to consider Family Self-Sufficiency performance 
measures or performance scores in determining funding awards 
for programs receiving Family Self-Sufficiency program 
coordinator funding provided in this Act.
  Sec. 230.  Any public housing agency designated as a Moving 
to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of division L of Public 
Law 114-113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon 
such designation, use funds (except for special purpose 
funding, including special purpose vouchers) previously 
allocated to any such public housing agency under section 8 or 
9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, including any 
reserve funds held by the public housing agency or funds held 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to 
the authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 
such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-
134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated.
  Sec. 231.  None of the amounts made available by this Act may 
be used to prohibit any public housing agency under 
receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor from 
applying for, receiving, or using funds made available under 
the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for competitive grants to 
evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or 
that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be 
used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such funds 
to carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement 
agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar 
document for a violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead 
Disclosure Rules.
  Sec. 232.  None of the funds made available by this title may 
be used to issue rules or guidance in contravention of section 
1210 of Public Law 115-254 (132 Stat. 3442) or section 312 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5155).
  Sec. 233.  Funds previously made available in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113) for 
the ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for 
obligation through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available 
through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2016 through 2018.
  Sec. 234.  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. 235.  For fiscal year 2023, 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. 236.  The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--
   (a) in section 515, by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
  ``(d) Rent Adjustments and Subsequent Renewals.--After the 
initial renewal of a section 8 contract pursuant to this 
section and notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
contract regarding the adjustment of rents or subsequent 
renewal of such contract for a project, including such a 
provision in section 514 or this section, in the case of a 
project subject to any restrictions imposed pursuant to 
sections 514 or this section, the Secretary may, not more often 
than once every 10 years, adjust such rents or renew such 
contracts at rent levels that are equal to the lesser of 
budget-based rents or comparable market rents for the market 
area upon the request of an owner or purchaser who--
          ``(1) demonstrates that--
                  ``(A) project income is insufficient to 
                operate and maintain the project, and no 
                rehabilitation is currently needed, as 
                determined by the Secretary; or
                  ``(B) the rent adjustment or renewal contract 
                is necessary to support commercially reasonable 
                financing (including any required debt service 
                coverage and replacement reserve) for 
                rehabilitation necessary to ensure the long-
                term sustainability of the project, as 
                determined by the Secretary, and in the event 
                the owner or purchaser fails to implement the 
                rehabilitation as required by the Secretary, 
                the Secretary may take such action against the 
                owner or purchaser as allowed by law; and
          ``(2) agrees to--
                  ``(A) extend the affordability and use 
                restrictions required under 514(e)(6) for an 
                additional twenty years; and
                  ``(B) enter into a binding commitment to 
                continue to renew such contract for and during 
                such extended term, provided that after the 
                affordability and use restrictions required 
                under 514(e)(6) have been maintained for a term 
                of 30 years:
                          ``(i) an owner with a contract for 
                        which rent levels were set at the time 
                        of its initial renewal under section 
                        514(g)(2) shall request that the 
                        Secretary renew such contract under 
                        section 524 for and during such 
                        extended term; and
                          ``(ii) an owner with a contract for 
                        which rent levels were set at the time 
                        of its initial renewal under section 
                        514(g)(1) may request that the 
                        Secretary renew such contract under 
                        section 524 for and during such 
                        extended term.''; and
  (b) in section 579, by striking ``October 1, 2022'' each 
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``October 1, 
2027''.
  Sec. 237.  The Secretary may transfer from amounts made 
available for salaries and expenses under this title (excluding 
amounts made available under the heading ``Office of Inspector 
General'') up to $500,000 from each office to the heading 
``Information Technology Fund'' for information technology 
needs, including for additional development, modernization, and 
enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That the total amount of such transfers shall not 
exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall not be used to fund information technology 
projects or activities that have known out-year development, 
modernization, or enhancement costs in excess of $500,000: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less 
than three business days in advance of any such transfer.
  Sec. 238.  Funds previously made available in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6) for 
``Lead Hazard Reduction'' that were available for obligation 
through fiscal year 2020 are to remain available through fiscal 
year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
fiscal years 2019 through 2020.
  Sec. 239.  The Secretary shall comply with all process 
requirements, including public notice and comment, when seeking 
to revise any annual contributions contract.
  Sec. 240.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or prior Acts may be used by the Department 
to carry out customer experience activities within the Office 
of the Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Budget.
  This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2023''.

                               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), 
$9,850,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received for publications and training expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
as amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), including services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
United States Code, $38,260,000, of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024: 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), $27,935,000: 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 
2024, the Inspector General shall submit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal 
year 2024 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, $129,300,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided, That the amounts made 
available to the National Transportation Safety Board in this 
Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on an 
obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

  For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for 
use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-
8107), $166,000,000: Provided, That an additional $4,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be for the 
promotion and development of shared equity housing models.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $41,429,000: 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 2023, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $40,179,000.

           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, $4,000,000.

                                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 2023, 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 
                Committee on Appropriations, or in the budget 
                appendix for the respective appropriations, 
                whichever is more detailed, and shall apply to 
                all items for which a dollar amount is 
                specified and to all programs for which new 
                budget (obligational) authority is provided, as 
                well as to discretionary grants and 
                discretionary grant allocations; and
                  (C) an identification of items of special 
                congressional interest.
  Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
available at the end of fiscal year 2023 from appropriations 
made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2023 
in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2024, 
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, 
That a request shall be submitted to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these 
requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
  Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of 
eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a 
public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public 
use shall not be construed to include economic development that 
primarily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any 
use of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or 
highway projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or 
serve the general public (including energy-related, 
communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related 
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the 
general public or which have other common-carrier or public-
utility functions that serve the general public and are subject 
to regulation and oversight by the government, and projects for 
the removal of an immediate threat to public health and safety 
or brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability 
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) 
shall be considered a public use for purposes of eminent 
domain.
  Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriations Act.
  Sec. 409.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
  Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 8301-8305).
  Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention 
of sections 301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
  Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
than 50 employees of a single agency or department of the 
United States Government, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single international conference unless the 
relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such 
attendance is important to the national interest: Provided, 
That for purposes of this section the term ``international 
conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
United States attended by representatives of the United States 
Government and of foreign governments, international 
organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
  Sec. 413.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 
suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States 
Code.
  Sec. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of 
pornography.
  (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
  Sec. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act 
timely access to any records, documents, or other materials 
available to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector 
General's access to such records, documents, or other 
materials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 
law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and 
expressly limits the Inspector General's right of access.
  (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall 
provide its Inspector General with access to all such records, 
documents, and other materials in a timely manner.
  (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the information 
provided by the establishment over which that Inspector General 
has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.).
  (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any 
failures to comply with this requirement.
  Sec. 416.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractors whose performance has been judged to be 
below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed 
to meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency 
determines that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable 
events, government-driven scope changes, or are not significant 
within the overall scope of the project and/or program unless 
such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
  Sec. 417.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a 
position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an 
employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United 
States and has satisfactorily completed his or her period of 
active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after 
his or her release from such service or from hospitalization 
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 
year, made application for restoration to his or her former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel 
Management as still qualified to perform the duties of his or 
her former position and has not been restored thereto.
  Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 
sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, 
or exemption application under section 40109 of that title of 
an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate 
issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-
Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval would 
contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-
E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
  (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to such 
an air carrier where such authorization is consistent with the 
U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement and United 
States law.
  Sec. 419.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used in contravention 
of section 306108 of title 54, United States Code.
  Sec. 420. (a) Funds previously made available in chapter 9 of 
title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 
Law 113-2, division A; 127 Stat. 36) under the heading 
``Department of Housing and Urban Development--Community 
Planning and Development--Community Development Fund'' that 
were available for obligation through fiscal year 2017 are to 
remain available until expended for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
  (b) 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 or 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 
section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as engrossed in 
the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022.
  Sec. 421.  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 ``Greensboro Judy Center 
        Early Learning Hub Facility'' is deemed to be amended 
        by striking ``Greensboro Judy Center Early Learning Hub 
        Facility'' and inserting ``Building maintenance for 
        Greensboro Judy Center Early Learning Hub Facility'';
          (2) the item relating to ``Constructing commercial 
        kitchen to increase access to healthy food'' is deemed 
        to be amended by striking recipient ``Cross Street 
        Partners'' and inserting ``The Good Stuff'';
          (3) the item relating to ``Covenant House PA 
        Transition Housing'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking recipient ``Covenant House Pennsylvania'' and 
        inserting ``Covenant House Pennsylvania Under 21'';
          (4) the item relating to ``Long Island Greenway'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``Long Island 
        Greenway'' and inserting ``For the planning and design 
        of the Long Island Greenway'';
          (5) the item relating to ``Acquisition of property 
        for permanent Veterans' homeless shelter'' is deemed to 
        be amended by striking ``Acquisition of property for 
        permanent Veterans' homeless shelter'' and inserting 
        ``Acquisition or rehabilitation of property for 
        permanent veterans' homeless shelter'';
          (6) the item relating to ``Gourdy Ampitheater 
        Project'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Gourdy 
        Ampitheater Project'' and inserting ``Goudy Park'';
          (7) the item relating to ``Community Bike Works: 
        Easton'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Easton'' 
        and inserting ``Easton and Allentown'';
          (8) the item relating to ``Barrington Town Offices 
        and Emergency Operations Center Construction'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``Barrington Town 
        Offices and Emergency Operations Center Construction'' 
        and inserting ``For activities of the Town of 
        Barrington'';
          (9) the item relating to ``Holladay Community Center 
        Public Facility'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        recipient ``Housing Authority of Salt Lake City 
        (HASLC)'' and inserting ``Salt Lake County'';
          (10) the item relating to ``Somersworth Fire Training 
        Tower'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Tower'' 
        and inserting ``and Equipment'';
          (11) the item relating to ``Generator and structure 
        to house generator for Guma Esperansa'' is deemed to be 
        amended by striking ``Generator and structure to house 
        generator for Guma Esperansa'' and inserting ``For the 
        installation and ongoing maintenance of the generator 
        and its structure at Guma Esperansa'';
          (12) the item relating to ``Facility Improvements'' 
        is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
        ``Sterling House Community Center Inc.'' and inserting 
        ``Town of Stratford'';
          (13) the item relating to ``Stateline Boys & Girls 
        Club--Beloit, WI Facility Construction'' is deemed to 
        be amended by striking ``Facility Construction'';
          (14) the item relating to ``The MEWS at Spencer Road, 
        Affordable Housing and Mixed Use Development'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Will 
        County Development Corporation'' and inserting ``Will 
        County Housing Development Corporation'';
          (15) the item relating to ``Bluefield Historic 
        District Restoration'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking ``Historic District''; and
          (16) the item relating to ``Port of West Virginia 
        Railroad Bridge Improvements'' is deemed to be amended 
        by striking ``Bridge''.
  Sec. 422.  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. 423.  Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 109 
Stat. 598; 133 Stat. 3018) is amended by striking the seventh, 
eighth, and ninth sentences.
  This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2023''.

    [Clerk's note.--Reproduced below is the material relating 
to division L contained in the Explanatory Statement regarding 
H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.\1\]
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on
December 20, 2022 by Mr. Leahy of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. The statement appears on page S9325 of 
Book III.
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DIVISION L--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                        Congressional Directives

    The joint explanatory statement accompanying this division 
is approved and indicates congressional intent. Unless 
otherwise noted, the language set forth in House Report 117-402 
carries the same weight as language included in this joint 
explanatory statement and should be complied with unless 
specifically addressed to the contrary in this joint 
explanatory statement. While some language is repeated for 
emphasis, it is not intended to negate the language referred to 
above unless expressly provided herein. In cases where the 
House has directed the submission of a report, such report is 
to be submitted to both the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. The Department of Transportation [DOT] and the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] are directed 
to notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
seven days prior to the announcement of a new program, 
initiative, or authority. Any reprogramming requests must be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
June 30, 2023.
    For fiscal year 2023, the terms ``program, project, and 
activity'' [PPA] shall mean any item for which a dollar amount 
is contained in this act, House Report 117-402, or this joint 
explanatory statement. The table in the operating plan required 
by House Report 117-402 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.

                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS

    The agreement directs each agency to include within its 
budget justification a report on all efforts made to address 
the programmatic duplication identified by the annual 
Government Accountability Office [GAO] reports along with legal 
barriers preventing the agency's ability to further reduce 
duplication and legislative recommendations, if applicable.

                        TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT

    The agreement directs the Secretary of Transportation to 
follow recommendations suggested by the GAO in the GAO-19-541 
report and issue a department-wide directive to promote 
transparency and fairness by establishing uniform procedures to 
be followed by the DOT in reviewing and selecting discretionary 
grants. The Secretary shall report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of the enactment of 
this act.
    The agreement directs the agencies in this act to state 
within the text, audio, or video used for new advertising 
purposes, including advertising/posting on the Internet, that 
the advertisements are printed, published, or produced and 
disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense, with exemptions for 
safety or conflicts with the agency's ability to carry out 
their statutory authority.
    The agreement directs agencies to collect data on what 
information Federal grant recipients currently include in the 
public documents announcing the grant award to determine 
whether recipients of funding in this act could comply with the 
Stevens amendment (section 505 of title V, division H of Public 
Law 115-141) without unreasonable burden.

                            AUDIT STANDARDS

    For all contract actions, including awards, renewals, and 
amendments, Departments and agencies provided funding in this 
act shall require any accounting firm providing financial 
auditing or audit remediation services to provide a statement 
setting forth the details of any disciplinary proceedings 
occurring within 1 year of the projected performance period 
related to noncompliance with rules or laws applying to audit 
services.

                          DATA ACT COMPLIANCE

    The agreement expects agencies to prioritize the submission 
of timely, accurate, quality, and complete financial and award 
information under existing U.S. Treasury reporting obligations 
in accordance with established management guidance, reporting 
processes, and data standards established under the 
requirements of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 
(Public Law 113-101).

                       FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH

    The agreement urges the Departments funded under this 
division to affirmatively determine and make available on a 
publicly accessible website a justification that Federally 
funded research grants or agreements promote the progress of 
science in the United States or will advance a national 
security or economic interest.

                           HUMAN TRAFFICKING

    The agreement encourages the DOT to continue efforts to 
combat human trafficking through the transportation leaders 
against human trafficking initiative and the blue lightning 
initiative. The agreement encourages prioritizing grants from 
the Federal Transit Administration's [FTA] 5307 program and the 
Federal Aviation Administration's [FAA] airport improvement 
program to transit providers and airport sponsors serving areas 
with high rates of human trafficking. In addition, the DOT 
should also encourage use of best practices and recommendations 
from the DOT advisory committee on human trafficking.

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $171,014,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Secretary [OST].
    The agreement directs the Department to abide by both the 
will and intent of Congress in all funding and policy 
decisions, and to consult with the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations prior to issuing all notices of funding 
opportunities [NOFO].
    Local hiring.--The agreement encourages the Department to 
update its guidance on local hiring flexibility to allow local 
hiring preferences on projects funded by the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act [IIJA] to the extent permissible under 
section 25019 of Public Law 117-58.
    Freight.--The agreement reminds the Department to provide 
the report required in fiscal year 2021 regarding potential 
options for modifying existing transportation programs to allow 
improvements to inland waterways to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation within 30 days of 
enactment of this act.
    Permit streamlining.--The agreement encourages the 
Secretary to coordinate with project sponsors to use 
interactive and digital platforms where possible in meeting 
environmental review and community engagement requirements 
under the National Environmental Policy Act. The Secretary is 
directed to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of this act on its 
efforts to implement the IIJA and metrics needed to make the 
permitting process more effective, efficient, and transparent, 
including its efforts to reduce paperwork, improve efficiencies 
across modes, reduce timelines for completing environmental 
review, and determine whether digital platforms facilitate 
transparency and reduce the time needed to complete project 
permitting.
    Consumer protections.--The agreement includes an increase 
of $1,000,000 above the request for the Department's Office of 
Aviation Consumer Protection to increase efforts to protect 
aviation consumers from deceptive practices.
    Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy.--The agreement supports an additional position in the 
Office of International Aviation for transportation economic 
research and sufficient resources to fill the long-term 
vacancies in the Policy and Aviation and International Affairs 
offices and in support of the regional transportation attaches. 
The agreement does not include additional staffing for the 
launch of a national equity accelerator and instead provides 
funding to facilitate further technical assistance efforts 
within the National Surface Transportation and Innovation 
Finance Bureau.
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and 
Programs.--The recommended level for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs is $21,026,000 for 
adjustments to base and seven additional positions.
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental 
Affairs.--The recommended level for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs is $3,968,000 to accommodate 
adjustments to base and two additional positions.
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration.--The 
recommended level for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration is $41,399,000 in order to accommodate 
adjustments to base, contract support as requested, and the 
presidential management fellows internship program as 
requested. The recommended level provides sufficient resources 
for an additional nine positions for Departmental oversight and 
accountability responsibilities, human resources, single audit 
liaisons, grants and financial assistance, contracting and 
acquisitions, and environmental sustainability to meet the new 
requirements of the Energy Act of 2020.
    Office of Public Affairs and Public Engagement.--The 
recommended level for the Office of Public Affairs and Public 
Engagement is $5,727,000 in order to accommodate adjustments to 
base and five additional positions, of which three are for 
public affairs and two are for public engagement.
    Office of the Chief Information Officer.--The recommended 
level for the Office of the Chief Information Officer is 
$29,195,000 to accommodate adjustments to base and the request 
for electronic records management.

                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

    The bill provides $48,996,000 for research and technology, 
of which $37,542,000 shall remain available until expended. Of 
the total amount, the agreement provides the following levels 
for specific activities:

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Highly automated systems safety center of excellence....      $5,000,000
Advanced research projects agency--infrastructure.......       3,224,000
Position and navigation timing..........................      15,000,000
Interdisciplinary transportation law and policy.........         600,000
Executive order 13905 implementation and signal                5,000,000
 authentication.........................................
Transportation vulnerability and resiliency data program       3,000,000
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    Advanced research projects agency--infrastructure [ARP A-I] 
research plan.--The agreement requires the Department within 
120 days from the date of enactment of this act to complete the 
staffing plan and outline of planned research as directed in 
House Report 117-402.
    Position navigation and timing [PNT] technologies and 
global positioning system [GPS] backup.--Building on the 
$15,000,000 provided in fiscal year 2022, the agreement 
provides another $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 to enable the 
Secretary to support the GPS backup/complementary PNT 
technologies program, which will allow for the wide adoption of 
multiple technologies that provide the necessary GPS backup and 
complementary PNT as identified in 2021 in the ``Complementary 
PNT and GPS Backup Technologies Demonstration Report'' (DOT-
VNTSC-20-07). The agreement expects the Department to report 
its findings and recommendations enabling GPS backup to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 1 year of 
enactment of this act.
    Resiliency.--The agreement directs the Department to expand 
its technical assistance and trainings to help state DOTs, 
local governments, and Tribal governments develop reliable 
indicators of vulnerability and actionable mitigation measures 
in all phases of transportation planning, asset management, 
project-specific planning and development, and operations 
toward improving resiliency and reducing lifecycle costs. The 
agreement also directs the Department to prioritize research 
and demonstrations of new and proven technologies that could 
make infrastructure systems more resilient and to share such 
technologies with other state and Federal partners as 
appropriate.

                  NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $800,000,000 for local and regional 
project assistance grants as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 6702, 
to remain available until expended. Of this amount, not less 
than $20,000,000 is for projects in historically disadvantaged 
communities or areas of persistent poverty and not less than 
five percent is for planning grants. Consistent with 49 U.S.C. 
6702, not more than 50 percent of the funding shall be 
allocated to projects in rural and urbanized areas, 
respectively, and the Secretary may increase the Federal cost-
share above 80 percent for projects in rural areas, 
historically disadvantaged communities, or areas of persistent 
poverty. The bill directs the Secretary to take such measures 
to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of rural and urban 
communities, including Tribal areas, and the investment in a 
variety of transportation modes. Further, the bill requires the 
Secretary to consider and award projects solely based upon the 
selection criteria in 49 U.S.C. 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4). The 
agreement reiterates to the Department and potential applicants 
that this competitive grant program supports a broad variety of 
transportation projects, including highway, bridge, or road 
projects; public transportation projects; passenger and freight 
rail projects, including high speed passenger rail; port 
infrastructure improvement projects; intermodal projects, 
including commercial, transit, and intermodal parking garages; 
bicycle and pedestrian projects; multimodal infrastructure 
projects; and infrastructure reuse projects. The agreement also 
reminds the Department that projects that alleviate blocked 
highway-rail grade crossings are eligible for funding under 
this heading.
    Mega grants.--When awarding advance appropriations funds 
for the mega grants program, the agreement encourages the 
Secretary to consider mega grant applications that include the 
development of coastal and inland ports in order to facilitate 
an efficient supply chain.

                    THRIVING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $25,000,000 for a thriving communities 
program, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

     NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE BUREAU

    The bill provides $8,850,000 for the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau, to remain 
available until expended.
    Selection process for INFRA grants.--The agreement directs 
the Department to continue to advance recommendations in the 
GAO reports entitled ``Discretionary Transportation Grants: DOT 
Should Take Actions to Improve the Selection of Freight and 
Highway Projects'' [GAO-18-38] and ``Discretionary 
Transportation Grants: DOT Should Clarify Application 
Requirements and Oversight Activities'' [GAO-22-104532] and 
further clarify application requirements.

       RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM

    The bill authorizes the Secretary to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United 
States Code.

                      FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

    The bill provides $5,000,000 for the financial management 
capital program, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

                       CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

    The bill provides $48,100,000 for departmental cyber 
security initiatives, to remain available until September 30, 
2024.

                         OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

    The bill provides $14,800,000 for the Office of Civil 
Rights. The agreement specifies that amounts provided above the 
fiscal year 2022 enacted level are to accommodate adjustments 
to base.

           TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $36,543,000 for planning, research, and 
development activities, to remain available until expended. Of 
this amount, $5,436,000 is for the interagency infrastructure 
permitting improvement center and $12,914,000 is for the 
purposes and amounts specified in the table entitled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included in this joint explanatory statement. Further, the 
agreement directs that the specific funding allocated in the 
table entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending'' included in this joint explanatory 
statement shall not diminish or prejudice any application or 
geographic region to receive other discretionary grants or 
loans.
    Autonomous vehicle research in rural communities.--The 
agreement directs the Department to provide another $15,000,000 
to continue this research from the unobligated balances 
remaining from the funds provided for the highly automated 
vehicle research and development program under the heading 
``Department of Transportation-Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration-Motor Carrier Safety Grants'' in division L of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018.
    Concrete research.--The agreement includes $5,000,000 for 
an accredited research university of higher education, in 
partnership with a producer of steel in the United States, to 
conduct research on the properties of steel slag materials for 
use in cement and concrete, furthering previous research under 
the Federal Highway Administration's [FHWA] highway research 
and development.
    Non-traditional emerging technologies council [NETT].--The 
agreement encourages the NETT to develop and establish 
Department-wide processes, solutions, and best practices for 
identifying and managing non-traditional and emerging 
transportation technologies and projects, and to provide 
assistance to local and state governments for non-traditional 
emerging technologies.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill limits expenditures for working capital fund 
activities to $505,285,000.
    The limitation allows the Department to complete the 
migration of commodity information technology [IT] to the 
working capital fund. Permission to expand activities to human 
capital and non-commodity IT activities is denied.

       SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND OUTREACH

    The bill provides $5,132,000 for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

                        PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    The act provides $354,827,000 for payments to air carriers, 
to remain available until expended, and continues to waive 
certain eligibility requirements.
    GAO report.--The agreement directs the GAO to provide a 
report on the current state of commercial air service to small 
airports, including the impact of COVID-19 and COVID-19-related 
financial assistance programs enacted by Congress. The report 
shall include any recommendations to Congress and the DOT that 
would help maintain or increase commercial air service to small 
communities.

  ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

              (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Section 101 prohibits funds available to the Department of 
Transportation from being obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 
reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 
operating administrations, 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.
    Section 102 requires the Secretary of Transportation to 
post on the Internet a schedule of all council on credit and 
finance meetings, agendas, and meeting minutes.
    Section 103 allows the Department of Transportation's 
working capital fund to provide payments in advance to vendors 
for the Federal transit pass fringe benefit program, and to 
provide full or partial payments to, and to accept 
reimbursements from, Federal agencies for transit benefit 
distribution services.
    Section 104 allows the Department of Transportation's 
working capital fund to use certain recoveries from the transit 
benefit program to improve the administration of that program.
    Section 105 requires approval from the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration for retention or senior executive bonuses 
for all DOT employees.
    Section 106 requires the Department of Transportation's 
working capital fund to transfer equipment into the working 
capital fund and collect replacement reserve for the equipment 
equal to the useful life and estimated replacement cost of such 
equipment.
    Section 107 requires congressional notification before the 
Department of Transportation provides credit assistance under 
the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation act 
[TIFIA] program.
    Section 108 provides $4,500,000 for expenses related to the 
building replacement of the Volpe national transportation 
systems center.
    Section 109 extends the liquidation of valid obligations 
for one fiscal year for amounts made available for the national 
infrastructure investments program in Public Law 117-180.
    Section 109A allows the Secretary to transfer funds 
appropriated for administrative expenses in this act and in 
Public Law 117-103 to the account identified in section 801 of 
division J of Public Law 117-58 for the national infrastructure 
investments.
    Section 109B makes funds available to bring certain 
projects to completion.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               OPERATIONS

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    The agreement provides $11,915,000,000 for the operations 
of the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA], to remain 
available until September 30, 2024. Of the total amount 
provided, $9,993,821,000 is to be derived from the airport and 
airway trust fund. The act distributes funds by budget 
activity. The agreement does not include the realignment 
included in the budget request. The FAA is directed to include 
in its fiscal year 2023 operating plan and fiscal year 2024 
budget request any carryover and how it plans to use these 
unobligated balances.
    The agreement continues to direct the FAA to report 
immediately to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in the event resources are insufficient to 
operate a safe and effective air traffic control system, and 
appreciates the FAA's efforts to inform the committees of 
additional funding needs in fiscal year 2023 for controller 
hiring and training. The FAA has had to reduce its hiring 
targets for air traffic controllers [ATCs] in fiscal years 2021 
and 2022 due to COVID-19, and staffing levels in certain high 
demand facilities remain a challenge. Funding from previous 
fiscal years intended for hiring new ATCs was redirected to 
personal safety supplies and necessary COVID-19 cleanings, in 
order to protect the workforce, as well as for additional costs 
associated with COVID-19 related leave. As a result, the 
agreement allows the FAA to increase the number of new air 
traffic controllers by up to 480 above the levels included in 
the 2022-2031 ATC controller workforce plan [CWP]. The FAA may 
use air traffic organization [ATO] contract savings and 
reductions in discretionary adjustments from the President's 
budget request that are not referenced elsewhere in this joint 
explanatory statement to pay for this increased controller 
staffing level. Funding is also included in the facilities and 
equipment account for increased air traffic simulator training.
    As a condition of this increase, the FAA is directed to 
brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on a 
quarterly basis on: (1) the status of hiring for all new 
controllers funded in this bill; (2) actual staffing levels, 
including hiring and separation levels, at all ATC facilities; 
and (3) flight delays at each ATC facility by category. The FAA 
is also working through the collaborative resource workgroup 
[CRWG] to improve the process for determining controller 
staffing targets that may be included in the annual CWP. All 
relevant stakeholders, as determined by the Secretary, should 
be a part of the overall process.
    The FAA is reminded that the annual CWP serves as the basis 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations' funding 
recommendations every year, should reflect the Administration's 
budget request, and should be submitted solely by the 
Administrator of the FAA. For the 2023-2032 CWP, the FAA shall 
provide both total and facility specific data based on the 
current staffing standard and may include additional data from 
the CRWG process for comparative purposes. The 2023-2032 CWP 
should also include end of fiscal year 2022 counts of certified 
professional controllers [CPC], CPCs in training, and 
developmental controllers by facility. The agreement directs 
the FAA to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the methods used to determine the controller 
staffing targets for the 2023-2032 CWP upon its submission. The 
FAA is also directed to update the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this act on 
the open recommendations from the Office of Inspector General's 
reports AV2019013 and AV2021035.
    Advanced air mobility [AAM].--The agreement recognizes the 
FAA's ongoing work on AAM and encourages the FAA to provide a 
transparent framework and requirements to stakeholders for the 
safe use of AAM in the future. The agreement further recognizes 
that the FAA has committed to completing the proposed special 
Federal aviation requirement which will enable commercial 
operations and pilot licensing in a manner by December 31, 
2024.
    Air traffic control privatization.--The agreement does not 
support any efforts to transfer the FAA's air traffic functions 
to a not-for-profit, independent, private corporation.
    Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act 
[ACSAA].--The FAA is directed to provide all reports and 
briefings that are mandated by ACSAA to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. The agreement directs the FAA to 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 
significant difference identified by the GAO report GAO-22-
104480 between the U.S. and the European Union in approving new 
designs of commercial transport airplanes that warrant changes 
to the FAA's processes.
    Aircraft certification.--The agreement provides not less 
than $320,457,000 for aircraft certification service, and the 
FAA may use these funds to ensure the certification and safety 
of products and technologies that could reduce noise and 
emissions worldwide. The agreement expects the FAA to continue 
its efforts on training safety oversight personnel involved in 
the certification process through opportunities for knowledge-
sharing, including demonstration projects, between the FAA and 
industry, and access to the FAA training for the FAA employees 
and other individuals performing oversight work on behalf of 
the agency.
    Commercial space operations.--The agreement includes 
$37,854,000, an increase of $5,384,000 above the fiscal year 
2022 enacted level, and includes up to 40 new positions for 
launch and reentry licensing activities and human spaceflight 
activities. The agreement directs the FAA to report within 90 
days of enactment of this act to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on its efforts to integrate 
commercial space operations into the national airspace system 
[NAS], data on delays to commercial airline flights resulting 
from commercial space operations, and an evaluation of the 
impact of commercial space operations on the environment and 
communities.
    Community engagement and noise.--The agreement includes the 
requested increase of $1,308,000 and four new positions for 
community engagement to address aviation noise issues, 
including funding for technical and analytical support services 
to help address noise issues for communities that may not have 
such expertise themselves. The FAA should place retiring air 
traffic controllers in positions that can provide the necessary 
technical expertise to noise impacted communities.
    Contract towers.--The agreement provides not less than 
$187,800,000 for the contract tower program, and directs the 
FAA to continue to operate all contract towers currently in the 
program and to expeditiously add qualified eligible airports. 
The agreement also directs the FAA to provide flexibility to 
contract towers at small-hub airports with unique terrain and 
winter weather challenges so that each contract tower includes 
a minimum of two controllers during all regularly scheduled 
commercial flights, where permissible under current law.
    Contracting.--The agreement urges the FAA to close all open 
recommendations from the Office of Inspector General report 
ZA2020020 and directs the FAA to brief the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on any open recommendations from 
the Office of the Inspector General report ZA2017098.
    Cybersecurity.--The agreement includes the requested 
increase of $24,926,000 and 26 new positions for cybersecurity.
    FAA public hearing.--The agreement notes that the recent 
proposal to modify the condor 1 and condor 2 military operating 
areas has been withdrawn. However, the agreement remains 
concerned with any potential proposals to modify these military 
operating areas and encourages the FAA to work with its partner 
agencies by holding a public hearing with representatives from 
the relevant Federal agencies in western Maine if any such 
proposal is issued. Should any similar proposal be issued, the 
agreement directs the FAA to report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the issuance of a record 
of decision regarding any modification of the condor 1 and 
condor 2 military operations areas that includes a summary of 
any public meetings and hearings and a list of the comments, 
questions, and responses presented at these meetings and 
hearings.
    Helicopter safety.--The FAA is expected to respond to and 
address all National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB] 
recommendations from the final report on the December 26, 2019 
air tour helicopter crash in Kekaha, Hawaii. The FAA is also 
strongly urged to develop a cue-based training program for 
commercial air tour pilots in Hawaii that specifically 
addresses hazardous aspects of local weather phenomena and 
inflight decision-making.
    The agreement also continues to provide $5,000,000 for 
efforts to improve helicopter safety and directs the FAA to 
brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 
120 days of enactment of this act on an execution strategy, 
including program structure, phased plan, schedule with 
milestones, deliverables, and barriers to completion.
    Infill radar.--The agreement directs the FAA to provide a 
briefing the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
efforts to certify infill radar for use in the NAS to mitigate 
wind farm interference on the North American aerospace defense 
command's radars and the FAA ATC radars as soon as possible.
    Mitigating radar gaps for high-traffic airports.--The FAA 
shall brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on the feasibility and challenges of increasing staffing and/or 
providing terminal radar approach control facility services at 
airports in the mountain west where fire management air traffic 
contributes to airspace congestion and where inadequate radar 
coverage is limiting airport capacity for commercial, military, 
and fire management air traffic.
    Radio altimeters and 5G.--The FAA is directed to 
immediately notify Congress of any anticipated disruptions to 
the aviation system due to further implementation of 5G and to 
continue its collaboration with other Federal agencies and 
industry stakeholders to mitigate disruptions caused by the 5G 
rollout in order to maintain a safe and efficient national 
airspace as additional telecommunications companies deploy 5G. 
These efforts should be achieved in a mutually beneficial and 
reasonable timeline that accounts for unpredictable 
contingencies.
    The agreement directs the FAA to continue altimeter 
research and support voluntary forums with industry partners in 
order to establish new performance standards that consider the 
future of 5G, 6G, 7G, and beyond. The agreement directs the FAA 
to brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
its assessment of current radio altimeter technologies, 
including filters and other redesigns to reduce their 
susceptibility to potential 5G interference, and the extent to 
which such technologies can accommodate all future desired uses 
of C-band spectrum adjacent to the radar altimeter band. The 
FAA's assessment should be based on feedback from airlines, 
airports, the telecommunications industry, and radio altimeter 
manufacturers on the limits of current technologies, the need 
for future research, the extent to which industry is already 
investing in such research, and any research and development 
activities that the FAA can conduct and/or sponsor to prepare 
for 6G, 7G, and beyond.
    Small unmanned aircraft systems [UAS] procurement.--For any 
acquisition of small UAS using funds provided by the FAA, 
including those to Federal grant recipients, the FAA should 
require certification of review of the Department of Homeland 
Security [DHS] industry alert, and any subsequent and relevant 
UAS guidance, and completion of a risk assessment that 
considers the proposed use of the foreign-made UAS. The 
agreement directs the FAA to regularly brief the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, on an as needed basis, on 
any security risks or challenges identified by either agency 
from any small UAS or UAS components.
    Spaceports.--Not more than 180 days after the submission of 
the report to Congress required by section 580 of the FAA 
Authorization Act of 2018 on national spaceports policy, the 
FAA shall submit an assessment to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the effectiveness and 
suitability of existing infrastructure grant programs at the 
DOT and other Federal agencies that could be used for 
spaceports in a manner consistent with the section 580 report.
    Special use airspace.--The agreement directs the FAA to 
continue its efforts to improve airspace sharing with the 
Department of Defense [DOD] for special use airspace.
    Strengthen aviation safety oversight.--The agreement 
provides the requested increase of $11,397,000 and 110 new 
positions to help the FAA keep pace with a growing number of 
safety issues, including oversight of air carrier aircraft 
maintenance, general aviation repair facilities, and contract 
towers, as well as the growing role of the FAA's medical 
officers.
    Technical operations.--Within the air traffic organization, 
the agreement includes the requested level of funding for 
technical operations to ensure a sufficient number of personnel 
with the appropriate skill mix to keep facilities and equipment 
in working order.
    UAS beyond visual line of sight [BVLOS].--Instead of the 
requirement in House Report 117-402 to provide a BVLOS 
rulemaking plan no later than October 1, 2022, the agreement 
directs the FAA to engage with UAS stakeholders to inform them 
of its proposed UAS BVLOS rulemaking schedule, the challenges 
associated with this rulemaking, and any differences between 
the proposed rulemaking and the BVLOS aviation rulemaking 
committee's [ARC's] recommendations. The agreement also directs 
the FAA to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of this act on: (1) 
its plans to align policies that do not require rulemaking, 
including issuance of waivers, with the proposals recommended 
in the BVLOS ARC report; and (2) its plans to issue guidance 
providing accelerated pathways to enable low-altitude 
operations under existing rules, such as standard scenarios or 
pre-defined risk assessments.
    UAS test sites.--The agreement includes $6,000,000 for 
providing matching funds to commercial entities that contract 
with an FAA-designated UAS test site.
    Unfinished rulemaking.--The agreement directs the FAA to 
brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
unfinished rulemaking related to the safety of foreign repair 
stations and the rulemaking required by section 102 of the 
ACSAA within 30 days of enactment of this act. The rulemaking 
required by section 102 of the ACSAA is expected to be scalable 
and flexible for operations of various sizes, and expected to 
include specifics on how it can be implemented.
    Workforce diversity.--Of the amount provided for staff 
offices, the agreement includes not less than $5,000,000 for 
the minority serving institutions internship program, which the 
FAA should continue to grow and manage in a cost-effective 
manner.

                        FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    The agreement provides $2,945,000,000 for facilities and 
equipment. Of the total amount available, $570,000,000 is for 
personnel and related expenses and available until September 
30, 2024; $2,221,200,000 is available until September 30, 2025; 
and $153,800,000 is for terminal facilities and available until 
September 30, 2027. The FAA is expected to make sound 
investment decisions and report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on any major cost overruns or 
delays.
    The table below provides allocations of funds for FAA 
facilities and equipment from the IIJA for fiscal year 2023, 
which are subject to section 405 of this act:

      Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment from the
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--Fiscal Year 2023
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Activity 2--Air Traffic Control Facilities and Equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Route Traffic Control Center [ARTCC] & Combined          $45,000,000
 Control Facility [CCF] Building Improvements...........
Air Traffic Control En Route Radar Facilities                  1,000,000
 Improvements...........................................
Activity 3--Non-Air Traffic Control Facilities and        ..............
 Equipment..............................................
Terminal Air Traffic Control Facilities--Replace........     510,000,000
Air Traffic Control Tower [ATCT]/Terminal Radar Approach     147,000,000
 Control [TRACON] Facilities--Improve...................
Unstaffed Infrastructure Sustainment and Real Property        52,000,000
 Disposition............................................
Electrical Power Systems--Sustain/Support and Fuel           148,000,000
 Storage Tank Replacement and Management................
Activity 4--Facilities and Equipment Mission Support....  ..............
Hazardous Materials Management and NAS Facilities OSHA        36,000,000
 and Environmental Standards Compliance.................
Facility Security Risk Management.......................       1,000,000
Activity 5--Personnel and Related Expenses..............      60,000,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total, IIJA.........................................   1,000,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The table below provides details by activity for FAA 
facilities and equipment from funds made available under this 
heading in this act:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Facilities and Equipment                    Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Activity 1--Engineering, Development, Test and
 Evaluation
  Advanced Technology Development and Prototyping....        $24,300,000
  William J. Hughes Technical Center Laboratory               16,900,000
   Sustainment.......................................
  William J. Hughes Technical Center Infrastructure           15,000,000
   Sustainment.......................................
  NextGen--Separation Management Portfolio...........         17,000,000
  NextGen--Traffic Flow Management Portfolio.........         15,000,000
  NextGen--On Demand NAS Portfolio...................          8,500,000
  NextGen--NAS Infrastructure Portfolio..............         20,850,000
  NextGen Support Portfolio..........................          5,000,000
  NextGen--Unmanned Aircraft Systems [UAS]...........         13,000,000
  NextGen--Enterprise, Concept Development, Human             11,000,000
   Factors, & Demonstrations Portfolio...............
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Activity 1................................        146,550,000
Activity 2--Air Traffic Control Facilities and
 Equipment
a. En Route Programs
  En Route Automation Modernization [ERAM]--System           108,150,000
   Enhancements and Tech Refresh.....................
  Next Generation Weather Radar [NEXRAD].............          3,000,000
  Air Route Traffic Control Center [ARTCC] & Combined         81,700,000
   Control Facility [CCF] Building Improvements......
  Air/Ground Communications Infrastructure...........          9,400,000
  Air Traffic Control En Route Radar Facilities                6,700,000
   Improvements......................................
  Oceanic Automation System..........................         12,250,000
  Next Generation Very High Frequency Air/Ground              57,000,000
   Communications [NEXCOM]...........................
  System-Wide Information Management.................         10,200,000
  ADS-B NAS Wide Implementation......................        155,200,000
  Windshear Detection Service........................          3,200,000
  Air Traffic Management Implementation Portfolio....          7,400,000
  Time Based Flow Management Portfolio...............         21,300,000
  NextGen Weather Processor..........................         30,700,000
  Data Communications in Support of NextGen Air              103,050,000
   Transportation System.............................
  Offshore Automation................................         48,000,000
  Reduced Oceanic Separation.........................          2,050,000
  En Route Service Improvements......................          1,000,000
  Commercial Space Integration.......................          5,000,000
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, En Route Programs......................        665,300,000
b. Terminal Programs
  Terminal Doppler Weather Radar [TDWR]--Provide.....          1,000,000
  Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System             68,000,000
   [STARS] [TAMR Phase 1]............................
  Terminal Automation Program........................          3,000,000
  Terminal Air Traffic Control Facilities--Replace...        100,000,000
  ATCT/Terminal Radar Approach Control [TRACON]               53,800,000
   Facilities--Improve...............................
  NAS Facilities OSHA and Environmental Standards             24,200,000
   Compliance........................................
  Integrated Display System [IDS]....................         52,000,000
  Terminal Flight Data Manager [TFDM]................         61,800,000
  Performance Based Navigation Support Portfolio.....          8,000,000
  Unmanned Aircraft Systems [UAS] Implementation.....          5,000,000
  Airport Ground Surveillance Portfolio..............         18,000,000
  Terminal and EnRoute Surveillance Portfolio........        113,000,000
  Terminal and EnRoute Voice Switch and Recorder              40,100,000
   Portfolio.........................................
  Enterprise Information Platform....................          9,000,000
  Remote Towers......................................          3,000,000
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Terminal Programs......................        559,900,000
c. Flight Service Programs
  Aviation Surface Observation System [ASOS].........         10,000,000
  Future Flight Services Program.....................          1,500,000
  Alaska Flight Service Facility Modernization                 2,700,000
   [AFSFM]...........................................
  Juneau Airport Wind System [JAWS]--Technology                  500,000
   Refresh...........................................
  Weather Camera Program.............................          1,200,000
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Flight Service Programs................         15,900,000
d. Landing and Navigational Aids Program
  Very High Frequency [VHF] Omnidirectional Radio              7,100,000
   Range [VOR] Minimum Operating Network [MON].......
  Wide Area Augmentation System [WAAS] for GPS.......         91,800,000
  Instrument Flight Procedures Automation [IFPA].....          3,600,000
  Runway Safety Areas--Navigational Mitigation.......          2,500,000
  Landing and Lighting Portfolio.....................         72,900,000
  Distance Measuring Equipment [DME], Very High               10,000,000
   Frequency [VHF] Omni-Directional Range [VOR],
   Tactical Air Navigation [TACAN] [DVT] Sustainment
   Portfolio.........................................
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Landing and Navigational Aids Programs.        187,900,000
e. Other ATC Facilities Programs
  Fuel Storage Tank Replacement and Management.......         26,200,000
  Unstaffed Infrastructure Sustainment...............         45,300,000
  Aircraft Replacement and Related Equipment Program.         46,200,000
  Airport Cable Loop Systems--Sustained Support......         10,000,000
  Alaskan Satellite Telecommunications Infrastructure            500,000
   [ASTI]............................................
  Real Property Disposition..........................          4,500,000
  Electrical Power Systems--Sustain/Support..........        110,000,000
  Energy Management and Compliance [EMC].............          6,900,000
  Child Care Center Sustainment......................          1,200,000
  FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure..............         69,000,000
  Operational Analysis and Reporting Systems.........          6,100,000
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Other ATC Facilities Programs..........        325,900,000
                                                      ==================
    Total, Activity 2................................      1,754,900,000
Activity 3--Non-Air Traffic Control Facilities and
 Equipment
a. Support Equipment
  Hazardous Materials Management.....................         24,300,000
  Aviation Safety Analysis System [ASAS].............         28,200,000
  National Air Space [NAS] Recovery Communications            12,000,000
   [RCOM]............................................
  Facility Security Risk Management..................         14,000,000
  Information Security...............................         23,000,000
  System Approach for Safety Oversight [SASO]........         26,700,000
  Aviation Safety Knowledge Management Environment            12,000,000
   [ASKME]...........................................
  Aerospace Medical Equipment Needs [AMEN]...........          2,200,000
  NextGen System Safety Management Portfolio.........         17,000,000
  National Test Equipment Program....................          3,000,000
  Mobile Assets Management Program...................          1,900,000
  Aerospace Medicine Safety Information Systems                       --
   [AMSIS]...........................................
  Configuration, Logistics, and Maintenance Resource          19,700,000
   Solutions [CLMRS].................................
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Support Equipment......................        184,000,000
b. Training, Equipment and Facilities
  Aeronautical Center Infrastructure Sustainment.....         20,000,000
  Distance Learning..................................         17,200,000
                                                      ------------------
    Subtotal, Training, Equipment and Facilities.....         37,200,000
                                                      ==================
    Total, Activity 3................................        221,200,000
Activity 4--Facilities and Equipment Mission Support
  System Engineering and Development Support.........         38,000,000
  Program Support Leases.............................         45,000,000
  Logistics and Acquisition Support Services.........         12,000,000
  Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Leases...........         16,000,000
  Transition Engineering Support.....................         19,000,000
  Technical Support Services Contract [TSSC].........         28,000,000
  Resource Tracking Program [RTP]....................          8,000,000
  Center for Advanced Aviation System Development             57,000,000
   [CAASD]...........................................
  Aeronautical Information Management Program........         29,350,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Activity 4................................        252,350,000
Activity 5--Personnel and Related Expenses
  Personnel and Related Expenses.....................        570,000,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, All Activities............................      2,945,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Terminal air traffic control facilities--replace.--The 
agreement directs the FAA to continue working to address aging 
and antiquated air traffic control facilities that it leases 
from airport authorities to ensure they are fully compliant 
with current building codes consistent with being occupied by 
air traffic controllers. The agreement directs the FAA to 
consider creative financing options and to include 
consideration of long-term cost recovery leases, when 
conditions warrant the construction of new air traffic control 
towers. Funding above the budget request is for the purposes 
and amounts specified in the table entitled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' [CPF/CDS] included 
in this joint explanatory statement. CPF/CDS funding shall not 
diminish or prejudice the application of a specific airport or 
geographic region to receive other discretionary grants or 
multi-year letters of intent.
    Standard terminal automation replacement system [STARS].--
The FAA may consider including funding for STARS enhancements 2 
and multi-platform ATC re-hosting solutions display platform 
advancements upon conducting an investment analysis to 
determine the most optimal solution.
    Landing and lighting portfolio.--The agreement includes 
$72,900,000 and supports the FAA's work to modernize and 
enhance navigation aids [NavAids] monitoring and control 
capabilities in air traffic control towers. The agreement 
includes $10,000,000 for instrument landing systems and 
$10,000,000 for precision approach path indicators. The FAA 
shall train existing technical staff and hire additional staff 
if necessary to install these critical systems. The FAA may use 
established contractors to augment FAA resources if necessary. 
The FAA should also refresh the software and technology of 
NavAids control and monitoring systems, which provide real 
time, mission critical capabilities, and enhance situational 
awareness, safety, and efficiency in managing air traffic.
    Military operations areas.--Radar and future NextGen 
systems capable of controlling airspace down to 500 feet above 
ground level enhances aviation safety in military operations 
areas that overlay public use airports. The agreement 
recommends that the FAA utilize existing resources to promptly 
provide radar or NextGen capability in areas with more than 
5,000 operations per year.
    Air/ground communications infrastructure.--The agreement 
provides $1,600,000 above the budget request for infrastructure 
in mountainous terrain that will enable continuous radio 
communication between the pilots of low-flying tour flights and 
ground support personnel, as well as infrastructure 
improvements needed to improve coverage in mountainous terrain.
    Weather camera program.--The FAA is expected to 
expeditiously install all weather cameras previously funded for 
Hawaii, provide access to the real-time imagery from these 
weather cameras to the general public, and equip its flight 
service station specialists with the technical capabilities and 
training to provide verbal preflight and en route briefings.
    Aerospace medicine safety information system [AMSIS].--The 
agreement does not include any funding for the AMSIS. The 
agreement directs the FAA to reprogram up to $9,300,000 for 
distance learning for the tower training simulators from the 
unobligated balances previously appropriated under this heading 
for AMSIS.
    Distance learning.--The agreement provides $17,200,000 for 
distance learning, of which $15,400,000 is for tower simulation 
systems, $1,000,000 is for distance learning, and $800,000 is 
for the safety and technical education platform.

                 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    The agreement provides $255,000,000 for the FAA's research, 
engineering, and development activities, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025.
    The following table provides details by program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Research, Engineering, and Development              Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fire Research and Safety................................      $7,136,000
Propulsion and Fuel Systems.............................       3,000,000
Advanced Materials /Structural Safety...................      14,720,000
Aircraft Icing..........................................       2,472,000
Digital System Safety...................................       3,689,000
Continued Air Worthiness................................       8,829,000
Flight deck/Maintenance/System Integration Human Factors      14,301,000
System Safety Management/Terminal Area Safety...........       9,252,000
Air Traffic Control/Technical Operations Human Factors..       5,911,000
Aeromedical Research....................................       9,000,000
Weather Program.........................................      13,786,000
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research......................      22,077,000
Alternative Fuels for General Aviation..................      10,000,000
Commercial Space Transportation Safety..................       4,708,000
Wake Turbulence.........................................       3,728,000
NextGen--Weather Technology in the Cockpit..............       4,000,000
Information/Cyber Security..............................       4,769,000
Environment and Energy..................................      21,000,000
NextGen--Environmental Research--Aircraft Technologies        68,000,000
 and Fuels..............................................
System Planning and Resource Management.................       4,141,000
Aviation Workforce Development--Section 625.............      15,000,000
William J. Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facilities       5,481,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................     255,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Advanced materials/structural safety.--The agreement 
includes $14,720,000 for advanced materials/structural safety, 
of which: (1) $6,000,000 is to advance the use of these new 
additive materials (both metallic and non-metallic based 
additive processes) in the commercial aviation industry; (2) 
$4,000,000 is to advance the use of fiber reinforced composite 
materials in the commercial aviation industry through the FAA 
joint advanced materials and structures center of excellence; 
and (3) $2,000,000 is for the FAA to continue its work with 
existing public-private partnerships that provide leading-edge 
research, development, and testing of composite materials and 
structures.
    Aviation emissions and noise.--The agreement includes 
$21,000,000 for environment and energy, of which $7,500,000 is 
to conduct research within the aviation sustainability center 
[ASCENT] center of excellence [COE]. The agreement includes 
$68,000,000 for NextGen-Environmental Research-Aircraft 
Technologies and Fuels, of which $26,565,000 is for ASCENT and 
$38,000,000 is for the continuous lower energy, emissions, and 
noise [CLEEN] program.The agreement directs the FAA to 
prioritize research related to sustainable aviation fuels 
[SAFs] and certification of SAFs, and expects this research to 
help identify and overcome key barriers to entry to the SAF 
market.
    Aviation workforce development programs.--Within amounts 
for the section 625 program, the agreement provides $10,000,000 
for the aviation maintenance workforce and $5,000,000 for the 
aircraft pilot workforce. Funds provided for aircraft pilot 
workforce should be prioritized for applicants that can 
increase the number of pilots across the aviation industry, 
including commercial service.
    UAS research.--The agreement includes $22,077,000 for UAS 
research. Of this amount: (1) $12,000,000 is directed to 
support the expanded role of the UAS COE in areas of UAS 
research, including cybersecurity, agricultural applications, 
beyond visual line of sight technology, studies of advanced 
composites and other non-metallic engineering materials not 
common to manned aircraft but utilized in UAS, the STEM 
program, and to continue efforts with the UAS safety standards 
for UAS and to develop and validate certification standards for 
such systems; (2) $2,000,000 for the Center's role in 
transportation disaster preparedness and response, partnering 
with institutions that have demonstrated experience in damage 
assessment, collaboration with state transportation agencies, 
and applied UAS field testing; and (3) $8,000,000 is to support 
UAS research activities at the FAA technical center and other 
FAA facilities.
    Alternative fuels for general aviation.--The agreement 
directs the FAA to prioritize funding to the testing and 
identification of unleaded fuels that can be safely used in 
piston-engine aircraft fleet. The agreement directs the FAA to 
prioritize the identification and testing of unleaded 
replacement fuels that are viable candidates for fleet 
authorization and to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 120 days of enactment of this act on the 
progress it has made on these pending applications. The FAA is 
expected to move forward expeditiously on a rulemaking 
triggered by the Environmental Protection Agency's [EPA's] 
endangerment finding for lead emissions from aircraft engines 
that operate on leaded fuel.
    Safety systems management/terminal area safety.--The 
agreement encourages the FAA to conduct research on the 
development, collection, and maintenance of safety critical 
data for vertical flight operations, infrastructure, and 
technology concepts using subject matter experts and laboratory 
facilities at the FAA's William J. Hughes technical center. 
This research should include a revised heliport/vertiport 
facility obstruction policy, development of geospatial data 
standards, which define a data model for accuracy, standards, 
and maintenance updates, as well as instrument flight procedure 
development, automation, simulation and flight test data 
collection and evaluation, and technologies to support safer 
low-altitude operations.

                       GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides an obligation limitation of 
$3,350,000,000 and a liquidating cash appropriation of 
$3,350,000,000, to remain available until expended. Within the 
obligation limitation, the agreement provides not less than 
$137,372,000 for administrative expenses, $15,000,000 for the 
airport cooperative research program, $40,828,000 for airport 
technology research, and $10,000,000 for the small community 
air service development program.
    Airport technology.--Of the amount for airport technology 
research, $6,000,000 is for the airfield pavement technology 
program authorized under section 744 of Public Law 115-254, of 
which $3,000,000 is for concrete pavement research and 
$3,000,000 is for asphalt pavement research.
    Airport improvement program [AIP] formula.--The agreement 
directs the FAA to consider the full range of flight activities 
(such as flight training, air cargo, emergency response, pilot 
training, etc.) and associated metrics when considering AIP 
discretionary grants.
    Boarding bridges.--The agreement continues to direct the 
FAA to consult with the U.S. Trade Representative [USTR] and 
the U.S. Attorney General to develop, to the extent 
practicable, a list of entities that: (1) are a foreign state-
owned enterprise that is identified by the USTR in the report 
required by subsection (a)(1) of section 182 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (Public Law 93-618) and subject to monitoring by the 
USTR under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974; and (2) have 
been determined by a Federal court, after exhausting all 
appeals, to have misappropriated intellectual property or trade 
secrets from an entity organized under the laws of the United 
States or any jurisdiction within the United States. The FAA 
shall make such list available to the public and work with the 
USTR, to the extent practicable, to utilize the system for 
award management database to exclude such entities from being 
eligible for Federal non-procurement awards. The FAA is 
expected to notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of any significant challenges the agency faces 
in completing these actions.
    Burdensome regulations.--The FAA should continue to 
identify opportunities to eliminate unnecessary regulations and 
streamline burdensome regulations and identify areas where more 
autonomy can be given to local jurisdictions with a better 
understanding of needs and challenges in building and 
maintaining infrastructure.
    National plan of integrated airport systems [NPIAS].--The 
agreement directs the FAA to expeditiously review requests for 
entry into the NPIAS. Public-use airports that meet all 
applicable criteria and which have had significant and material 
investment from their local communities should be included in 
the NPIAS.
    Noise.--The agreement directs the FAA to ensure that AIP 
funds are made available to reduce the impact of noise on 
communities and on communities further from airports that 
experience highly repetitive overflights.
    Transition plan to fluorine-free firefighting foam.--Not 
later than 120 days after the date of the publication of the 
new military specification [MIL-SPEC] for firefighting foam, 
the FAA is directed to develop a transition plan for part 139 
airports to use the MIL-SPEC. In addition to the requirements 
for the transition plan in House Report 117-402, the FAA shall 
also provide airports information on any supplemental equipment 
needed to utilize approved MIL-SPEC products.

                       GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

    The agreement provides $558,555,000 in new budget authority 
for additional discretionary grants for airport construction 
projects, of which $283,555,000 is for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending included in this 
joint explanatory statement. Funding allocated for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending shall not 
diminish or prejudice the application of a specific airport or 
geographic region to receive other AIP discretionary grants or 
multi-year letters of intent.
    Voluntary airport low emissions [VALE] program.--The 
agreement expects the FAA to engage with airport sponsors at 
major hubs to identify projects suitable for the VALE program.

       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

    Section 110 allows no more than 600 technical staff-years 
at the center for advanced aviation systems development.
    Section 111 prohibits funds for adopting guidelines or 
regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide FAA ``without 
cost'' building construction or space.
    Section 112 allows reimbursement for fees collected and 
credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303.
    Section 113 allows reimbursement of funds for providing 
technical assistance to foreign aviation authorities to be 
credited to the operations account.
    Section 114 prohibits funds for Sunday premium pay unless 
work was actually performed on a Sunday.
    Section 115 prohibits funds from being used to buy store 
gift cards with government issued credit cards.
    Section 116 requires the administrator to block the 
identifying information of an owner or operator's aircraft in 
any flight tracking display to the public upon the request of 
an owner or operator.
    Section 117 prohibits funds for salaries and expenses of 
more than nine political and Presidential appointees in the 
FAA.
    Section 118 prohibits funds to increase fees under 49 
U.S.C. 44721 until the FAA provides a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that justifies all fees 
related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how 
such fees are consistent with executive order no. 13642.
    Section 119 requires the FAA to notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations at least 90 days before closing a 
regional operations center or reducing the services provided.
    Section 119A prohibits funds from being used to change 
weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro 
Airport in New Jersey.
    Section 119B prohibits funds from being used to withhold 
from consideration and approval certain application for 
participation in the contract tower program, or for certain 
reevaluations of cost-share program participation.
    Section 119C prohibits funds from being used to open, 
close, redesignate, or reorganize a regional office, the 
aeronautical center, or the technical center subject to the 
normal reprogramming requirements outlined under section 405 of 
this act.
    Section 119D improves the efficiency of the FAA franchise 
fund.
    Section 119E provides restrictions on the use of the 
authorities under 49 U.S.C. 44502(e) to transfer certain air 
traffic system or equipment to the FAA.
    Section 119F allows the transfer of funds from the 
``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' account to reimburse airports 
affected by temporary flight restrictions for residences of the 
president.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement limits obligations for the administrative 
expenses of the Federal Highway Administration [FHWA] to 
$476,783,991, of which $3,248,000 is for the administrative 
expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission.

                          FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The agreement limits obligations for the Federal-aid 
highways program to $58,764,510,674 in fiscal year 2023.
    Implementation plan.--The agreement directs the FHWA to 
brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
implementation plan for conducting the research outlined in the 
transportation research board's truck size and weight research 
plan within 30 days of enactment of this act.
    Emergency relief manual.--The agreement directs the FHWA to 
provide an update to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this act on the 
status of implementation and a timeline for completion, and 
every 30 days thereafter, until the emergency relief manual is 
updated, as required by section 11519 of the IIJA.
    Resilient infrastructure.--The agreement directs the FHWA 
to continue to prioritize research, development, deployment, 
and demonstrations of new and proven technologies that could 
make infrastructure systems more resilient.
    Electric vehicle [EV] charging infrastructure.--In granting 
exemptions from the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation's 
[Joint Office's] requirements for EV charging infrastructure 
deployment, the agreement directs the Joint Office to consider 
the estimated volume of customers at a proposed charging site. 
The agreement directs the Joint Office to coordinate with 
stakeholders to ensure the exemption process is transparent, 
user-friendly, efficient, and accounts for the unique needs of 
rural areas. The agreement also directs the FHWA to clarify the 
eligibility of infrastructure for wireless charging, such as 
inductive charging, under 23 U.S.C. 151(f).
    The agreement directs the Joint Office to carry out a 
nationwide assessment of EV charging infrastructure in 
underserved and disadvantaged communities, including urban, 
rural, and suburban areas. The Joint Office shall provide a 
briefing not later than 90 days after enactment of this act to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
methodology that will be used to obtain information provided in 
the assessment, and shall release the assessment on a publicly 
accessible website within 1 year of enactment of this act. The 
Joint Office may coordinate the assessment with the electric 
vehicle working group established under section 25006 of the 
IIJA.
    The agreement also directs the Joint Office to brief the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on: (1) the 
extent to which funding from the IIJA for EV charging 
infrastructure will be beneficial to underserved communities, 
disadvantaged communities, and individuals living in multi-
family or affordable housing; and (2) the extent to which 
community input and stakeholder engagement will be considered 
in the deployment of EV charging infrastructure.
    Categorical exclusions [CE].--The agreement directs the 
FHWA to work with stakeholders, including state DOTs, to 
determine how to best minimize the bureaucratic burdens of the 
CE qualification process.
    Appalachian development highway system [ADHS].--The 
agreement continues to direct the FHWA to submit the report 
required by the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 
fiscal year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act on ADHS.
    Greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions.--The agreement directs the 
Department to continue efforts to research, develop, promote, 
and deploy materials that will help reduce lifecycle GHG 
emissions.
    Interstate projects in the intermountain west.--The 
agreement encourages the FHWA to work with state DOTs and local 
governments to move forward on several projects in the 
intermountain west, including I-10 improvements, I-11 
construction, I-17 improvements, U.S. 95 expansion, the North-
South corridor study in Pinal County, and completion of the 
Sonoran corridor.
    Wildlife crossings pilot program.--The agreement directs 
the FHWA to provide technical assistance related to the 
implementation of 23 U.S.C. 148(a)(4)(B)(xvii), as needed.
    Road maintenance on Indian land.--The agreement encourages 
the Secretary of Transportation to work with the Secretary of 
the Interior to provide a study addressing the deferred 
maintenance backlog of existing roads on Indian land as 
described in section 14006 of the IIJA. The agreement directs 
the Secretary of Transportation to collaborate with the 
Secretary of the Interior to: (1) issue a public update on 
efforts to increase data accessibility on Tribal roads; and (2) 
issue an update on progress in meeting the recommendations from 
the report GAO-17-423.
    Use of funds.--The agreement directs the FHWA to continue 
to engage with stakeholders, including state DOTs and local 
governments, to clarify that the DOT is not seeking to 
discourage projects that are eligible under current law and 
will not penalize states that use highway formula funds for 
projects eligible under current law. The agreement also directs 
the Secretary to identify the extent to which the authority 
under section 1420 of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation [FAST] Act, as amended by section 11306 of the 
IIJA, is used, including when such requests are denied and the 
reason for any such denials, and report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of 
this act on its findings.

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation of 
$59,503,510,674, which is available until expended, to pay the 
outstanding obligations of the various highway programs at the 
levels provided in this act and prior appropriations acts.

                    HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $3,417,811,613 from the general 
fund. Of the total amount, the bill provides $1,862,811,613 for 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Designated Spending 
for projects listed in the table at the end of this joint 
explanatory statement in the corresponding amounts, 
$100,000,000 for the ADHS, $40,000,000 for the nationally 
significant Federal lands and Tribal projects program (of which 
not less than $20,000,000 shall be set-aside for projects in 
Tribal areas), $12,000,000 for the regional infrastructure 
accelerator demonstration program, $20,000,000 for the national 
scenic byways program, $45,000,000 for the active 
transportation infrastructure investment program, $3,000,000 
for the pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway 
rights-of-way program, $5,000,000 for cooperative agreements on 
endangered salmon populations, $1,145,000,000 for a bridge 
replacement and rehabilitation program, $15,000,000 to be 
transferred to the Northern Border Regional Commission, 
$150,000,000 for PROTECT grants, as authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
176, and $20,000,000 to be transferred to the Denali 
Commission.
    Nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects 
[NSFLTP] program.--The agreement directs the FHWA to award not 
less than 50 percent of the funds for the NSFLTP program for 
projects on Tribal transportation facilities, consistent with 
section 1123 of the FAST Act, as amended by section 11127 of 
the IIJA.
    National scenic byways program [NSBP].--The agreement 
directs the FHWA to not include the preference for projects 
that have a total cost of $500,000 or larger for the funds 
provided for fiscal year 2023.

       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

    Section 120 distributes the Federal-aid highways program 
obligation limitation.
    Section 121 allows funds received by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to be 
credited to the Federal-aid highways account.
    Section 122 provides requirements for any waiver of Buy 
America Act requirements.
    Section 123 requires 60-day notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any INFRA grants 
awarded under 23 U.S.C. 117, provided that such notification 
shall be made no later than 180 days from the date of enactment 
of this act.
    Section 124 allows state DOTs to repurpose certain highway 
project funding within 25 miles of its original designation.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The bill includes a liquidation of contract authorization 
and a limitation on obligations of $367,500,000 for the 
operations and programs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration [FMCSA]. Of this limitation, $14,073,000 is for 
the research and technology program, and $63,098,000 is for IT 
and information management [IM], to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2025.
    IT and IM.--The agreement directs the FMCSA to report no 
less than annually on the spending plans for the amounts 
provided for IT and IM and to update the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations about progress on modernizing its 
legacy systems.
    Unlawful brokerage activities.--The agreement modifies the 
reporting requirement in House Report 117-402 by also requiring 
the FMCSA to identify safety concerns arising from unlawful 
brokerage activities. Further, the agreement directs the FMCSA 
to finalize the interim guidance issued on November 16, 2022 in 
the Federal Register on its interpretation of the definitions 
of ``broker'' and ``bona fide agents'' as required by section 
23021 of the IIJA no later than June 16, 2023.
    Safe driver apprenticeship pilot [SDAP] program.--The 
agreement directs the FMCSA to provide interim updates on the 
SDAP program as directed and enumerated in House Report 117-
402. If the FMCSA encounters data limitations, then the FMCSA 
may provide alternative data or no data on certain enumerated 
items in such interim updates and the FMCSA is directed to 
explain such data limitations as part of such interim updates.
    Border crossing capital improvement program [CIP].--The 
agreement directs the FMCSA to include the current status of 
the border crossing CIP in its annual budget request.

                      MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The bill includes a liquidation of contract authorization 
and a limitation on obligations of $506,150,000 for motor 
carrier safety grants.
    The bill provides the following funding levels for specific 
activities within this account:

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Motor carrier safety assistance program..............       $398,500,000
Commercial driver's license program implementation            42,650,000
 program.............................................
High priority activities program.....................         58,800,000
Commercial motor vehicle operators grant program.....          1,200,000
Commercial motor vehicle enforcement training and              5,000,000
 support grant program...............................
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 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

    Section 130 requires the FMCSA to send notice of 49 CFR 
section 385.308 violations by certified mail, registered mail, 
or some other manner of delivery which records receipt of the 
notice by the persons responsible for the violations.
    Section 131 requires the FMCSA to update inspection 
regulations for rear underride guards as specified in GAO-19-
264.
    Section 132 prohibits funds from being used to enforce the 
electronic logging device rule with respect to carriers 
transporting livestock or insects.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

    The agreement provides $210,000,000 from the general fund 
for operations and research. The agreement directs the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA] to include the 
same level of detail as was included in the fiscal year 2020 
budget estimate in future budget estimates.
    New car assessment program [NCAP].--The agreement directs 
the NHTSA to continue research to address gender inequity as 
evidenced through available crash data so that NCAP can 
transition to use the latest crash test dummy technology in 
tests and can be periodically updated to enhance crash 
protection to male and female occupants of different sizes. The 
agreement directs the NHTSA to provide quarterly updates to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations upon enactment of 
this act on its progress. The agreement further directs the 
Secretary to submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the report required under section 24221(b) of 
the IIJA.
    Automated vehicles [AVs].--The agreement encourages the 
NHTSA to use up to $9,000,000 of amounts from this account for 
AV testing. The agreement directs the NHTSA to submit a report 
within 90 days of enactment of this act on the status of 
current research and rulemakings related to the safe deployment 
of new AV technology that may improve safety outcomes, and 
incorporate novel vehicle designs that improve mobility and 
access for all.
    Virtual modeling and simulation.--The agreement directs up 
to $3,500,000 to support the virtual review, assessment and 
validation of AVs and increased coordination with the highly 
automated systems safety COE.
    Causal factors of auto crashes.--The agreement modifies 
direction under this heading in House Report 117-402 and 
instead encourages the NHTSA to focus amounts made available 
within this account on research on causal factors of auto 
crashes, such as distracted driving, road conditions, and 
congestion.
    Highway fatalities.--The agreement supports the use of 
increased funding provided by the IIJA for the purposes of 
reducing the growing number of traffic fatalities through 
implementation of the national roadway safety strategy, 
addressing all rulemaking mandates in the IIJA, and addressing 
open NTSB recommendations.
    Digital alert technology.--The agreement supports the use 
of digital alert technologies that can provide up-to-date 
information about dynamic conditions on roads to drivers. The 
NHTSA should deploy this technology with local law enforcement 
in the field.
    Conspicuity tape.--The agreement urges the NHTSA to move 
forward with rulemaking initiated in 2014 to improve visibility 
of commercial trucks over 10,000 pounds by requiring them to 
have reflective markings, consistent with past NTSB 
recommendations.
    Partnership for analytics research in traffic safety.--The 
agreement directs the NHTSA to continue its cooperative work 
for analytics research in traffic safety and its focus on real-
world insights that can improve the performance of advanced 
vehicle safety technologies.
    Spinal cord research.--The agreement directs the Department 
to provide an update within 180 days of enactment of this act 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its 
efforts to expand spinal cord research with outside 
organizations.
    Transportation safety and human health.--The agreement 
directs the NHTSA to partner with an accredited university of 
higher education with a university hospital to conduct research 
on the intersection of transportation safety and human health, 
and to create evidence-based training programs in order to 
reduce traffic crashes and improve transportation safety. The 
agreement directs the NHTSA to use up to $3,000,000 from the 
amounts made available under the heading ``Vehicle Safety and 
Behavioral Research Programs'' in title VIII of division J of 
the IIJA for these activities.
    Advanced impaired driving prevention technology 
rulemaking.--The agreement expects the NHTSA to deliver the 
Volpe report on advanced drunk driving prevention systems as 
required by House Report 116-452, which may point to 
technologies that could help meet the rulemaking requirements 
in section 24220 of the IIJA, and directs the NHTSA to 
emphasize its research on driver monitoring and to identify 
promising technologies that will reduce or eliminate impaired 
and distracted driving. The agreement expects the NHTSA to 
prioritize resources to meet the rulemaking requirements of 
section 24220 of the IIJA and to issue the final rule within 
the timelines set forth in such section. The agreement also 
expects the NHTSA to notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations if funding, staffing, or other resource 
constraints are delaying or hindering this rulemaking.
    The agreement directs that within 90 days of enactment of 
this act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post on 
a publicly available website a report that includes: (1) the 
current status of the rulemaking required by section 24220 of 
the IIJA, including an anticipated timeline for finalizing the 
rulemaking as set forth in section 24220 of the IIJA; (2) any 
issues that could lead to delays in the Secretary not issuing 
the rulemaking by November 2024, as is permissible under 
section 24220 of the IIJA; (3) a list or summary of products 
that are currently available for installation in passenger 
motor vehicles to prevent drunk and impaired driving; and (4) a 
summary of the progress made in carrying out the collaborative 
research efforts through the driver alcohol detection system 
for safety program, including an accounting of the use of 
Federal funds and matching funds from the private sector.
    Drug impaired driving.--The agreement directs the NHTSA to 
work with the Department of Justice, the Department of Health 
and Human Services [HHS], and the Department of Commerce to 
ensure that state highway safety offices and state law 
enforcement have the most up-to-date information from the 
Federal government on detecting impaired driving. The agreement 
also directs the NHTSA to work with states to determine their 
toxicology testing and funding needs and to make states aware 
that assistance for state toxicology labs are eligible expenses 
under sections 402 and 405 formula grant funds and to provide 
information to states about oral fluid roadside screening 
programs.

                        OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation and 
an obligation limitation of $197,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, which reflects the authorized level of contract 
authority, and of which $57,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024. Of the total amount, the agreement 
provides $190,000,000 for programs authorized under section 403 
of title 23, U.S.C., including behavioral research on automated 
driving systems and advanced driver assistance systems and 
improving consumer responses to safety recalls, and section 
25024 of Public Law 117-58.
    Child hyperthermia.--The directive under this heading in 
House Report 117-402 is modified by providing up to $3,000,000.

                     HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The bill provides a liquidating cash appropriation and an 
obligation limitation of $795,220,000 for highway traffic 
safety grants, to remain available until expended.

      ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
                             ADMINISTRATION

    Section 140 provides funding for travel and related 
expenses for state management reviews and highway safety core 
competency development training.
    Section 141 exempts obligation authority made available in 
previous public laws from the obligation limitations set for 
the current year.
    Section 142 prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
certain state maintenance of effort requirements under 23 
U.S.C. 405.
    Section 143 provides a short title to section 24220 of the 
IIJA.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

    The bill provides $250,449,000 for the safety and 
operations of the Federal Railroad Administration [FRA], of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. The 
agreement provides the following funding levels for specific 
activities within this account:

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Automated track inspection program...................        $17,000,000
Positive train control support program...............   up to $1,000,000
Trespasser prevention................................   up to $3,000,000
Highway-rail grade crossing safety...................   up to $3,000,000
Confidential close call reporting system.............   up to $4,300,000
Grant and project development technical assistance,     up to $1,500,000
 oversight...........................................
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    Blocked railroad crossings.--The agreement directs the FRA 
to continue to use the information gathered through the FRA's 
website on blocked railroad crossings in order to identify the 
root causes of blocked crossing incidents and identify 
meaningful solutions to prevent future occurrences. In doing 
so, the agreement encourages the FRA to continue working with 
all stakeholders, including communities, state and local 
agencies, law enforcement, freight railroads, and others. 
Further, the agreement directs the FRA to incorporate 
information collected by the FRA from both the freight 
railroads and the FRA's website on blocked railroad crossings 
into the national highway-rail crossing inventory, to the 
extent permissible under current law.
    Intercity passenger rail competition.--The agreement 
modifies the direction in House Report 117-402 to allow for 
competitive bidding procedures at the option of eligible 
applicants.
    Automated track inspection technologies.--Instead of the 
direction in House Report 117-402, the agreement directs the 
Department to continue to evaluate the performance of automated 
track inspection technology and determine whether any 
additional data is needed. In evaluating these technologies, 
the Department shall evaluate the ability of automated track 
inspection technology to detect all defects outlined in 49 CFR 
213 track safety standards. The Department shall report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on such 
evaluation and any next steps the FRA is considering, including 
any potential regulatory actions, to incorporate automated 
track inspections into the inspection process within 90 days of 
enactment of this act. The Department is further directed to 
only consider regulatory action following the completion with 
recommendations of railroad safety advisory committee task 19-
05.

                   RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    The bill provides $44,000,000 for railroad research and 
development, to remain available until expended. Of this 
amount, up to $3,000,000 is available to make improvements at 
the transportation technology center as authorized under 49 
U.S.C. 20108(d).
    Rail research and development COE.--The agreement provides 
up to 10 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading for grants to establish and maintain a rail research 
and development COE as authorized by section 22102(d) of the 
IIJA. The agreement directs the FRA to report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on its efforts to establish 
such COE no later than 90 days after enactment of this act.
    Safe transportation of energy products.--The agreement 
provides up to $2,000,000 to research and mitigate risks 
associated with the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, 
liquefied natural gas [LNG], and other hazardous materials, 
including tank car research in partnership with other Federal 
agencies. The FRA is directed to continue to undertake 
comprehensive efforts in collaboration with the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [PHMSA] to identify 
and address gaps in research relating to the transportation of 
LNG in rail tank cars, including recommendations from the 
transportation research board special reports 339 and 345, 
which should inform rulemaking.
    Emissions reduction and alternative fuel locomotives.--The 
agreement provides not less than $2,500,000 for the FRA to 
continue ongoing research, development, and testing on 
innovative technologies and solutions for low- or no-emission 
alternative fuels for locomotives, engine improvements, and 
motive power technologies. The FRA is directed to work in 
collaboration with the Department of Energy and the private 
sector in order to hasten the transition from traditional 
diesel fuel locomotives, spur the development and deployment of 
low- or no-emission technologies, and achieve widespread 
commercial use. Further, the agreement directs the FRA to 
conduct research, development, testing, and analysis to 
determine the safety of such technologies, any additional 
emergency response planning and training requirements relating 
to such technologies, related infrastructure requirements to 
support such technologies, and any other activities the FRA 
deems necessary to ensure the safe operations of such 
technologies.
    Short-line safety.--The agreement provides $2,500,000 to 
continue to improve safety practices and training for class II 
and class III freight railroads, including efforts to improve 
the safe transportation of crude oil, other hazardous 
materials, freight, and passenger rail.
    Research partnerships with universities.--The agreement 
provides up to $5,000,000 for partnerships with qualified 
universities on research related to improving the safety, 
capacity, and efficiency of the nation's rail infrastructure, 
including $1,000,000 for research on intelligent railroad 
systems. Research conducted in conjunction with the FRA at 
universities should also be structured to facilitate the 
education and training of the next generation of professionals 
in rail engineering and transportation.
    Windows.--The agreement directs the FRA to study window 
glazing retention systems pursuant to section 22420 of the 
IIJA.

         FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL

    The bill provides $100,000,000 for Federal-state 
partnership for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized 
under 49 U.S.C. 24911, to remain available until expended.
    The agreement commends the FRA for issuing the 2022 
northeast corridor [NEC] project inventory, as required by 
section 22307 of the IIJA, on November 15, 2022. The agreement 
modifies the direction in House Report 117-402, and directs the 
FRA to continue working toward issuing a NOFO for the Federal-
state partnership for intercity passenger rail grants program 
to solicit applications for NEC projects listed on the NEC 
project inventory.
    Regional rail planning.--Of the funds provided under this 
heading in this act and in Public Law 117-58 for fiscal year 
2023, the agreement directs the Secretary to exercise the 
authorities under 49 U.S.C. 24911(k) to withhold up to 5 
percent of the total amounts made available to carry out 
planning and development activities related to the corridor 
identification and development program authorized under 49 
U.S.C. 25101.

        CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $535,000,000 for consolidated rail 
infrastructure and safety improvements [CRISI] grants as 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 22907, to remain available until 
expended. Of this amount, not less than $150,000,000 is for 
projects eligible under 49 U.S.C. 22907(c)(2) that support the 
development of new intercity passenger rail service routes 
including alignments for existing routes; not less than 
$25,000,000 is for projects eligible under 49 U.S.C. 
22907(c)(11); $5,000,000 is for preconstruction planning 
activities and capital costs related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects; $30,426,000 is for 
the purposes and amounts specified in the table entitled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included in this joint explanatory statement; and not less than 
$5,000,000 is for workforce development and training activities 
eligible under 49 U.S.C. 22907(c)(13).
    The agreement directs the FRA to provide funding for those 
projects listed in the table entitled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in this 
joint explanatory statement in the corresponding amounts. 
Further, the agreement directs that the specific funding 
allocated in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in this joint 
explanatory statement shall not diminish or prejudice any 
application or geographic region to receive other discretionary 
grants or loans.

          THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION [AMTRAK]

    The agreement provides a total of $2,453,000,000 for 
Amtrak. The agreement directs the FRA to make a timely 
disbursement of funds to maximize Amtrak's ability to 
efficiently manage its cash flow. The agreement directs the FRA 
to release adequate funding in the first quarter of the fiscal 
year in order to allow Amtrak to efficiently manage its 
financial obligations in a timely manner.
    ADA accessibility at Amtrak stations.--The agreement 
modifies the direction in House Report 117-402, and directs 
Amtrak to submit an updated report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations no later than July 28, 2023, 
detailing the ADA stations program plan and timeline to make 
the remaining 292 stations ADA compliant and accessible.
    Station agents.--The agreement directs Amtrak to either 
provide a station agent in each Amtrak station that had a 
ticket agent position eliminated in fiscal year 2018 or, with 
respect to any given station on that list, to instead reach an 
agreement with the labor organization representing employees at 
such station to provide a station agent in a different station.
    Safety.--The agreement modifies the reporting directive in 
House Report 117-402 in this section to bi-annually.
    COVID-19 pandemic impact on Amtrak operations.--The 
agreement directs Amtrak to provide regular updates to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any new 
revenue projections, estimates, or needs as they become 
available in order to assess reasonable funding needs to 
preserve all route operations nationwide.
    Food and beverage.--The agreement directs Amtrak to 
periodically update the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the food and beverage offerings, new 
initiatives, operating loss, and workforce impacts, as 
appropriate.
    U.S. services.--The agreement directs Amtrak to take the 
necessary affirmative steps to ensure that contracts for 
customer service, professional, and IT services, including 
subsidiary services, shall be performed within the United 
States.
    Office of Inspector General reports.--The agreement expects 
the funds provided to aggressively address the recent Amtrak 
Office of Inspector General report that identified specific 
challenges that Amtrak may face in executing the funding 
provided through the IIJA to ensure the vision of an efficient 
national passenger rail network operating in a state of good 
repair is fully realized. The agreement directs Amtrak to 
provide a plan within 180 days of enactment of this act that 
explains how it intends to address each of the challenges 
identified by the Amtrak Office of Inspector General.

     NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
                              CORPORATION

    The bill provides $1,260,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the Secretary to make grants to Amtrak for 
activities associated with the NEC. The bill provides up to 
$5,000,000 for the northeast corridor commission [NECC], which 
is in addition to the up to $5,000,000 in advance 
appropriations made available for the NECC in fiscal year 2023 
in the IIJA.

 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

    The bill provides $1,193,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the Secretary to make grants to Amtrak for 
activities associated with the national network. The agreement 
provides a sufficient level of funding to meet all of the 
capital and operational needs to support the national network. 
Of this amount, at least $50,000,000 is for the development, 
installation, and operation of railroad safety improvements, 
including the implementation of a positive train control 
system, and up to $66,000,000 is to support the planning, 
capital costs, and operating assistance of corridors selected 
under the corridor identification and development program that 
are operated by Amtrak. The bill also provides up to $3,000,000 
for the state-supported route committee, which is in addition 
to the up to $3,000,000 in advance appropriations made 
available for the state-supported route committee in fiscal 
year 2023 in the IIJA. The agreement does not provide 
additional funding for the interstate rail compacts grant 
program, as the up to $3,000,000 in advance appropriations in 
fiscal year 2023 in the IIJA fully funds such grants as 
authorized in section 22101(f) of the IIJA.
    National network services.--The agreement does not support 
proposals that will inevitably lead to long-term or permanent 
service cuts or segmentation of Amtrak's long-distance routes, 
which will lead to less service for rural communities.
    Corridor identification and development program [CIDP].--
Once corridors are selected, the Secretary shall partner with 
eligible entities that submitted each proposal, relevant 
states, and Amtrak, as appropriate, to prepare a service 
development plan to help advance the implementation of the 
intercity passenger rail service. The Department is directed to 
provide the report required by 49 U.S.C. 25101(g) once 
corridors are selected to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations each February 1 of each year thereafter.

       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Section 150 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this act by Amtrak in contravention of the Worker Adjustment 
and Retraining Notification Act.
    Section 151 allows the FRA to transfer certain amounts made 
available in this and prior acts to the financial assistance 
oversight and technical assistance account to support the 
award, administration, project management oversight, and 
technical assistance of grants administered by the FRA, with an 
exception.
    Section 152 specifies that amounts made available in any 
prior fiscal years for the restoration and enhancement program 
are subject to 49 U.S.C. 22908, as in effect on the effective 
date of Public Law 117-58.
    Section 153 makes technical corrections to title VIII of 
division J of Public Law 117-58.
    Section 154 rescinds certain unobligated balances.
    Section 155 limits overtime to $35,000 per Amtrak employee, 
allows Amtrak's president to waive this restriction for 
specific employees for safety or operational efficiency 
reasons, and requires Amtrak to submit a report on overtime 
payments to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 156 prohibits the use of funds made available to 
Amtrak 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.
    Section 157 expresses the sense of Congress that long-
distance passenger rail routes and services should be sustained 
to ensure connectivity throughout the national network.
    Section 158 allows the state-supported route committee to 
hire employees to carry out the state-supported route committee 
responsibilities.
    Section 159 provides an additional amount for the CRISI 
program.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                         TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    The bill includes a liquidation of contract authorization 
and a limitation on obligations from the mass transit account 
for transit formula grants of $13,634,000,000, as authorized by 
the IIJA.
    Innovation in affordable transit demonstration program.--
The agreement encourages the FTA to support a demonstration 
program to determine the impacts of need-based transit subsidy 
programs in areas with the worst air quality and traffic 
congestion in the country through the public transportation 
innovation program authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312.
    Agricultural worker transportation.--The agreement 
encourages the FTA, through the national rural transportation 
assistance program, in coordination with the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture [USDA] rural housing service, to develop materials 
and best practices that can be disseminated to local 
governments, nonprofit organizations, and operators of public 
transportation with the goal of identifying options to 
establish or expand affordable and reliable transit services 
for farmworkers, especially those residing in housing financed 
by the USDA.
    Health and safety of public transit workers.--The agreement 
notes that the transit cooperative research program [TCRP] 
completed research report 217 entitled ``Improving the Health 
and Safety of Transit Workers with Corresponding Impacts on the 
Bottom Line'' in December 2020. In place of the direction in 
House Report 117-402, the agreement directs the FTA to work 
with the TCRP to conduct follow-on research to research report 
217 in order to increase transit agencies' understanding of 
ways to improve the health and safety of transit workers, 
including operators and non-operators such as mechanics and 
engineers. The agreement directs the FTA to complete such 
research and report its findings to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations no later than 18 months after 
enactment of this act.
    COVID-19 pandemic impacts on transit accessibility.--
Instead of the direction in House Report 117-402, the agreement 
directs the FTA to provide a report no later than 1 year after 
enactment of this act to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the ways the COVID-19 pandemic impacted 
transit agencies and transit riders throughout the nation, 
including historically disadvantaged communities who rely upon 
public transportation.
    Transit trends.--The agreement directs the Secretary to 
submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations providing transit ridership levels from 2019 to 
present and an assessment of anticipated future trends and 
needs in the transit industry.
    Low or no emission bus program.--The agreement directs the 
FTA to implement 49 U.S.C. 5339(c) in a manner that encourages 
a variety of different fuel types, and to consider procurements 
that reduce an agency's overall greenhouse gas emissions.

                     TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

    The bill provides an additional $541,959,324 in transit 
infrastructure grants, to remain available until expended. Of 
the funds provided, $90,000,000 is available for buses and bus 
facilities competitive grants as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
5339(b); $50,000,000 is available for low or no emission grants 
as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5339(c); $15,000,000 is available 
for ferry boats grants as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5307(h), 
of which no less than $5,000,000 is available only for low or 
zero emission ferries or ferries using electric battery or fuel 
cell components and the infrastructure to support such ferries; 
$2,000,000 is available for bus testing facilities as 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5318; $360,459,324 is available for 
the purposes and in amounts specified in the table entitled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included in this joint explanatory statement; $17,500,000 is 
available for ferry service for rural communities as authorized 
under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117-58; 
$1,000,000 is available for an innovative mobility 
demonstration pilot program; $1,000,000 is available for the 
accelerating innovative mobility program; and $5,000,000 is 
available for technical assistance, research, demonstration, or 
deployment activities or projects to accelerate the adoption of 
zero emission buses in public transit as authorized under 49 
U.S.C. 5312. The specific funding allocated in the table 
entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' included in this joint explanatory statement shall 
not diminish or prejudice the application of a specific project 
or geographic region to receive other discretionary grants or 
loans.
    Transit vehicle innovation deployment centers [TVIDC].--The 
agreement directs the FTA to utilize the TVIDC program to 
identify and suggest priorities for zero emission bus component 
focused research and innovation development, using the TVIDC 
industry wide coordination structure and understanding of zero 
emission bus components and vehicles. In addition, the 
agreement directs the FTA to collaborate with TVIDC in order to 
accelerate the production and deployment of zero emission 
transit technologies and infrastructure that reduce the impacts 
of the transportation sector on greenhouse gas emissions 
through research and technical assistance.

                   TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

    The bill provides $7,500,000 for technical assistance and 
training activities under 49 U.S.C. 5314, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. The funding provided under this 
heading is supplemental to the funding provided under the 
heading ``Transit Formula Grants'', as authorized by the IIJA.
    Workforce development and standards-based training.--The 
agreement directs that not less than $2,500,000 shall be for a 
cooperative agreement consistent with the direction in House 
Report 117-402.
    Small-urban, rural, and Tribal transit providers.--The 
agreement directs that not less than $1,500,000 shall be for a 
cooperative agreement for a technical assistance center to 
assist small-urban, rural, and Tribal public transit recipients 
and planning organizations with applied innovation and capacity 
building consistent with the direction in House Report 117-402.

                       CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

    The bill provides $2,210,000,000 for fixed-guideway 
projects, to remain available until expended. Of the funds 
provided, $1,772,900,000 is available for new starts projects, 
$100,000,000 is available for core capacity projects, 
$215,000,000 is available for small starts projects, 
$100,000,000 is available for the expedited project delivery 
pilot program, and $22,100,000 is available for oversight 
activities consistent with 49 U.S.C. 5338(c). The bill directs 
the Secretary to administer the capital investment grants [CIG] 
program and move projects through the program to construction 
in accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309 and 
section 3005(b) of the FAST Act. The bill also clarifies that 
project sponsors may be concurrently eligible for both the new 
starts and expedited project delivery pilot programs.
    Amounts provided in this act, combined with the funding 
provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 which 
remain unallocated, are sufficient to support projects that 
currently have executed grant agreements, projects that meet 
the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309 and are anticipating grant 
agreements in fiscal year 2023, and activities authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(1).
    Project management oversight [PMO] activities.--The 
agreement directs the FTA to continue to submit to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations the quarterly PMO 
reports for each project with a full funding grant agreement.
    New transportation projects in low-growth areas.--The 
agreement encourages the FTA to prioritize projects that 
connect communities unserved or underserved by transit to 
employment centers and projects that support economic growth in 
disadvantaged areas.

      GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

    The bill provides $150,000,000 to carry out section 601 of 
division B of Public Law 110-432, to remain available until 
expended.

       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

    Section 160 exempts previously made transit obligations 
from limitations on obligations.
    Section 161 allows funds provided in this act that remain 
unobligated by September 30, 2026, for fixed guideway capital 
investment projects to be available for projects to use the 
funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided.
    Section 162 allows for the transfer of appropriations made 
prior to October 1, 2022, from older accounts to be merged into 
new accounts with similar current activities.
    Section 163 prohibits the use of funds to adjust 
apportionments pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4).
    Section 164 prohibits the use of funds to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking a 
Federal contribution from the CIG program of greater than 40 
percent of project costs.
    Section 165 provides an additional amount for the CIG 
program.
    Section 166 extends the period of availability for amounts 
made available for CIG in Public Law 117-103 and Public Law 
116-94.
    Section 167 permits the use of unexpended balances 
appropriated for low or no emission component assessment under 
49 U.S.C. 5312(h) to be used for specified capital activities.

        Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

                    (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

    The bill provides $38,500,000 for the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities of the Great 
Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation [GLS]. Of 
that amount, not less than $14,800,000 is provided for the 
seaway infrastructure program. The agreement provides 
$1,000,000 for trade and economic development activities at the 
GLS, to be carried out in conjunction with system stakeholders.
    Seaway infrastructure program.--The agreement directs the 
GLS to continue to submit an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this act, summarizing the activities of the 
seaway infrastructure program during the immediate preceding 
fiscal year.

                        Maritime Administration

                       MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $318,000,000 for the maritime security 
program, to remain available until expended, and rescinds 
$55,000,000 in unobligated amounts made available in prior 
fiscal years.

                          CABLE SECURITY FLEET

    The bill provides $10,000,000 for the cable security fleet 
program, to remain available until expended.

                        TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM

    The bill provides $60,000,000 for the tanker security fleet 
program, to remain available until expended.

                        OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

    The bill provides $213,181,000 for the Maritime 
Administration's [MARAD] operations and training account. The 
agreement provides the following funding levels for specific 
activities within this account:

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USMMA operations........................................     $87,848,000
USMMA facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment..      11,900,000
USMMA capital improvement program.......................      31,921,000
Maritime environmental and technical assistance program.       6,000,000
America's marine highway program........................      10,000,000
MARAD headquarters operations...........................      65,512,000
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    MARAD headquarters operations.--The agreement includes 
funding for two new full-time equivalents for a new compliance 
business unit at the MARAD headquarters as proposed in the 
budget request.
    Sexual assault and sexual harassment [SASH] at USMMA.--The 
agreement directs the MARAD to follow the direction included in 
House Report 117-402 relating to SASH at the U.S. Merchant 
Marine Academy [USMMA]. In addition, the agreement directs the 
MARAD to continue to engage with U.S. commercial vessel 
operators on the every mariner builds a respectful culture 
[EMBARC] SASH prevention standards in order to enroll 
additional vessel operators in the sea year program and address 
impediments to participation. Further, the MARAD is directed to 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly in writing on the ways in which it is conducting such 
outreach and engagement in order to improve EMBARC program 
carrier enrollment. The agreement notes that the DOT 
established concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the USMMA 
campus, as required by Public Law 115-232 and Public Law 116-
94, in October 2022 and therefore the agreement does not 
include the reporting requirement on this matter in House 
Report 117-402.
    The agreement reiterates the importance of the USMMA 
conducting surveys on SASH every other year, as required by 
law, as these surveys and accompanying analysis are important 
tools in determining the effectiveness of the policies, 
training, and procedures the USMMA and the MARAD have put in 
place to address SASH. The agreement directs the USMMA to 
expeditiously complete the 2021-2022 academic year survey on 
SASH, and transmit the report to Congress.
    The Department shall also conduct routine assessments of 
the satellite phone functionality to ensure cadets serving in 
sea year have the means for direct 24/7 communication with the 
USMMA.
    USMMA facility maintenance.--The agreement notes that the 
USMMA and the MARAD recently executed a comprehensive 
facilities and systems maintenance contract for the USMMA. The 
agreement expects such contract to result in efficient and 
timely routine maintenance of the USMMA campus. Instead of the 
briefing required in House Report 117-402, the MARAD is 
directed to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on such contract and the subsequent transition 
to such contract within 30 days of enactment of this act. In 
addition, the MARAD shall maintain a written list of the status 
of all essential and recurring maintenance and repair needs and 
activities, annual estimates of capital resources needed to 
replace and rehabilitate major operating systems that are not 
anticipated to be recapitalized under projects within the 
capital improvement program, the date by which such activities 
should be completed, and the date by which they were completed. 
The MARAD shall transmit such list in writing and provide a 
briefing to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
each quarter.
    USMMA capital improvements.--The agreement includes 
$31,921,000 for the USMMA's capital improvement program [CIP], 
which combined with the $51,111,573 in available unobligated 
prior year funding will result in a total of $83,032,573 for 
CIP projects in fiscal year 2023. Of the CIP funds previously 
allocated to specific facilities, such terms and conditions no 
longer apply and any such funds are available for projects 
identified in the CIP. The agreement continues to direct the 
MARAD to expand and improve the capacity of the USMMA staff in 
order to facilitate the proper management and oversight of CIP 
projects, and directs the Department to consider using design 
build contracts in order to expedite the renovation of academic 
facilities and related pier infrastructure this fiscal year. 
The agreement reiterates the expectation that the MARAD 
complete CIP projects on an annual basis.
    The agreement notes with concern the state of the USMMA's 
facilities and the lack of progress by the USMMA, the MARAD, 
and the Department on renovating or rehabilitating facilities, 
which has a direct impact on the quality of the education 
provided to students and the ability to attract new entrants to 
serve as future leaders in the United States Merchant Marine. 
The fiscal year 2019 CIP, completed on December 18, 2019, is 
the most recent annual report, and the agreement notes with 
disappointment that despite direction in Senate Report 116-109, 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2022, to provide such annual reports on the 
status of the CIP, an updated CIP has not been completed. The 
agreement acknowledges that the Department and the MARAD are in 
the process of finalizing the fiscal year 2022 CIP, and directs 
the Department to issue the overdue fiscal year 2022 CIP within 
30 days of enactment of this act. A current and up-to-date CIP 
annual report is critical to providing safe learning and living 
environments for students, and for utilizing the resources 
provided for the USMMA CIP under this heading in this and prior 
fiscal years.
    Further, the USMMA, the MARAD, and the Department shall 
continue to provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of all short- and 
long-term CIP projects and provide an annual report on all CIP 
projects in the same manner and context as in previous fiscal 
years. In addition to planning for the renovation or 
replacement of academic facilities, the CIP for fiscal year 
2023 should identify the long-term goals and sequencing of 
dormitory building renovations or replacements.
    Domestic fuel transportation capabilities.--The agreement 
reiterates the importance of the Jones Act. Several reports on 
the Jones Act have been conducted by the GAO, and the DOD, in 
consultation with DOT, recently completed an analysis on the 
current U.S.-flagged fuel tanker vessel capacity; therefore, 
the agreement does not include the review required in House 
Report 117-402.
    Secure composite shipping containers.--The agreement 
directs the MARAD to collaborate with the Federal Maritime 
Commission, DOD, and DHS to support the transition of secure 
composite shipping containers into wider use to provide 
increased security, shipment visibility, and cargo 
facilitation. The agreement directs the MARAD to use the 
existing America's marine highway program and the port 
infrastructure development program to promote and provide 
funding for secure composite shipping containers, if available 
and if eligible.

                   STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

    The bill provides $120,700,000 for state maritime academy 
[SMA] operations. The bill provides the following funding 
levels for specific activities within this account:

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Training ships.......................................        $30,500,000
  [Training vessel sharing]..........................     [not more than
                                                             $8,000,000]
National security multi-mission vessel program.......         75,000,000
Student incentive program............................          2,400,000
Fuel assistance payments.............................          6,800,000
Direct payments for SMAs.............................          6,000,000
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    National security multi-mission vessel [NSMV].--The 
agreement includes resources to assist SMAs in making shore-
side infrastructure improvements to support the delivery and 
operation of the NSMVs. Shore-side infrastructure shall only 
include NSMV-specific improvements required by the MARAD to 
safely moor the vessels and other improvements that are 
necessary for SMAs to receive the NSMVs. Specifically, shore-
side infrastructure shall include pier construction and 
upgrades directly related to the mooring of the vessel, but not 
for general maintenance that would otherwise be necessary 
absent receiving an NSMV, and is inclusive of associated 
utility upgrades directly related to mooring and operating the 
vessel, including but not limited to electricity and steam. The 
agreement directs the MARAD to implement a Federal-state cost-
share of not less than 80/20 for shore-side infrastructure 
improvements. In the event that there are extenuating 
circumstances that an SMA is unable to meet an 80/20 Federal-
state cost-share requirement, the MARAD may determine whether a 
different Federal-state cost-share requirement is appropriate, 
necessary, and executable. In addition, the agreement directs 
the MARAD to sequence the funding distributed to SMAs for 
shore-side infrastructure improvements based on the vessel 
delivery schedule. The agreement applies the aforementioned 
direction on shore-side infrastructure improvements to funding 
provided for shore-side infrastructure improvements under this 
heading in fiscal year 2022. Further, the MARAD shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
obligating any funds for shore-side infrastructure 
improvements, and such notification shall include the amount of 
funding provided by non-Federal sources for such 
infrastructure.
    The agreement directs the MARAD to conduct vigorous 
oversight of the vessel construction manager, as well as the 
shipyard, to ensure the NSMVs are delivered on budget and on 
time. The MARAD is directed to continue to provide briefings to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status 
of the NSMV program on a quarterly basis, including detailed 
reporting on the SMAs shore-side infrastructure improvements 
needed to ensure successful delivery and operation of the 
NSMVs, and to provide immediate notification of any risks to 
the construction schedule or cost.
    Home port designation.--The agreement notes that the MARAD 
has committed to continuing the longstanding practice of 
designating the home port of NSMVs as the location of the SMA 
which they serve. The agreement directs the MARAD to continue 
to work with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
and the SMAs to ensure successful delivery and full 
implementation of the NSMVs.

                     ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

    The bill provides $20,000,000 for the small shipyard grant 
program, to remain available until expended.

                             SHIP DISPOSAL

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $6,000,000 for the ship disposal program, 
to remain available until expended, and rescinds $12,000,000 in 
unobligated amounts made available in prior fiscal years.
    National maritime heritage grants program.--With the 
increasing cost of scrap steel, the MARAD is expected to ensure 
it is able to secure the highest price possible from vessels 
recycled through the ship disposal program. The funds received 
from these sales are deposited into the vessel operations 
revolving fund [VORF], and the MARAD distributes funding from 
the VORF according to the authorized purposes and allocations 
under 54 U.S.C. 308704, including to the national maritime 
heritage grants program. The agreement supports the use of 
funding from the VORF for the national maritime heritage grants 
program and directs the MARAD to continue to work with the 
National Park Service to ensure that the portion of the VORF 
allocated for the national maritime heritage grants program 
under 54 U.S.C. 308704(b)(1)(A) is distributed in a timely 
fashion.

          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill provides $3,000,000 for the administrative 
expenses of the Title XI program and directs that these funds 
be transferred to the MARAD's operations and training account.

                PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

    The bill provides $212,203,512 for the port infrastructure 
development program, to remain available until expended.
    Set asides and prioritization.--The agreement directs the 
MARAD to set aside 25 percent of the funds for small inland 
river and coastal ports and terminals, as required by 46 U.S.C. 
54301. Theagreement directs the MARAD to allow Federal cost 
shares above 80 percent for projects in rural areas, as 
permitted by 46 U.S.C. 54301.

           ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

    Section 170 authorizes the MARAD to furnish utilities and 
services and to make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving government property 
under control of the MARAD and allows payments received to be 
credited to the Treasury and to remain available until 
expended.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

    The bill provides $29,936,000 for the necessary operational 
expenses of the PHMSA, of which $4,500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025. The agreement specifies 
that $2,000,000 shall be for pipeline safety information grants 
to communities as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60130 and $2,500,000 
shall be for emergency response grants as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 60125(b).

                       HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

    The bill provides $70,743,000 for the PHMSA's hazardous 
materials safety functions, of which $12,070,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025. Funds made available until 
September 30, 2025, are for long-term research and development 
contracts, grants, and, in a more limited scope, contract 
safety programs.
    The agreement specifies that $1,000,000 shall be for 
community safety grants as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5107(i), up 
to $2,500,000 shall be for the state hazardous materials safety 
inspection program, and $1,000,000 shall be for the Assistance 
for Local Emergency Response Training [ALERT] grants. The 
agreement directs the PHMSA to prioritize ALERT grants for 
training in rural areas.
    Staffing and outreach activities.--The agreement provides 
funding for a total of 213 full-time positions [FTPs] to 
support the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, which 
includes five new FTPs to expand the hazardous materials safety 
assistance team, enhance the accident investigation program, 
and improve the safe transportation of emerging energy sources. 
The PHMSA may determine how to prioritize the new FTPs among 
these three activities.

                            PIPELINE SAFETY

                         (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

                    (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

    The bill provides $190,385,000 for the PHMSA's pipeline 
safety program, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
Of that amount, $29,000,000 is derived from the oil spill 
liability trust fund, $153,985,000 is derived from the pipeline 
safety fund, $400,000 is derived from fees collected under 49 
U.S.C. 60303 and deposited in the liquefied natural gas siting 
account, and $7,000,000 is derived from fees collected under 49 
U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the underground natural gas 
storage facility safety account.
    The agreement provides the following levels for specific 
activities within this account:

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Operations..............................................     $85,864,000
Contract safety programs................................      23,963,000
Research and development................................      12,500,000
State pipeline safety grants............................      60,500,000
Underground natural gas storage facility safety grants..       5,000,000
One-call state grants...................................       1,058,000
State damage prevention grants..........................       1,500,000
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    Staffing and hiring plans.--The agreement provides up to 
$2,000,000 for hiring and retention incentives to recruit and 
retain highly qualified inspectors and engineers.
    Enhanced positive response [EPR].--The agreement encourages 
the PHMSA to advance broader adoption of EPR.
    Liquefied natural gas [LNG] COE.--The agreement notes that 
the PHMSA submitted the report required under section 111(c) of 
the Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES Act, division R of Public Law 116-
260) to Congress, and provides up to $8,400,000 for PHMSA to 
establish the national center of excellence for LNG safety 
[Center] as authorized in section 111(b) of the PIPES Act. The 
agreement directs that the use of such funds shall include 
authorized activities that would improve the safety of LNG 
facilities, including operations and management, and shall not 
take resources away from other safety critical activities 
within this account. Further, in establishing the Center, the 
PHMSA is directed to follow the requirements in section 
111(e)(2), which the agreement notes aligns with ``Model 3'' in 
the report submitted to Congress. The PHMSA is also directed to 
ensure that resources from the existing training and 
qualifications center will not be relocated or duplicated at 
the new Center.

                     EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                     (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

    The bill provides an obligation limitation of $28,318,000 
for emergency preparedness grants, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.
    While the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
support increased funding for emergency preparedness grants as 
authorized by section 26001 of the IIJA, the agreement does not 
include this increase because it is not supported by the level 
of fees permitted under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g). The agreement 
directs the PHMSA to work with the authorizing committees and 
relevant stakeholders to develop a proposal for increased fee 
levels that would support the authorized level of spending 
under section 26001 of the IIJA.
    The agreement encourages the PHMSA to train public sector 
emergency response personnel in communities on or near rail 
lines, which transport a significant volume of high-risk energy 
commodities or toxic inhalation hazards.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement provides $108,073,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Inspector General.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

    Section 180 provides authorization for the DOT to maintain 
and operate aircraft, hire passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft, purchase liability insurance, pay for uniforms, and 
purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems.
    Section 181 limits appropriations for services authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 up to the rate permitted for an executive 
level IV.
    Section 182 prohibits recipients of funds in this act from 
disseminating personal information obtained by state 
departments of motor vehicles in connection to motor vehicle 
records with an exception.
    Section 183 prohibits funds in this act for salaries and 
expenses of more than 125 political and presidential appointees 
in the Department of Transportation.
    Section 184 stipulates that revenue collected by the FHWA 
and the FRA from states, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for training may be credited 
to specific accounts within the agencies, with an exception for 
state rail safety inspectors participating in training.
    Section 185 prohibits the DOT from using funds 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 DOT gives a 3-day 
advance notice to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. The provision requires the DOT to provide 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 that will be announced with a 3-day advance notice to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The 
provision also requires concurrent notice of any ``quick 
release'' of funds from the FHWA's emergency relief program, 
and prohibits notifications from involving funds not available 
for obligation.
    Section 186 allows funds received from rebates, refunds, 
and similar sources to be credited to appropriations of the 
DOT.
    Section 187 requires reprogramming actions to be approved 
or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
and reprogramming notifications shall be transmitted solely to 
the Appropriations Committees.
    Section 188 allows funds appropriated to operating 
administrations to be obligated for the Office of the Secretary 
for costs related to assessments only when such funds provide a 
direct benefit to the operating administrations.
    Section 189 authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program 
that establishes uniform standards for developing and 
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits, including 
distribution of transit benefits.
    Section 190 allows the use of funds to assist a contract 
utilizing geographic, economic, or other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, only if certain requirements are 
met related to availability of local labor, displacement of 
existing employees, and delays in transportation plans.
    Section 191 directs the Secretary of Transportation to work 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best 
practices for industrial control systems procurement are up to 
date and that systems procured with funds provided under this 
title were procured using such practices.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management And Administration

    Broadband deployment locations map.--The agreement directs 
the Department to submit a report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of 
this act detailing the steps it has taken to coordinate with 
the Federal Communications Commission and carry out its 
responsibilities to implement the deployment locations map 
pursuant to section 60105 of the IIJA (Public Law 117-58).
    Energy codes.--The agreement urges the Department to work 
in partnership with USDA to expeditiously update the standards 
as required by law, which will reduce operating expenses for 
HUD-owned and subsidized properties.
    Eviction data collection.--The agreement directs the GAO to 
examine the barriers that exist to collecting, digitizing, and 
standardizing data from the beginning to the end of the 
eviction process, such as pre-eviction information; the 
renter's race or ethnicity, age and gender, as well as the 
composition of the household and landlord data; and the extent 
to which such information could inform future funding and 
policy decisions. The agreement directs the GAO to brief the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its 
preliminary findings within 180 days of enactment of this act 
and to provide a full report upon completion.
    Connections to other Federal, state, and local services.--
The agreement urges HUD to use its technical assistance 
resources to increase the knowledge and capacity of HUD 
grantees to connect program participants to local opportunities 
and other government services, where appropriate.
    Buying preference.--The agreement urges the Department to 
comply with the Buy America requirements of the IIJA.
    Rural areas.--The agreement urges the Department to enhance 
its efforts to provide decent, affordable housing and to 
promote economic development for Americans living in rural 
areas. When designing programs and making funding decisions, 
the Department shall take into consideration the unique 
conditions, challenges, and scale of rural areas.
    Appropriations attorneys.--The agreement funds 
appropriations attorneys in the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer [OCFO] and directs the Department to refer all 
appropriations law issues to such attorneys within the OCFO. 
The agreement urges the Department to ensure the office has 
adequate personnel and non-personnel resources to fulfill their 
responsibilities, including training HUD staff in funds control 
procedures and directives, as required by section 215 of this 
act.
    Organizational charts and staffing realignments.--The 
agreement directs HUD to submit, in consultation with the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations, current and accurate 
organizational charts for each office within the Department as 
part of the fiscal year 2024 congressional justifications. HUD 
is further directed to submit any staff realignments or 
restructuring to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, consistent with section 405 of this act.
    GAO priority recommendations.--The agreement directs HUD, 
within 30 days of enactment of this act, to report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the steps it has 
taken in fiscal year 2022 to implement the 10 outstanding 
priority recommendations made by the GAO and additional actions 
the Department will undertake in fiscal year 2023 to implement 
these recommendations.
    Regional approaches to affordable housing.--The agreement 
encourages the Department to make explicit in competitions for 
Federal funding that regional councils, councils of government, 
metropolitan planning organizations, and multi-jurisdictional 
consortiums may apply whenever these entities are eligible 
applicants. Furthermore, the agreement encourages the 
Department to actively seek opportunities for these entities to 
serve as lead applicants and grantees in order to promote and 
expand local, state, and regional collaboration.
    Encouraging more affordable housing.--The agreement 
encourages HUD to continue research to identify opportunities 
to increase efficiency in housing manufacturing. The agreement 
recognizes that off-site construction, including modular and 
panelized, can be a promising means of increasing the supply of 
affordable housing and encourages HUD to support consensus-
based off-site construction standards.

                           Executive Offices

    The agreement includes $18,500,000 for the salaries and 
expenses for executive offices, available until September 30, 
2024. The agreement directs HUD to outline how budgetary 
resources will be allocated among the seven offices funded 
under this heading as part of the Department's operating plan 
for fiscal year 2023. The agreement directs HUD to complete the 
realignments of both the Disaster Management Division from the 
Office of Administration to the Office of the Deputy Secretary 
and the Executive Secretariat Division into the Office of the 
Secretary by April 15, 2023.
    Violence Against Women Act [VAWA].--The agreement provides 
sufficient resources within this account for the VAWA director 
and the Gender-based Violence Prevention Office as authorized 
by section 41413 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12493). The agreement directs the Department to provide 
updates to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at 
key milestones on its progress to collect information on the 
extent to which public housing agencies [PHAs] and owners have 
adopted emergency transfer policies since the publication of 
the Department's model emergency transfer plan, and the 
effectiveness of those emergency transfer policies in ensuring 
survivors have access to safe housing.
    HUD staffing assessment.--The agreement amends direction in 
House Report 117-402 regarding a GAO evaluation of staff 
capacity and instead encourages HUD to continue to assess 
staffing and training needs in the field, regional, and 
headquarters offices and brief the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on changing needs.

                     Administrative Support Offices

    The agreement provides $659,600,000 for the salaries and 
expenses for administrative support offices, available until 
September 30, 2024. Funds are provided as follows:

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Office of the Chief Financial Officer................        $90,000,000
Office of the General Counsel........................        125,000,000
  [Departmental Enforcement Center]..................     [not less than
                                                            $20,300,000]
Office of Administration.............................        225,000,000
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer............         51,500,000
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer..............         28,000,000
Office of Field Policy and Management................         65,500,000
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity..          4,600,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer..............         70,000,000
Total................................................        659,600,000
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    Hiring and separation report.--The hiring and separation 
report directed in House Report 117-402 shall be submitted 
semiannually, and include the Office of Inspector General and 
the Government National Mortgage Association [Ginnie Mae], as 
well as position titles, location and full time equivalent 
[FTE] positions.
    Office of Administration [OA].--The agreement includes not 
less than $3,500,000 for critical repairs to the Weaver 
building to replace obsolete systems and improve building 
safety and indoor air quality and directs that not later than 
90 days after enactment of this act HUD submit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations an expenditure plan for 
these funds.
    The agreement does not include the proposed consolidation 
of the Office of Administration, the Office of the Chief Human 
Capital Officer [OCHCO], and the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer [OCPO] into a single funding line or the 
proposed reorganization to create the Immediate Office of the 
Assistant Secretary, the Office of Government Information 
Management, the Office of Administrative Services or the 
transfer of FTE from the OCHCO for the Personnel Security 
Division. The agreement does approve the creation of the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Operations.
    Expired balances report.--The agreement directs HUD to 
submit a report on expired balances within 90 days of the end 
of each fiscal year.
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer [OCFO].--The 
agreement does not provide dedicated funding for the financial 
transformation initiative as the appropriation for the OCFO is 
sufficient for the continuation of these activities in fiscal 
year 2023. However, the agreement directs HUD to detail any 
contract expenses for the financial transformation in its 
operating plans and congressional justifications and expects 
transparent communication with the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on this effort. The agreement does not 
approve the proposed reorganizations to create a Customer 
Experience Division within the Assistant Chief Financial 
Officer [ACFO] for Budget, the creation of an Office of Chief 
Risk Officer, or moving the Grants Management and Oversight 
Division from the ACFO for Systems to the ACFO for Budget.
    Office of General Counsel [OGC].--The agreement directs HUD 
to provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of this act on 
progress towards closing the six outstanding GAO 
recommendations from the report GAO-19-38. The agreement 
invites the Department to assess whether HUD's mission is 
better served by the Departmental Enforcement Center being 
within OGC or reporting directly to the Deputy Secretary.
    Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer [OCHCO].--The 
agreement does not approve the shift of personnel into the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity or other 
realignments identified as ``under consideration'' on pages 39-
23 and 39-24 of the fiscal year 2023 congressional budget 
justification.
    Office of the Chief Procurement Officer [OCPO].--The 
agreement directs the Department to prioritize hiring 
additional staff for this office, as well as providing 
necessary training for current staff.
    Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity 
[ODEEO].--The agreement does not approve the renaming of the 
ODEEO or the transfer of functions from the OCHCO.

                            Program Offices

    The agreement provides $1,054,300,000 for the salaries and 
expenses for program offices, available until September 30, 
2024. Funds are provided as follows:

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Office of Public and Indian Housing..................       $278,200,000
Office of Community Planning and Development.........        163,400,000
Office of Housing....................................        465,000,000
  [Office of Recapitalization].......................     [not less than
                                                            $13,300,000]
Office of Policy Development and Research............         39,600,000
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.........         97,000,000
Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes......         11,100,000
Total................................................      1,054,300,000
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    Area median income [AMI] calculations.--The agreement 
amends the directive in House Report 117-402 regarding 
alternative methods for calculating AMI and instead directs HUD 
to conduct this analysis and report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations within one year of enactment of 
this act on its findings.
    Office of Community Planning and Development [CPD].--The 
agreement directs the Department to prioritize the hiring of up 
to eight additional positions for grants management and up to 
12 additional environmental review specialist positions to 
support the increased workload associated with additional 
community investments for economic development initiatives. The 
agreement also directs the Department to prioritize the hiring 
of up to nine additional positions to support the new 
preservation and reinvestment for community enhancement and 
``Yes in My Backyard'' programs. The agreement approves the 
Department's proposed reorganizations to move the Technical 
Assistance Division into the Office of Policy Development and 
Research [PD&R], elevate the Field Operations Division under 
its own Deputy Assistant Secretary, and realign the offices 
within the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations. While the 
agreement does not approve moving the oversight of the section 
4 or rural capacity building programs to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Economic Development, or moving the formula 
allocation process to PD&R, it does approve the remaining 
organizational changes identified on page 45-12 of the fiscal 
year 2023 congressional budget justification.
    Office of Housing.--The agreement directs the Department to 
provide updates to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this act on any 
current backlog in multifamily underwriting.
    Office of Policy Development and Research.--The agreement 
supports the proposed realignment of the Technical Assistance 
Division from CPD to PD&R and approves the other alignments 
requested within PD&R.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the working capital fund [WCF], the agreement permits 
only centralized activities and funds from this account to 
include Federal shared services for financial management, 
procurement, travel, relocation, human resources (including the 
treasury executive institute contract), printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, and supply services. 
The agreement does not expand the authority, as proposed in the 
budget request, to include information technology customer 
devices, financial management services full cost recovery, 
human resources platform licensing or any other activity not 
expressly permitted in this act. The agreement expects that, 
prior to exercising discretion to centrally fund an activity, 
the Secretary shall have established transparent and reliable 
unit cost accounting for the offices and agencies of the 
Department that use the activity, and shall have adequately 
trained staff within each affected office and agency on 
resource planning and accounting processes associated with the 
centralization of funds to this account. The agreement also 
requires HUD to include in its annual operating plan a detailed 
outline of its plans for transferring budgetary resources to 
the WCF in fiscal year 2023.

                       Public and Indian Housing


                     TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

    The agreement provides a combined total of $30,253,112,000, 
to be available until expended, for all tenant-based section 8 
activities: $27,599,532,000 under the tenant-based rental 
assistance account in this title and an additional 
$2,653,580,000, designated as an emergency requirement, in 
division N of this act.
    Including the amounts provided in division N, the agreement 
includes a total of $26,402,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-
based vouchers. This amount includes funding to renew veteran 
affairs supportive housing [VASH] vouchers funded in prior 
years and also includes up to $7,500,000 for Tribal HUD-VASH 
renewals.
    The agreement provides $50,000,000 in new incremental 
vouchers to expand affordable housing opportunities to low-
income people (including families and individuals experiencing 
homelessness and survivors of domestic violence), $50,000,000 
for new incremental HUD-VASH vouchers, $30,000,000 for new 
incremental family unification vouchers, and $337,000,000 for 
tenant protection vouchers [TPVs].
    The agreement does not require the report on tenant 
organizing in House Report 117-402.
    Administrative fees.--The agreement directs HUD to consult 
with PHAs, advocates, and researchers on ways to make the 
administrative fee formula more relevant to what it costs to 
administer a high-performing and efficient voucher program 
today, and report on the findings and recommendations to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 180 days 
of enactment of this act.
    HUD-VASH.--The agreement directs HUD to continue to 
coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA] to 
establish pathways that would allow for temporary transitional 
case management in areas that PHAs have vouchers available and 
accompanied with VA case management resources but are 
underutilized due to a lack of referrals from the VA, to ensure 
no veteran goes unserved where housing and services remain 
available. The agreement reminds HUD of direction to consult 
with the VA to enable PHAs to be designated entities to screen 
for veteran eligibility and make referrals for HUD-VASH and 
directs HUD to issue guidance related to approving a PHA to be 
a designated service provider no later than March 31, 2023. The 
agreement encourages the Department to reallocate HUD-VASH 
voucher assistance to PHAs with an identified need and directs 
HUD to expeditiously provide the report directed by the fiscal 
years 2021 and 2022 joint explanatory statements on methods to 
reallocate unused HUD-VASH vouchers, which shall include a 
determination of the feasibility of issuing a new solicitation 
of participation for unallocated HUD-VASH vouchers.
    Incremental vouchers.--The agreement provides $50,000,000 
for new incremental vouchers. In awarding these funds, the 
agreement directs HUD to support an initial term of 12 months. 
The agreement directs HUD to incorporate key lessons learned to 
date from research, as well as its execution of the emergency 
housing vouchers provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (Public Law 117-2).
    Special purpose vouchers.--The agreement directs the 
Department to work with the authorizing committees to address 
the underlying statutory obstacles that populations served by 
special purpose vouchers encounter in finding units available 
to lease within normal timeframes of larger voucher programs.
    VAWA report.--In order to further improve upon the 
utilization of emergency transfers for survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, the 
agreement directs the GAO to identify and study PHAs with 
effective transfer plans and report on their process for 
creating and implementing their plans, weaknesses and strengths 
of the emergency transfer plans, and any best practices that 
could be adopted by other PHAs. The agreement also directs the 
GAO to brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on the proposed scope and methodology of this report within 90 
days of enactment of this act and submit the final report to 
the Committees upon completion.
    Project-based vouchers.--The agreement directs the 
Department to review options for addressing challenges with 
operating existing and future affordable housing projects that 
serve special populations, including people experiencing 
homelessness and individuals discharged from hospitals and 
other facilities, due to a lack of project-based rental 
assistance. This review shall include, but not be limited to, 
the feasibility of relaxing the percentage cap on project-based 
vouchers, in order to continue providing affordable housing to 
special needs populations who would otherwise face barriers in 
finding suitable housing in the private rental market. The 
agreement also directs the Department to improve its collection 
of data on project-based vouchers, including their utilization, 
and to provide a briefing to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on what data gaps exist and the steps HUD is 
taking to remedy those gaps within 120 days of enactment of 
this act.
    Housing choice voucher data dashboard.--To better inform 
the identification of housing choice voucher program challenges 
and where additional policy and research considerations may be 
beneficial, the agreement urges HUD to add PHA and special 
purpose voucher-level data points on voucher success rates and 
to identify the amount of reserves that HUD determines are in 
excess of prudent program management.

                        HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

    The bill includes language allowing unobligated balances in 
the housing certificate fund to be used for the renewal of or 
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for 
performance-based contract administrators.

                          PUBLIC HOUSING FUND

    The agreement provides $8,514,000,000 for the public 
housing fund to remain available until September 30, 2026.
    Within the total, the agreement provides $5,109,000,000 for 
the public housing operating formula for 2023 payments; 
$25,000,000 for need-based allocations to PHAs that experience 
or are at risk of financial shortfalls; $3,200,000,000 for 
allocations to PHAs through the capital fund formula; 
$50,000,000 for emergency capital needs, of which $20,000,000 
shall be for PHAs under receivership or under the control of a 
Federal monitor, and of which not less than $10,000,000 is for 
safety and security measures; $65,000,000 for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
residential health hazards, including lead-based paint, carbon 
monoxide, mold, radon, and fire safety, of which not less than 
$25,000,000 is specifically for lead hazards; $15,000,000 for 
administrative and judicial receiverships; and $50,000,000 for 
public housing financial and physical assessment activities.
    Operating formula grants.--The funding provided for 
operating formula grants includes funding for resident 
participation activities, including tenant organizing 
activities, capacity building and technical assistance, and 
access to community services.
    Quality assurance of physical inspections.--The agreement 
directs the Department to identify how funds provided for the 
Real Estate Assessment Center [REAC], including any carryover 
balances, will be utilized during fiscal year 2023 as part of 
the operating plan required by section 405 of this act. The 
agreement also directs HUD to brief the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations during fiscal year 2023 at key 
milestones in implementation and rulemaking related to the 
national standards for the physical inspection of real estate 
[NSPIRE] inspection model, and include in such briefings 
details on how the open GAO recommendations are being addressed 
and HUD's progress in addressing its inspection backlog.
    Shortfall funding.--The agreement directs that the 
allocation of financial shortfall funds shall first be 
prioritized to PHAs with 249 or fewer public housing units that 
are determined to be experiencing shortfalls and have less than 
one month of reserves before allocating funds to larger PHAs.
    Administrative and judicial receiverships.--The agreement 
directs HUD to report quarterly to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of PHAs under 
receivership, including factors that informed the receivership 
such as physical and financial scores, deficiencies with 
internal controls, and other information demonstrating each 
PHA's inability to effectively oversee their business 
operations. This report shall also include an identification of 
funding resources and technical assistance provided to each PHA 
for the purpose of transitioning out of receivership and how 
HUD will address deficiencies in an effort to return the 
respective PHAs to local control.
    Recycling and zero waste.--The agreement does not include 
funding for the recycling and zero waste pilot program included 
in House Report 117-402. The agreement recognizes that HUD has 
submitted the overdue report on HUD's evaluation of methods of 
supporting and expanding recycling and zero waste programs in 
public housing, and therefore does not include the related 
direction in House Report 117-402.
    Emergency and safety and security grants.--Within the 
amounts provided for emergency capital needs, the agreement 
directs the Department to fund eligible safety and security 
projects as quickly as possible, and directs HUD to award the 
funds for PHAs under receivership or under the control of a 
Federal monitor based on need and not be subject to a cap on 
individual grant award amounts.
    Residential health hazards.--The agreement prohibits the 
Department from deeming any PHA, including those that are 
troubled, substandard, or are under the direction of a monitor 
or a court-appointed receiver, to be ineligible to apply for or 
receive funding, provided that the PHA is in compliance with 
any current memorandum of agreement or recovery agreements. The 
agreement also prohibits HUD from deeming any PHA as ineligible 
to apply for or receive funding that has a violation or 
violations of the lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules 
and that present documentation establishing it is working in 
good faith to resolve such findings by meeting any deadlines it 
was required to reach under the terms of a settlement 
agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar 
document as of the date of application. The Department is also 
prohibited from precluding funds from being used to carry out 
work to settle an outstanding violation. The agreement 
continues to expect the Department to work with PHAs to ensure 
that the initiative reflects the unique needs of the industry 
and strongly encourages HUD to work with PHAs, their 
maintenance staff, and tenants to help ensure potential lead-
based paint risks are identified and addressed expeditiously.
    The agreement directs the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing to continue to work with the Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes to improve its monitoring processes 
and develop procedures to ensure that HUD staff take consistent 
and timely steps to address health hazards, as recommended by 
the GAO.
    Public housing data dashboard.--To better inform the 
identification of program challenges and where additional 
policy and research considerations may be beneficial, the 
agreement urges HUD to add PHA-level data points on both 
program reserves and the amount of reserves that HUD determines 
are in excess of prudent program management.
    Annual contributions contract [ACC] amendments.--The 
agreement directs HUD to comply with all appropriate process 
requirements and work and consult with PHAs in any future 
rulemaking process that amends the ACC.

                    CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

    The bill provides $350,000,000 for the choice neighborhoods 
initiative, to remain available until September 30, 2027. Of 
this amount, not less than $175,000,000 shall be made available 
to PHAs and not more than $10,000,000 is available for planning 
grants. The agreement directs HUD to give recipients of prior 
year planning grants priority consideration for implementation 
grant awards.
    Supplemental grants.--The agreement directs HUD to use up 
to $75,000,000 of the funding provided under this heading for 
competitive supplemental grants to current implementation 
grantees in the fiscal year 2023 NOFO for implementation grants 
to support the construction of replacement housing units. To be 
eligible for such funding, qualifying applicants shall be 
current grantees that received implementation grants as part of 
the fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020 NOFOs; received a 
choice neighborhoods planning grant; and are still actively 
developing housing. The agreement notes that HUD has included 
similar competitive supplemental grants in the fiscal year 2022 
NOFO for implementation grants, however, selections have not 
been made. Therefore, the agreement directs HUD to allow 
otherwise qualifying current implementation grantees that have 
received supplemental funding from amounts provided under this 
heading in fiscal year 2022 to compete for these supplemental 
grants, and directs HUD to require such grantees to demonstrate 
additional significant needs. Further, the agreement directs 
HUD to use its existing waiver authority regarding total 
development cost limitations to enable otherwise qualifying 
current implementation grantees to compete for these 
supplemental grants. The agreement prohibits HUD from including 
the size of the housing site or project as a rating factor for 
these supplemental grants in the fiscal year 2023 NOFO for 
implementation grants. The agreement further directs that if 
HUD is considering leverage as a rating factor for such 
supplemental grants that such consideration prioritize grantees 
with the lowest public housing funds to non-public housing 
funds leverage ratio in all proposed development phases.
    Supporting residents.--The bill increases the maximum 
amount of implementation grant funding that may be used for 
supportive services activities to not more than 20 percent. In 
implementing this authority, the agreement directs HUD to 
ensure grantees utilize an appropriate mix of allowed funding 
mechanisms and do not solely rely upon a supportive services 
endowment trust.

                       SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS

    The bill provides $175,000,000 for self-sufficiency 
programs, to remain available until September 30, 2026. Of the 
total, $125,000,000 is for the family self-sufficiency [FSS] 
program, $35,000,000 is for the resident opportunity and self-
sufficiency program, and $15,000,000 is for the jobs-plus 
initiative.
    FSS performance measurement system.--The agreement supports 
efforts to update FSS's performance measurement system and 
notes that HUD is in the process of improving the quality of 
the data and analysis of FSS programs. The agreement directs 
HUD to brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on its FSS performance measurement methodology which will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    Family self-sufficiency program.--Before awarding funds to 
new grantees, HUD shall first prioritize the renewal of all 
existing coordinators and second consider funding additional 
coordinators for current grantees whose program sizes qualify 
for additional coordinators.

                        NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    The bill provides $1,020,000,000 for Native American 
programs, to remain available until September 30, 2027. The 
bill provides the following levels for specific activities 
within this account:

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Native American housing block grants--formula...........    $787,000,000
Native American housing block grants--competitive.......     150,000,000
Title VI loan program...................................       1,000,000
Indian community development block grant................      75,000,000
Training and technical assistance.......................       7,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Coordinated environmental reviews for Tribal housing and 
related infrastructure.--The agreement expects HUD to routinely 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
the Tribal housing and related infrastructure interagency task 
force meetings, action items, goals, and recommendations.
    Technical assistance.--The agreement expects that technical 
assistance funds will be provided to organizations with 
experience in providing technical assistance that reflects the 
unique needs and culture of Native Americans.

           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    The bill provides $5,521,000 for the cost of guaranteed 
loans, to remain available until expended. The bill allows HUD 
to use funds in this and prior acts for the cost of guaranteed 
loans that are unobligated to subsidize a total loan level of 
not more than $1,400,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024.

                  NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

    The bill provides $22,300,000 for the Native Hawaiian 
housing block grant program, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027.
    The agreement directs HUD to ensure that the funds provided 
are administered to maximize the provision of affordable 
housing through the construction of high density, multifamily 
affordable housing and rental units, as well as housing 
counseling services and the rehabilitation of housing on Native 
Hawaiian homelands that do not meet safe and sanitary housing 
building standards.

      NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The bill provides not more than $28,000,000 in loan 
guarantee commitment authority, including the authority to 
guarantee refinance loans, to remain available until September 
30, 2024.

                   Community Planning and Development


              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

    The agreement provides $499,000,000 for the housing 
opportunities for persons with AIDS [HOPWA] program, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, except that amounts 
allocated pursuant to 854(c)(5) shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025.
    Annual reporting system.--The agreement encourages HUD to 
continue efforts to make it easier for grantees to report their 
annual HOPWA data and to increase data quality in order to 
alleviate burdens for stakeholders, reduce vulnerabilities of 
paper- or desktop-based processes and data collection, and 
bring HOPWA grantee reporting capabilities in line with other 
CPD programs.

                       COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

    The agreement provides $6,397,285,641 for the community 
development fund, to remain available until September 30, 2026. 
Of the total, the agreement provides $3,300,000,000 in 
community development block grant [CDBG] formula funding, 
$30,000,000 for activities authorized under section 8071 of the 
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, $85,000,000 for 
grants to reduce barriers to affordable housing development, 
and $2,982,285,641 for economic development initiatives.
    Yes in my backyard incentive grant program.--The agreement 
provides $85,000,000 for a new competitive grant program that 
will reward state, local, and regional jurisdictions that have 
made progress in improving inclusionary zoning practices, land 
use policies, and housing infrastructure that will ultimately 
increase the supply of affordable housing. Improved land use 
policies may include increasing density, reducing minimum lot 
sizes, creating transit-oriented development zones, 
streamlining or shortening permitting processes and timeline, 
expanding by-right multifamily zoned areas, allowing mixed use 
and multifamily development in retail, office, and light 
manufacturing areas, allowing accessory dwelling units on lots 
with single family homes, eliminating or relaxing residential 
property height limitations, eliminating or reducing off-street 
parking requirements, and donating vacant land for affordable 
housing development. The agreement notes with encouragement 
HUD's existing research on barriers to affordable housing 
production and directs HUD to issue best practices for local, 
state, and regional agencies to improve such opportunities.
    Fairness in CDBG formula.--In addition to the direction in 
House Report 117-402, the agreement directs HUD to submit a 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 180 days of enactment of this act on work undertaken by 
the Department in 2021 and 2022, and planned to be undertaken 
in 2023, to update the CDBG formula and reauthorize the CDBG 
program.
    Colonias communities.--The agreement modifies the report 
directed in House Report 117-402 on colonias communities and 
instead directs the GAO to conduct a study on the economic, 
public health, and environmental conditions of colonias, the 
types of Federal assistance available to colonias, and the 
various definitions Federal agencies use in defining colonias. 
In its study, the GAO should also describe existing Federal 
efforts to assist colonias and Federal coordination with the 
states, and identify challenges and barriers that may impede 
Federal efforts. The agreement directs the GAO to brief the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its 
preliminary findings within 280 days of enactment of this act 
and to provide a full report upon completion.
    Data in rural communities.--The agreement encourages HUD to 
extend flexibilities for the use of alternative data for rural 
communities with less than 1,000 residents when a CDBG 
applicant considers American community survey data to be 
unreliable.
    Coordinating Federal resources.--The agreement directs HUD 
to address the open recommendations in report GAO-21-579 and 
encourages HUD to look for additional ways to collaborate with 
various Federal agencies to help grantees and local communities 
maximize and more effectively align HUD's community development 
programs with other Federal economic development resources.
    CDBG disaster recovery.--The agreement urges HUD to 
prioritize the acceleration of disaster recovery funds for 
eligible individuals and families, and to explore the 
utilization of mechanisms, like the recovery acceleration funds 
deployed by SBP in New Orleans, Louisiana and Enterprise 
Community Partners, to speed recovery through the use of 
private capital for upfront repair costs that are later 
reimbursed.
    Economic development initiatives [EDIs].--The agreement 
directs HUD to provide funding for the projects listed in the 
table entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending'' at the end of this joint explanatory 
statement in the corresponding amounts. The agreement further 
directs HUD to provide semi-annual briefings to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on the implementation of 
EDIs and the Department's oversight of projects.

         COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement provides the authority to collect fees from 
borrowers adequate to result in a subsidy cost of zero and an 
aggregate limitation on commitments of no more than 
$300,000,000 for loan guarantees under section 108.
    Section 108(q).--Previously, Congress provided HUD with 
funding through section 108(q) to assist state and local 
governments with environmental remediation and economic 
development projects by providing competitive grant awards from 
the brownfields economic development initiative [BEDI] and the 
EDI programs, greatly enhancing the utilization of the section 
108 loan program and development of larger scale projects that 
leveraged public and private investment. The agreement directs 
HUD to encourage borrowers of loans guaranteed under section 
108 to undertake large scale community and economic development 
projects, including the redevelopment of shopping malls, and to 
provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the extent to which the section 108 program 
has supported these activities. The agreement modifies House 
Report 117-402 and does not require quarterly reporting on 
progress to issue new loan guarantees.

                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

    The bill provides $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, for the HOME investment partnerships 
program.

   PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

    The agreement provides $225,000,000 for the preservation 
and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement program, 
of which $25,000,000 is for a pilot program to provide grants 
to assist in the redevelopment of manufactured housing 
communities as replacement housing that is affordable, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027. The agreement 
directs the Department, to the extent practicable, to fund 
grants in a variety of geographic areas, including urban and 
rural communities, Tribal communities, and areas prone to 
natural disasters.

        SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

    The bill provides $62,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. The bill provides the following funding 
levels for specific activities within this account:

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Self-help homeownership opportunity program [SHOP]......     $13,500,000
Section 4 program.......................................      42,000,000
  [Rural capacity building activities]..................  [not less than
                                                             $5,000,000]
National rural capacity building........................       6,000,000
Veterans housing rehabilitation and modification pilot         1,000,000
 program................................................
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    SHOP per unit average investment cap.--The agreement notes 
that HUD increased the average SHOP expenditure for the 
combined cost of land acquisition and infrastructure 
improvements for the first time since 2004 in the fiscal year 
2022 NOFO. The agreement directs HUD to use its existing 
authorities to include an average per SHOP unit cost in the 
fiscal year 2023 NOFO that is greater than the historical cap 
of $15,000 per SHOP unit.
    Following initial engagement with the GAO regarding its 
evaluation on cost trends in the SHOP program, as required by 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations are concerned with gaps in HUD's 
data collection from grantees, the quality and availability of 
data, and capacity to effectively analyze the needs relating to 
the average per SHOP unit cost. Therefore, instead of the study 
required in House Report 117-402, the agreement directs HUD to 
improve and increase its data collection requirements for 
grantees; strengthen its internal data analysis relating to 
cost trends, needs, changes, and impacts for the average per 
SHOP unit cost; and initiate a SHOP program evaluation. The 
agreement directs HUD to brief the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations no later than 120 days after enactment of 
this act on its progress on such actions to improve data 
collection and analysis.
    Section 4 program.--The agreement directs that funds 
available for the section 4 program be used solely for capacity 
building activities.
    Capacity building to address the needs of Tribal 
communities.--The agreement directs HUD to ensure that section 
4 program grantees collectively invest not less than $1,000,000 
in targeted capacity building activities to benefit Native 
Hawaiian, American Indian, and Alaska Native communities and 
populations in areas including, but not limited to, rural 
areas. This minimum investment is separate from the required 
investment for rural capacity building activities of not less 
than $5,000,000.
    Rural capacity building program.--For the purposes of the 
national rural capacity building NOFO, the agreement directs 
HUD to define an eligible national organization as ``a 
nonprofit entity, which has ongoing experience in rural 
housing, including experience working with rural housing 
organizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes, as 
evidenced by past and continuing work in one or more states in 
eight or more of HUD's Federal regions.''
    Assistance for low-income and disabled veterans.--The 
agreement directs HUD to combine the $1,000,000 provided in 
this act for the veterans housing rehabilitation and 
modification pilot program with available carryover balances in 
the fiscal year 2023 NOFO. The agreement encourages HUD to 
increase awareness about this program and the funding 
opportunities among veterans, veterans' service organizations, 
and eligible entities, and to maximize the number of awards in 
the next NOFO.

                       HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    The agreement provides $3,633,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for homeless assistance grants. 
Funding is provided in the amounts shown in the following 
table:

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Emergency solutions grants..............................    $290,000,000
Continuum of care [CoC] and rural housing stability        3,154,000,000
 assistance.............................................
  [Projects to assist survivors of domestic violence,     [not less than
   dating violence, sexual assault or stalking].........    $52,000,000]
National homeless data analysis project.................       7,000,000
Comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth........     107,000,000
  [Youth homelessness system improvement grants]........  [not less than
                                                            $25,000,000]
  [Technical assistance]................................          [up to
                                                            $10,000,000]
One-time award for new construction, acquisition or           75,000,000
 rehabilitation of new permanent supportive housing.....
  [Awards for states with populations less than           [not less than
   2,500,000]...........................................    $30,000,000]
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................   3,633,000,000
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    The agreement modifies the House Report 117-402 directive 
under this heading to not prioritize investigations or outreach 
to specific homeless subpopulations.
    Additional planning resources.--The agreement directs HUD 
to continue its practice of administratively capping planning 
funds for the largest continuum of care [CoCs] grantees.
    Permanent supportive housing.--The agreement encourages HUD 
and CoCs to leverage the funds provided for the construction, 
acquisition, or rehabilitation for new permanent supportive 
housing with other funding sources, such as tax credits and 
project-based rental assistance, to maximize the amount of 
housing that can be directed to meeting the needs of homeless 
individuals and families.
    Comprehensive interventions to prevent and end youth 
homelessness.--The agreement directs HUD to ensure that 
sufficient technical assistance resources and equal 
consideration for youth homelessness system improvement grants 
are provided to rural areas. When determining grant awards, the 
agreement encourages HUD to incorporate the following 
components as objectives for grantees: youth collaboration in 
project design and implementation, including establishment of 
local youth advisory boards; quality data collection, 
management, utilization, and evaluation; direct coordination 
and communication with service providers; cross-system 
partnerships including juvenile justice, child welfare, and 
education systems; and prevention and diversion strategies. The 
agreement prohibits the use of these funds for direct services 
or housing.
    The agreement directs HUD to provide the new evaluation of 
the youth homelessness demonstration program [YHDP] to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 
November 1, 2023.
    The agreement reminds the Department and CoCs that renewal 
funding provided for YHDP projects may only be used for 
eligible youth-specific activities upon reaching renewal 
status. HUD is encouraged to provide public-facing information 
to grantees regarding the YHDP renewal process.
    Clarifying eligibility and documentation requirements for 
homeless youth.--The agreement encourages the Department to 
continue to clarify program requirements regarding the waived 
requirement for youth ages 24 and under to provide third party 
documentation to receive housing and services through guidance, 
notice, and webcasts, as appropriate.
    Tribal inclusion in YHDP.--The agreement encourages HUD to 
include Tribes and tribally designated housing entities as 
eligible recipients in the fiscal year 2023 YHDP NOFO.
    Access to healthcare.--The agreement directs HUD to 
coordinate with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
to provide additional guidance and technical assistance to HUD-
funded housing and supportive service providers to increase 
access to Medicaid-funded services to address chronic 
homelessness.
    Point-in-time count.--The agreement directs the Department 
to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 180 days of enactment of this act about the viability of 
creating a digital point-in-time count data collection and 
analysis platform for communities to use.
    Annual homeless assessment report [AHAR].--The agreement 
directs HUD to incorporate additional Federal data on 
homelessness, particularly as it relates to youth homelessness, 
into the AHAR and to submit the report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations by August 31, 2023.

                            Housing Programs

                    PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

    The bill provides a combined total of $14,907,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for project-based rental 
assistance [PBRA] activities: $13,937,580,000 under the 
project-based rental assistance account in this title and an 
additional $969,420,000, designated as an emergency, in 
division N of this act. Of the total, not more than 
$343,000,000 is for performance-based contract administrators 
[PBCAs], which in addition to unobligated balances available in 
the housing certificate fund will be sufficient to support 
PBCAs. Consistent with the budget request, the agreement does 
not provide funding for tenant education and outreach, as prior 
year funding is available to support tenant organizing 
activities, capacity building and technical assistance, access 
to community services, and civic engagement activities.
    Managing troubled properties.--The agreement directs HUD to 
include in the report required by section 219 of this act data 
on PBRA properties and units that have exited the program as a 
result of contract abatement from poor physical conditions or 
for other reasons.
    Mark-to-market [M2M].--The bill includes the budget request 
to extend the M2M program under section 579 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to 
October 1, 2027. The bill also provides HUD the authority to 
make budget-based rent adjustments for PBRA contracts that have 
been renewed through the M2M program and are distressed or at 
risk of becoming distressed. The agreement directs HUD to use 
existing data sources, including PBCA/HUD management and 
occupancy reviews, as well as REAC inspections, to assess the 
physical property and operational needs amongst post-M2M 
properties and other PBRA properties with health and safety 
deficiencies to better understand the scope of the budget-based 
rent adjustment needs for PBRA properties. HUD is directed to 
provide the results of this assessment to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of 
this act.
    Section 8 moderate rehabilitation [mod rehab] and McKinney-
Vento single room occupancy [SRO] sunset.--The agreement 
directs HUD to continue outreach to the owners of mod rehab and 
SRO properties on available conversion options and gather 
additional data on the potential conversion costs and benefits 
to these owners, and such data should be included with any 
proposal from HUD to sunset the programs.
    Performance-based contract administrators.--The bill 
prohibits HUD from issuing a solicitation or accepting bids on 
any solicitation that is substantially equivalent to the draft 
solicitation entitled ``Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) 
Contract Support Services (HAPSS)'' issued by HUD on July 27, 
2022. The agreement notes that this is the second draft 
solicitation in five years on the matter of providing PBRA 
support services, with HUD withdrawing a similar draft 
solicitation in March 2018. The agreement directs HUD to ensure 
that any future competition for PBCAs does not impede housing 
finance agencies or public housing agencies from competing on a 
state-basis. Should HUD determine that a subsequent draft 
solicitation that is not substantially equivalent to the July 
27, 2022 draft solicitation is not feasible, the agreement 
directs HUD to include a legislative proposal as part of the 
fiscal year 2024 budget request. If HUD determines that a 
legislative proposal is necessary, HUD is directed to work with 
relevant stakeholders to ensure any potential legislative 
proposal results in effective and efficient oversight and 
monitoring of the PBRA program and maintains safe, stable, and 
affordable housing for the over 1,200,000 households living in 
PBRA properties across the country. In addition, the agreement 
urges HUD to assess the effectiveness of using resident surveys 
as a tool to help PBCAs conduct effective oversight.

                        HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

    The agreement provides $1,075,000,000 for the section 202 
program, to remain available until September 30, 2026, of which 
up to $120,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 
continuation of existing congregate service grants. Of the 
total, up to $110,000,000 is for new capital advance and 
project rental assistance contracts, of which up to $25,000,000 
is for the expansion of intergenerational dwelling units, and 
$6,000,000 is to support preservation transactions of housing 
for the elderly originally developed by a capital advance and 
assisted by a project rental assistance contract.
    Service coordinators.--The agreement directs the Department 
to implement all recommendations from the GAO report entitled 
``Elderly Housing: HUD Should Do More to Oversee Efforts to 
Link Residents to Services'' [GAO-16-758] and continue to keep 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations updated on 
the status of the action plan to implement these outstanding 
GAO recommendations.

                 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

    The agreement provides $360,000,000 for the section 811 
program, to remain available until September 30, 2026. This 
includes up to $148,300,000 for new project rental assistance 
[PRA] and capital advance awards.
    Individuals with intellectual and developmental 
disabilities.--The agreement directs HUD to continue to 
prioritize projects targeting and serving individuals with 
intellectual and developmental disabilities who have been 
receiving care through family members when awarding the new PRA 
funds provided in this act. The agreement directs HUD to 
coordinate with Federal partners, including HHS, and other 
public, private, and non-profit stakeholders to review existing 
programs and regulations to identify gaps in services and 
existing barriers to stable housing and to provide a briefing 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with its 
findings and recommendations within 280 days of enactment of 
this act. The agreement further directs HUD to encourage 
applicants to demonstrate connections with state Medicaid or 
human services agencies that provide ongoing supportive 
services for residents with mental disabilities in its NOFO for 
the section 811 capital advance program.

                     HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

    The agreement provides $57,500,000 for housing counseling, 
including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract 
services, to remain available until September 30, 2024.
    Homeownership counseling.--The agreement directs that not 
less than $5,000,000 of the funds provided for the housing 
counseling grant program is for post-purchase homeownership 
counseling.
    Real estate wire fraud.--The agreement directs HUD to brief 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on their 
efforts to educate consumers on real estate wire fraud within 
30 days of enactment of this act.
    Housing counseling agency partnerships with minority-
serving institutions [MSIs].--The agreement directs that not 
less than $3,000,000 of the funds provided for the housing 
counseling grant program are for housing counseling agencies to 
partner with historically black colleges and universities, 
Tribal colleges and universities, and other MSIs.
    Outreach to diverse and historically underserved 
communities.--The agreement encourages HUD to expand outreach 
to diverse and historically underserved communities, including 
Asian-Pacific, Latino(s), Black, Native Alaskan, Native 
Hawaiian, Tribal, and rural communities. Such outreach efforts 
should include culturally sensitive and linguistically 
appropriate service delivery, materials, and educational 
initiatives.

            PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

    The agreement provides $14,000,000 for the manufactured 
housing standards programs, of which $14,000,000 is to be 
derived from fees collected and deposited in the manufactured 
housing fees trust fund. The agreement directs that not more 
than $4,500,000 shall be for the monitoring of manufacturers' 
compliance with construction and safety standards by third-
party inspection agencies.
    Manufactured housing consensus committee construction and 
safety standards backlog.--The agreement directs HUD to 
prioritize clearing the backlog of unpublished manufactured 
housing consensus committee recommendations and to publish the 
fourth and fifth sets of standards no later than 30 days after 
the enactment of this act.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement sets a limit of up to $400,000,000,000 on 
commitments to guarantee single-family loans and provides 
$150,000,000 for administrative contract expenses, which shall 
be available until September 30, 2024.
    Home equity conversion mortgage [HECM].--The agreement 
recognizes that the Federal Housing Administration [FHA] 
published ``Mortgagee Letter 2022-15, Update HECM Program 
Requirements for Notice of Due and Payable Status'' in August 
2022 and therefore does not include the direction in House 
Report 117-402 on HECM.
    Home equity accelerator loan [HEAL] pilot.--The agreement 
does not include additional credit subsidy for the proposed 
HEAL pilot, as requested in the budget request.
    FHA financing guidelines for manufactured housing.--The 
agreement directs the Department to continue to review its 
financing guidelines for all of its manufactured housing 
mortgage programs to modernize policies to reflect today's 
market and improve the availability of this housing financing 
option.
    Institutional investment in single-family housing.--The 
agreement directs HUD to maintain its efforts to prioritize 
governmental entities and nonprofits in FHA note sales to 
counter recent trends of increasing concentration of 
institutional financial investment in single-family housing. 
The agreement also directs the GAO to study and issue a report 
on the prevalence and location of institutional investors in 
single-family housing, the types of institutional investors 
involved, and the impacts of such investments on both the 
housing market and on the tenants residing in the homes. The 
agreement directs the GAO to brief the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on proposed scope and timeline of 
this report no later than 180 days after enactment of this act 
and to submit the final report to the Committees upon 
completion.
    Barriers to small-dollar mortgages.--The agreement directs 
HUD to brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 120 days of enactment of this act on the feedback it 
receives on the recently published ``Request for Information 
Regarding Small Mortgage Lending'' and on any further analysis 
it conducts on alternative price points, including but not 
limited to $200,000.
    Action plan to advance property appraisal and valuation 
equity.--The agreement directs HUD to provide a briefing to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 120 days 
of enactment of this act on its priorities for action to reduce 
bias in the home appraisal system and any timelines established 
for such actions.

                GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement sets a limit of up to $35,000,000,000 on 
multifamily and specialized loan guarantees and provides that 
such commitment authority shall be available until September 
30, 2024.

                Government National Mortgage Association

GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The agreement sets a limit of up to $900,000,000,000 for 
new commitments and provides $40,400,000 for salaries and 
expenses for the Government National Mortgage Association, 
which shall be available until September 30, 2024.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

    The bill provides $145,400,000 for research and technology 
activities and technical assistance, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024. Funding is provided in the amounts shown in 
the following table:

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Core research and technology............................           up to
                                                             $71,000,000
  [Innovation activities]...............................       [500,000]
  [Cooperative agreements and research partnerships with     [5,000,000]
   HBCUs]...............................................
  [Cooperative agreements and research partnerships with     [5,000,000]
   HSIs]................................................
Legal assistance to low-income tenants at risk of or         $20,000,000
 subject to eviction....................................
Research, evaluations, and demonstrations...............      10,000,000
Technical assistance....................................   not less than
                                                             $41,900,000
  [Violence Against Women Act technical assistance].....     [5,000,000]
[Thriving communities program]..........................          [up to
                                                             $2,500,000]
  [Distressed areas]....................................          [up to
                                                             $5,000,000]
  [Manufactured housing communities]....................          [up to
                                                             $2,500,000]
  [Recovery housing]....................................          [up to
                                                             $2,500,000]
    Total...............................................     145,400,000
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    Core research and technology.--The agreement provides up to 
$71,000,000 for core research and technology including: market 
surveys, research support and dissemination, data acquisition, 
housing finance studies, research partnerships, housing 
technology, of which $500,000 is for innovation activities, 
$5,000,000 is for cooperative agreements and research 
partnerships with historically black colleges and universities, 
and $5,000,000 is for cooperative agreements and research 
partnerships with Hispanic serving institutions.
    Legal assistance.--The agreement provides $20,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for competitive 
grants to nonprofit or government entities to provide legal 
assistance to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to 
eviction. The agreement encourages HUD to provide some awards 
to those who did not receive previous awards in fiscal year 
2021 and fiscal year 2022 and promote geographic diversity in 
these awards.
    Research, evaluations, and demonstrations.--The agreement 
provides $10,000,000 for research, demonstrations, and 
evaluations. Included in this total is the continuation of the 
following research and evaluations: housing choice voucher 
community choice demonstration; moving-to-work expansion; HUD-
DOJ pay for success long term evaluation; family options long 
term tracking study; and older adult homes modification program 
evaluation.
    Technical assistance.--The agreement provides no less than 
$41,900,000 for technical assistance. Of this amount, 
$5,000,000 is for training and technical assistance on VAWA 
housing protections for survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including culturally 
specific organizations providing culturally specific services 
to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking. Within the total for technical 
assistance, up to $5,000,000 shall be available on a 
competitive basis to non-profit or private sector organizations 
to provide technical assistance, including outreach efforts to 
local governments with persistent poverty tracts in their 
jurisdiction, to units of general local government or non-
profit organizations that serve distressed areas, prioritizing 
applications from jurisdictions containing persistent poverty 
census tracts that have had 20 percent or more of the 
population living in poverty as measured by the 1990 and 2000 
decennial census and the most recent five-year data series 
available from the American community survey of the Census 
Bureau, and any territory or possession of the United States. 
In addition, of the amount provided for technical assistance, 
up to $2,500,000 shall be used by HUD to work with DOT to 
ensure housing and infrastructure development is taken into 
consideration as part of the thriving communities program. Up 
to $2,500,000 of the amount provided for technical assistance 
is for recipients of grants under the heading ``Preservation 
and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement'' 
[PRICE], including training and technical assistance on 
environmental reviews for the National Environmental Policy Act 
and related Federal environmental laws and authorities in 
support of HUD programs under this title, including the PRICE 
program. Of the amounts provided under this heading for 
technical assistance, up to $2,500,000 shall be used on a 
competitive basis for a non-profit, in collaboration with a 
college or school of public health, that has expertise and 
experience in providing technical assistance and research in 
recovery housing and focuses on homeless and justice involved 
individuals utilizing blended funding and an intervention model 
with demonstrated outcomes, to provide direct technical 
assistance to communities and promote the development of 
evidence based recovery housing for substance use disorder 
intervention.
    Office of Innovation.--The agreement does not include 
direction relating to the Office of Innovation included in 
House Report 117-402. Instead, the agreement encourages the 
Office of Innovation to challenge the affordable housing 
industry to substantially drive down the cost of affordable 
housing design and production, including consideration of 
modular housing development.
    Aging-in-place.--To the extent funds are available, the 
agreement directs HUD to research housing technologies that 
enable aging-in-place strategies.
    Fair market rents [FMRs].--The agreement expects the 
Department to continue to evaluate alternative data sources, 
including those used by PHAs for rent comparability studies, 
for use in calculating FMRs and in appealing FMRs in order to 
identify data sources that are timely, reflective of the 
market, and cost effective. The agreement directs HUD to 
identify methods to decrease the cost burden of locally funded 
surveys on PHAs, including by clarifying when the lifecycle of 
an accepted private rent surveys can be up to 5 years, by 
identifying acceptable online data sources for use in rent 
comparability studies, and by clarifying the 100 recent movers 
sample size for surveys in rural areas. The agreement strongly 
encourages HUD, to the extent permissible under current 
regulations, to set FMRs at no lower than the previous year's 
level for an FMR area, unless the Department has sufficient 
local data to justify such a change. The agreement directs HUD 
to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 90 days of the enactment of this act on strategies to 
improve data, to better forecast rents in communities that are 
habitually miscalculated, and decrease the cost of private 
rental surveys. Additionally, the Department shall report on 
the potential impact of expanding PHAs' ability to set payment 
standards from 110 percent of FMR to 120 percent of FMR if PHAs 
provide rent comparability studies that illustrate HUD-
calculated FMRs are lower than actual market rates, or of 
increasing the FMR above the 40th percentile of gross rents.
    VAWA study.--The agreement directs HUD to complete the 
study and report on housing and service needs of survivors of 
trafficking and individuals at risk for trafficking, as 
required by section 606 of the VAWA Reauthorization Act of 
2022. The agreement further directs HUD to submit this study 
and report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not later than September 15, 2023.
    Area median incomes [AMI].--The agreement directs HUD to 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 180 days of enactment of this act on how using a 
national AMI for nonmetropolitan areas as a floor would impact 
rent calculations in and the administration of any programs 
using income limits to set rents.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

    The agreement provides $86,355,000 for fair housing 
activities, to remain available until September 30, 2024. This 
includes $56,000,000 for the fair housing initiatives program 
[FHIP], $26,000,000 for the fair housing assistance program, 
$3,000,000 for the national fair housing training academy, and 
$1,355,000 for translated materials. Of the funds available for 
FHIP, not less than $10,400,000 is for education and outreach 
programs, and not less than $3,700,000 is for fair housing 
organization initiatives. The directive in House Report 117-402 
related to outreach to certain protected classes is modified to 
instead direct HUD to raise awareness of the rights and 
protections under the Fair Housing Act for all protected 
classes and report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on its progress.
    Appraisals.--The agreement supports HUD's efforts to reduce 
bias in the home appraisal system through the education and 
outreach initiative and the national fair housing training 
academy.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The agreement provides $410,000,000 for lead hazard control 
and healthy homes programs, to remain available until September 
30, 2025. Of the amount provided, not less than $95,000,000 is 
available for lead-based paint hazard reduction in 
jurisdictions with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs 
and $85,000,000 is available for the healthy homes initiative 
[HHI].
    Aging-in-place home modification grants.--The agreement 
includes $30,000,000 within the HHI for aging-in-place home 
modification grants in order to enable low-income seniors 
(persons who are 62 years of age or older) to remain in their 
homes through low-cost, high-impact home modifications. The 
intended beneficiaries of these grants are low-income seniors 
living in homes that are not receiving project-based rental 
assistance, and HUD shall ensure the use of funds appropriated 
reflects that intent. In designing the NOFO for this program, 
HUD is directed to continue to take into account successful 
models of low-barrier, participant-led, holistic approaches to 
aging-in-place. The agreement continues to direct HUD to track 
the outcomes of seniors whose homes have been modified in order 
to better understand the effectiveness of this funding in 
reducing at-home falls, hospitalizations, and emergency 
response calls, as well as improving independence and tenure in 
home over time.
    Radon testing and mitigation resident safety 
demonstration.--The agreement includes $5,000,000 for radon 
testing and mitigation activities in public housing units as 
proposed in the fiscal year 2023 budget request. The Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes [OLHCHH] shall coordinate 
with the Office of Public and Indian Housing [PIH] throughout 
the length of the demonstration to ensure proper engagement and 
communication with the impacted PHAs. The agreement directs HUD 
to address the open recommendations in the 2021 HUD Office of 
Inspector General's evaluation of HUD Program Offices' Policies 
and Approaches for Radon [Report Number: 2020--OE--0003]. 
Additionally, the agreement continues to direct HUD to complete 
the objectives regarding healthy homes activities in the EPA's 
final Federal radon action plan scorecard issued in 2016, which 
has been subsumed into the broader public-private national 
radon action plan led by the American Lung Association.
    Improving the lead grant application process.--The 
agreement appreciates the efforts undertaken by HUD to simplify 
the application process and encourage applicants and grantees 
to develop and utilize public-private partnerships as a means 
to leverage capital, as well as assist with grant and project 
management. The agreement directs HUD to continue to improve 
the NOFOs to encourage more grantees to apply, especially those 
that may not have access to professional grant writers. 
Additionally, HUD shall continue to clearly state in the NOFO 
that an application may include non-profit co-applicants, 
provided that an eligible city, county/parish, other unit of 
local government, or eligible state or Native American Tribe 
are identified as the lead or co-applicant.
    Weatherization assistance program.--Homes are often 
eligible for assistance under the Department of Energy's 
[DOE's] weatherization assistance program [WAP] and HUD's lead-
based paint hazard control grant program. The agreement 
supports OLHCHH's participation in the interagency working 
group on healthy homes and energy. OLHCHH is encouraged to 
continue to leverage partnerships between DOE, WAP grantees, 
and sub-grantees to perform window removal and installation 
work in older low-income housing. HUD is directed to collect 
information on how many units benefit from this coordination 
and quantify how this coordination has reduced costs for 
hardware and labor. HUD is directed to provide this information 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later 
than 180 days after the end of each grant cycle on an annual 
basis.
    Lead hazard reduction demonstration and lead hazard control 
grant per-unit consultation threshold.--To ensure lead hazard 
remediation funds are spent appropriately, efficiently, and 
effectively, HUD has established a threshold of $20,000 per 
unit for its grantees to consult with HUD and review proposed 
high-cost remediations. The agreement is supportive of HUD's 
work to ensure effective use of the grant funding provided and 
also recognizes that the current consultation threshold was set 
in 2014. Therefore, the agreement encourages HUD to undertake a 
review of the threshold and related policy guidance to grantees 
to determine if any updates are warranted.

                      Information Technology Fund

    The agreement provides $374,750,000 for the information 
technology fund, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
of which up to $23,950,000 is available for development, 
modernization, and enhancement [DME] projects.
    Major modernization project priorities.--The agreement 
includes $20,800,000 in DME funding for the following projects, 
which it designates as major modernization projects: FHA IT 
modernization, PIH IT modernization, network enterprise zero 
trust solution, electronic special needs assistance programs 
[esnaps], and financial management modernization [LOCCS]. The 
agreement does not fully fund the request for the network 
enterprise zero trust solution, but supports HUD's efforts to 
initiate this work and develop a comprehensive roadmap for 
moving toward a zero trust architecture. Not more than 
$2,080,000 of this amount may be obligated until the plan 
required by the bill is approved. Considering the current 
balances and state of progress in FHA's single-family IT 
systems, the funds for FHA IT modernization are provided to 
complete the automated underwriting system. The House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations expect the Department to 
continue to prioritize progress on FHA's single-family IT 
systems in fiscal year 2023, and expects HUD to provide 
sustained executive-level attention to advancing and completing 
FHA catalyst for single-family mortgages.
    Non-major modernization project priorities.--The agreement 
includes $3,150,000 in DME funding for the following projects, 
which it designates as non-major modernization projects: 
enterprise geographic information system [eGIS] and acquisition 
tool. Not more than $315,000 of this amount may be obligated 
until the plan required by the bill is approved. The agreement 
directs the Office of Community Planning and Development to 
update the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
immediately if additional resources, beyond those provided in 
fiscal year 2022, are needed for IT modifications to adequately 
support economic development initiatives.
    IT reporting and oversight.--The House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations acknowledge the significant 
improvement in the level of detail provided by HUD in its 
congressional justifications in fiscal year 2023, and directs 
HUD to continue to: (1) delineate between funding for 
operations and maintenance and DME, including planning; (2) 
consistent with OMB guidance, summarize spending by major, non-
major, and standard IT investments; and (3) include plain 
language summaries of proposed DME projects, total costs and 
savings potential, and target functionality and mission 
benefits. HUD is reminded that the act requires updated reports 
on a quarterly basis to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on all DME projects, with additional detail on 
major modernization projects. However, this did not occur in 
fiscal year 2022, and HUD was inconsistent in notifying the 
Committees of major scope changes and cost increases in a 
timely and transparent manner. The agreement directs the 
Department to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this act on its 
plans to improve the timeliness, format, and clarity of its 
reports and updates in a manner that meets the Committees' 
needs. The agreement also directs HUD to continue clarifying 
its reasoning for requests funded through the IT fund, the WCF, 
and individual salaries and expenses accounts.
    Unplanned IT needs.--The agreement allows individual 
offices to transfer salaries and expenses amounts, up to 
$500,000 from each office and no more than $5,000,000 in total, 
to the IT fund to address unplanned costs or priority 
modifications of IT systems. Transferred funds must primarily 
benefit the office from which the funds are transferred. Any 
project or activity funded will not have known out-year DME 
costs in excess of $500,000 and should have minimal impact on 
annual operations and maintenance costs. The agreement directs 
the Department to brief the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this act to 
ensure a clear common understanding of the Committees' 
expectations and the policies HUD will put in place to avoid 
misuse of this authority. The agreement directs that this 
authority is not to be used to allocate costs across offices 
for departmental-wide IT needs.

                      Office of Inspector General

    The agreement provides $146,000,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
    Audit reports.--The Office of Inspector General is expected 
to continue to provide copies of all audit reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations immediately upon 
issuance and to make the Committees aware of any review that 
recommends significant budgetary savings.
    Contracting audits of annual financial statements.--The 
agreement directs the Office of Inspector General to continue 
to rely on an independent external auditor, or auditors, to 
audit the financial statements of the Department, including the 
financial statements of FHA and Ginnie Mae.
    Reorganization.--The agreement approves the organizational 
changes identified on page 52-7 of the fiscal year 2023 
congressional budget justification.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    Section 201 splits overpayments evenly between the Treasury 
and state HFAs.
    Section 202 prohibits funds from being used to investigate 
or prosecute lawful activities under the Fair Housing Act.
    Section 203 requires any grant or cooperative agreement to 
be made on a competitive basis, unless otherwise provided, in 
accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
    Section 204 relates to the availability of funds for 
services and facilities for GSEs and others subject to the 
Government Corporation Control Act and the Housing Act.
    Section 205 prohibits the use of funds in excess of the 
budget estimates, unless provided otherwise.
    Section 206 relates to the expenditure of funds for 
corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act.
    Section 207 requires the Secretary to provide quarterly 
reports on uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess 
funds in each departmental program and activity.
    Section 208 exempts the Government National Mortgage 
Association from certain requirements of the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990.
    Section 209 authorizes HUD to transfer debt and use 
agreements from an obsolete project to a viable project, 
provided that no additional costs are incurred and other 
conditions are met.
    Section 210 sets forth certain requirements for section 8 
eligibility and includes consideration for persons with 
disabilities.
    Section 211 distributes Native American housing block 
grants to the same Native Alaskan recipients as in fiscal year 
2005.
    Section 212 instructs HUD on managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or held by HUD.
    Section 213 allows PHAs that own and operate 400 or fewer 
units of public housing to be exempt from asset management 
requirements.
    Section 214 restricts the Secretary from imposing any 
requirements or guidelines relating to asset management that 
restrict or limit the use of capital funds for central office 
costs, up to the limits established in law.
    Section 215 requires that no employee of the Department be 
designated as an allotment holder unless the CFO determines 
that such employee has received certain training.
    Section 216 requires the Secretary to notify the public of 
notices of funding opportunity for competitively awarded funds, 
and establishes how such notification may occur.
    Section 217 requires attorney fees for programmatic 
litigation to be paid from the individual program office and 
the Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
appropriations.
    Section 218 allows the Secretary to transfer up to 10 
percent of funds or $5,000,000, whichever is less, appropriated 
under the headings ``Administrative Support Offices'' or 
``Program Offices'' to any other office funded under such 
headings.
    Section 219 requires HUD to take certain actions against 
owners receiving rental subsidies that do not maintain safe 
properties.
    Section 220 places a salary and bonus limit on public 
housing agency officials and employees.
    Section 221 requires the Secretary to notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 3 full business 
days before grant awards are announced, and requires such 
notification to include state and congressional district 
information.
    Section 222 prohibits funds for HUD financing of mortgages 
for properties that have been subject to eminent domain.
    Section 223 prohibits the use of funds to terminate the 
status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan 
city with respect to grants under section 106 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974.
    Section 224 allows funding for research, evaluation, and 
statistical purposes that is unexpended at the time of 
completion of the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement to 
be re-obligated for additional research.
    Section 225 prohibits funds for financial awards for 
employees subject to administrative discipline.
    Section 226 allows program income as an eligible match for 
2015 through 2023 continuum of care funds.
    Section 227 permits HUD to provide one year transition 
grants under the continuum of care program.
    Section 228 maintains current promise zone designations and 
agreements.
    Section 229 clarifies the use of funds for the family self-
sufficiency program.
    Section 230 addresses the establishment of reserves for 
public housing agencies designated as MTW agencies.
    Section 231 prohibits funds from being used to make certain 
eligibility limitations as part of a notice of funding 
opportunity for competitive grant awards under the public 
housing fund.
    Section 232 prohibits funds from being used to issue rules 
or guidance in contravention of section 1210 of Public Law 115-
254 (132 Stat. 3442) or section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155).
    Section 233 extends the time period for the liquidation of 
valid obligations for the choice neighborhoods initiative 
program in Public Law 114-113.
    Section 234 prohibits the use of funds 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'' or the notice entitled, 
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool''.
    Section 235 addresses the manner in which HUD may make 
adjustments for formula allocation corrections.
    Section 236 allows the Secretary to make rent adjustments 
under certain conditions, and extends the mark-to-market 
program to October 1, 2027.
    Section 237 allows for limited transfers of salaries and 
expenses funding to the information technology fund.
    Section 238 extends the time period for the liquidation of 
valid obligations for the lead hazard reduction program in 
Public Law 116-6.
    Section 239 states that the Secretary shall comply with all 
process requirements when revising any annual contributions 
contract.
    Section 240 prohibits the use of funds to carry out 
customer experience activities within the Office of the 
Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Budget.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The agreement provides $9,850,000 for salaries and 
expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $38,260,000, of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024, for the salaries and 
expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission [FMC], consistent 
with the authorized funding level in the Ocean Shipping Reform 
Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-146). Of the funds provided, not 
more than $3,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses and up to $543,615 is available for the 
FMC Office of Inspector General.
    Recognizing the long-term implications posed by global 
supply chain disruptions and the effects thereof, the agreement 
provides funding above the budget request to assist the FMC in 
implementing Public Law 117-146 and in executing its 
authorities as delineated in 46 U.S.C. 40101 through 44106 and 
46 U.S.C. 3503. The FMC is directed to brief the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 90 days after 
enactment of this act detailing its plans for the additional 
resources. Further, the agreement directs the FMC to implement 
Public Law 117-146 expeditiously and to provide regular updates 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its 
efforts to implement Public Law 117-146.

  National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $27,935,000 for the salaries and expenses 
of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of 
Inspector General.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $129,300,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB].
    Memorandum of agreement [MOA].--The agreement recognizes 
that the NTSB and the FAA entered into a MOA concerning 
commercial space mishap investigations on September 9, 2022, 
and therefore does not include the direction in House Report 
117-402 on the MOA.
    Recommendations to the DOT.--The agreement directs the NTSB 
to continue to provide the compliance report required under 49 
U.S.C. 1135(e).

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

    The agreement provides $170,000,000 for the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation [NRC]. Within the total, the bill 
provides $4,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2026, for the promotion and development of shared equity 
housing models.
    Grant notifications.--The agreement directs the NRC to 
provide at least three days' advance notice to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to the announcement 
of any grant exceeding $50,000 that is awarded to a NRC network 
organization.
    Rural areas.--The agreement urges the NRC to continue 
capacity-building initiatives in rural areas.
    Multilingual training courses.--The agreement directs the 
NRC to continue surveying the NRC network to determine whether 
there is sufficient need for additional professional 
development and certification training courses for nonprofit 
community development staff to be offered in additional 
languages. The agreement encourages the NRC to develop new 
courses, including translated materials, to meet those needs.
    Shared equity homeownership.--Of the $4,000,000 provided 
for shared equity, the NRC is directed to invest $1,000,000 in 
technical assistance and $3,000,000 for capital grants for 
affiliates to bring new homes into their existing shared equity 
portfolios. The agreement directs the NRC to invest in at least 
one recipient that serves a rural area or a city with a 
population under 50,000 that has demonstrated success in 
managing a shared equity portfolio. The agreement directs the 
NRC to work with affiliate organizations with extensive 
experience in offering shared equity homeownership 
opportunities as technical assistance providers.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill provides $41,429,000 for the salaries and expenses 
of the Surface Transportation Board [STB]. The bill permits the 
collection of up to $1,250,000 in user fees to be credited to 
this appropriation and provides that the general fund 
appropriation be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the 
actual amount collected in user fees to result in a final 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$40,179,000.
    On-time performance.--The agreement approves the STB's 
budget request regarding the Office of Passenger Rail and 
provides not more than $1,000,000 for the Office of Passenger 
Rail, including up to four full-time equivalents to assist with 
passenger rail activities and other activities as appropriate 
and as determined by the STB.

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    The agreement provides $4,000,000 for operating expenses of 
the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness [USICH]. The 
agreement recognizes that USICH has transmitted a report on 
partnerships between schools and housing agencies and does not 
include the related direction in House Report 117-402.
    Mental health care and homeless populations.--The agreement 
recognizes the importance of providing comprehensive care to 
individuals experiencing severe mental illnesses and 
homelessness. The agreement directs USICH to provide a briefing 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
specific actions included in the Federal strategic plan towards 
this goal of addressing mental health among homeless 
populations within 90 days of enactment of this act.
    Documentation barriers for people experiencing 
homelessness.--The agreement recognizes that homeless 
individuals and families face logistical barriers in receiving 
assistance, particularly with regards to identifying and 
eligibility documentation. The agreement directs USICH to brief 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90 
days of enactment of this act on the specific actions included 
in the Federal strategic plan regarding documentation barriers.
    Implementation of best practices.--The agreement directs 
USICH to ensure best practices and evidence-based conclusions 
are central to any technical assistance and recommendations 
released by the agency.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Section 401 prohibits the use of funds 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.
    Section 402 prohibits the obligation of funds beyond the 
current fiscal year and the transfer of funds to other 
appropriations, unless expressly provided.
    Section 403 limits consulting service expenditures through 
procurement contracts to those contracts contained in the 
public record, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law.
    Section 404 prohibits funds from being used for certain 
types of employee training.
    Section 405 specifies requirements for the reprogramming of 
funds and requires agencies to submit a report in order to 
establish the baseline for the application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities.
    Section 406 provides that not to exceed 50 percent of 
unobligated balances for salaries and expenses may remain 
available until September 30, 2024, for each account for the 
purposes authorized, subject to the approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 407 prohibits the use of funds for any project that 
seeks to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain 
is employed only for a public use.
    Section 408 prohibits funds from being transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, 
except where transfer authority is provided in this or any 
other appropriations act.
    Section 409 prohibits funds from being used by an entity 
unless the expenditure is in compliance with the Buy American 
Act.
    Section 410 prohibits funds from being made available to 
any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act.
    Section 411 prohibits funds from being used for first-class 
airline accommodations in contravention of sections 301-10.122 
and 301-10.123 of title 41, CFR.
    Section 412 restricts the number of employees that agencies 
may send to international conferences unless such attendance is 
important to the national interest.
    Section 413 caps the amount of fees the STB can charge or 
collect for rate or practice complaints filed at the amount 
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees.
    Section 414 prohibits funds from being used to maintain or 
establish computer networks unless such networks block the 
viewing, downloading, or exchange of pornography.
    Section 415 prohibits funds from being used to deny an 
Inspector General timely access to any records, documents, or 
other materials available to the department or agency over 
which that Inspector General has responsibilities, or to 
prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to such 
records, documents, or other materials.
    Section 416 prohibits funds to be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractors whose performance is below 
satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or failed to meet 
requirements of the contract, with exceptions.
    Section 417 prohibits funds from being used to permanently 
replace an employee intent on returning to his or her past 
occupation following completion of military service.
    Section 418 prohibits funds from being used for the 
approval of a new foreign air carrier permit or exemption 
application if that approval would contravene United States law 
or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement.
    Section 419 prohibits funds made available by this act to 
the DOT from being used in contravention of 54 U.S.C. 306108.
    Section 420 extends the availability of certain funding.
    Section 421 makes technical corrections to division L of 
Public Law 117-103.
    Section 422 prohibits the use of funds by HUD 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)''.
    Section 423 makes a technical correction to a highway 
designation.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) 
included in the bill or this explanatory statement, along with 
the name of each House Member, Senator, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee of 
jurisdiction for each item so identified. For each item, a 
Member is required to provide a certification that neither the 
Member nor the Member's immediate family has a financial 
interest, and each Senator is required to provide a 
certification that neither the Senator nor the Senator's 
immediate family has a pecuniary interest in such 
congressionally directed spending item. Neither the bill nor 
the explanatory statement contains any limited tax benefits or 
limited tariff benefits as defined in the applicable House and 
Senate rules.
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

  DIVISION M--ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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  DIVISION M--ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                     food for peace title ii grants

  For an additional amount for ``Food for Peace Title II 
Grants'', $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

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

  For an additional amount for ``McGovern-Dole Food for 
Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants'', $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

  For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'', 
$54,252,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses, 
including for hardship duty pay.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

  For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
$1,386,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses, 
including for hardship duty pay.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

  For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine 
Corps'', to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
$1,400,000, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for 
related expenses, including for hardship duty pay.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

  For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air 
Force'', $31,028,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related 
expenses, including for hardship duty pay.

                    Military Personnel, Space Force

  For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Space 
Force'', $3,663,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related 
expenses, including for hardship duty pay.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Army'', $3,020,741,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related 
expenses.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy'', $871,410,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related 
expenses.

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Marine Corps'', $14,620,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and 
for related expenses.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force'', $580,266,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related 
expenses.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Space Force

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Space Force'', $8,742,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for 
related expenses.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide'', $21,160,737,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and 
for related expenses: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading in this Act, $9,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, shall be for the 
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative: Provided further, That 
such funds for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative shall 
be available to the Secretary of Defense under the same terms 
and conditions as are provided for in section 8110 of the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain 
contributions, including money, personal property, and 
services, from foreign governments and other entities, to carry 
out assistance authorized for the Ukraine Security Assistance 
Initiative under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the 
obligation of any contribution, delineating the sources and 
amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such 
contributions: Provided further, That contributions of money 
for the purposes provided herein from any foreign government or 
other entity may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and used for such purposes: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading in this Act, up to $11,880,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, may be transferred to accounts under 
the headings ``Operation and Maintenance'' and ``Procurement'' 
for replacement of defense articles from the stocks of the 
Department of Defense, and for reimbursement for defense 
services of the Department of Defense and military education 
and training, provided to the Government of Ukraine or to 
foreign countries that have provided support to Ukraine at the 
request of the United States: Provided further, That funds 
transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be merged 
with and available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period as the appropriations to which the funds are 
transferred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 
details of such transfers not less than 15 days before any such 
transfer: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back and merged with this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided herein 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Missile Procurement, Army

  For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Army'', 
$354,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses.

                    Procurement of Ammunition, Army

  For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, 
Army'', $687,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, for expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, and procurement and installation of 
equipment appliances, and machine tools in such plants, for the 
purpose of increasing production of critical munitions to 
replace defense articles provided to the Government of Ukraine 
or foreign countries that have provided support to Ukraine at 
the request of the United States.

                        Other Procurement, Army

  For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Army'', 
$6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

  For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Air 
Force'', $730,045,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related 
expenses.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

  For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 
$3,326,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and for related expenses.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

  For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Army'', $5,800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and 
for related expenses.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

  For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Navy'', $38,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and 
for related expenses.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

  For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Air Force'', $185,142,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, to respond to the situation in 
Ukraine and for related expenses.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

  For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $89,515,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, to respond to the situation 
in Ukraine and for related expenses.

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

  For an additional amount for ``Defense Health Program'', 
$14,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
which shall be for operation and maintenance, to respond to the 
situation in Ukraine and for related expenses.

                    Office of the Inspector General

  For an additional amount for ``Office of the Inspector 
General'', $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, which shall be for operation and maintenance, to carry 
out reviews of the activities of the Department of Defense to 
execute funds appropriated in this title, including assistance 
provided to Ukraine: Provided, That the Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

               Intelligence Community Management Account

  For an additional amount for ``Intelligence Community 
Management Account'', $75,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and 
for related expenses.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 1201.  Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign 
Relations of the Senate on measures being taken to account for 
United States defense articles designated for Ukraine since the 
February 24, 2022, Russian invasion of Ukraine, particularly 
measures with regard to such articles that require enhanced 
end-use monitoring; measures to ensure that such articles reach 
their intended recipients and are used for their intended 
purposes; and any other measures to promote accountability for 
the use of such articles: Provided, That such report shall 
include a description of any occurrences of articles not 
reaching their intended recipients or used for their intended 
purposes and a description of any remedies taken: Provided 
further, That such report shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may be accompanied by a classified annex.
  Sec. 1202.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter through 
fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, shall provide a written report to 
the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate describing United States security assistance provided to 
Ukraine since the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion of 
Ukraine, including a comprehensive list of the defense articles 
and services provided to Ukraine and the associated authority 
and funding used to provide such articles and services: 
Provided, That such report shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may be accompanied by a classified annex.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                             Nuclear Energy

  For an additional amount for ``Nuclear Energy'', 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 
$100,000,000 shall be for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading in this Act, $60,000,000 shall be to carry out the 
demonstrations of the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading in this Act, $20,000,000 shall be to carry about 
activities for the National Reactor Innovation Center: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading in this 
Act, $120,000,000 shall be to carry about activities for the 
Risk Reduction for Future Demonstrations.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

  For an additional amount for ``Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation'', $126,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, to respond to the situation in Ukraine and for 
related expenses.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 1301. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
deposited in the SPR Petroleum Account pursuant to section 
167(b)(3) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6247(b)(3)), $10,395,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2023.
  (b) Section 403(a) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114-74) is amended by adding ``and'' after the 
semicolon in paragraph (5), striking the semicolon in paragraph 
(6) and inserting a period, and striking paragraphs (7) and 
(8).
  (c) Section 32204(a)(1) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94) 
is amended by adding ``and'' after the semicolon in 
subparagraph (A), striking the semicolon in subparagraph (B) 
and inserting a period, and striking subparagraphs (C) and (D).
  (d) Section 30204(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115-123) is amended by striking the word 
``Reserve'' and everything that follows and adding the 
following: ``Reserve 30,000,000 barrels of crude oil during the 
period of fiscal years 2022 through 2027.''.

                                TITLE IV

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT

        National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

                         salaries and expenses

  For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses of the National Security Council.

                                TITLE V

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families

                     refugee and entrant assistance

  For an additional amount for ``Refugee and Entrant 
Assistance'', $2,400,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act may be used for grants or contracts 
with qualified organizations, including nonprofit entities, to 
provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services, 
including wraparound services, housing assistance, medical 
assistance, legal assistance, and case management assistance: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act may be used by the Director of the Office 
of Refugee Resettlement (Director) to issue awards or 
supplement awards previously made by the Director: Provided 
further, That the Director, in carrying out section 
412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(c)(1)(A)) with amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, may allocate such amounts among the States in a 
manner that accounts for the most current data available.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 1501.  Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 2502 of the 
Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C 
of Public Law 117-43) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
2022'' and inserting ``September 30, 2023''.

                                TITLE VI

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

  For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$7,500,000, to remain available until expended, for oversight 
of the amounts provided in division N of Public Law 117-103, 
Public Law 117-128, division B of Public Law 117-180, and this 
Act.

                               TITLE VII

                 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                          diplomatic programs

  For an additional amount for ``Diplomatic Programs'', 
$147,054,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, of 
which not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and in countries impacted 
by the situation in Ukraine.

                      office of inspector general

  For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

  For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to 
respond to the situation in Ukraine and in countries impacted 
by the situation in Ukraine.

                      office of inspector general

  For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   international disaster assistance

  For an additional amount for ``International Disaster 
Assistance'', $937,902,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available to 
respond to humanitarian needs in Ukraine and in countries 
impacted by the situation in Ukraine, including the provision 
of emergency food and shelter, and for assistance for other 
vulnerable populations and communities, including through local 
and international nongovernmental organizations.

                         transition initiatives

  For an additional amount for ``Transition Initiatives'', 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for assistance 
for Ukraine and countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine.

                         economic support fund

  For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
$12,966,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
for assistance for Ukraine and countries impacted by the 
situation in Ukraine, which may include budget support: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this 
Act may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 
of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries and may 
be made available as contributions.

            assistance for europe, eurasia and central asia

  For an additional amount for ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia'', $350,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for assistance and related programs for 
Ukraine and other countries identified in section 3 of the 
FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 3(c) of the 
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 
U.S.C. 5402(c)).

                          Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

  For an additional amount for ``Migration and Refugee 
Assistance'', $1,535,048,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not less than $620,000,000 shall be made 
available to address humanitarian needs in, and to assist 
refugees from, Ukraine, and for additional support for other 
vulnerable populations and communities.

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State

          international narcotics control and law enforcement

  For an additional amount for ``International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement'', $374,996,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, of which not less than 
$300,000,000 shall be for assistance for Ukraine and countries 
impacted by the situation in Ukraine.

    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

  For an additional amount for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', $105,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024, for assistance for 
Ukraine and countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   foreign military financing program

  For an additional amount for ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program'', $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That such funds may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan guarantees, if otherwise 
authorized by any provision of law: Provided further, That such 
costs may include the costs of selling, reducing, or cancelling 
any amounts owed to the United States or any agency of the 
United States: Provided further, That the gross principal 
balance of such direct loans shall not exceed $2,000,000,000, 
and the gross principal balance of guaranteed loans shall not 
exceed $2,000,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
State may use amounts charged to the borrower as origination 
fees to pay for the cost of such loans.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

                     (including transfers of funds)

  Sec. 1701.  During fiscal year 2023, section 506(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1)) shall be 
applied by substituting ``$14,500,000,000'' for 
``$100,000,000''.
  Sec. 1702.  During fiscal year 2023, section 506(a)(2)(B) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)(B)) 
shall be applied by substituting ``$400,000,000'' for 
``$200,000,000'' and by substituting ``$150,000,000'' for 
``$75,000,000'' in clause (i).
  Sec. 1703.  During fiscal year 2023, section 552(c)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348a(c)(2)) shall be 
applied by substituting ``$50,000,000'' for ``$25,000,000''.
  Sec. 1704. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under the 
heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds available under the heading ``Capital 
Investment Fund'' to respond to the situation in Ukraine and in 
countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine.
  (b) Funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
``International Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration and 
Refugee Assistance'' may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this title under such headings to respond 
to humanitarian needs in Ukraine and in countries impacted by 
the situation in Ukraine and for assistance for other 
vulnerable populations and communities.
  (c) Funds appropriated by this title under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds available under the headings ``United States 
International Development Finance Corporation--Corporate 
Capital Account'', ``United States International Development 
Finance Corporation--Program Account'', ``Export-Import Bank of 
the United States--Program Account'', and ``Trade and 
Development Agency'' to respond to the situation in Ukraine and 
in countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine.
  (d) Funds appropriated by this title under the headings 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', 
``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this 
title under such headings to respond to the situation in 
Ukraine and in countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine.
  (e) The transfer authorities provided by this section are in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.
  (f) The exercise of the transfer authorities provided by this 
section shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  (g) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds 
transferred pursuant to the authorities provided by this 
section are not necessary for such purposes, such amounts may 
be transferred back to such appropriations.
  Sec. 1705. (a) Funds appropriated by this title may be made 
available for direct financial support for the Government of 
Ukraine, including for Ukrainian first responders, and may be 
made available as a cash transfer subject to the requirements 
of subsection (b): Provided, That such funds shall be provided 
on a reimbursable basis and matched by sources other than the 
United States Government, to the maximum extent practicable: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State or the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, as appropriate, shall ensure third-party 
monitoring of such funds: Provided further, That at least 15 
days prior to the initial obligation of such funds, the 
Secretary of State, following consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall certify and report to the appropriate 
congressional committees that mechanisms for monitoring and 
oversight of such funds are in place and functioning and that 
the Government of Ukraine has in place substantial safeguards 
to prevent corruption and ensure accountability of such funds: 
Provided further, That not less than 45 days after the initial 
obligation of such funds, the Inspectors General of the 
Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees detailing and assessing 
the mechanisms for monitoring and safeguards described in the 
previous proviso.
  (b) Funds made available to the Government of Ukraine as a 
cash transfer under subsection (a) shall be subject to a 
memorandum of understanding between the governments of the 
United States and Ukraine that describes how the funds proposed 
to be made available will be used and the appropriate 
safeguards to ensure transparency and accountability: Provided, 
That such assistance shall be maintained in a separate, 
auditable account and may not be commingled with any other 
funds.
  (c) The Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, 
shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
uses of funds provided for direct financial support to the 
Government of Ukraine pursuant to subsection (a) not later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 45 
days thereafter until all such funds have been expended: 
Provided, That such reports shall include a detailed 
description of the use of such funds, including categories and 
amounts, the intended results and the results achieved, a 
summary of other donor contributions, and a description of the 
efforts undertaken by the Secretary and Administrator to 
increase other donor contributions for direct financial 
support: Provided further, That such reports shall also include 
the metrics established to measure such results.
  Sec. 1706.  Funds appropriated by this title under the 
headings ``Diplomatic Programs'', ``Operating Expenses'', 
``Economic Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'', and ``Foreign Military 
Financing Program'' shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That notifications submitted pursuant to this section 
shall include for each program notified--(1) total funding made 
available for such program, by account and fiscal year; (2) 
funding that remains unobligated for such program; (3) funding 
that is obligated but unexpended for such program; and (4) 
funding committed, but not yet notified for such program.
  Sec. 1707.  Funds appropriated by this title for the 
Inspectors General of the Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development are in addition to funds 
otherwise provided for such Inspectors General for fiscal year 
2023 and are made available to provide oversight of funds 
appropriated by this title and funds appropriated in title VI 
of division N of Public Law 117-103, title V of Public Law 117-
128, and title III of division B of Public Law 117-180: 
Provided, That the Inspectors General shall coordinate with the 
Inspectors General of the Department of Defense and Inspectors 
General of other relevant Federal agencies in conducting such 
oversight: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspectors General shall 
provide a report on oversight plans and initial findings to the 
appropriate congressional committees.
  Sec. 1708. (a) The Attorney General may transfer to the 
Secretary of State the proceeds of any covered forfeited 
property for use by the Secretary of State to provide 
assistance to Ukraine to remediate the harms of Russian 
aggression towards Ukraine. Any such transfer shall be 
considered foreign assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), including for purposes of 
making available the administrative authorities and 
implementing the reporting requirements contained in that Act.
  (b) Not later than 15 days after any transfers made pursuant 
to subsection (a), the Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, shall 
submit a report describing such transfers to the appropriate 
congressional committees.
  (c) In this section:
          (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                  (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                Senate;
                  (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                  (C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
                Urban Affairs of the Senate;
                  (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                Senate;
                  (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                House of Representatives;
                  (F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives;
                  (G) the Committee on Financial Services of 
                the House of Representatives; and
                  (H) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                House of Representatives.
          (2) The term ``covered forfeited property'' means 
        property forfeited under chapter 46 or section 1963 of 
        title 18, United States Code, which property belonged 
        to, was possessed by, or was controlled by a person 
        subject to sanctions and designated by the Secretary of 
        the Treasury or the Secretary of State, or which 
        property was involved in an act in violation of 
        sanctions enacted pursuant to Executive Order 14024, 
        and as expanded by Executive Order 14066 of March 8, 
        2022, and relied on for additional steps taken in 
        Executive Order 14039 of August 20, 2021, and Executive 
        Order 14068 of March 11, 2022.
  (d) The authority under this section shall apply to any 
covered forfeited property forfeited on or before May 1, 2025.

                               TITLE VIII

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

  Sec. 1801.  Funds appropriated by this Act for intelligence 
or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094(a)(1)).
  Sec. 1802.  Each amount appropriated or made available by 
this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
the fiscal year involved.
  Sec. 1803.  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. 1804.  Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations 
accounts shall be available under the authorities and 
conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for 
fiscal year 2023.
  Sec. 1805.  Each amount provided by this division is 
designated by the Congress as being for 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.
  This division may be cited as the ``Additional Ukraine 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023''.

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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

      

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

                       (H.R. 2617; P.L. 117-328)

      

   DIVISION N--DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

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   DIVISION N--DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                   Processing, Research and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

  For an additional amount for ``Office of the Secretary'', 
$3,741,715,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to losses of revenue, quality or 
production losses of crops (including milk, on-farm stored 
commodities, crops prevented from planting in 2022, and 
harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and vines, 
as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, 
derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, 
including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, and excessive 
moisture occurring in calendar year 2022 under such terms and 
conditions as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That of 
the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, the 
Secretary shall use up to $494,500,000 to provide assistance to 
producers of livestock, as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, for losses incurred during calendar year 2022 due 
to drought or wildfires: Provided further, That the amount 
provided under this heading in this Act shall be subject to the 
terms and conditions set forth in the first, second, and fourth 
through twelfth provisos under this heading in title I of the 
Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division 
B of Public Law 117-43), except that each reference to 2020 or 
2021 in such provisos in such Act shall be deemed to be a 
reference instead to 2022.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                        buildings and facilities

  For an additional amount for ``Buildings and Facilities'', 
$58,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

  For an additional amount for ``Food Safety and Inspection 
Service'', $29,700,000, to remain available until expended.

               FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

                          Farm Service Agency

                  emergency forest restoration program

  For an additional amount for ``Emergency Forest Restoration 
Program'', $27,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

               watershed and flood prevention operations

  For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations'' for necessary expenses for the Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program, $925,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

                         Rural Housing Service

                    rural housing assistance grants

  For an additional amount for ``Rural Housing Assistance 
Grants'', $60,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to homes damaged by Presidentially 
declared disasters in calendar year 2022: Provided, That 42 
U.S.C. 1471(b)(3) shall not apply: Provided further, That the 
income limit shall be capped at 80 percent of the area median 
income: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
1490m(c)(2) of such title, a grant made under 42 U.S.C. 1490m 
of such title using funds made available under this heading in 
this Act, may not exceed $50,000.

               rural community facilities program account

  For an additional amount for ``Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account'', $75,300,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act, $50,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses for grants to repair essential community facilities 
damaged by Presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 
2022: Provided further, That the percentage of the cost of the 
facility that may be covered by a grant pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be 75 percent.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

  For an additional amount for ``Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account'', $325,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act, $265,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses related to water systems damaged by Presidentially 
declared disasters in calendar year 2022: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding section 343(a)(13)(B) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, a grant using funds made 
available pursuant to the preceding proviso may not be awarded 
to a community with a population of more than 35,000 people: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $8,000,000 of the amount 
made available pursuant to the first proviso shall be for 
technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 
pursuant to section 306(a)(22) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 2101.  In addition to other funds available for such 
purposes, not more than three percent of the amounts provided 
in each account under the ``Rural Development Programs'' 
heading in this title shall be paid to the appropriation for 
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses'' for administrative 
costs to carry out the emergency rural development programs in 
this title.
  Sec. 2102.  For necessary expenses for salary and related 
costs associated with Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection 
Services activities pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 136a(6), and in 
addition to any other funds made available for this purpose, 
there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $125,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, to offset the loss of quarantine and 
inspection fees collected pursuant to sections 2508 and 2509 of 
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 
U.S.C. 136, 136a): Provided, That amounts made available in 
this section shall be treated as funds collected by fees 
authorized under sections 2508 and 2509 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 
136, 136a) for purposes of section 421(f) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231(f)).

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

  Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3233), for an additional amount for 
``Economic Development Assistance Programs'' for necessary 
expenses related to flood mitigation, disaster relief, long-
term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in areas that 
received a major disaster designation as a result of Hurricanes 
Ian and Fiona, and of wildfires, flooding, and other natural 
disasters occurring in calendar years 2021 and 2022 under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $500,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That within the amount appropriated 
under this heading in this Act, up to 3 percent of funds may be 
transferred to the ``Salaries and Expenses'' account for 
administration and oversight activities: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint and fix the 
compensation of such temporary personnel as may be necessary to 
implement the requirements under this heading in this Act, 
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in competitive service: Provided 
further, That within the amount appropriated under this heading 
in this Act, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of 
Inspector General'' account for carrying out investigations and 
audits related to the funding provided under this heading in 
this Act.
  For an additional amount for ``Economic Development 
Assistance Programs'' for grants authorized by sections 28 and 
29 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722a and 3722b), $618,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $459,000,000 shall be for grants under 
section 28 and $159,000,000 shall be for grants under section 
29 in amounts determined by the Secretary.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

  For an additional amount for ``Scientific and Technical 
Research and Services'' to investigate the impacts of 
hurricanes, typhoons, and wildfires in calendar year 2022 to 
support the development of resilience standards with regard to 
weather and climate disasters, in addition to the underlying 
research to support those standards, and for necessary expenses 
to carry out investigations of building failures pursuant to 
the National Construction Safety Team Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 
7301), $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     industrial technology services

  For an additional amount for ``Industrial Technology 
Services'', $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
implement the Research and Development, Competition, and 
Innovation Act (division B of Public Law 117-167), of which 
$13,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, and of which $14,000,000 shall be for the 
Manufacturing USA Program.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

  For an additional amount for ``Operations, Research, and 
Facilities'' for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
of hurricanes, typhoons, flooding, and wildfires in calendar 
year 2022, $29,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, for repair and replacement of observing assets, real 
property, and equipment; for marine debris assessment and 
removal; and for mapping, charting, and geodesy services.
  For an additional amount for ``Operations, Research, and 
Facilities'', $62,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, of which $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be to carry out activities described in title 
II of division JJ of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
to support the adoption of innovative fishing gear deployment 
and fishing techniques to reduce entanglement risk to North 
Atlantic right whales, including through cooperative agreements 
pursuant to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701).

               procurement, acquisition and construction

  For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction'' for the acquisition of hurricane hunter aircraft 
and related expenses as authorized under section 413(a) of the 
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (Public 
Law 115-25), $327,701,000, to remain available until expended.
  For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction'', $108,838,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                     fisheries disaster assistance

  For an additional amount for ``Fisheries Disaster 
Assistance'' for necessary expenses associated with the 
mitigation of fishery disasters, $300,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be 
used for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 
and fishery resource disasters declared by the Secretary of 
Commerce.

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         Federal Prison System

                        buildings and facilities

  For an additional amount for ``Buildings and Facilities'', 
$182,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                SCIENCE

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

       construction and environmental compliance and restoration

  For an additional amount for ``Construction and Environmental 
Compliance and Restoration'' for repair and replacement of 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities 
damaged by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole or scheduled for derating 
due to deterioration, $189,400,000, to remain available until 
expended.
  For an additional amount for ``Construction and Environmental 
Compliance and Restoration'', $367,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

  For an additional amount for ``Research and Related 
Activities'' for necessary expenses related to damage to 
research facilities and scientific equipment in calendar year 
2022, including related to the consequences of wildfires, 
$2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024.
  For an additional amount for ``Research and Related 
Activities'', $818,162,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, of which $210,000,000 shall be to implement the 
Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 
(division B of Public Law 117-167).

                             stem education

  For an additional amount for ``STEM Education'', 
$217,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, of 
which $125,000,000 shall be to implement the Research and 
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (division B of 
Public Law 117-167).

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

  For an additional amount for ``Payment to the Legal Services 
Corporation'' to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services 
Corporation Act by providing for necessary expenses related to 
the consequences of hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other 
extreme weather that occurred during calendar year 2022, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 
Provided, That 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 2022 and 2023, respectively, and 
except that sections 501 and 503 of Public Law 104-134 
(referenced by Public Law 105-119) shall not apply to the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That, for the purposes of this Act, the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 2201.  Unobligated balances from amounts made available 
in paragraph (1) under the heading ``Procurement, Acquisition 
and Construction'' in the Disaster Relief Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117-43) may 
be used for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
hurricanes and of wildfires in calendar year 2022: Provided, 
That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) 
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2022, are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of such concurrent resolution and section 1(e) of H. 
Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
Representatives on June 8, 2022.

                               TITLE III

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy'', $82,875,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
Hurricanes Ian and Fiona.

                Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Army Reserve'', $6,786,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
Hurricanes Ian and Fiona.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Army National Guard'', $16,572,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Ian and Fiona.

                                TITLE IV

                       CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                             investigations

  For an additional amount for ``Investigations'' for necessary 
expenses related to the completion, or initiation and 
completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, including 
shore protection, studies that are currently authorized or that 
are authorized after the date of enactment of this Act, to 
reduce risks from future floods and hurricanes, at full Federal 
expense, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading in this 
Act shall be for high-priority studies of projects in States 
and insular areas that were impacted by Hurricanes Ian, Fiona, 
and Nicole: Provided further, That within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act, the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a detailed 
work plan for the funds provided under this heading in this 
Act, including a list of study locations, new studies selected 
to be initiated, the total cost for all studies, the remaining 
cost for all ongoing studies, and a schedule by fiscal year of 
proposed use of such funds: 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 beginning not later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a quarterly 
report directly to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
allocation and obligation of the funds provided under this 
heading in this Act.

                              construction

  For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for necessary 
expenses to address emergency situations at Corps of Engineers 
projects, construct Corps of Engineers projects, and 
rehabilitate and repair damages caused by natural disasters to 
Corps of Engineers projects, $261,300,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds made available in this 
paragraph in this Act are available to construct flood and 
storm damage reduction, including shore protection, projects 
which are currently authorized or which are authorized after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and flood and storm damage 
reduction, including shore protection, projects which have 
signed Chief's Reports as of the date of enactment of this Act 
or which are studied using funds provided under the heading 
``Investigations'' of this Act if the Secretary determines such 
projects to be technically feasible, economically justified, 
and environmentally acceptable, in States and insular areas 
that were impacted by Hurricanes Ian, Fiona, and Nicole: 
Provided further, That to the extent that ongoing construction 
projects are constructed using funding pursuant to the first 
proviso in this paragraph in this Act, such construction shall 
be at full Federal expense: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may initiate additional new construction starts with 
funds provided pursuant to the first proviso in this paragraph 
in this Act: Provided further, That using funds provided in 
this paragraph in this Act, the non-Federal cash contribution 
for projects eligible for funding pursuant to the first proviso 
in this paragraph in this Act shall be financed in accordance 
with the provisions of section 103(k) of Public Law 99-662 over 
a period of 30 years from the date of completion of the project 
or separable element: Provided further, That funds made 
available in this paragraph in this Act may be for ongoing 
projects that have previously received funds under this heading 
in the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 
113-2) and for which non-Federal interests have entered into 
binding agreements with the Secretary at the time of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That projects receiving funds 
pursuant to the preceding proviso, shall be subject to the 
terms and conditions of Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 
2013 (Public Law 113-2): Provided further, That funds made 
available in this paragraph in this Act may be for projects 
that have previously received funds under this heading in the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) and for 
which non-Federal interests have entered into binding 
agreements with the Secretary at the time of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That projects receiving funds pursuant 
to the preceding proviso, shall be subject to the terms and 
conditions of Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
123): Provided further, That funds made available in this 
paragraph in this Act may be used for projects that have 
previously received funds under this heading in the Disaster 
Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-
43) and for which non-Federal interests have entered into 
binding agreements with the Secretary at the time of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That projects receiving funds 
pursuant to the preceding proviso, shall be subject to the 
terms and conditions of Disaster Relief Supplemental 
Appropriations Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-43): Provided 
further, That construction of ongoing projects that have 
previously received funds under this heading from the Disaster 
Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-
43) to complete certain features, useful increments of work, or 
components of the project shall be at full Federal expense with 
respect to funds provided to the project under this heading in 
such Act or in this paragraph in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the sums appropriated in this paragraph in this Act, 
any sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
eligible construction costs for coastal harbors and channels, 
and for inland harbors eligible to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund under section 101 or section 104 of the 
Water Resources and Development Act of 2020 shall be derived 
from the general fund of the Treasury: Provided further, That 
for projects receiving funding in this paragraph in this Act, 
the limitation concerning total project costs in section 902 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
662), as amended, shall not apply to funds provided in this 
paragraph in this Act: Provided further, That any projects 
using funds appropriated in this paragraph in this Act shall be 
initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into 
binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, where 
applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 percent of the 
operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation 
costs of the project and to hold and save the United States 
free from damages due to the construction or operation and 
maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the fault 
or negligence of the United States or its contractors: Provided 
further, That within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a detailed work plan for 
the funds provided in this paragraph in this Act, including a 
list of project locations, new construction projects selected 
to be initiated, the total cost for all projects, and a 
schedule by fiscal year of proposed use of such funds: 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 beginning not later than 60 days after the enactment of 
this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 
shall provide a quarterly report directly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
detailing the allocation and obligation of the funds provided 
in this paragraph in this Act: Provided further, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to this paragraph that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2022, are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of such 
concurrent resolution and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th 
Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 
8, 2022.
  For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $297,200,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds 
made available in this paragraph in this Act, $45,000,000 shall 
be for flood and storm damage reduction: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available in this paragraph in this Act, 
$36,575,000 shall be for flood control: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available in this paragraph in this Act, for 
flood and storm damage reduction and flood control, $43,650,000 
shall be to continue construction of projects that principally 
address drainage in urban areas: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available in this paragraph in this Act, $36,575,000 
shall be for shore protection: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available in this paragraph in this Act, 
$113,550,000 shall be for major rehabilitation, construction, 
and related activities for rivers and harbors navigation 
projects, of which $10,000,000 shall be for authorized 
reimbursements: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
in this paragraph in this Act, any sums as are necessary to 
cover the Federal share of eligible construction costs for 
coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors eligible 
to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund under 
section 101 or section 104 of the Water Resources and 
Development Act of 2020 shall be derived from the general fund 
of the Treasury: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available in this paragraph in this Act, $19,000,000 shall be 
for other authorized project purposes, of which up to 
$11,900,000 shall be for the execution of comprehensive 
restoration plans developed by the Corps for major bodies of 
water: Provided further, That of the funds made available in 
this paragraph in this Act, $28,500,000 shall be for 
environmental restoration or compliance: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available in this paragraph in this Act, 
$18,000,000 shall be for water-related environmental 
infrastructure assistance to make environmentally sound repairs 
and upgrades to water infrastructure: Provided further, That 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the Chief of Engineers 
shall submit directly to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a detailed work plan for the funds provided in 
this paragraph in this Act, including a list of project 
locations, the total cost for all projects, and a schedule by 
fiscal year of proposed use of such funds: 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.

                   mississippi river and tributaries

  For an additional amount for ``Mississippi River and 
Tributaries'' for necessary expenses to address emergency 
situations at Corps of Engineers projects in response to, and 
rehabilitate and repair damages caused by natural disasters to 
Corps of Engineers projects, $15,500,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading in this Act, such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs 
for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall 
be derived from the general fund of the Treasury: Provided 
further, That within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a detailed work plan for 
the funds provided under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That beginning not later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works shall provide a quarterly report directly to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act.

                       operation and maintenance

  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'' 
for necessary expenses to dredge Federal navigation projects in 
response to, and repair damages to Corps of Engineers Federal 
projects caused by natural disasters, $324,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided 
in this paragraph in this Act, such sums as are necessary to 
cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance 
costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors 
shall be derived from the general fund of the Treasury: 
Provided further, That within 60 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Chief of Engineers shall submit directly to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a detailed work plan for 
the funds provided in this paragraph in this Act: Provided 
further, That beginning not later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works shall provide a quarterly report directly to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of the 
funds provided in this paragraph in this Act.
  For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'', 
$52,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount provided in this paragraph in this Act, 
$36,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses at inland waterways 
projects: Provided further, That of the amount provided in this 
paragraph in this Act, $16,800,000 shall be for other 
authorized project purposes: Provided further, That within 60 
days of enactment of this Act, the Chief of Engineers shall 
submit directly to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a detailed work plan for the funds provided in 
this paragraph in this Act, including a list of project 
locations, the total cost for all projects, and a schedule by 
fiscal year of proposed use of such funds: 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.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

  For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies'', as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 
18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses 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, $519,200,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funding 
provided under this heading in this Act and utilized for 
authorized shore protection projects shall restore such 
projects to the full project profile at full Federal expense: 
Provided further, That beginning not later than 60 days after 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief of Engineers shall provide 
a quarterly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
allocation and obligation of these fund provided under this 
heading in this Act.

                                expenses

  For an additional amount for ``Expenses'' for necessary 
expenses to administer and oversee the obligation and 
expenditure of amounts provided in this Act for the Corps of 
Engineers, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That beginning not later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief of Engineers shall provide a 
quarterly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
allocation and obligation of these fund provided under this 
heading in this Act.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                              Electricity

  For an additional amount for ``Electricity'', $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to 
improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric grid, 
including grants for low and moderate income households and 
households that include individuals with disabilities for the 
purchase and installation of renewable energy, energy storage, 
and other grid technologies: Provided, That the Department of 
Energy shall coordinate with the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development on 
these activities.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

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

  For an additional amount for ``Construction, Rehabilitation, 
Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration'', 
$520,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
purchase of power and transmission services: Provided, That the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act shall be 
derived from the general fund of the Treasury and shall be 
reimbursable from amounts 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: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading in this Act, up to 
$100,000,000 may be transferred to Western Area Power 
Administration's Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund 
account to be used for the same purposes as outlined under this 
heading.

                                TITLE V

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    General Services Administration

                        real property activities

                         federal buildings fund

  For an additional amount to be deposited in the ``Federal 
Buildings Fund'', $36,788,390, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
Hurricane Ian, for repair and alteration of buildings under the 
jurisdiction, custody and control of the Administrator of 
General Services, and real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading in this Act may be used to 
reimburse the Fund for obligations incurred for this purpose 
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.

                     Small Business Administration

                     disaster loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Disaster Loans Program 
Account'' for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 
7(b) of the Small Business Act, $858,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $8,000,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with ``Office of Inspector General'' 
for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loans 
programs; and of which $850,000,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with ``Salaries and Expenses'' for administrative 
expenses to carry out the disaster loan program or any disaster 
loan authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act.

                                TITLE VI

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

               SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS

                              Coast Guard

                         operations and support

  For an additional amount for ``Operations and Support'', 
$39,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 
Fiona and Ian.

              procurement, construction, and improvements

  For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements'', $115,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.

            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                          disaster relief fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief Fund'', 
$5,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for major 
disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
of which $13,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Office of the 
Inspector General--Operations and Support'' for audits and 
investigations of activities funded under this heading.

           hermit's peak/calf canyon fire assistance account

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire 
Assistance Account'', $1,450,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to carry out the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire 
Assistance Act, of which $1,000,000 shall be transferred to 
``Office of the Inspector General--Operations and Support'' for 
oversight of activities authorized by the Hermit's Peak/Calf 
Canyon Fire Assistance Act: Provided, That the amounts provided 
under this heading in this Act shall be subject to the 
reporting requirement in the third proviso of section 136 of 
the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public 
Law 117-180).

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 2601.  Notwithstanding sections 104(c) and (d) of the 
Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (division G of 
Public Law 117-180), the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
may compensate for the replacement of water treatment 
facilities, to the extent necessitated by the Hermit's Peak/
Calf Canyon Fire, in lieu of compensating for temporary injury, 
in an amount not to exceed $140,000,000 from funds made 
available under the heading ``Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire 
Assistance Account'' in this Act or in section 136 of the 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 
117-180).
  Sec. 2602.  For necessary expenses related to providing 
customs and immigration inspection and pre-inspection services 
at, or in support of ports of entry, pursuant to section 1356 
of title 8, United States Code, and section 58c(f) of title 19, 
United States Code, and in addition to any other funds made 
available for this purpose, there is appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $309,000,000, 
to offset the loss of Immigration User Fee receipts collected 
pursuant to section 286(h) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(h)), and fees for certain customs services 
collected pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (8) and paragraph 
(10) of subsection (a) of section 13031 of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(1)-
(8) and (a)(10)).

                               TITLE VII

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                              construction

  For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $247,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 
related to the consequences of wildfires, hurricanes, and other 
natural disasters occurring in and prior to calendar year 2023, 
including winter storm damages at Midway Atoll National 
Wildlife Refuge.

                         National Park Service

                              construction

  For an additional amount for ``Construction'', 
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of wildfires, 
hurricanes, and other natural disasters occurring in and prior 
to calendar year 2023.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

  For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research'', $41,040,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters occurring in 
and prior to calendar year 2023.

                             Indian Affairs

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

  For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian 
Programs'', $44,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters occurring in 
and prior to calendar year 2023.

                              construction

  For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural 
disasters occurring in and prior to calendar year 2023.

                       Bureau of Indian Education

                         education construction

  For an additional amount for ``Education Construction'', 
$90,465,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of flooding at the 
To'Hajiilee Community School.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Department-Wide Programs

                        wildland fire management

  For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended, for wildland 
fire suppression activities.
  For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$429,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds provided under this paragraph in this Act, 
$383,657,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression 
operations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed 
in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this paragraph in 
this Act, $45,343,000 shall be available for fire preparedness.

                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

          Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

  For an additional amount for ``Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund Program'', $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

  For an additional amount for ``State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants'', $1,067,210,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $665,210,000 shall be for capitalization grants for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and of which $402,000,000 
shall be for capitalization grants under section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
604(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 
1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds 
appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be provided 
to States or Territories in EPA Regions 2 and 4 in amounts 
determined by the Administrator for wastewater treatment works 
and drinking water facilities impacted by Hurricanes Fiona and 
Ian: Provided further, That States or Territories shall 
prioritize funds, as appropriate, to Tribes and disadvantaged 
communities: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
requirements of section 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act and section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
for the funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, 
each State shall use 100 percent of the amount of its 
capitalization grants to provide additional subsidization to 
eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 
negative interest loans or grants, or any combination of these: 
Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act shall be used for eligible projects whose 
purpose is to reduce flood or fire damage risk and 
vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid hydrologic 
change or natural disaster at treatment works, as defined by 
section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or any 
eligible facilities under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, and for other eligible tasks at such treatment works 
or facilities necessary to further such purposes: Provided 
further, That the funds provided under this paragraph in this 
Act shall not be subject to the matching or cost share 
requirements of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this paragraph in 
this Act shall not be subject to the matching or cost share 
requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3), or 202 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Provided further, That the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain 
up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this paragraph 
in this Act for management and oversight.
  For an additional amount for ``State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants'', $150,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
technical assistance and grants under section 1442(b) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-1(b)) in areas where 
the President declared an emergency in August of fiscal year 
2022 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, 
That the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
may retain up to three percent of the amounts made available 
under this paragraph in this Act for salaries, expenses, and 
administration: Provided further, That the agency shall submit 
an annual report to the Committees on Appropriations until all 
funds have been obligated, with a status on the use of funds 
for this effort.
  For an additional amount for ``State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants'', $450,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
capitalization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12): Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds 
appropriated under this paragraph in this Act shall be provided 
to States or Territories in EPA Region 4 in amounts determined 
by the Administrator in areas where there the President 
declared an emergency in August of fiscal year 2022 pursuant to 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 1452(d) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, for the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act, each State shall use 100 percent of the 
amount of its capitalization grants to provide additional 
subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness 
of principal, grants, negative interest loans, other loan 
forgiveness, and through buying, refinancing, or restructuring 
debt or any combination thereof: Provided further, That the 
funds provided under this paragraph in this Act shall not be 
subject to the matching or cost share requirements of section 
1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
retain up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act for management and oversight.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     forest and rangeland research

  For an additional amount for ``Forest and Rangeland 
Research'', $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 
2020, 2021, and 2022 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural 
disasters.

                       state and private forestry

  For an additional amount for ``State and Private Forestry'', 
$148,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 2020, 
2021, and 2022 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural 
disasters: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, up to $20,000,000 is for grants to 
states to support economic recovery activities in communities 
damaged by wildfire: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, no less than 
$100,000,000 is for cooperative lands forest management 
activities.

                         national forest system

  For an additional amount for ``National Forest System'', 
$210,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 2020, 
2021, and 2022 wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural 
disasters, including for high priority post-wildfire 
restoration for watershed protection, public access and 
critical habitat, hazardous fuels mitigation for community 
protection, and burned area recovery.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

  For an additional amount for ``Capital Improvement and 
Maintenance'', $150,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
calendar year 2020, 2021, and 2022 wildfires, hurricanes, and 
other natural disasters.

                        wildland fire management

  For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$375,000,000, to remain available until expended, for wildland 
fire suppression activities.
  For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$1,171,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds provided under this paragraph in this Act, 
$1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression 
operations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed 
in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this paragraph in 
this Act, $160,000,000 shall be available for forest fire 
presuppression.

                               TITLE VIII

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                cdc-wide activities and program support

  For an additional amount for ``CDC-Wide Activities and 
Program Support'', $86,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for necessary expenses directly related to 
the consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
available to restore amounts, either directly or through 
reimbursement, for obligations incurred for such purposes, 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

                     National Institutes of Health

          national institute of environmental health sciences

  For an additional amount for ``National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences'', $2,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for necessary expenses 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 related to the 
consequences of major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 2022.

                         office of the director

                     (including transfer of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Office of the Director'', 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 
necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of 
Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading in this Act may be made available to restore 
amounts, either directly or through reimbursement, for 
obligations incurred for such purposes, prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act may be transferred 
to the accounts of Institutes and Centers of the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH): Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority available to the NIH.

                Administration for Children and Families

                   low income home energy assistance

  For an additional amount for ``Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance'', $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, for making payments under subsection (b) of 
section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.): Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading in this Act, $500,000,000 shall be 
allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments 
for fiscal year 2023 was less than $1,975,000,000.
  For an additional amount for ``Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance'', $2,500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, for making payments under subsection (b) of 
section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

  For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant'', $100,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2024, for necessary 
expenses directly related to the consequences of Hurricanes 
Fiona and Ian, including activities authorized under section 
319(a) of the Public Health Service Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate such funds to States, Territories, and 
tribes based on assessed need notwithstanding sections 658J and 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act may be reserved, to 
remain available until expended, for Federal administration 
costs: Provided further, That such funds may be used for 
alteration, renovation, construction, equipment, and other 
capital improvement costs, including for child care facilities 
without regard to section 658F(b) of such Act, and for other 
expenditures related to child care, as necessary to meet the 
needs of areas affected by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading in this 
Act may be used without regard to section 658G of such Act and 
with amounts allocated for such purposes excluded from the 
calculation of percentages under subsection 658E(c)(3) of such 
Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 658J(c) of 
such Act, funds allotted to a State may be obligated by the 
State in that fiscal year or the succeeding three fiscal years: 
Provided further, That Federal interest provisions will not 
apply to the renovation or construction of privately-owned 
family child care homes, and the Secretary shall develop 
parameters on the use of funds for family child care homes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not retain Federal 
interest after a period of 10 years (from the date on which the 
funds are made available to purchase or improve the property) 
in any facility renovated or constructed with funds made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading in this Act shall 
not be available for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or 
by self-insurance: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading in this Act may be made available to restore 
amounts, either directly or through reimbursement, for 
obligations incurred for such purposes, prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act.

                children and families services programs

  For an additional amount for ``Children and Families Services 
Programs'', $408,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, for necessary expenses directly related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, including activities 
authorized under section 319(a) of the Public Health Service 
Act: Provided, That $345,000,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading in this Act shall be for Head Start programs, 
including making payments under the Head Start Act: Provided 
further, That none of funds made available in the preceding 
proviso shall be included in the calculation of the ``base 
grant'' in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is defined in 
sections 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, 
That funds made available in first proviso are not subject to 
the allocation requirements of section 640(a) of the Head Start 
Act or the matching requirements of section 640(b) of such Act: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading in this Act shall be for payments to States, 
Territories, and tribes for activities authorized under subpart 
1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act, with such 
funds allocated based on assessed need notwithstanding section 
423 of such Act and paid without regard to percentage 
limitations in subsections (a), (c), or (e) in section 424 of 
such Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount 
provided under this heading in this Act shall be for payments 
to States, Territories, tribes, and coalitions for carrying out 
sections 303(a) and 303(b) of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Act, notwithstanding the matching requirements in 
section 306(c)(4) of such Act and allocated based on assessed 
need, notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may make funds made available under 
the preceding proviso available for providing temporary housing 
and assistance to victims of family, domestic, and dating 
violence: Provided further, That funds made available by the 
fifth proviso shall be available for expenditure, by a State, 
Territory, tribe, coalition, or any recipient of funds from a 
grant, through the end of fiscal year 2027: Provided further, 
That $25,000,000 of the amount made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be for payments to States, 
territories, and tribes authorized under the Community Services 
Block Grant Act, with such funds allocated based on assessed 
need, notwithstanding sections 674(b), 675A, and 675B of such 
Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 676(b)(8) 
of the Community Services Block Grant Act, each State, 
Territory, or tribe receiving funds made available under the 
preceding proviso may allocate funds to eligible entities based 
on assessed need: Provided further, That for services furnished 
under the CSBG Act with funds appropriated under this heading 
in this Act, a State, territory or tribe that receives a 
supplemental grant award may apply the last sentence of section 
673(2) of the CSBG Act by substituting ``200 percent'' for 
``125 percent'': Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading in this Act may be used for alteration, 
renovation, construction, equipment, and other capital 
improvement costs as necessary to meet the needs of areas 
affected by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall not retain Federal interest after a period 
of 10 years (from the date on which the funds are made 
available to purchase or improve the property) in any facility 
renovated, repaired, or rebuilt with funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act, with the exception of funds 
appropriated for Head Start programs: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading in this Act shall not 
be available for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or 
by self-insurance: Provided further, That up to $18,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available for Federal 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
available to restore amounts, either directly or through 
reimbursement, for obligations incurred for such purposes, 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

                        Office of the Secretary

            public health and social services emergency fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund'', $128,792,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for necessary expenses directly 
related to the consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, 
including activities authorized under section 319(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act (referred to under this heading as 
the ``PHS Act''): Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading in this Act may be used for alteration, 
renovation, construction, equipment, and other capital 
improvement costs as necessary to meet the needs of areas 
affected by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading in this Act may be used 
for the purchase or hire of vehicles: Provided further, That of 
the amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
$65,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Health Resources and 
Services Administration--Primary Health Care'' for expenses 
directly related to a disaster or emergency for disaster 
response and recovery, for the Health Centers Program under 
section 330 of the PHS Act, including alteration, renovation, 
construction, equipment, and other capital improvement costs as 
necessary to meet the needs of areas affected by a disaster or 
emergency: Provided further, That the time limitation in 
section 330(e)(3) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made 
available under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
not less than $22,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration--Health 
Surveillance and Program Support'' for grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for behavioral health treatment 
(including screening and diagnosis), treatment of substance use 
disorders (including screening and diagnosis), crisis 
counseling, and other related helplines, and for other similar 
programs to provide support to individuals impacted by a 
disaster or emergency: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading in this Act, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Administration for 
Community Living--Aging and Disability Services Programs'' for 
necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of 
Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided further, That funds made 
available under the preceding proviso are not subject to the 
allotment, reservation, matching, or application and State and 
area requirements of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, not less 
than $392,000 shall be transferred to ``Food and Drug 
Administration--Buildings and Facilities'' for costs related to 
repair of facilities, for replacement of equipment, and for 
other increases in facility-related costs due to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading in this 
Act, up to $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be transferred to ``Office of the Secretary--Office of 
Inspector General'' for oversight of activities responding to 
such disasters or emergencies.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

  Sec. 2801. (a) In General.--As the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services determines necessary to respond to a critical 
hiring need for emergency response positions, after providing 
public notice and without regard to the provisions of sections 
3309 through 3319 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary 
may appoint candidates directly to the following positions, 
consistent with subsection (b), to perform critical work 
directly relating to the consequences of Hurricanes Fiona and 
Ian:
          (1) Intermittent disaster-response personnel in the 
        National Disaster Medical System, under section 2812 of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-11).
          (2) Term or temporary related positions in the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
        Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
        Response.
  (b) Expiration.--The authority under subsection (a) shall 
expire 270 days after the date of enactment of this section.
  Sec. 2802.  Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds 
appropriated by this title shall provide a detailed operating 
plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title 
by State and Territory, and by program, project, and activity, 
to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no such 
funds shall be obligated before the operating plans are 
provided to the Committees: Provided further, That such plans 
shall be updated, including obligations to date and anticipated 
use of funds made available in this title, and submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations biweekly until all such funds are 
expended.

                                TITLE IX

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Navy 
and Marine Corps'', $41,040,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricanes Ian and Fiona: Provided, That, not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Navy, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such funds may 
be obligated or expended for planning and design and military 
construction projects not otherwise authorized by law.

                                TITLE X

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                     Federal Highway Administration

                        emergency relief program

  For an additional amount for the ``Emergency Relief Program'' 
as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United States 
Code, $803,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (e) of section 120 of 
title 23, United States Code, for this fiscal year and 
hereafter, the Federal share for Emergency Relief funds made 
available under section 125 of such title to respond to damage 
caused by Hurricane Fiona, shall be 100 percent.

                     Federal Transit Administration

             public transportation emergency relief program

  For an additional amount for ``Public Transportation 
Emergency Relief Program'' as authorized under section 5324 of 
title 49, United States Code, $213,905,338, to remain available 
until expended, for transit systems affected by major declared 
disasters occurring in calendar years 2017, 2020, 2021, and 
2022: Provided, That not more than three-quarters of 1 percent 
of the funds for public transportation emergency relief shall 
be available for administrative expenses and ongoing program 
management oversight as authorized under sections 5334 and 
5338(c)(2) of such title and shall be in addition to any other 
appropriations for such purpose.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

  For an additional amount for ``Tenant-Based Rental 
Assistance'', $2,653,580,000, to remain available until 
expended, for activities specified in paragraph (1) (excluding 
any set-asides) of such heading in title II of division L of 
this consolidated Act.

                   Community Planning and Development

                       community development fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

  For an additional amount for ``Community Development Fund'', 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
same purposes and under the same terms and conditions as funds 
appropriated under such heading in title VIII of the Disaster 
Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of 
Public Law 117-43), except that such amounts shall be for major 
disasters that occurred in 2022 or later until such funds are 
fully allocated and the fourth, twentieth, and twenty-first 
provisos under such heading in such Act shall not apply: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act and under such heading in such Act may be used by a 
grantee to assist utilities as part of a disaster-related 
eligible activity under section 105(a) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)): Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
capacity building and technical assistance, including 
assistance on contracting and procurement processes, to support 
States, units of general local government, or Indian tribes 
(and their subrecipients) that receive allocations related to 
major disasters under this heading in this, prior, or future 
Acts: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, up to $5,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ``Department of Housing and Urban Development--
Program Office Salaries and Expenses--Community Planning and 
Development'' for necessary costs, including information 
technology costs, of administering and overseeing the 
obligation and expenditure of amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act or any prior or future Act that makes 
amounts available for purposes related to major disasters under 
such heading: Provided further, That the amount specified in 
the preceding proviso shall be combined with funds appropriated 
under this same heading for this same purpose in any prior Acts 
and the aggregate of such amounts shall be available for the 
costs of administering and overseeing any funds appropriated to 
the Department related to major disasters in this, prior, or 
future Acts, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, up to $5,000,000 
shall be transferred to ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development--Office of the Inspector General'' for necessary 
costs of overseeing and auditing amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act or any prior or future Act that makes 
amounts available for purposes related to major disasters under 
such heading: Provided further, That amounts repurposed under 
this heading that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent 
resolution on the budget are 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.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

  For an additional amount for ``Project-Based Rental 
Assistance'', $969,420,000, to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE XI

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

  Sec. 21101.  Each amount appropriated or made available by 
this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
the fiscal year involved.
  Sec. 21102.  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. 21103.  Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations 
accounts shall be available under the authorities and 
conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for 
fiscal year 2023.
  Sec. 21104.  Each amount provided by this division is 
designated by the Congress as being for 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.
  This division may be cited as the ``Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023''.

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