[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4273-S4325]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1092. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT.

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

     SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT.

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

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

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

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, military 
     installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
     currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army 
     Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for 
     the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and 
     operation of facilities in support of the functions of the 
     Commander in Chief, $1,876,875,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
     exceed $349,245,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
     design, architect and engineer services, and host nation 
     support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
     Army determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
     such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
     reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, $376,320,000 shall be for the 
     projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
     report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts 
     otherwise available for such purposes.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, 
     facilities, and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps 
     as currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
     Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other personal 
     services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
     $6,046,309,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
      Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $708,822,000 
     shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
     and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
     Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 
     are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $282,880,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 
     the amounts, specified in the report accompanying this Act, 
     in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, military 
     installations, facilities, and real property for the Air 
     Force as currently authorized by law, $2,802,924,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, 
     of this amount, not to exceed $562,074,000 shall be available 
     for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
     services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
     Air Force determines that additional obligations are 
     necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $197,610,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 
     the amounts, specified in the report accompanying this Act, 
     in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment 
     of temporary or permanent public works, installations, 
     facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of 
     the Department of Defense (other than the military 
     departments), as currently authorized by law, $3,132,782,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That 
     such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such 
     appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
     military construction or family housing as the Secretary may 
     designate, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
     purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 
     or fund to which transferred:  Provided further, That, of the 
     amount, not to exceed $318,545,000 shall be available for 
     study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, 
     as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 
     determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
     purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
     therefor:  Provided further, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, $36,100,000 shall be for the 
     projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
     report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts 
     otherwise available for such purposes.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Army National Guard, and contributions 
     therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $598,572,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  
     Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $71,146,000 
     shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
     and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
     Director of the Army National Guard determines that 
     additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and

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     notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  
     Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
     this heading, $251,386,000 shall be for the projects and 
     activities, and in the amounts, specified in the report 
     accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise 
     available for such purposes.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
     therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $304,426,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  
     Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $67,854,000 
     shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
     and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
     Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional 
     obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
     the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided 
     further, That of the amount made available under this 
     heading, $125,704,000 shall be for the projects and 
     activities, and in the amounts, specified in the report 
     accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise 
     available for such purposes.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

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

                  Military Construction, Navy Reserve

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

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

       For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, 
     and conversion of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
     chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $309,572,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the 
     amount, not to exceed $14,646,000 shall be available for 
     study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, 
     as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 
     Reserve determines that additional obligations are necessary 
     for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
     determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $18,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 
     the amounts, specified in the report accompanying this Act, 
     in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                      Security Investment Program

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

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

       For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
     Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base 
     Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 
     $439,174,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

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

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

       For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation 
     and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor 
     construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
     premiums, as authorized by law, $385,485,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

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

    Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

       For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine 
     Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, 
     leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
     and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $363,854,000.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

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

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
     operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
     minor construction, principal and interest charges, and 
     insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $314,386,000.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

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

                         Department of Defense

                    Family Housing Improvement Fund

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

                         Department of Defense

            Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund

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

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee 
     contract for construction, where cost estimates exceed 
     $25,000, to be performed within the United States, except 
     Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
     Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.
       Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for 
     construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles.
       Sec. 103.  Funds made available in this title for 
     construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Department of Transportation, for the 
     construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
     title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized 
     therein are certified as important to the national defense by 
     the Secretary of Defense.
       Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United 
     States for which specific appropriations have not been made.
       Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in 
     excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the Army 
     Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering 
     Command, except: (1) where there is a determination of value 
     by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney 
     General or the designee of the Attorney General; (3) where 
     the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
     determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public 
     interest.
       Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
     preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
     except housing for which funds have been made available in 
     annual Acts making appropriations for military construction.
       Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate 
     any activity from one base or installation to another, 
     without prior notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used for the procurement

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     of steel for any construction project or activity for which 
     American steel producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have 
     been denied the opportunity to compete for such steel 
     procurement.
       Sec. 109.  None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense for military construction or family housing during 
     the current fiscal year may be used to pay real property 
     taxes in any foreign nation.
       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without 
     prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
     estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 
     to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 
     Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
     States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
     host nation firms.
       Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     for military construction in the United States territories 
     and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in 
     countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award 
     any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 
     to a foreign contractor:  Provided, That this section shall 
     not be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest 
     responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor 
     exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 
     foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided 
     further, That this section shall not apply to contract awards 
     for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the 
     lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a 
     Marshallese contractor.
       Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
     appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, including 
     the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any 
     proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 
     30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for 
     construction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated 
     to exceed $100,000.
       Sec. 114.  Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for construction in prior years shall be available for 
     construction authorized for each such military department by 
     the authorizations enacted into law during the current 
     session of Congress.
       Sec. 115.  For military construction or family housing 
     projects that are being completed with funds otherwise 
     expired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
     be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, 
     inspection, overhead, engineering and design on those 
     projects and on subsequent claims, if any.
       Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds made available to a military department or defense 
     agency for the construction of military projects may be 
     obligated for a military construction project or contract, or 
     for any portion of such a project or contract, at any time 
     before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
     year for which funds for such project were made available, if 
     the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 
     funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 
     do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, plus 
     any amount by which the cost of such project is increased 
     pursuant to law.

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 122.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
     transferred among projects and activities within the account 
     in accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
     construction and family housing construction contained in 
     Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 
     7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of March 2011, as in effect 
     on the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be obligated or expended for planning and design and 
     construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.
       Sec. 124.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
     the amounts specified, to remain available until September 
     30, 2028:
       ``Military Construction, Army'', $38,514,000;
       ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
     $351,100,000;
       ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $66,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $117,100,000;
       ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
     $89,500,000;
       ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', $5,200,000; 
     and
       ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $23,000,000:
       Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
     out construction and cost to complete projects identified in 
     the respective military department's unfunded priority list 
     for fiscal year 2024 submitted to Congress:  Provided 
     further, That such projects are subject to authorization 
     prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
     construction:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
     after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
     expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 125.  All amounts appropriated to the ``Department of 
     Defense--Military Construction, Army'', ``Department of 
     Defense--Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
     ``Department of Defense--Military Construction, Air Force'', 
     and ``Department of Defense--Military Construction, Defense-
     Wide'' accounts pursuant to the authorization of 
     appropriations in a National Defense Authorization Act 
     specified for fiscal year 2024 in the funding table in 
     section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available and 
     allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized 
     projects.
       Sec. 126.  Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, funds 
     made available in this Act or any available unobligated 
     balances from prior appropriations Acts may be obligated 
     before October 1, 2025 for fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019 
     military construction projects for which project 
     authorization has not lapsed or for which authorization is 
     extended for fiscal year 2024 by a National Defense 
     Authorization Act:  Provided, That no amounts may be 
     obligated pursuant to this section from amounts that were 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the

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     budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985.
       Sec. 127.  For the purposes of this Act, the term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' means the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
     Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
     Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       Sec. 128.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
     the amounts specified for planning and design and unspecified 
     minor construction, for improving military installation 
     resilience, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
       ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
     $7,500,000; and
       ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $7,500,000:
       Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
     or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
     for funds provided under this section:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of the military department concerned may 
     not obligate or expend any funds prior to approval by the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
     the expenditure plan required by this section.
       Sec. 129.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Air Force'', $150,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2028, for expenses incurred as a result 
     of natural disasters:  Provided, That not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
     plan for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 130.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
     the amounts specified for planning and design and authorized 
     major construction projects, for child development centers, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2028:
       ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
     $15,000,000; and
       ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
       Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
     expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 131.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Air National Guard'', $83,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2028, for planning and design 
     and authorized major construction projects at future foreign 
     military training sites:  Provided, That not later than 60 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
     Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
     for funds provided under this section.
       Sec. 132.  For an additional amount for ``Military 
     Construction, Air Force'', $20,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2028, for cost increases identified 
     subsequent to the fiscal year 2024 budget request for 
     authorized major construction projects:  Provided, That not 
     later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     of the Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
     expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 133.  Of the proceeds credited to the Department of 
     Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund pursuant to 
     subsection (c)(1)(D) of section 2883 of title 10, United 
     States Code, pursuant to a Department of Navy investment, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall transfer $18,800,000 to the 
     Secretary of the Navy under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) 
     of such section for use by the Secretary of the Navy as 
     provided in paragraph (1) of such subsection until expended.
       Sec. 134.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
     the amounts specified for authorized major construction 
     projects, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
       ``Military Construction, Navy'', $48,300,000'', and
       ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $37,100,000:
       Provided, That not later than 30 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense, or their designee, shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
     section.
       Sec. 135.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
     veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
     authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 
     55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 
     53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and burial 
     benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, 
     emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
     service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on 
     commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the 
     provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
     authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
     chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
     Code, $4,655,879,000, which shall be in addition to funds 
     previously appropriated under this heading that become 
     available on October 1, 2023, to remain available until 
     expended; and, in addition, $181,390,281,000, which shall 
     become available on October 1, 2024, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $22,109,000 of 
     the amount made available for fiscal year 2025 under this 
     heading shall be reimbursed to ``General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration'', and ``Information 
     Technology Systems'' for necessary expenses in implementing 
     the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United 
     States Code, the funding source for which is specifically 
     provided as the ``Compensation and Pensions'' appropriation:  
     Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 
     actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
     ``Medical Care Collections Fund'' to augment the funding of 
     individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
     to pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

       For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 
     31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, 
     United States Code, $11,523,134,000, which shall become 
     available on October 1, 2024, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 
     services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to 
     provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 
     United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), 
     (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this 
     account.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

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

                 veterans housing benefit program fund

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

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

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

          native american veteran housing loan program account

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

      general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

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

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                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

       For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by 
     law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
     beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
     veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
     States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 
     under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 
     medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food 
     services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
     hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance and 
     support services for caregivers as authorized by section 
     1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments 
     authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans 
     Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 
     Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance 
     allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 
     States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, 
     United States Code, and administrative expenses necessary to 
     carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United States 
     Code, and hospital care and medical services authorized by 
     section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; 
     $71,000,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall become 
     available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, of the amount made 
     available on October 1, 2024, under this heading, 
     $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2026:  Provided further, That of the $74,004,000,000 to 
     become available on October 1, 2023, previously appropriated 
     under this heading in division J of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $4,933,113,000 
     is hereby rescinded:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall establish a priority for the provision of medical 
     treatment for veterans who have service-connected 
     disabilities, lower income, or have special needs:  Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding 
     for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in 
     enrollment priority groups 1 through 6:  Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of 
     prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration 
     facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written 
     prescriptions based on requirements established by the 
     Secretary:  Provided further, That the implementation of the 
     program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 
     additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this 
     heading for medical supplies and equipment are available for 
     the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for 
     female veterans:  Provided further, That nothing in section 
     2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, may be construed 
     as limiting amounts that may be made available under this 
     heading for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in this or prior Acts.

                         medical community care

       For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
     individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
     Code, at non-Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, plus 
     reimbursements, which shall become available on October 1, 
     2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  
     Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 
     2024, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That 
     of the $33,000,000,000 to become available on October 1, 
     2023, previously appropriated under this heading in division 
     J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
     117-328), $3,159,584,000 is hereby rescinded.

                     medical support and compliance

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

                           medical facilities

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

                    medical and prosthetic research

       For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
     and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 
     chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, $938,000,000, 
     plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 
     30, 2025:  Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this 
     heading are available for prosthetic research specifically 
     for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research.

                    National Cemetery Administration

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

                      Departmental Administration

                         general administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                       board of veterans appeals

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

                     information technology systems

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                   veterans electronic health record

       For activities related to implementation, preparation, 
     development, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance 
     of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, including 
     contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 
     section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and salaries and 
     expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United 
     States Code, $1,334,142,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026:  Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs

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     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obligations, 
     expenditures, and deployment implementation by facility, 
     including any changes from the deployment plan or schedule:  
     Provided further, That the funds provided in this account 
     shall only be available to the Office of the Deputy 
     Secretary, to be administered by that Office:  Provided 
     further, That 25 percent of the funds made available under 
     this heading shall not be available until July 1, 2024, and 
     are contingent upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs--
       (1) providing the Committees on Appropriations a report, no 
     later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, outlining the 
     measureable operational metrics that will be used to 
     determine when it is appropriate to re-start deployments;
       (2) providing the Committees on Appropriations a report on 
     the reset process as of March 1, 2024, including progress on 
     achieving the necessary targets on the operational metrics 
     identified in paragraph (1) and the current performance at 
     all Department of Veterans Affairs facilities using the new 
     electronic health record on or before September 2023 compared 
     to pre-deployment baselines; and
       (3) certifying in writing no later than 30 days prior to 
     July 1, 2024, whether the system is stable, ready, and 
     optimized for further deployment at VA sites, and if not, an 
     estimate of the timeline required for further deployment.

                      office of inspector general

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

                      construction, major projects

       For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
     the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
     jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
     316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
     Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, 
     architectural and engineering services, construction 
     management services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
     costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
     project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
     storm drainage system construction costs, and site 
     acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 
     than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
     38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 
     made available in a previous major project appropriation, 
     $881,000,000, of which $373,096,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2028, and of which $507,904,000 shall 
     remain available until expended, of which $110,000,000 shall 
     be available for seismic improvement projects and seismic 
     program management activities, including for projects that 
     would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor 
     Projects, Medical Facilities or National Cemetery 
     Administration accounts:  Provided, That except for advance 
     planning activities, including needs assessments which may or 
     may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 
     management related activities, including portfolio 
     development and management activities, and planning, cost 
     estimating, and design for major medical facility projects 
     and major medical facility leases and investment strategy 
     studies funded through the advance planning fund and the 
     planning and design activities funded through the design 
     fund, staffing expenses, and funds provided for the purchase, 
     security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 
     Administration and the Veterans Health Administration through 
     the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be used for any project 
     that has not been notified to Congress through the budgetary 
     process or that has not been approved by the Congress through 
     statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement 
     accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the 
     time of enrollment:  Provided further, That funds provided 
     for the Veterans Health Administration through the land 
     acquisition line item shall be only for projects included on 
     the five year development plan notified to Congress through 
     the budgetary process:  Provided further, That such sums as 
     may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 
     ``General Administration'' account for payment of salaries 
     and expenses of all Office of Construction and Facilities 
     Management employees to support the full range of capital 
     infrastructure services provided, including minor 
     construction and leasing services:  Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2024, 
     for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 
     awarding of a construction documents contract by September 
     30, 2024; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract 
     by September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report 
     on any approved major construction project for which 
     obligations are not incurred within the time limitations 
     established above:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, United 
     States Code, amounts made available under this heading for 
     seismic improvement projects and seismic program management 
     activities shall be available for the completion of both new 
     and existing seismic projects of the Department.

                      construction, minor projects

       For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
     the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
     jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
     may lead to capital investments, architectural and 
     engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
     services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 
     under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
     utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
     site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
     sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United 
     States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the estimated 
     cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
     forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States 
     Code, $680,000,000, of which $612,000,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2028, and of which $68,000,000 
     shall remain available until expended, along with unobligated 
     balances of previous ``Construction, Minor Projects'' 
     appropriations which are hereby made available for any 
     project where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the 
     amount set forth in such section:  Provided, That funds made 
     available under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any 
     of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for 
     the use of the Department which are necessary because of loss 
     or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and 
     (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 
     further loss by such causes.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

       For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
     nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 
     modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
     domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to 
     veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of title 
     38, United States Code, $164,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

             grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

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

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any other 
     Act, under the ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community 
     Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
     Facilities'' accounts may be transferred among the accounts:  
     Provided, That any transfers among the ``Medical Services'', 
     ``Medical Community Care'', and ``Medical Support and 
     Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
     amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act 
     may take place subject to notification from the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: 
      Provided further, That any transfers among the ``Medical 
     Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', and ``Medical Support 
     and Compliance'' accounts in excess of 1 percent, or 
     exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may 
     take place only after the Secretary requests from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
     authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued:  
     Provided further, That any transfers to or from the ``Medical 
     Facilities'' account may take place only after the Secretary 
     requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 
     approval is issued.
       Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for 
     salaries and expenses shall be available for services 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
     or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized 
     by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the 
     appropriations for ``Construction, Major Projects'', and 
     ``Construction, Minor Projects'') shall be available for the 
     purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
     new hospital or home.
       Sec. 205.  No appropriations in this title shall be 
     available for health care treatment or examination of any 
     persons (except beneficiaries entitled to such health care 
     treatment or examination under the laws providing such 
     benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment 
     under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States 
     Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

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     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless 
     reimbursement of the cost of such health care treatment or 
     examination is made to the ``Medical Services'' account at 
     such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for 
     ``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
     ``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' shall be available for 
     payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be 
     recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts 
     within the last quarter of fiscal year 2023.
       Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be 
     available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
     prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
     3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
     except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
     they shall be payable only from ``Compensation and 
     Pensions''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 221.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Medical 
     Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, 
     United

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 230.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, under the ``Board of 
     Veterans Appeals'' and the ``General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration'' accounts may be 
     transferred between such accounts:  Provided, That before a 
     transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
     receive approval of that request.
       Sec. 231.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
     reprogram funds among major construction projects or programs 
     if such instance of reprogramming will exceed $7,000,000, 
     unless such reprogramming is approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
     1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code--
       (1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline 
     immediate assistance from a trained professional; and
       (2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association 
     of Suicidology.
       (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive action 
     that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 
     appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 
     position, or establishing a new civil service position, at 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a 
     position relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a).
       (2) In this subsection--
       (A) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code; and
       (B) the term ``Executive action'' includes--
       (i) any Executive order, Presidential memorandum, or other 
     action by the President; and
       (ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive.
       (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a 
     study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in 
     subsection (a) during the 5-year period beginning on January 
     1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide data and 
     data collected from such hotline.
       (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
     hotline specified in subsection (a) and who receive follow up 
     services from the hotline or mental health services from the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs thereafter;
       (B) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
     hotline who are not referred to, or do not continue 
     receiving, mental health care who commit suicide; and
       (C) determine the number of veterans described in 
     subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide.
       Sec. 233.  Effective during the period beginning on October 
     1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2025, none of the funds 
     made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by this 
     or any other Act may be obligated or expended in 
     contravention of the ``Veterans Health Administration 
     Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the 
     Veterans Health Administration's Screening for Breast Cancer 
     Guidance'' published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the 
     Veterans Health Administration National Center for Health 
     Promotion and Disease Prevention.
       Sec. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for the ``Medical Services'' 
     account may be used to provide--
       (1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted 
     reproductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of 
     a covered veteran; or
       (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran.
       (b) In this section:
       (1) The term ``service-connected'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``covered veteran'' means a veteran, as such 
     term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States 
     Code, who has a service-connected disability that results in 
     the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of 
     fertility treatment.
       (3) The term ``assisted reproductive technology'' means 
     benefits relating to reproductive assistance provided to a 
     member of the Armed Forces who incurs a serious injury or 
     illness on active duty pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of 
     title 10, United States Code, as described in the memorandum 
     on the subject of ``Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services 
     for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured 
     (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Members'' issued by 
     the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on 
     April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to

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     implement such policy, including any limitations on the 
     amount of such benefits available to such a member except 
     that--
       (A) the time periods regarding embryo cryopreservation and 
     storage set forth in part III(G) and in part IV(H) of such 
     memorandum shall not apply; and
       (B) such term includes embryo cryopreservation and storage 
     without limitation on the duration of such cryopreservation 
     and storage.
       (4) The term ``adoption reimbursement'' means reimbursement 
     for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that is 
     finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under 
     the same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement 
     program of the Department of Defense, as authorized in 
     Department of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the 
     reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in such 
     instruction.
       (c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in 
     subsection (a) of this section are subject to the 
     requirements for funds contained in section 508 of division H 
     of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-
     141).
       Sec. 235.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent 
     with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
     Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
     Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
     (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 
     8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.
       Sec. 236.  Section 842 of Public Law 109-115 shall not 
     apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 
     Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits 
     Administration, or National Cemetery Administration to 
     contractor performance by a business concern that is at least 
     51 percent owned by one or more Indian Tribes as defined in 
     section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one or 
     more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in section 
     637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code.
       Sec. 237. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of Labor, shall discontinue collecting and using Social 
     Security account numbers to authenticate individuals in all 
     information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
     all individuals not later than September 30, 2024.
       (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may collect and use a 
     Social Security account number to identify an individual, in 
     accordance with section 552a of title 5, United States Code, 
     in an information system of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs if and only if the use of such number is necessary 
     to:
       (1) obtain or provide information the Secretary requires 
     from an information system that is not under the jurisdiction 
     of the Secretary;
       (2) comply with a law, regulation, or court order;
       (3) perform anti-fraud activities; or
       (4) identify a specific individual where no adequate 
     substitute is available.
       (c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall supersede 
     section 237 of division J of Public Law 117-328.
       Sec. 238.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 for ``Medical 
     Services'', section 239 of division A of Public Law 114-223 
     shall apply.
       Sec. 239.  None of the funds appropriated in this or prior 
     appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any 
     amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund 
     to any other account within the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       Sec. 240.  Of the funds provided to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 
     2025 for ``Medical Services'', funds may be used in each year 
     to carry out and expand the child care program authorized by 
     section 205 of Public Law 111-163, notwithstanding subsection 
     (e) of such section.
       Sec. 241.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this title may be used by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to 
     resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 
     restrict in any way the individual from speaking to members 
     of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 
     prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 
     Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national 
     defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.
       Sec. 242.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 258 of 
     division A of Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
       Sec. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector 
     General funded under this Act timely access to any records, 
     documents, or other materials available to the department or 
     agency over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
     under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or 
     to prevent or impede the access of the Inspector General to 
     such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
     provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
     refers to such Inspector General and expressly limits the 
     right of access.
       (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall 
     provide its Inspector General access to all records, 
     documents, and other materials in a timely manner.
       (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
     statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 
     information provided by the establishment over which that 
     Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
     report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure by any 
     department or agency covered by this section to comply with 
     this requirement.
       Sec. 244.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in a manner that would increase wait times for 
     veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs.
       Sec. 245.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act to the Veterans Health Administration 
     may be used in fiscal year 2024 to convert any program which 
     received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 2023 to a 
     general purpose funded program unless the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs submits written notification of any such 
     proposal to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress at least 30 days prior to any such action and an 
     approval is issued by the Committees.
       Sec. 246.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 248 of 
     division A of Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
       Sec. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to conduct research 
     commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses any canine, 
     feline, or non-human primate unless the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs approves such research specifically and in writing 
     pursuant to subsection (b).
       (b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve the 
     conduct of research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, 
     using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the 
     Secretary determines that--
       (A) the scientific objectives of the research can only be 
     met by using such canines, felines, or non-human primates;
       (B) such scientific objectives are directly related to an 
     illness or injury that is combat-related; and
       (C) the research is consistent with the revised Department 
     of Veterans Affairs canine research policy document dated 
     December 15, 2017, including any subsequent revisions to such 
     document.
       (2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under this 
     subsection.
       (c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant to 
     subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the 
     commencement of such research, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives a report describing--
       (1) the nature of the research to be conducted using 
     canines, felines, or non-human primates;
       (2) the date on which the Secretary approved the research;
       (3) the justification for the determination of the 
     Secretary that the scientific objectives of such research 
     could only be met using canines, felines, or non-human 
     primates;
       (4) the frequency and duration of such research; and
       (5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
     and efficacy of the research.
       (d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
     submit to such Committees a report describing--
       (1) any research being conducted by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or non-human 
     primates as of the date of the submittal of the report;
       (2) the circumstances under which such research was 
     conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates;
       (3) the justification for using canines, felines, or non-
     human primates to conduct such research; and
       (4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
     and efficacy of such research.
       (e) The Department shall implement a plan under which the 
     Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research conducted 
     using canines, felines, or non-human primates by not later 
     than 5 years after the date of enactment of Public Law 116-
     94.
       Sec. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
     title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 
     employment equivalents within any program of rehabilitation 
     conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, 
     does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employment 
     equivalent.
       (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
     on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 
     of title 38, United States Code, including--
       (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
     such program; and
       (2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary 
     considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
     each such program.
       Sec. 249.  Amounts made available for the ``Veterans Health 
     Administration, Medical Community Care'' account in this or 
     any other Act for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 may be used for 
     expenses that would otherwise be payable from the Veterans 
     Choice Fund established by section 802 of the Veterans 
     Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 
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       Sec. 250.  Obligations and expenditures applicable to the 
     ``Medical Services'' account in fiscal years 2017 through 
     2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by section 1741 of 
     title 38, United States Code) shall remain in the ``Medical 
     Community Care'' account for such fiscal years.
       Sec. 251.  Of the amounts made available for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any 
     other Act, under the ``Veterans Health Administration--
     Medical Services'', ``Veterans Health Administration--Medical 
     Community Care'', ``Veterans Health Administration--Medical 
     Support and Compliance'', and ``Veterans Health 
     Administration--Medical Facilities'' accounts, $1,279,096,000 
     shall be made available for gender-specific care and 
     programmatic efforts to deliver care for women veterans.
       Sec. 252.  Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal 
     year 2024 in the ``Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund'' 
     established in section 243 of division J of Public Law 114-
     113, and in addition to any funds otherwise made available 
     for such purposes in this, prior, or subsequent fiscal years, 
     $600,000,000 shall be available for constructing, altering, 
     extending, and improving medical facilities of the Veterans 
     Health Administration, including all supporting activities 
     and required contingencies, during the period of availability 
     of the Fund:
       Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds 
     provided in this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     must provide a plan for the execution of the funds 
     appropriated in this section to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and such Committees 
     issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
     has elapsed.
       Sec. 253.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
     fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress a quarterly report on the status of the ``Cost of 
     War Toxic Exposures Fund'', as authorized by section 324 of 
     title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That, at a minimum, 
     the report shall include an update on obligations by program, 
     project or activity and a plan for expending the remaining 
     funds:  Provided further, That the budget resource categories 
     supporting the Veterans Health Administration shall be 
     reported by the subcategories ``Medical Services'', ``Medical 
     Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and 
     ``Medical and Prosthetics Research''.
       Sec. 254.  Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and 
     administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) 
     of title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 2017 and 
     September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out an order 
     placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 
     section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, that are 
     available for obligation pursuant to section 7364(b)(1) of 
     title 38, United States Code, are to remain available for the 
     liquidation of valid obligations incurred by such corporation 
     during the period of performance of such order, provided that 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such 
     amounts need to remain available for such liquidation.

                         (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 255.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Departmental Administration--
     Veterans Electronic Health Record'' in division J of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), 
     $439,750,000 is hereby rescinded.

                         (rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 256.  Of the unobligated balances available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations 
     Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the 
     following accounts in the amounts specified:
       Veterans Health Administration--Medical Services, 
     $1,000,000,000; and
       Veterans Health Administration--Medical Community Care, 
     $976,005,000:
       Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
     that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
     or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       Sec. 257.  None of the funds in this or any other Act may 
     be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, 
     domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental 
     assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at existing 
     Veterans Health Administration medical facilities as part of 
     a planned realignment of services until the Secretary 
     provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress a report including an analysis of how any such 
     planned realignment of services will impact access to care 
     for veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, including 
     travel distances and transportation costs to access a 
     Department medical facility and availability of local 
     specialty and primary care.
       Sec. 258.  Unobligated balances available under the 
     headings ``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, 
     Minor Projects'' may be obligated by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 2(e)(1) 
     of the Communities Helping Invest through Property and 
     Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
     294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide additional 
     funds or to fund an escalation clause under such section of 
     such Act:  Provided, That before such unobligated balances 
     are obligated pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
     obligate such unobligated balances and such Committees issue 
     an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
     elapsed:  Provided further, That the request to obligate such 
     unobligated balances must provide Congress notice that the 
     entity described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114-294, as 
     amended, has exhausted available cost containment approaches 
     as set forth in the agreement under section 2(c) of such 
     Public Law.
       Sec. 259. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 
     for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obligated or 
     expended to procure or purchase computers, printers, 
     software, hardware, connecting cables, or other information 
     technology equipment needed for an office environment in 
     which the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary 
     or parent entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of 
     the equipment or software is an entity, or is a subsidiary or 
     parent company of an entity--
       (1) in which the People's Republic of China has any 
     ownership stake;
       (2) that has been organized under the laws of the People's 
     Republic of China; or
       (3) that contributes to the defense industry of the Chinese 
     Communist Party.
       (b) Applicability to Third Parties.--The prohibition in 
     subsection (a) also applies in cases in which the Secretary 
     has contracted with a third party for the procurement, 
     purchase, or expenditure of funds on any of the equipment and 
     software described in such subsection.
       Sec. 260.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act 
     may be used in a manner that would--
       (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to participate 
     in a medicinal marijuana program approved by a State;
       (2) deny any services from the Department to a veteran who 
     is participating in such a program; or
       (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health care 
     provider of the Department to make appropriate 
     recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to comply with 
     such a program.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

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

                 foreign currency fluctuations account

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

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

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

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

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

                              construction

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

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               trust fund

       For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
     to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement

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

                        Administrative Provision

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

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 402.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is 
     made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
     funds are made available that the program, project, or 
     activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
     to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
     rights, or unfunded mandates.
       Sec. 403.  All departments and agencies funded under this 
     Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
     statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
     ``E-Commerce'' technologies and procedures in the conduct of 
     their business practices and public service activities.
       Sec. 404.  Unless stated otherwise, all reports and 
     notifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
     Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
     and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military 
     Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
       Sec. 405.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer 
     made by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 406. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
     this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
     the public Web site of that agency any report required to be 
     submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the 
     determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
     the national interest.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
     security; or
       (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
     information.
       (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     only after such report has been made available to the 
     requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
     than 45 days.
       Sec. 407. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for 
     first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of 
     title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 409.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 
     including construction services, where the contractor has not 
     complied with Executive Order No. 12989.
       Sec. 410.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 411. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in 
     this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any 
     facility in the United States, its territories, or 
     possessions to house any individual detained at United States 
     Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of 
     detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control 
     of the Department of Defense.
       (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
     individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
       (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States; and
       (2) is--
       (A) in the custody or under the effective control of the 
     Department of Defense; or
       (B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
     Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction, 
     Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2024''.

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

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

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Processing, Research, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $65,067,000 of which not to exceed $7,432,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
     exceed $1,396,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Tribal Relations, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be to continue a Tribal Public Health 
     Resource Center at a land grant university with existing 
     indigenous public health expertise to expand current 
     partnerships and collaborative efforts with indigenous 
     groups, including but not limited to, tribal organizations 
     and institutions such as tribal colleges, tribal technical 
     colleges, tribal community colleges and tribal universities, 
     to improve the delivery of culturally appropriate public 
     health services and functions in American Indian communities 
     focusing on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed 
     $9,280,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships 
     and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 
     U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $28,422,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration, of which $26,716,000 shall be available for 
     Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses 
     for management support services to offices of the Department 
     and for general administration, security, repairs and 
     alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
     not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
     and efficient work of the Department:  Provided, That funds 
     made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration 
     mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
     up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to 
     exceed $4,609,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and 
     Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the programs funded by 
     this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
     affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 
     exceed $8,738,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Communications:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
     any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office 
     of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided further, That no 
     appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
     by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph for 
     the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 
     provided for, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That the amount made available under this heading 
     for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from 
     applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses 
     incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
     551-558:  Provided further, That funds made available under 
     this heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs shall 
     be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
     funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: 
      Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
     heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
     Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from 
     the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 
     notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:  
     Provided further, That during any 30 day notification period 
     referenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall take no action to begin implementation of 
     the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act or make 
     any public announcement of such action in any form.

                          Executive Operations

                     office of the chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Economist, $30,181,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for 
     grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 
     U.S.C. 3155:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
     under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for an 
     interdisciplinary center based at a land grant university 
     focused on agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest region 
     which will provide private entities, policymakers, and the 
     public with timely insights and targeted economic solutions:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
     this heading, $500,000 shall be

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     available to carry out section 224 of subtitle A of the 
     Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 
     U.S.C. 6924), as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115-
     334.

                     office of hearings and appeals

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

                 office of budget and program analysis

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

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $92,284,000, of which not less than 
     $77,428,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the 
     department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $7,367,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

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

                         Office of Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $37,595,000.

                  Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     121, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
     and facilities, and for related costs, $36,081,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and 
     the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
     $6,586,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That appropriations and funds available herein to the 
     Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
     transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
     meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on 
     Federal and non-Federal lands.

               Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 
     and Protection, $21,800,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

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

                     Office of the General Counsel

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

                            Office of Ethics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $5,556,000.

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

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Research, Education, and Economics, $2,384,000:  
     Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
     in the Research, Education, and Economics mission area for 
     salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
     administrative support staff for the Office:  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of 
     the Chief Scientist.

                       Economic Research Service

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

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service, $200,563,000, of which up to $55,900,000 
     shall be available until expended for the Census of 
     Agriculture:  Provided, That amounts made available for the 
     Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current 
     Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 
     (f).

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land 
     exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
     or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
     which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
     land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
     $1,792,879,000:  Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
     shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 
     aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for 
     replacement only:  Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 
     constructing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, 
     except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be 
     limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be 
     constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 
     each, and except for four buildings to be constructed at a 
     cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and the cost of altering 
     any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
     percent of the current replacement value of the building or 
     $500,000, whichever is greater:  Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available for entering into 
     lease agreements at any Agricultural Research Service 
     location for the construction of a research facility by a 
     non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research 
     Service and a condition of the lease shall be that any 
     facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by the non-
     Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expiration or 
     termination of the lease agreement:  Provided further, That 
     the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
     not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
     facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:  Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
     easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:  
     Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 
     apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act 
     of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):  Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
     easements at any Agricultural Research Service location for 
     the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 
     entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural 
     Research Service and a condition of the easements shall be 
     that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 
     Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if 
     the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
     interest of the United States:  Provided further, That funds 
     may be received from any State, other political subdivision, 
     organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 
     or operating any research facility or research project of the 
     Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

                        buildings and facilities

       For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, 
     improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
     equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the 
     agricultural research programs of the Department of 
     Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $88,869,000 to 
     remain available until expended, of which $47,464,000 shall 
     be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
     account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
     Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act.

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                   research and education activities

       For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
     cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
     for other expenses, $1,084,600,000 which shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
     ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 
     Education Activities'' in the report accompanying this Act:  
     Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 
     institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, 
     Hispanic serving institutions education grants, capacity 
     building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 
     agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 
     loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship 
     and institution challenge grants, grants management systems, 
     tribal colleges education equity grants, and scholarships at 
     1890 institutions shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 
     funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less than 
     $1,000,000:  Provided further, That funds for education 
     grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving 
     institutions be made available to individual eligible 
     institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 
     awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:  
     Provided further, That funds for providing grants for food 
     and agricultural sciences for Alaska Native and Native 
     Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular Areas shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2024:  Provided further, 
     That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall 
     be made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 
     under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222:  Provided further, That not 
     more than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or 
     any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research 
     Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred 
     by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.

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              native american institutions endowment fund

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

                          extension activities

       For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern 
     Marianas, and American Samoa, $567,410,000 which shall be for 
     the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
     titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 
     Extension Activities'' in the report accompanying this Act:  
     Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 
     institutions and for facility improvements at 1890 
     institutions shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
     further, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 
     U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 
     $1,000,000:  Provided further, That funds for cooperative 
     extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 
     93-471 shall be available for retirement and employees' 
     compensation costs for extension agents.

                         integrated activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
     $41,500,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute 
     of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities'' in the 
     report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That funds for the 
     Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2024:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs 
     shall not be charged against any Extension Implementation 
     Program Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 
     Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

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

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
     representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,185,967,000 
     of which up to $14,276,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
     the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
     ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report 
     accompanying this Act; of which $514,000, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be available for the control of 
     outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 
     control of pest animals and birds (``contingency fund'') to 
     the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
     $15,450,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     used for the cotton pests program, including for cost share 
     purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; 
     of which $39,183,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 
     $4,096,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the 
     Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of 
     which $64,930,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to 
     remain available until expended, shall be for information 
     technology infrastructure; of which $217,904,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests, 
     of which $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025, shall be for one-time control and management and 
     associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency 
     response to citrus greening; of which, $13,986,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for field crop and 
     rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $21,567,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease 
     management; of which $48,067,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and response; 
     of which $62,562,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended, shall be for the National 
     Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program 
     for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management 
     program for aviation safety:  Provided, That of amounts 
     available under this heading for wildlife services methods 
     development, $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That of amounts available under 
     this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall 
     remain available until expended; of which $24,527,000, to 
     remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out 
     the science program and transition activities for the 
     National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, 
     Kansas:  Provided further, That no funds shall be used to 
     formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 
     the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
     matching by the States of at least 40 percent:  Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
     purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of 
     aircraft:  Provided further, That in addition, in emergencies 
     which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
     industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer 
     from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies 
     or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 
     necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
     arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or 
     pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in 
     accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health 
     Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 
     442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and 
     any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 
     emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 
     merged with such transferred amounts:  Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law 
     (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
     buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
     cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
     shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
     of the building.
       In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
     environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
     and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 2268a, $3,175,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, $229,891,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be available 
     for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113-79, and 
     of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of 
     section 779 of division A of Public Law 117-103:  Provided, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be to 
     carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, of which 
     $14,000,000 shall be for dairy business innovation 
     initiatives established in Public Law 116-6 and the Secretary 
     shall take measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds 
     between these three regional innovation initiatives:  
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
     of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 
     one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
     percent of the current replacement value of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 
     the development or maintenance of grain standards under the 
     United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

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

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

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                   payments to states and possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

       Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services:  Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight,

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     or other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
     exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

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

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,205,009,000; and in 
     addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
     fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 
     authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f):  
     Provided, That funds provided for the Public Health Data 
     Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That no fewer than 148 
     full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during 
     fiscal year 2024 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections 
     and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.):  Provided further, That the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementation 
     of section 11016 of Public Law 110-246 as further clarified 
     by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79: 
      Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
     of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 
     one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
     percent of the current replacement value of the building.

                                TITLE II

               FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,727,000:  Provided, 
     That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
     Farm Production and Conservation mission area for salaries 
     and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
     support staff for the Office.

            Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 
     Conservation Business Center, $249,684,000, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the implementation of section 773 of 
     Public Law 117-328:  Provided, That $60,228,000 of amounts 
     appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to section 
     1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 1985 
     (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with 
     this account.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
     $1,215,307,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
     for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and 
     anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices 
     and farm loan officers and shall be available until September 
     30, 2025:  Provided, That not more than 50 percent of the 
     funding made available under this heading for information 
     technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated 
     until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives 
     written or electronic notification of receipt from such 
     Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for 
     each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and 
     performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
     benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for 
     the entirety of the project/investment, including estimates 
     for development as well as maintenance and operations, and 
     (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 
     project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 
     Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in 
     accordance with applicable lifecycle management policies and 
     guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department's 
     capital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) 
     has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office and 
     approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress:  Provided further, That the agency shall submit 
     a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 
     to the Committees on Appropriations and the Government 
     Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/
     investment that is operational (a) current performance 
     against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current 
     performance of service level agreements or other technical 
     metrics, (c) current performance against a pre-established 
     cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current and 
     planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, and 
     (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to meet 
     business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 
     investment:  Provided further, That the Secretary is 
     authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities 
     (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     make program payments for all programs administered by the 
     Agency:  Provided further, That other funds made available to 
     the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
     merged with this account:  Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be 
     made available to county offices, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
     preceding proviso, any funds made available to county offices 
     in the current fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm 
     Service Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount needed 
     for the county offices may be transferred to or from the Farm 
     Service Agency for necessary expenses:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency 
     shall be used to close Farm Service Agency county offices:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds available to the 
     Farm Service Agency shall be used to permanently relocate 
     county based employees that would result in an office with 
     two or fewer employees without prior notification and 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress.

                         state mediation grants

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

               grassroots source water protection program

       For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
     protection activities under section 1240O of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $7,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

           geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

       For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimbursement 
     payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers 
     under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act 
     of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), $4,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
     operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
     U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed 
     conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), relending program 
     (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 
     (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available from funds in the 
     Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 
     $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 
     $3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
     $2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
     and $1,633,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 
     loans, $37,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; 
     relending program, $61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated 
     land loans, $5,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication 
     program loans, $60,000,000:  Provided, That the Secretary 
     shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
     purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 
     $3,507,000 for emergency loans, to remain available until 
     expended; and $27,598,000 for direct farm operating loans, 
     $1,483,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating loans, 
     $19,368,000 for the relending program, $1,577,000 for Indian 
     highly fractionated land loans, and $258,000 for boll weevil 
     eradication program loans.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $341,871,000:  
     Provided, That of this amount, $321,621,000 shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
     Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
       Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and 
     conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 
     transferred among these programs:  Provided, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
     $66,870,000:  Provided, That

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

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $922,151,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     construction and improvement of buildings and public 
     improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
     of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 
     public improvements shall not exceed $250,000:  Provided 
     further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
     on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.

               watershed and flood prevention operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
     including but not limited to surveys and investigations, 
     engineering operations, works of improvement, and changes in 
     use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
     Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009) and 
     in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
     activities of the Department, $90,405,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which up to $20,405,000 shall be 
     for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
     account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
     Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, 
     That for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, 
     the limitation regarding the size of the watershed or 
     subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand acres 
     in which such activities can be undertaken shall only apply 
     for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood 
     prevention (including structural and land treatment 
     measures):  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be allocated 
     to projects and activities that can commence promptly 
     following enactment; that address regional priorities for 
     flood prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient 
     irrigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed 
     protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects under 
     the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control Act of 
     December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534) with a primary purpose 
     of watershed protection by preventing floodwater damage and 
     stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce 
     erosion and sediment transport:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 
     shall be allocated to irrigation modernization projects and 
     activities located in Western states that increase fish or 
     wildlife habitat, reduce drought impact, improve water 
     quality or instream flow, or provide off-channel renewable 
     energy production.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

       Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 
     Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $2,000,000 is provided.

                              CORPORATIONS

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

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

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

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

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

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

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

                           Rural Development

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 
     activities with institutions concerning the development and 
     operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative 
     agreements; $351,087,000:  Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, up to $3,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the Rural 
     Partners Network activities of the Department of Agriculture, 
     and may be transferred to other agencies of the Department 
     for such purpose, consistent with the missions and 
     authorities of such agencies:  Provided further, That of the 
     amount made available under this heading, no less than 
     $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     used for information technology expenses:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
     and promotional activities that support Rural Development 
     programs:  Provided further, That in addition to any other 
     funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts 
     collected under such section, as amended by this Act, will 
     immediately be credited to this account and will remain 
     available until expended for such purposes.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $850,000,000 shall be for direct 
     loans, $7,500,000 shall be for a Single Family Housing 
     Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes; 
     and $30,000,000,000, which shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2025 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
     loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
     $60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for 
     section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
     $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing 
     acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 
     housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
     524 site development loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $62,637,000 shall be for direct loans; Single Family 
     Housing Relending demonstration program for Native American 
     Tribes, $3,432,000; section 504 housing repair loans, 
     $4,858,000; section 523 self-help housing land development 
     loans, $637,000; section 524 site development loans, 
     $477,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of 
     section 515 rental housing, $20,988,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That to support the loan program 
     level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under 
     this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to 
     cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to 
     the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 
     et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be 
     subsidized:  Provided further, That applicants in communities 
     that have a current rural area waiver under section 541 of 
     the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as 
     living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed 
     loans provided under this heading:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 
     direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
     direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built 
     pursuant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 
     housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 
     1949

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     until June 1, 2024:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit 
     organizations and public housing authorities to facilitate 
     the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 
     housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and public 
     housing authorities that commit to keep such properties in 
     the RHS multifamily housing program for a period of time as 
     determined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, 
     but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit 
     entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on 
     Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from 
     low income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 
     grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
     invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organizational 
     costs associated with owner's oversight of asset referred to 
     as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to $7,500 per property.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $35,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a demonstration program 
     for the preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 
     515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to 
     restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the 
     Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of 
     ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
     project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 
     housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including 
     reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, 
     subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other 
     financial assistance including advances, payments and 
     incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain 
     reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary:  
     Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the 
     preservation and revitalization agreement, obtain a 
     restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the 
     restructuring.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
     contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $18,703,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
     housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
     contracts.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 
     shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of 
     debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
     authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 
     1949, $1,608,000,000, and in addition such sums as may be 
     necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 
     liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 
     out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of 
     the Act:  Provided, That amounts made available under this 
     heading shall be available for renewal of rental assistance 
     agreements for a maximum of 15,000 units where the Secretary 
     determines that a maturing loan for a project cannot 
     reasonably be restructured with another USDA loan or 
     modification and the project was operating with rental 
     assistance under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into rental 
     assistance contracts in maturing properties with existing 
     rental assistance agreements notwithstanding any provision of 
     section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of at 
     least 10 years but not more than 20 years:  Provided further, 
     That any agreement to enter into a rental assistance contract 
     under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing 
     property shall obligate the owner to continue to maintain the 
     project as decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to operate 
     the development in accordance with the Housing Act of 1949, 
     except that initial rents shall be based on the budget-based 
     needs of the project:  Provided further, That annual rent 
     adjustments shall be based on the lesser of (1) the budget-
     based needs of the project, or (2) the operating cost 
     adjustment factor as a payment standard as provided under 
     section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
     Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note):  Provided 
     further, That rental assistance agreements entered into or 
     renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 
     one year period:  Provided further, That upon request by an 
     owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may 
     renew the rental assistance agreement for a period of 20 
     years or until the term of such loan has expired, subject to 
     annual appropriations:  Provided further, That rental 
     assistance agreements entered into or renewed during the 
     current fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period:  
     Provided further, That upon request by an owner of a project 
     financed by an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of the 
     Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance agreement 
     for a period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has 
     expired, subject to annual appropriations:  Provided further, 
     That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 
     one-year agreements may be transferred and used for purposes 
     of any debt reduction, maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation 
     of any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance 
     activities authorized under title V of the Act:  Provided 
     further, That rental assistance provided under agreements 
     entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a farm labor 
     multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 
     516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 
     project until such assistance has remained unused for a 
     period of six consecutive months, if such project has a 
     waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 
     project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
     receiving such assistance:  Provided further, That such 
     recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
     practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 
     housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: 
      Provided further, That except as provided in the tenth 
     proviso under this heading and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental 
     assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
     fiscal year 2024 for a project that the Secretary determines 
     no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured 
     funds for current needs.

                     rural housing voucher account

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

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $32,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

       For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural 
     housing preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $48,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and 
     $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural 
     community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 
     and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act, $253,134,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which up to $205,134,000 shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
     the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the 
     report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That $6,000,000 of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
     for a Rural Community Development Initiative:  Provided 
     further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 
     capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 
     housing and community development organizations, low-income 
     rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 
     Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas:  Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance:  Provided further, 
     That such intermediary organizations shall provide matching 
     funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:  
     Provided further, That any unobligated balances from prior 
     year appropriations under this heading for the cost of direct 
     loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 
     deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover the 
     subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guarantees under 
     this heading in this fiscal year:  Provided further, That no 
     amounts may be made available pursuant to the preceding 
     proviso from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, or that were specified in the

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     table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the 
     report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That 
     $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 
     colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act:  
     Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
     applicable to the funds made available under this heading.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

       For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural 
     business development programs authorized by section 310B and 
     described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 
     310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
     $77,728,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not to 
     exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant to a 
     qualified national organization to provide technical 
     assistance for rural transportation in order to promote 
     economic development and $12,000,000 shall be for grants to 
     the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the 
     Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et 
     seq.), the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
     15301 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 
     U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement 
     Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not 
     more than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses:  
     Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
     $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development:  Provided further, 
     That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 
     available under this heading.

              intermediary relending program fund account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), $18,889,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $5,733,000, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), of which $573,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2024, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of 
     which $1,147,000 shall be available through June 30, 2024, 
     for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in 
     accordance with Public Law 100-460):  Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 
     the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $75,000,000.
       The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the 
     Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural 
     economic development and job creation projects shall not 
     exceed $15,000,000.

                  rural cooperative development grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $28,300,000, of which 
     $3,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
     for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, 
     or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
     groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
     boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
     of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $16,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added 
     agricultural product market development grants, as authorized 
     by section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of 
     which $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to 
     section 6402 of Public Law 107-171.

               rural microentrepreneur assistance program

       For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by 
     section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s), $20,000,000.
       For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under the same 
     terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s).

                    rural energy for america program

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

                   healthy food financing initiative

       For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with 
     section 243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of 
     Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as 
     added by section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for 
     necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects that 
     provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to 
     create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-
     income communities, $1,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such costs of loans, including the 
     cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, as follows: $880,000,000 for direct 
     loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, 
     waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management 
     programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, 
     and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, 
     and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
     Act, $671,560,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
     rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of 
     such Act, and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be 
     available for the rural utilities program described in 
     section 306E of such Act:  Provided, That not to exceed 
     $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition to 
     funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act:  
     Provided further, That $70,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for loans and grants including 
     water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 
     306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native 
     American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the 
     Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):  
     Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D of 
     the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 
     provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 
     Public Law 105-83:  Provided further, That not more than 2 
     percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by 
     the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
     programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
     for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 
     to section 325 of Public Law 105-83 for training and 
     technical assistance programs:  Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $37,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural 
     water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of 
     such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of 
     extreme need, of which $8,500,000 shall be made available for 
     a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 
     technical assistance organization, with experience in working 
     with small communities on water and waste water problems, the 
     principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 
     communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving 
     the planning, financing, development, operation, and 
     management of water and waste water systems, and of which not 
     less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 
     American organization to provide technical assistance for 
     rural water systems for tribal communities:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 
     qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 
     to provide technical assistance for rural water systems:  
     Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the 
     amounts made available under this heading shall be for solid 
     waste management grants:  Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $8,085,000 of the amounts appropriated under this 
     heading shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate 
     for water and waste direct one percent loans for distressed 
     communities:  Provided further, That if the Secretary 
     determines that any portion of the amount made available for 
     one percent loans is not needed for such loans, the Secretary 
     may use such amounts for grants authorized by section 
     306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: 
      Provided further, That if any funds made available for the 
     direct loan subsidy costs remain unobligated after July 31, 
     2024, such unobligated balances may be used for grant 
     programs funded under this heading:  Provided further, That 
     $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 
     Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants 
     authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 
     of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):  Provided further, That sections 
     381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
     available under this heading.

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   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as 
     authorized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the 
     Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 
     940c-1, and 940g) shall be made as follows: guaranteed rural 
     electric loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
     $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made pursuant to 
     sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of one percent in 
     4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 
     $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 
     section 313A of that Act, $900,000,000; and for cost-of-money 
     rural telecommunications loans made pursuant to section 
     305(d)(2) of that Act, $690,000,000:  Provided, That up to 
     $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, 
     acquisition, design, engineering or improvement of fossil-
     fueled electric generating plants (whether new or existing) 
     that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage 
     systems.
       For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 
     305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
     935(d)(2)), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined 
     in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 
     of money rural telecommunications loans, $7,176,000.
       In addition, $10,734,000 to remain available until 
     expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a):  Provided, 
     That the energy efficiency measures supported by the funding 
     in this paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable way to 
     the reduction of greenhouse gases.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, 
     which shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural 
     Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

       For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services 
     in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
     $62,721,000, to remain available until expended, of which up 
     to $2,721,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
     specified for this account in the table titled 
     ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be 
     made available for grants authorized by section 379G of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  Provided 
     further, That funding provided under this heading for grants 
     under section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet 
     all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as 
     established by this section.
       For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot 
     program established by section 779 of division A of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) 
     under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 
     U.S.C. 901 et seq.), $98,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may award grants 
     described in section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act 
     of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of 
     carrying out such pilot program:  Provided further, That the 
     cost of direct loans shall be defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That at 
     least 90 percent of the households to be served by a project 
     receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program shall be in 
     a rural area without sufficient access to broadband:  
     Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, a 
     rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall be 
     defined as twenty-five megabits per second downstream and 
     three megabits per second upstream:  Provided further, That 
     to the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided 
     under the pilot program must build out service to at least 
     one hundred megabits per second downstream, and twenty 
     megabits per second upstream:  Provided further, That an 
     entity to which a loan or grant is made under the pilot 
     program shall not use the loan or grant to overbuild or 
     duplicate broadband service in a service area by any entity 
     that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities 
     Service unless such service is not provided sufficient access 
     to broadband at the minimum service threshold:  Provided 
     further, That not more than four percent of the funds made 
     available in this paragraph can be used for administrative 
     costs to carry out the pilot program and up to three percent 
     of funds made available in this paragraph may be available 
     for technical assistance and pre-development planning 
     activities to support the most rural communities:  Provided 
     further, That the Rural Utilities Service is directed to 
     expedite program delivery methods that would implement this 
     paragraph:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
     paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, 
     reporting and service area assessment requirements set forth 
     in section 701 of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
     950cc).
       In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for the Community Connect Grant Program authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 950bb-3.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

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

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $1,376,000:  
     Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 
     in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for 
     salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
     administrative support staff for the Office.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except 
     section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $32,032,897,000 to 
     remain available through September 30, 2025, of which such 
     sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
     available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
     herein:  Provided, That of the total amount available, 
     $20,162,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $21,876,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
     evaluations and shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
     out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)):  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the 
     total grant amount provided to a farm to school grant 
     recipient in fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed $500,000:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $20,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants 
     to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies 
     and schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of 
     greater than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve 
     food safety, and to help support the establishment, 
     maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast program:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out 
     activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of 
     section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(a)(2) and (e)(2)):  Provided further, 
     That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first 
     sentence by striking ``2010 through 2024'' and inserting 
     ``2010 through 2025'':  Provided further, That section 
     9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by 
     striking ``For fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``For fiscal 
     year 2024'':  Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
     ``For fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 
     2024''.

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

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $6,300,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not 
     less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
     counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 
     shall be used for infrastructure:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall use funds made available under this heading 
     to increase the amount of a cash-value voucher for women and 
     children participants to an amount recommended by the 
     National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and 
     adjusted for inflation:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided in this account shall be available for the 
     purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 
     containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in 
     section 17 of such Act:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided shall be available for activities that are not 
     fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act:  
     Provided further, That upon termination of a federally 
     mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and 
     conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
     waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of 
     a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,141,239,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2026, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
     amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
     out program operations:  Provided, That funds provided herein 
     shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used 
     to provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 
     Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 
     Distribution Program on Indian Reservations:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
     shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115-
     334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 
     organizations:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, $3,000,000

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     shall be used to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 115-
     334:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
     subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as 
     may be required by law:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available for Employment and Training under this heading 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2025:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading for 
     section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available under this heading may be obligated or 
     expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A):  Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading may be used to enter 
     into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, 
     evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program 
     integrity provided that such activities are authorized by the 
     Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

       For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
     the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by 
     section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
     of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983; special assistance for the nuclear affected 
     islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of 
     Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); 
     and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
     $501,070,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025: 
      Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with 
     funds made available in fiscal year 2024 to support the 
     Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, such funds shall remain available through September 30, 
     2025:  Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for 
     costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
     Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
     assistance program, $184,348,000:  Provided, That of the 
     funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the 
     purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, as amended by 
     section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Affairs

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

                      office of codex alimentarius

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

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 
     allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act 
     approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $237,330,000, of 
     which no more than 6 percent shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2025, for overseas operations to include the 
     payment of locally employed staff:  Provided, That the 
     Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 
     appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal 
     agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 
     under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 
     production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the 
     foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
     International Development:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available for middle-income country training programs, funds 
     made available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 
     Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 
     $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation 
     solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
     international currency exchange rates, subject to 
     documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall 
     remain available until expended.

                     food for peace title ii grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 
     83-480), for commodities supplied in connection with 
     dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 
     $1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended.

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

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $248,331,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
     facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
     such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
     herein:  Provided further, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but not less 
     than $24,800,000, shall remain available until expended to 
     purchase agricultural commodities as described in subsection 
     3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(a)(2)).

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                                TITLE VI

            RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; in addition to amounts appropriated to the FDA 
     Innovation Account, for carrying out the activities described 
     in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 
     Law 114-255); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $6,625,030,000:  Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, 
     $1,336,525,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user 
     fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to 
     this account and remain available until expended; 
     $331,273,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
     account and remain available until expended; $594,150,000 
     shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 
     by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be credited to this account 
     and remain available until expended; $42,432,000 shall be 
     derived from biosimilar biological product user fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-52, and shall be credited to 
     this account and remain available until expended; $33,500,000 
     shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $25,000,000 shall be derived 
     from generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-21, and shall be credited to this account and 
     remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be 
     derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That in addition 
     to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 
     heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 
     medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, 
     biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user 
     fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the 
     respective fiscal year 2024 limitations are appropriated and 
     shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That fees derived from 
     prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug, 
     biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and generic new 
     animal drug assessments for fiscal year 2024, including any 
     such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2024 but credited 
     for fiscal year 2024, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
     2024 limitations:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     accept payment during fiscal year 2024 of user fees specified 
     under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2025, prior 
     to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 
     assessed for fiscal year 2025 for which the Secretary accepts 
     payment in fiscal year 2024 shall not be included in amounts 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That none of these 
     funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
     program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:  Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
     $1,198,263,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 
     Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $15,000,000 
     shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 
     manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; (2) 
     $2,326,206,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
     and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall 
     be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and

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     shall remain available until expended; (3) $497,700,000 shall 
     be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (4) $286,633,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the 
     Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $739,543,000 shall be for 
     the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for 
     related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
     (6) $77,388,000 shall be for the National Center for 
     Toxicological Research; (7) $679,965,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
     in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $217,357,000 shall 
     be for Rent and Related activities, of which $56,411,000 is 
     for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 
     the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 
     $244,587,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
     Administration for rent; and (10) $357,388,000 shall be for 
     other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of 
     Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and Response, the 
     Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and 
     central services for these offices:  Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
     for, as determined by the Commissioner:  Provided further, 
     That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the 
     administration of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from 
     amounts made available under this heading for other 
     activities and shall not exceed $2,000,000:  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts that are made available under 
     this heading for ``other activities'', and that are not 
     derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriation for ``Department of Health 
     and Human Services--Office of Inspector General'' for 
     oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug 
     Administration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 
     made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 
     Administration:  Provided further, That funds may be 
     transferred from one specified activity to another with the 
     prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n 
     and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, 
     and voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 
     21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 
     U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale distributor 
     licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
     353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and 
     inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), 
     third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), 
     medical countermeasure priority review voucher user fees 
     authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-4a, and fees relating to over-
     the-counter monograph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-72 
     shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
     expended.

                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
     facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 
     where not otherwise provided, $12,788,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                   fda innovation account, cures act

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

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

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

       Sec. 701.  The Secretary may use any appropriations made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to 
     purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition to 
     specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
     total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 does 
     not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal 
     year 2018:  Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional 
     motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such 
     vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce 
     operational costs, and for the protection of life, property, 
     and public safety:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     not increase the Department of Agriculture's fleet above the 
     2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and 
     receives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification.
       Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
     balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or 
     any other available unobligated discretionary balances that 
     are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to 
     the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of property, 
     plant and equipment and for the improvement, delivery, and 
     implementation of Department financial, and administrative 
     information technology services, and other support systems 
     necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and 
     information technology services, including cloud adoption and 
     migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
     Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available by this Act or any other Act shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior 
     approval of the agency administrator:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
     pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation 
     without written notification to and the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital 
     Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make 
     any changes to the Department's National Finance Center 
     without written notification to and prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as 
     required by section 716 of this Act:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available 
     to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available 
     for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, 
     implement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 
     systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices of 
     the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information 
     Officer, co-located with or from the National Finance Center 
     prior to written notification to and prior approval of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in 
     accordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act:  
     Provided further, That the National Finance Center 
     Information Technology Services Division personnel and data 
     center management responsibilities, and control of any 
     functions, missions, and systems for current and future human 
     resources management and integrated personnel and payroll 
     systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Financial 
     Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain in the 
     National Finance Center and under the management 
     responsibility and administrative control of the National 
     Finance Center:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial Officer 
     shall actively market to existing and new Departments and 
     other government agencies National Finance Center shared 
     services including, but not limited to, payroll, financial 
     management, and human capital shared services and allow the 
     National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades:  
     Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the 
     Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
     attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of 
     the shared services provided by the National Finance Center 
     and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Secretary 
     shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or 
     acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the 
     improvement, delivery, and implementation of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services, and 
     other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
     unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance 
     Center:  Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
     shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary 
     submits written notification of the obligation to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
     funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 
     not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the 
     Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of 
     emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the 
     National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the 
     National Finance Center to a safe haven

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     to continue operations of the National Finance Center.
       Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for 
     the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund 
     program account, the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
     notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States 
     Code, none of the funds available to the Department of 
     Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior 
     to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information 
     Officer:  Provided further, That the Chief Information 
     Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
     written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based 
     upon the performance of an agency measured against the 
     performance plan requirements described in the explanatory 
     statement accompanying Public Law 113-235.
       Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current 
     fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
     obligations made in the current fiscal year.
       Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or 
     prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
     that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
     such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
     313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under 
     such Act.
       Sec. 709.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
     this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2025, for information technology 
     expenses.
       Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
     of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 711.  In the case of each program established or 
     amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) 
     or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 
     subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 
     indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is 
     authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation--
       (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
     administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
     associated with the implementation of the program, without 
     regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
     and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
       (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
     considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
     applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
     fund transfers contained in such section.
       Sec. 712.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
     more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
     expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
     panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 714.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 
     of Public Law 110-246 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6; in this section 
     referred to as ``section 14222''), none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the Act 
     of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section referred 
     to as ``section 32'') in excess of $1,573,666,000 (exclusive 
     of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as 
     follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities--
     $485,000,000; State Option Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal of 
     Defective Commodities--$2,500,000; Administration of section 
     32 Commodity Purchases--$37,178,000:  Provided, That, of the 
     total funds made available in the matter preceding this 
     proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2024, such 
     unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2025 
     and shall remain available until expended for any of the 
     purposes of section 32, except that any such carryover funds 
     used in accordance with clause (3) of section 32 may not 
     exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated until the 
     Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 
     expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance:  Provided 
     further, That, with the exception of any available carryover 
     funds authorized in any prior appropriations Act to be used 
     for the purposes of clause (3) of section 32, none of the 
     funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of 
     any employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
     clause (3) of section 32.
       Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's budget submission to the Congress for 
     programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations 
     Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes 
     revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 
     to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 
     prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 
     submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
     should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 
     enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
     conference for the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
     available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as 
     authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the 
     Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 
     provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
     Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
       (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in 
     writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in 
     advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
     authority.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
     projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 
     referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
     $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
       (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in 
     writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in 
     advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the 
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       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services shall notify in writing and receive 
     approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress before implementing any program or activity not 
     carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the 
     program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
     funded by any other Act.
       (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for--
       (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
     including information technology systems, that involves 
     increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
     the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
     of the total cost, whichever is less;
       (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
     positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
     center, office, branch, or similar entity with ten or more 
     personnel; or
       (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
     described in the budget request;
     unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for these 
     purposes.
       (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 
     any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the 
     notification as required in this section.
       Sec. 717.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 
     guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that does 
     not exceed 4 percent of the guaranteed principal portion of 
     the loan.
       Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
     Administration or the Farm Credit Administration shall be 
     used to transmit or otherwise make available reports, 
     questions, or responses to questions that are a result of 
     information requested for the appropriations hearing process 
     to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of 
     Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit Administration 
     employee.
       Sec. 719.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
     none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
     executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
     intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States 
     unless the story includes a clear notification within the 
     text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
     prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
     executive branch agency.
       Sec. 720.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of 
     the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless 
     the individual's employing agency or office is fully 
     reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 
     and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
       Sec. 721.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and the 
     Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for 
     all the funds made available under this Act including 
     appropriated user fees, as defined in the report accompanying 
     this Act.
       Sec. 722.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or 
     take any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring 
     information intended for a prescribing health care 
     professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 
     subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such 
     professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless 
     and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such 
     distribution.
       Sec. 723.  For the purposes of determining eligibility or 
     level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service 
     programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison 
     populations.
       Sec. 724.  For loans and loan guarantees that do not 
     require budget authority and the program level has been 
     established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     increase the program level for such loans and loan guarantees 
     by not more than 25 percent:  Provided, That prior to the 
     Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 
     notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance.
       Sec. 725.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 
     729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 
     (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be available for 
     obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
     approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress:  Provided, That the refunds or rebates so 
     transferred shall be available for obligation only for the 
     acquisition of property, plant and equipment, including 
     equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation 
     of Departmental financial management, information technology, 
     and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
     financial, administrative, and information technology 
     services, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary 
     benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture.
       Sec. 726.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the ``variety'' 
     requirements of the final rule entitled ``Enhancing Retailer 
     Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
     (SNAP)'' published by the Department of Agriculture in the 
     Federal Register on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) 
     until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the definition of 
     the term ``variety'' as defined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) 
     of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and ``variety'' as 
     applied in the definition of the term ``staple food'' as 
     defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, to increase the number of items that qualify as 
     acceptable varieties in each staple food category so that the 
     total number of such items in each staple food category 
     exceeds the number of such items in each staple food category 
     included in the final rule as published on December 15, 2016: 
      Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such 
     regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the 
     requirements regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of 
     stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retailers 
     that were in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-
     79).
       Sec. 727.  In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of 
     the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect to 
     loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders for 
     such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) 
     of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) with respect 
     to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eligible 
     lenders for such loans.
       Sec. 728.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be available for the United 
     States Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or 
     implement any regulation that would promulgate new user fees 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       Sec. 729.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available for the Broadband Treasury Rate Loan program, 
     authorized in section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb), $9,156,000 are hereby permanently 
     cancelled:  Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled from 
     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any provision of law that 
     regulates the calculation and payment of overtime and holiday 
     pay for FSIS inspectors, the Secretary may charge 
     establishments subject to the inspection requirements of the 
     Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq., the 
     Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq, and the 
     Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for the 
     cost of inspection services provided outside of an 
     establishment's approved inspection shifts, and for 
     inspection services provided on Federal holidays:  Provided, 
     That any sums charged pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
     deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 1001(d) 
     of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 
     135 Stat. 242):  Provided further, That sums received by the 
     Secretary under this paragraph shall, in addition to other 
     available funds, remain available until expended to the 
     Secretary without further appropriation for the purpose of 
     funding all costs associated with FSIS inspections.
       Sec. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
       (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 
     factors in the country or region being audited, as 
     applicable--
       (A) veterinary control and oversight;
       (B) disease history and vaccination practices;
       (C) livestock demographics and traceability;
       (D) epidemiological separation from potential sources of 
     infection;
       (E) surveillance practices;
       (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and
       (G) emergency preparedness and response; and
       (2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 
     any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under its international trade 
     agreements.
       Sec. 732.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available in prior Acts for the rural housing voucher program 
     authorized by section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (42 
     U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), as amended, $3,000,000 are hereby 
     permanently cancelled:  Provided, That no amounts shall be 
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     amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 733.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available in prior Acts under the heading ``Rural Cooperative 
     Development Grants'' for Agriculture Innovation Centers 
     authorized by section 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b), as amended, 
     $8,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled:  Provided, That 
     no amounts shall be cancelled from amounts that were 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief 
     requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985.
       Sec. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this 
     fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 
     and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
     306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall 
     be used for a project for the construction, alteration, 
     maintenance, or repair of a public water or wastewater system 
     unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project 
     are produced in the United States.
       (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' 
     means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: 
     lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other 
     municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and 
     restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast 
     concrete, and construction materials.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 
     of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Secretary'') or the designee of 
     the Secretary finds that--
       (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
     public interest;
       (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
     States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or 
     of a satisfactory quality; or
       (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
     United States will increase the cost of the overall project 
     by more than 25 percent.
       (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for 
     a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 
     shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
     copy of the request and information available to the 
     Secretary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 
     allow for informal public input on the request for at least 
     15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The 
     Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 
     accompanying information available by electronic means, 
     including on the official public Internet Web site of the 
     Department.
       (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under international 
     agreements.
       (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
     funds appropriated in this Act for ``Rural Utilities 
     Service--Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account'' for 
     carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) 
     for management and oversight of the requirements of this 
     section.
       (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
     project for which the engineering plans and specifications 
     include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
     by such subsection if the plans and specifications have 
     received required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ``United 
     States'' and ``State'' shall include each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, and each Federally 
     recognized Indian Tribe.
       Sec. 735.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
     congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
     matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to 
     Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
       Sec. 736.  Of the total amounts made available by this Act 
     for direct loans and grants under the following headings: 
     ``Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
     Account''; ``Rural Housing Service--Mutual and Self-Help 
     Housing Grants''; ``Rural Housing Service--Rural Housing 
     Assistance Grants''; ``Rural Housing Service--Rural Community 
     Facilities Program Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative 
     Service--Rural Business Program Account''; ``Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service--Rural Economic Development Loans Program 
     Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural 
     Cooperative Development Grants''; ``Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service--Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance 
     Program''; ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and Waste 
     Disposal Program Account''; ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural 
     Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
     Account''; and ``Rural Utilities Service--Distance Learning, 
     Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'', to the maximum extent 
     feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated 
     for assistance in persistent poverty counties under this 
     section, including, notwithstanding any other provision 
     regarding population limits, any county seat of such a 
     persistent poverty county that has a population that does not 
     exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 
     percent:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 
     term ``persistent poverty counties'' means any county that 
     has had 20 percent or more of its population living in 
     poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 
     2000 decennial censuses, and 2007-2011 American Community 
     Survey 5-year average, or any territory or possession of the 
     United States:  Provided further, That with respect to 
     specific activities for which program levels have been made 
     available by this Act that are not supported by budget 
     authority, the requirements of this section shall be applied 
     to such program level.
       Sec. 737.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt 
     of a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a 
     drug or biological product under section 505(i) of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or 
     section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     262(a)(3)) in research in which a human embryo is 
     intentionally created or modified to include a heritable 
     genetic modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to 
     have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemption 
     may not go into effect.
       Sec. 738.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated 
     by the Food and Drug Administration entitled ``Standards for 
     the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for 
     Human Consumption'', and published on November 27, 2015, with 
     respect to the regulation of entities that grow, harvest, 
     pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
       Sec. 739.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2025, for a pilot 
     program for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to 
     provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs and 
     services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 
     opportunities for military veterans.
       Sec. 740.  For school years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, none 
     of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     implement or enforce the matter following the first comma in 
     the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of 
     title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the 
     substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 
     breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
       Sec. 741.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used--
       (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural 
     Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 of the Agriculture 
     Improvement Act of 2018; or
       (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or 
     use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or 
     cultivated in accordance with section 7606 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside the State in which 
     the hemp is grown or cultivated.
       Sec. 742.  The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 
     matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
     1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
       Sec. 743.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a pilot program for the 
     Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit 
     organizations and public housing authorities to provide 
     technical assistance, including financial and legal services, 
     to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
     acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 
     where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 
     housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 
     housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep 
     such properties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a 
     period of time as determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 744.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available in prior Acts under the heading ``Rural Housing 
     Assistance Grants'' for housing repair grants authorized by 
     section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474), as 
     amended, $30,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled:  
     Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled from amounts 
     that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or 
     disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 745.  Of the unobligated balances of the amounts made 
     available for fiscal year 2022 for the ``National Institute 
     of Food and Agriculture--Research and Extension Activities'', 
     $307,526,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts 
     may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent 
     Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 746.  Funds made available under title II of the Food 
     for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to 
     provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
     monitoring and controls, as determined by the Administrator, 
     are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received by 
     the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 
     shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate 
     purposes.
       Sec. 747.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported 
     into the United States from the People's Republic of China 
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     under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Program 
     under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer 
     Food Service Program for Children under section 13 of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast program under 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
       Sec. 748.  For school year 2024-2025, only a school food 
     authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school 
     food service account as of June 30, 2023, shall be required 
     to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with 
     section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)).
       Sec. 749.  Any funds made available by this or any other 
     Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
     1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
     Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall be 
     available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment 
     research:  Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
     funds among appropriations of the Department of Agriculture 
     for purposes of making such grants.
       Sec. 750.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used 
     to move any staff office or any agency from the mission area 
     in which it was located on August 1, 2018, to any other 
     mission area or office within the Department in the absence 
     of the enactment of specific legislation affirming such move.
       Sec. 751.  The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 
     appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the 
     Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the 
     Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 
     et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program 
     carried out pursuant to section 403 of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical 
     services for such programs pursuant to section 1252(a)(1) of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851(a)(1)), 
     notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.
       Sec. 752.  In administering the pilot program established 
     by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), the Secretary 
     of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining entities 
     eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 
     which are ``Areas Rural in Character'':  Provided, That not 
     more than 10 percent of the funds made available under the 
     heading ``Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 
     Program'' for the purposes of the pilot program established 
     by section 779 of Public Law 115-141 may be used for this 
     purpose.
       Sec. 753.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 
     U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
     agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 
     lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
       Sec. 754.  Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug 
     Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs, shall, not later than September 30, 2024, and 
     following the review required under Executive Order No. 12866 
     (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning and 
     review), issue advice revising the advice provided in the 
     notice of availability entitled ``Advice About Eating Fish, 
     From the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug 
     Administration; Revised Fish Advice; Availability'' (82 Fed. 
     Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a manner that is consistent 
     with nutrition science recognized by the Food and Drug 
     Administration on the net effects of seafood consumption.
       Sec. 755.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to carry out section 2103 of 
     Public Law 115-334:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     prioritize the wetland compliance needs of areas with 
     significant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, 
     and conservation compliance requests.
       Sec. 756.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved 
     prior to the effective date of the National Bioengineered 
     Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall include 
     the words ``genetically engineered'' prior to the existing 
     acceptable market name.
       Sec. 757.  The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2024, an 
     amount of funds made available in title III under the 
     headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, 
     Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance 
     Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Account, Rural 
     Business Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund Program 
     Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
     equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to 
     funds provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal 
     year any such funds were obligated under such headings for 
     REAP Zones, excluding the funding provided through any 
     Congressionally Directed Spending/Community Project Funding.
       Sec. 758.  There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to carry 
     out the duties of the working group established under section 
     770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 
     (Public Law 116-6; 133 Stat. 89).
       Sec. 759.  For an additional amount for the Office of the 
     Secretary, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships as established 
     in section 778 of Public Law 117-103:  Provided, That the 
     Institute for Rural Partnerships shall continue to dedicate 
     resources to researching the causes and conditions of 
     challenges facing rural areas, and develop community 
     partnerships to address such challenges:  Provided further, 
     That administrative or other fees shall not exceed one 
     percent:  Provided further, That such partnership shall 
     coordinate and publish an annual report.
       Sec. 760.  Funds made available in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) for the ``Rural 
     Community Facilities Program Account'' under section 306 of 
     the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 
     1926, for the principal amount of direct loans are to remain 
     available through fiscal year 2028 for the liquidation of 
     valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 2018.
       Sec. 761.  Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
     U.S.C. 1490c) is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking 
     ``two years'' and inserting ``five years''.
       Sec. 762.  Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
     U.S.C. 1490d) is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking 
     ``two years'' and inserting ``five years''.
       Sec. 763.  Section 592 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading by striking ``FMHA'' and 
     inserting ``USDA'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by, in the matter preceding 
     paragraph (1), striking ``program and nonprogram''; and
       (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Priority.--The priority uses of inventory property 
     under this section shall be given priority equal to or higher 
     than the disposition of such property in accordance with 
     priorities determined by the Secretary as necessary to 
     protect the best interests of the Federal Government.''.
       Sec. 764.  Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 
     Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 
     paragraph (10) by inserting after ``Secretary of Housing 
     Urban Development'' the following: ``and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture''.
       Sec. 765.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2025, for a Bison 
     Production and Marketing Grant Program that the Agricultural 
     Marketing Service shall develop and maintain:  Provided, That 
     this program shall be similar, as determined by the 
     Secretary, to the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant 
     Program the Department of Agriculture currently maintains 
     pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 
     of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and shall prioritize grants to 
     national non-profits and federally chartered Tribal 
     organizations that have expertise in bison production or 
     marketing.
       Sec. 766.  Notwithstanding the Agricultural Marketing Act 
     of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, the 
     Committee provides an additional $700,000 to the USDA Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service to cover voluntary meat 
     inspection fees for the slaughtering or processing of bison/
     buffalo at Native American owned establishments or 
     establishments operating on tribal lands.
       Sec. 767.  Of the unobligated balances available to the 
     Department of Agriculture for the Rural Water Operation 
     Program under the heading ``Natural Resources Conservation 
     Service--Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations'' from 
     prior appropriations Acts, $20,000,000 is hereby rescinded:  
     Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
     were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 768.  If services performed by APHIS employees are 
     determined by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant 
     Health Inspection Service to be in response to an animal 
     disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, either 
     directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted from the 
     aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under 
     section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and any other 
     provision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay 
     payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis:  Provided, That 
     this section shall take effect as if enacted on January 1, 
     2023.
       Sec. 769.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used by the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service to take any action that would 
     result in the permanent relocation, demotion, or termination 
     of any Supervisory Public Heath Veterinarian (SPHV), solely 
     as result of the creation of the District Veterinary Medical 
     Officer position, prior to completing a 1010 package and 
     cost-benefit analysis, and briefing the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 770.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used to purchase, 
     deploy, or train third parties on the use of M-44 sodium 
     cyanide ejector devices (``M-44s''), including any components 
     or parts, or sodium fluoroacetate (``Compound 1080''), except 
     for activities directly related to the removal of M-44s that 
     have been placed on Federal, Tribal, State and private land.

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       Sec. 771.  Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans 
     made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may provide the borrower with assistance in the 
     form of credits so as to reduce the effective interest rate 
     to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 
     periods of time as the Secretary may determine for applicants 
     described in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(A)) 
     if without such assistance such applicants could not afford 
     the dwelling or make payments on the indebtedness of the 
     rental or cooperative housing.
       Sec. 772.  Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or 
     regarding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: 
     Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary 
     Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584-AE88) shall allow and 
     provide meal reimbursement for (or ``low fat or fat free'') 
     flavored milk in National School Lunch Program and School 
     Breakfast Program for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade 
     and in Child and Adult Care Food Program for participants 5 
     years of age and older, and for any other program complying 
     with the meal pattern requirements covered in such final 
     rule.
       Sec. 773.  Weekly sodium limits that may be included in any 
     rule-making, notice or guidance of or regarding USDA Proposed 
     Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns 
     Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; 
     RIN 0584-AE88) shall exclude sodium used for food safety and 
     functional purposes in cheese-making, as determined by the 
     Secretary, in consultation with FDA. Sodium limits will not 
     take effect until the Secretary determines the amounts which 
     shall be excluded.
       Sec. 774.  Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans made 
     under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may provide the borrower with assistance in the 
     form of credits so as to reduce the effective interest rate 
     to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 
     periods of time as the Secretary may determine for applicants 
     described in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(A)) 
     if without such assistance such applicants could not afford 
     the dwelling or make payments on the indebtedness of the 
     rental or cooperative housing.
       Sec. 775.  Section 542(b)(2) of the Housing Act, (42 U.S.C. 
     1490r), is amended by striking ``5,000'' and inserting 
     ``10,000''.
       Sec. 776.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
       (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
       (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
     Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     note; Public Law 104-127); or
       (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

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

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

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

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

                        research and technology

       For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $51,358,000, 
     of which $35,745,000 shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That of such amounts that are available until 
     expended, $14,750,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the 
     Advanced Research Projects Agency--Infrastructure (ARPA-I) as 
     authorized by section 119 of title 49, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That within the funds made available under 
     the previous proviso, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 
     available for research on durability, resiliency, and 
     sustainability of bridges and other infrastructure and shall 
     be directed to an accredited university of higher education 
     in the northeast United States that has experience leading a 
     regional University Transportation Center and a proven record 
     of developing, patenting, deploying, and commercializing 
     innovative composite materials and technologies for bridge 
     and other transportation applications, as well as conducting 
     research and developing prototypes using very large-scale 
     polymer-based additive manufacturing:  Provided further, That 
     there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
     until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training:  Provided further, That 
     any reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or 
     elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology 
     Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference 
     to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
     Technology of the Department of Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional 
     project assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 
     49, United States Code, $800,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) of title 
     49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
     Act, not less than $20,000,000 shall be awarded to projects 
     in historically disadvantaged communities or areas of 
     persistent poverty as defined under section 6702(a)(1) of 
     title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That section 
     6702(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
     this heading in this Act, not less than 5 percent shall be 
     made available for the planning, preparation, or design of 
     eligible projects:  Provided further, That grants awarded 
     under this heading in this Act for eligible projects for 
     planning, preparation, or design shall not be subject to a 
     minimum grant size:  Provided further, That in distributing 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 
     Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an 
     equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate 
     balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, 
     including Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of 
     transportation modes:  Provided further, That section 
     6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
     apply to amounts made available under this heading in this 
     Act:  Provided further, That a grant award under this heading 
     in this Act shall be not greater than $45,000,000:  Provided 
     further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, United States 
     Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act:  Provided further, That not more than 15 
     percent of the amounts made available under this heading in 
     this Act may be awarded to projects in a single State:  
     Provided further, That for amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to 
     projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in 
     order to complete an overall financing package:  Provided 
     further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States 
     Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     awarded under this heading in this Act, not more than 50 
     percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located in 
     rural areas and not more than 50 percent shall be allocated 
     for eligible projects located in urbanized areas:  Provided 
     further, That for the purpose of determining if an award for 
     planning, preparation, or design under this heading in this 
     Act is an urban award, the project location is the location 
     of the project being planned, prepared, or designed:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to 2

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     percent of the amounts made available under this heading in 
     this Act, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the 
     Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration, the 
     Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit 
     Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the 
     Maritime Administration to fund the award and oversight of 
     grants and credit assistance made under the program 
     authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That for amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider 
     and award projects based solely on the selection criteria as 
     identified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 
     United States Code.

     national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

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

              rural and tribal infrastructure advancement

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

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

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

                      financial management capital

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

                       cyber security initiatives

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

                         office of civil rights

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

           transportation planning, research, and development

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, development 
     activities, and making grants, $24,069,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
     $5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
     Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC):  
     Provided further, That there may be transferred to this 
     appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
     transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred 
     under this heading for IIPIC activities not related to 
     transportation infrastructure:  Provided further, That the 
     tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 
     to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
     major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 
     only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide 
     funding to the Department in accordance with the preceding 
     proviso:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $3,443,000 shall be made 
     available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 
     Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
     ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report 
     accompanying this Act.

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

       small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

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

                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

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

  administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
     the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the 
     Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
     assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
     appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, 
     except for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have 
     completed the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
     notification.
       Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the web site of the 
     Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of 
     the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for 
     each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance 
     to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
       Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full 
     payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from 
     all Federal agencies from available funds for transit benefit 
     distribution services that are necessary to carry out the 
     Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program 
     under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of SAFETEA-
     LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note):  Provided, That the Department shall 
     maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working 
     Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide 
     uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees:  
     Provided further, That such reserve shall not exceed 1 month 
     of benefits payable and may be used only for the purpose of 
     providing for the continuation of transit benefits:  Provided 
     further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be fully 
     reimbursed by each customer agency from available funds for 
     the actual cost of the transit benefit.
       Sec. 104.  Receipts collected in the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 
     United States Code, for unused transit and van pool benefits, 
     in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2023 
     collections, shall be available until expended in the 
     Department's Working Capital Fund to provide contractual 
     services in support of section 189 of this Act:  Provided, 
     That obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such collections 
     shall not exceed $1,000,000.

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       Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this title may be obligated 
     or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an 
     employee of the Department of Transportation without the 
     prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration.
       Sec. 106.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's 
     Administrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to 
     transfer information technology equipment, software, and 
     systems from Departmental sources or other entities and 
     collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return 
     full cost of transferred assets.
       Sec. 107.  None of the funds provided in this Act to the 
     Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit 
     assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 
     approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 
     604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary provides 
     notification in writing to the following committees: the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives:  Provided, That such notification shall 
     include, but not be limited to, the name of the project 
     sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit 
     assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, 
     or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
       Sec. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of 
     Transportation or the Department of Transportation's 
     operating administrations in this Act for the costs of award, 
     administration, or oversight of financial assistance under 
     the programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred 
     to the account identified in section 801 of division J of 
     Public Law 117-58, to remain available until expended, for 
     the necessary expenses of award, administration, or oversight 
     of any financial assistance programs in the Department of 
     Transportation.
       (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section 
     are available in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
     such purpose.
       (c) The program from which funds made available under this 
     Act may be transferred under subsection (a) are--
       (1) the local and regional project assistance program under 
     section 6702 of title 49, United States Code; and
       (2) the university transportation centers program under 
     section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.
       Sec. 109.  Of the amounts made available under the heading 
     ``National Infrastructure Investments'', up to $75,000,000 
     shall be available--
       (1) First, to fully fund the projects at the amounts for 
     which they applied under section 109B of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 117-328) 
     and were not fully funded; and
       (2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure projects for 
     which the initial grant agreement was executed between 
     January 14, 2021 and February 14, 2021 for awards made from 
     the National Infrastructure Investments program under title I 
     of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 
     (Public Law 116-6):  Provided, That sponsors of projects 
     eligible for funds made available under subsection shall 
     provide sufficient written justification describing, at a 
     minimum, the current project cost estimate, why the project 
     cannot be completed with the obligated grant amount, and any 
     other relevant information, as determined by the Secretary:  
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     subsection shall be allocated to projects eligible to receive 
     funding under this section in order of the date the grant 
     agreements were initially executed:  Provided further, That 
     the allocation under the previous proviso will be for the 
     amounts necessary to cover increases to eligible project 
     costs since the grant was obligated, based on the information 
     provided:  Provided further, That section 200.204 of title 2, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply to amounts made 
     available under this section:  Provided further, That the 
     amounts made available under this section shall not be 
     subject to limitations under section 6702(c) of title 49, 
     United States Code:  Provided further, That the amounts made 
     available under this section shall not be part of the Federal 
     share of total project costs under section 6702(e)(1) of 
     title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That section 
     6702(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to 
     amounts made available under this section:  Provided further, 
     That the Office of the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     provide the amounts allocated to projects under this section 
     no later than 120 days after the date the sufficient written 
     justifications required under this section have been 
     submitted.
       Sec. 109A.  Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
     available for ``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 
     Financing Program'' in section 109 of division L of Public 
     Law 117-103, $8,973,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 109B.  For amounts provided for this fiscal year and 
     prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-
     58 shall be applied by substituting ``30 percent'' for ``40 
     percent''.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
     the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
     maps sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger 
     motor vehicles for replacement only, $12,740,627,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2025, of which 
     $12,103,596,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
     under this heading--
       (1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be available for 
     aviation safety activities;
       (2) $9,444,828,000 shall be available for air traffic 
     organization activities;
       (3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial space 
     transportation activities;
       (4) $949,376,000 shall be available for finance and 
     management activities;
       (5) $70,097,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
     operations planning activities;
       (6) $163,951,000 shall be available for security and 
     hazardous materials safety activities; and
       (7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff offices:
       Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 
     budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 
     may be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: 
      Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
     any appropriation under this heading by more than 5 percent:  
     Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent 
     shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
     405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section:  Provided further, That not later than 
     60 days after the submission of the budget request, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted 
     to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of the 
     Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 
     40101 note):  Provided further, That the amounts made 
     available under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for 
     each day after 60 days after the submission of the budget 
     request that such report has not been transmitted to 
     Congress:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
     after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator 
     shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
     a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
     flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
     similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
     including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
     goals by fiscal year:  Provided further, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading shall be reduced by 
     $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 
     the submission of the budget request that such report has not 
     been submitted to Congress:  Provided further, That funds may 
     be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
     standard-setting organization to assist in the development of 
     aviation safety standards:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available by this Act shall be available for 
     new applicants for the second career training program:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 
     this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that 
     would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
     authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from 
     States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred 
     in the provision of agency services, including receipts for 
     the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, 
     and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, 
     including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, 
     or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair 
     or alteration forms:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading, not less than $194,000,000 
     shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air 
     traffic control towers in the contract tower program, 
     including the contract tower cost share program, and any 
     airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify for 
     the program during the fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available by this Act for aeronautical 
     charting and cartography are available for activities 
     conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
     Fund:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
     be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program 
     at any airport.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
     improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
     airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, 
     as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, 
     United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
     necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
     testing, including construction of test facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
     accommodations for

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     officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are 
     not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of 
     aircraft from funds made available under this heading, 
     including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 
     to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
     $3,429,000,000, of which $635,000,000 is for personnel and 
     related expenses and shall remain available until September 
     30, 2025, $2,692,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2026, and $102,000,000 is for terminal 
     facilities and shall remain available until September 30, 
     2028:  Provided, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
     sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, 
     improvement, and modernization of national airspace systems:  
     Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
     submission of the budget request, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 
     plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes 
     funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2025 
     through 2029, with total funding for each year of the plan 
     constrained to the funding targets for those years as 
     estimated and approved by the Office of Management and 
     Budget:  Provided further, That section 405 of this Act shall 
     apply to amounts made available under this heading in title 
     VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs 
     Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117-58):  
     Provided further, That the amounts in the table entitled 
     ``Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment from 
     the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--Fiscal Year 
     2024'' in the report accompanying this Act shall be the 
     baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
     authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph 
     (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in the 
     preceding proviso:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, unless prior 
     approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level 
     specified for projects and activities in the table referred 
     to in the preceding proviso may be transferred to any other 
     funding level specified for projects and activities in such 
     table and no transfer of such funding levels may increase or 
     decrease any funding level in such table by more than 10 
     percent:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading for terminal facilities, 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available for the purposes, and in 
     amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in 
     the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
     included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided 
     further, That, of the amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act, $469,000,000 is designated by the 
     Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                 research, engineering, and development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $260,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2026:  
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation as 
     offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
     sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for 
     research, engineering, and development:  Provided further, 
     That amounts made available under this heading shall be used 
     in accordance with the report accompanying this Act:  
     Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any 
     funding level specified under this heading in the report 
     accompanying this Act may be transferred to any other funding 
     level specified under this heading in the report accompanying 
     this Act:  Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
     decrease any funding level by more than 10 percent:  Provided 
     further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
     for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
     planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
     chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and under other law authorizing such 
     obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning 
     of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
     airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 
     41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection 
     activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
     including those related to airport operating certificates 
     under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That none of the amounts made available under this heading 
     shall be available for the planning or execution of programs 
     the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000, in 
     fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 
     49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none of the 
     amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
     for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, 
     reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport 
     improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive 
     detection systems:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the 
     Government's share of allowable project costs under paragraph 
     (2) of such section for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such 
     section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a 
     large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a 
     multi-phased construction project for which the project 
     sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the 
     construction project:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, of amounts limited under this 
     heading, not less than $157,475,000 shall be available for 
     administration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the 
     Airport Cooperative Research Program, $41,801,000 shall be 
     available for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be available and 
     transferred to ``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 
     Expenses'' to carry out the Small Community Air Service 
     Development Program:  Provided further, That in addition to 
     airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
     States Code, such program may include the participation of an 
     airport that serves a community or consortium that is not 
     larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA hub 
     classifications effective at the time the Office of the 
     Secretary issues a request for proposals.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

       For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for 
     Airports'', to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
     grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 
     471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
     States Code, $500,728,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2026:  Provided, That amounts made available 
     under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
     and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 
     formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 
     percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
     this heading--
       (1) $200,728,000 shall be made available for the purposes, 
     and in amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed 
     Spending in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed 
     Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:  
     Provided, That funds made available under this section shall 
     not be subject to or considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) 
     of title 49, United States Code;
       (2) up to $300,000,000 shall be made available to the 
     Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports, 
     of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available to 
     any commercial service airport, notwithstanding the 
     requirement for the airport to be located in an air quality 
     nonattainment or maintenance area or to be able to receive 
     emission credits in section 47102(3)(K) and 47102(3)(L) of 
     title 49, United States Code, for work necessary to construct 
     or modify airport facilities to provide low-emission fuel 
     systems, gate electrification, other related air quality 
     improvements, acquisition of airport-owned vehicles or ground 
     support equipment with low-emission technology; and
       (3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
     two remaining projects under section 190 of the FAA 
     Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254):  Provided, 
     That, notwithstanding subsection (j)(2) of section 190 of the 
     FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254), such 
     grants shall be made available for conducting testing 
     activities in support of studying the effectiveness of 
     existing federally funded sound insulation in residential 
     areas located within the 65 DNL noise contour of a large-hub 
     airport that will facilitate future environmental mitigation 
     projects in these areas:  Provided further, That, with 
     respect to a project funded under the previous proviso, the 
     allowable project cost for such project shall be calculated 
     without consideration of any costs that were previously paid 
     by the Government:
       Provided further, That the Secretary may make discretionary 
     grants to primary airports for airport-owned infrastructure 
     required for the on-airport distribution or storage of 
     sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at least a 50 percent 
     reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, using a 
     methodology determined by the Secretary, including, but not 
     limited to, on-airport construction or expansion of 
     pipelines, rail lines and spurs, loading and off-loading 
     facilities, blending facilities, and storage tanks:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may make discretionary grants 
     with funds made available under this heading to primary or 
     nonprimary airports for the acquisition or construction costs 
     related to airport-owned, revenue-producing aeronautical fuel 
     farms and fueling systems, including mobile systems, that the 
     Secretary determines will promote the use of unleaded or 
     sustainable aviation fuels on a non-exclusive basis:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may make discretionary 
     grants for airport development improvements of primary 
     runways, taxiways, and aprons necessary at a nonhub, small 
     hub,

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     medium hub, or large hub airport to increase operational 
     resilience for the purpose of resuming commercial service 
     flight operations following flooding, high water, hurricane, 
     storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsunami, wind driven water, 
     or winter storms:  Provided further, That the amounts made 
     available under this heading shall not be subject to any 
     limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports 
     program set forth in any Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may 
     retain up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made available under 
     this heading to fund the award and oversight by the 
     Administrator of grants made under this heading.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

                        (including rescissions)

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

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs, $60,792,659,888 shall be derived from 
     the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
     to remain available until expended.

                    highway infrastructure programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
     $2,046,738,000:  Provided, That the funds made available 
     under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
     shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
     2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) ``Federal-aid 
     Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
     (2) the Appalachian Development Highway System as authorized 
     under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240; (3) the 
     nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects 
     program under section 1123 of the FAST Act, as amended (23 
     U.S.C. 201 note); (4) the Northern Border Regional Commission 
     (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or (5) the Denali Commission, and 
     shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds provided 
     in any other Act:  Provided further, That, except for the 
     funds made available under this heading for the Northern 
     Border Regional Commission and the Denali Commission, section 
     11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 shall apply to funds made 
     available under this heading:  Provided further, That unless 
     otherwise specified, amounts made available under this 
     heading shall be available until September 30, 2027, and 
     shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 
     Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction programs 
     set forth in any Act making annual appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $701,738,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in 
     the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
     included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, 
     That, except as otherwise provided under this heading, the 
     funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
     administered as if apportioned under chapter 1

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     of title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this paragraph that are used for 
     Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated under 
     chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, except that the 
     set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) 
     of title 23, United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), 
     and (e) of section 202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) 
     of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 117-58), shall not apply 
     to such funds;
       (2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for 
     construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System, 
     as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240:  
     Provided, That for the purposes of funds made available under 
     this paragraph, the term ``Appalachian State'' means a State 
     that contains 1 or more counties (including any political 
     subdivision located within the area) in the Appalachian 
     region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United 
     States Code:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this heading for construction of the Appalachian 
     Development Highway System shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That, except as provided in the 
     following proviso, funds made available under this heading 
     for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
     System shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 
     1 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, That a 
     project carried out with funds made available under this 
     heading for construction of the Appalachian Development 
     Highway System shall be carried out in the same manner as a 
     project under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That subject to the following proviso, 
     funds made available under this heading for construction of 
     the Appalachian Development Highway System shall be 
     apportioned to Appalachian States according to the 
     percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development 
     Highway System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopted in 
     Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and 
     confirmed as each Appalachian State's relative share of the 
     estimated remaining need to complete the Appalachian 
     Development Highway System, adjusted to exclude those 
     corridors that such States have no current plans to complete, 
     as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway 
     System Completion Report, unless those States have modified 
     and assigned a higher priority for completion of an 
     Appalachian Development Highway System corridor, as reported 
     in the 2020 Appalachian Development Highway System Future 
     Outlook:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall adjust 
     apportionments made under the preceding proviso so that no 
     Appalachian State shall be apportioned an amount in excess of 
     30 percent of the amount made available for construction of 
     the Appalachian Development Highway System under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
     with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making 
     adjustments under the preceding two provisos:  Provided 
     further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
     expenditure is made for construction of the Appalachian 
     Development Highway System under this heading shall be up to 
     100 percent;
       (3) $10,000,000 shall be for the nationally significant 
     Federal lands and Tribal projects program under section 1123 
     of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 note);
       (4) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Northern Border 
     Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants, 
     in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the 
     Northern Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to 
     carry out pilot projects that demonstrate the capabilities of 
     wood-based infrastructure projects:  Provided, That a grant 
     made with funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
     administered in the same manner as a grant made under 
     subtitle V of title 40, United States Code;
       (5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
     Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) of 
     the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; 
     Public Law 105-277):  Provided, That funds made available 
     under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of 
     such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise 
     provided under section 307(e) of such Act or this heading, 
     funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
     administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali 
     Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act, 
     including the requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that 
     the local community provides a 10 percent non-Federal match 
     in the form of any necessary land or planning and design 
     funds:  Provided further, That such funds shall be available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That the Federal share of 
     the costs for which an expenditure is made with funds 
     transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 90 percent;
       (6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
     Commission to carry out the Denali Access System Program 
     under section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 
     U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277):  Provided, That a 
     transfer under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 
     311 of such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise 
     provided under this heading, funds made available under this 
     paragraph shall be administered as if directly appropriated 
     to the Denali Commission and subject to applicable provisions 
     of such Act:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 
     309(j)(2) of such Act:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this paragraph shall be available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That the Federal share of the 
     costs for which an expenditure is made with funds transferred 
     under this paragraph shall be up to 100 percent;
       (7) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infrastructure 
     accelerator demonstration program authorized under section 
     1441 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 601 note):  Provided, That 
     for funds made available under this paragraph, the Federal 
     share of the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, 
     up to 100 percent;
       (8) $45,000,000 shall be for the active transportation 
     infrastructure investment program under section 11529 of the 
     Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note):  
     Provided, That except as otherwise provided under such 
     section or this heading, the funds made available under this 
     paragraph shall be administered as if apportioned under 
     chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, 
     That funds made available under this paragraph shall remain 
     available until expended;
       (9) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the Pollinator-
     Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway Rights-of-Way 
     Program under section 332 of title 23, United States Code;
       (10) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge replacement and 
     rehabilitation program:  Provided, That, for the purposes of 
     funds made available under this paragraph, the term ``State'' 
     means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and 
     the term ``qualifying State'' means any State in which the 
     percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as in 
     poor condition in such State is at least 5 percent or in 
     which the percentage of total bridges classified as in poor 
     condition in such State is at least 5 percent:  Provided 
     further, That, of the funds made available under this 
     paragraph, the Secretary shall reserve $6,000,000 for each 
     State that does not meet the definition of a qualifying 
     State:  Provided further, That, after making the reservations 
     under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall distribute 
     the remaining funds made available under this paragraph to 
     each qualifying State by the proportion that the percentage 
     of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition 
     in such qualifying State bears to the sum of the percentages 
     of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition 
     in all qualifying States:  Provided further, That, of the 
     funds made available under this paragraph--
       (A) no qualifying State shall receive more than 
     $60,000,000;
       (B) each State shall receive an amount not less than 
     $6,000,000; and
       (C) after calculating the distribution of funds pursuant to 
     the preceding proviso, any amount in excess of $60,000,000 
     shall be redistributed equally among each State that does not 
     meet the Definition of a qualifying State:
       Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
     paragraph shall be used for highway bridge replacement or 
     rehabilitation projects on public roads:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
     calculate the percentages of total deck area of bridges 
     (including the percentages of total deck area classified as 
     in poor condition) and the percentages of total bridge counts 
     (including the percentages of total bridges classified as in 
     poor condition) based on the National Bridge Inventory as of 
     December 31, 2018:  Provided further, That, except as 
     otherwise provided under this heading, the funds made 
     available under this paragraph shall be administered as if 
     apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid highways--
       (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses and 
     programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; 
     and
       (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics;
       (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
     for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts--
       (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
     safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the 
     funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or 
     apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of 
     title 23, United States Code); and
       (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in a 
     previous fiscal year;
       (3) determine the proportion that--
       (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
     less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
     programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of 
     subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
     amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
     year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed 
     under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;

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       (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than 
     programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated 
     by the Secretary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 
     highway safety construction programs, or apportioned by the 
     Secretary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States 
     Code, by multiplying--
       (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by
       (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such 
     program for such fiscal year; and
       (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under 
     paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
     under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
     apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in 
     section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
     from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts 
     apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
     proportion that--
       (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs 
     that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
     each State for such fiscal year; bears to
       (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
     States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to 
     obligations under or for--
       (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
       (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
     Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
       (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
     Stat. 1701);
       (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
     Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
       (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
     (101 Stat. 198);
       (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
       (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect on June 8, 1998);
       (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
     authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
     for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
     only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
     lapsed or been used;
       (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
     Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
     with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
     obligations at the time at which the funds were initially 
     made available for obligation; and
       (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
     each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, only in an amount 
     equal to $639,000,000).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after 
     August 1 of such fiscal year--
       (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
     available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed 
     cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and
       (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
     obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
     during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States 
     having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under 
     sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
     contract authority for transportation research programs 
     carried out under--
       (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code;
       (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act; and
       (C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure 
     Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).
       (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and
       (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
     on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs for future fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
     (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 
     of title 23, United States Code) that--
       (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year 
     for Federal-aid highway programs; and
       (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the 
     States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
     section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be 
     available for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
       (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
     in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
     authority under subsection (a)(5).
       (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
     section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received 
     by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of 
     data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 
     chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited 
     to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of 
     reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses.
       Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under 
     his or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement 
     for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
     comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
     the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     post on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 
     requirements.
       Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to make a grant for a project under section 117 of 
     title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 
     60 days before making a grant under that section, provides 
     written notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation 
     and justification for the project and the amount of the 
     proposed grant award.
       Sec. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
     165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
     eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
     title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
     territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obligation 
     limitation:  Provided, That the Department of Transportation 
     for the State or territory for which the earmarked amount was 
     originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
     its intent to use its authority under this section and 
     submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying the 
     projects to which the funding would be applied. 
     Notwithstanding the original period of availability of funds 
     to be obligated under this section, such funds and associated 
     obligation limitation shall remain available for obligation 
     for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which 
     the Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
     project carried out with funds made available under this 
     section shall be the same as associated with the earmark.
       (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
       (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
     XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 
     prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and 
     administered by the Federal Highway Administration; or
       (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 
     law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and 
     administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
       (c) The authority under subsection (a) shall be applied to 
     projects within the same general geographic area within 25 
     miles for which the funding was designated.
       (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
     information provided by the States and territories annually 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated balances 
     available to the Federal Highway Administration, the 
     following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, subject to 
     subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and 
     programs in the specified amounts:
       (1) $33,437,074.13 from funds available in the ``Surface 
     Transportation Priorities'' account (69 X 0538) (other than 
     funds made available for projects in Kentucky, Maine, 
     Mississippi, or West Virginia);
       (2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the ``Delta 
     Regional Transportation Development Program'' account (69 X 
     0551);
       (3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 
     ``Appalachian Development Highway System'' account (69 X 
     0640);
       (4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ``Highway 
     Beautification'' account (69 X 0540);
       (5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the ``State 
     Infrastructure Banks'' account (69 X 0549);
       (6) $90,435 from funds available in the ``Railroad-Highway 
     Crossings Demonstration Projects'' account (69 X 0557);
       (7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the ``Interstate 
     Transfer Grants--Highway'' account (69 X 0560);

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       (8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the ``Kentucky 
     Bridge Project'' account (69 X 0572);
       (9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ``Highway 
     Demonstration Project--Preliminary Engineering'' account (69 
     X 0583);
       (10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the ``Highway 
     Demonstration Projects'' account (69 X 0598);
       (11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the ``Miscellaneous 
     Highway Projects'' account (69 X 0641);
       (b) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection (a) from 
     any funds for which a State exercised its authority under 
     section 125 of division L of Public Law 114-113, section 422 
     of division K of Public Law 115-31, section 126 of division L 
     of Public Law 115-141, section 125 of division G of Public 
     Law 116-6, section 125 of division H of Public Law 116-94, 
     section 124 of division L of Public Law 116-260, section 124 
     of division L of Public Law 117-103, or section 124 of 
     division L of Public Law 117-328.
       (c) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection (a) from 
     any amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     of the funds described in subsection (b)--
       (1) $20,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to 
     carry out the national scenic byways program under section 
     162 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided, That, except 
     as otherwise provided under this section, the funds made 
     available under this paragraph shall be administered as if 
     apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 
     shall apply to funds made available under this paragraph;
       (2) $30,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to 
     carry out the nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal 
     projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 
     U.S.C. 201 note); and
       (3) $150,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
     for competitive awards for activities eligible under section 
     176(d)(4) of title 23, United States Code, of which 
     $125,000,000 shall be for such activities eligible under 
     subparagraph (A) of such section and $25,000,000 shall be for 
     such activities eligible under subparagraph (C) of such 
     section:  Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under 
     this section, the funds made available under this paragraph 
     shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
     title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, That, except 
     as otherwise provided under this section, funds made 
     available under this paragraph shall be administered as if 
     made available to carry out section 176(d) of such title:  
     Provided further, That, for purposes of the calculation under 
     section 176(d)(5)(G)(ii) of such title, amounts made 
     available under this paragraph shall be included in the 
     calculation of the total amount provided for fiscal year 2024 
     under section 176(d) of such title:  Provided further, That 
     for purposes of applying the set-asides under section 
     176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) of such title, amounts made 
     available under this paragraph for competitive awards for 
     activities eligible under sections 176(d)(4)(A) and 
     176(d)(4)(C) of such title shall be included in the 
     calculation of the amounts made available to carry out 
     section 176(d) of such title for fiscal year 2024:  Provided 
     further, That, the Secretary may retain not more than a total 
     of 5 percent of the amounts made available under this 
     paragraph to carry out this paragraph and to review 
     applications for grants under this paragraph, and may 
     transfer portions of the funds retained under this proviso to 
     the relevant Administrators to fund the award and oversight 
     of grants provided under this paragraph:  Provided further, 
     That a project assisted with funds made available under this 
     paragraph shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid 
     highway:  Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Public 
     Law 117-58 shall apply to funds made available under this 
     paragraph.
       (b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds that--
       (1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act; 
     and
       (2) were made available for credit assistance under--
       (A) the transportation infrastructure finance and 
     innovation program under subchapter II of chapter 1 of title 
     23, United States Code, as in effect prior to August 10, 
     2005; or
       (B) the transportation infrastructure finance and 
     innovation program under chapter 6 of title 23, United States 
     Code.
       (c) Funds made available under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highway and highway safety construction programs; and
       (2) unless otherwise specified under this section, be 
     available until September 30, 2027.
       Sec. 127.  Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(x) Certain Agricultural Vehicles in the State of 
     Mississippi.--
       ``(1) In general.--The State of Mississippi may allow, by 
     special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural 
     vehicle on the Interstate System in the State of Mississippi 
     if such vehicle does not exceed--
       ``(A) a gross vehicle weight of 88,000 pounds; and
       ``(B) 110 percent of the maximum weight on any axle or axle 
     group described in subsection (a)(2), including any 
     enforcement tolerance.
       ``(2) Covered agricultural vehicle defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term `covered agricultural vehicle' means a 
     vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops 
     used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest 
     products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass or wood chips.
       ``(y) Operation of Certain Vehicles in West Virginia.--
       ``(1) In general.--The State of West Virginia may allow, by 
     special permit, the operation of a vehicle that is 
     transporting materials and equipment on the Interstate System 
     in the State of West Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 
     110 percent of the maximum weight on any axle or axle group 
     described in subsection (a)(2), including any enforcement 
     tolerance, provided the remaining gross vehicle weight 
     requirements of subsection (a) are met.
       ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `materials 
     and equipment' means materials and equipment that are used on 
     a project eligible under this chapter.''.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
     execution and administration of motor carrier safety 
     operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 
     49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastructure 
     Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $346,000,000, to 
     be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
     Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements 
     received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
     the sum of which shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution, 
     or administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
     programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
     not exceed total obligations of $435,000,000, for ``Motor 
     Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 
     2024, of which $60,000,000 is to be transferred and made 
     available from prior year unobligated contract authority 
     provided for Motor Carrier Safety Grants or Motor Carrier 
     Safety Operations and Programs in the current or prior 
     appropriations or authorization Acts:  Provided further, That 
     of the sums appropriated under this heading:
       (1) $14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2026, is for the research and technology 
     program;
       (2) not less than $99,098,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2026, is for development, 
     modernization, enhancement, and continued operation and 
     maintenance of information technology and information 
     management; and
       (3) not less than $24,000,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until expended, is for a study of the causal 
     factors of fatal medium-duty truck crashes:  Provided, That 
     the activities funded by the previous proviso may be 
     accomplished through direct expenditure, direct research 
     activities, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, intra- 
     or inter agency agreements, or other agreements with public 
     organizations:  Provided further, That such amounts, 
     payments, and obligation limitation as may be necessary to 
     carry out the study of the causal factors of fatal medium 
     duty truck crashes may be transferred and credited to 
     appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

       Sec. 130.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
     shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, registered

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     mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the 
     receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the 
     violations.
       Sec. 131.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended to implement, 
     administer, or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of 
     title 49, United States Code, or any regulation issued by the 
     Secretary pursuant to such section, with respect to the use 
     of electronic logging devices by operators of commercial 
     motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of such title, 
     transporting livestock as defined in section 602 of the 
     Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 
     1471) or insects.
       Sec. 132.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to require the use of inward facing 
     cameras or require a motor carrier to register an 
     apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as a 
     condition for participation in the Safe Driver Apprenticeship 
     Pilot Program.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 
     authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
     title 49, United States Code, $222,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2025.

                        operations and research

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
     States Code, and grant administration expenses under chapter 
     4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain available until 
     expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
     Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):  Provided, That 
     none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     planning or execution of programs for which the total 
     obligations in fiscal year 2024 are in excess of $813,300,800 
     for programs authorized under sections 402, 404, and 405 of 
     title 23, United States Code, and grant administration 
     expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
     heading--
       (1) $378,400,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' 
     under section 402 of title 23, United States Code;
       (2) $353,500,000 shall be for ``National Priority Safety 
     Programs'' under section 405 of title 23, United States Code;
       (3) $40,300,000 shall be for the ``High Visibility 
     Enforcement Program'' under section 404 of title 23, United 
     States Code; and
       (4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative expenses 
     under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
       Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
     for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
     office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
     buildings or structures:  Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ``National 
     Priority Safety Programs'' under section 405 of title 23, 
     United States Code, for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' 
     (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
     available for technical assistance to the States:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to the ``Transfers'' provision 
     under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, any 
     amounts transferred to increase the amounts made available 
     under section 402 shall include the obligation authority for 
     such amounts:  Provided further, That the Administrator shall 
     notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
     any exercise of the authority granted under the preceding 
     proviso or under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States 
     Code, within 5 days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

       Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available 
     to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of 
     the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States 
     Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State 
     management reviews and to pay for core competency development 
     training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
       Sec. 141.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in 
     this Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation 
     authority was made available in previous public laws but only 
     to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
     been used.
       Sec. 142.  None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
     shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 
     405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

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

                   railroad research and development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $59,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
      Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
     up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section 
     20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the 
     construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     improvements at the Transportation Technology Center.

         federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail

       For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 
     for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as authorized by section 
     24911 of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act for the costs of 
     award and project management oversight of grants carried out 
     under title 49, United States Code.

        consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
     Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as authorized 
     by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $572,861,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
     Act--
       (1) $72,861,000 shall be made available for the purposes, 
     and in amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed 
     Spending in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed 
     Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:  
     Provided further, That requirements under subsections (g) and 
     (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall 
     not apply to the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That 
     any remaining funds available after the distribution of the 
     Congressionally Directed Spending described in this paragraph 
     shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as 
     discretionary grants under this heading; and
       (2) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
     workforce development and training activities as authorized 
     under section 22907(c)(13) of title 49, United States Code:
       Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
     this heading in this Act, eligible projects under section 
     22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, shall also 
     include railroad systems planning (including the preparation 
     of regional intercity passenger rail plans and State Rail 
     Plans) and railroad project development activities (including 
     railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, design, 
     environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the 
     development and analysis of project alternatives):  Provided 
     further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States 
     Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act for projects that implement or sustain 
     positive train control systems otherwise eligible under 
     section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail 
     passenger transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, 
     after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be 
     administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, 
     United States Code:  Provided further, That for amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act, eligible recipients 
     under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, 
     shall include any holding company of a Class II railroad or 
     Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in section 
     20102 of title 49, United States Code):  Provided further, 
     That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
     shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
     in this Act:  Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) 
     of title 49, United States Code,

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     shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
     in previous fiscal years if such funds are announced in a 
     notice of funding opportunity that includes funds made 
     available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, 
     That the preceding proviso shall not apply to funds made 
     available under this heading in the Infrastructure Investment 
     and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117-58):  Provided 
     further, That unobligated balances remaining after 6 years 
     from the date of enactment of this Act may be used for any 
     eligible project under section 22907(c) of title 49, United 
     States Code:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under 
     this heading in this Act for the costs of award and project 
     management oversight of grants carried out under title 49, 
     United States Code.

     northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

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

 national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities 
     associated with the National Network as authorized by section 
     22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
     (division B of Public Law 117-58), $1,313,033,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
     retain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided 
     under this heading in this Act to fund expenses associated 
     with the State-Supported Route Committee established under 
     section 24712 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
     in this Act shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under 
     subsection (a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United 
     States Code, with respect to long-distance routes (as defined 
     in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which 
     Amtrak is the sole operator on a host railroad's line and a 
     positive train control system is not required by law or 
     regulation, or, except in an emergency or during maintenance 
     or construction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise 
     discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or 
     substantially alter the route of rail service on any portion 
     of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including 
     implementation of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) 
     of title 49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service:  
     Provided further, That the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of the amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act for corridor 
     development activities as authorized by section 22101(h) of 
     division B of Public Law 117-58.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     Federal Transit Administration

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

                     transit infrastructure grants

       For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
     grants under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
     low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such 
     title, ferry boats grants under section 5307(h) of such 
     title, bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such 
     title, accelerating innovative mobility initiative grants 
     under section 5312 of such title, accelerating the adoption 
     of zero emission buses under section 5312 of such title, 
     Congressionally Directed Spending for projects and activities 
     eligible under chapter 53 of such title, and ferry service 
     for rural communities under section 71103 of division G of 
     Public Law 117-58, $268,261,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of the sums provided under this 
     heading in this Act--
       (1) $80,000,000 shall be available for buses and bus 
     facilities competitive grants as authorized under section 
     5339(b) of such title;
       (2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the low or no 
     emission grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of such 
     title:  Provided, That the minimum grant award shall be not 
     less than $750,000;
       (3) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat grants as 
     authorized under section 5307(h) of such title:  Provided, 
     That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, no less 
     than $5,000,000 shall be available for low or zero emission 
     ferries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell 
     components and the infrastructure to support such ferries;
       (4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the operation and 
     maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under 
     section 5318 of such title;
       (5) $82,247,000 shall be available for the purposes, and in 
     amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in 
     the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
     included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That 
     unless otherwise specified, applicable requirements under 
     chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to 
     amounts made available in this paragraph, except that the 
     Federal share of the costs for a project in this paragraph 
     shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the net costs of 
     the project, unless the Secretary approves a higher maximum 
     Federal share of the net costs of the project consistent with 
     administration of similar projects funded under chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code;
       (6) $23,014,000 shall be available for ferry service for 
     rural communities under section 71103 of division G of Public 
     Law 117-58:  Provided, That for amounts made available in

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     this paragraph, notwithstanding section 71103(a)(2)(B), 
     eligible service shall include passenger ferry service that 
     serves at least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 
     miles between the two rural areas and is not otherwise 
     eligible under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That entities that provide eligible 
     service pursuant to the preceding proviso may use amounts 
     made available in this paragraph for public transportation 
     capital projects to support any ferry service between two 
     rural areas:  Provided further, That entities eligible for 
     amounts made available in this paragraph shall only provide 
     ferry service to rural areas;
       (7) $10,000,000 shall be for the accelerating innovative 
     mobility initiative as authorized under section 5312 of title 
     49, United States Code:  Provided, That such amounts shall be 
     available for competitive grants or demonstration projects 
     that improve mobility and operational effectiveness, enhance 
     the rider experience, create innovative service delivery 
     models, or develop integrated payment solutions in order to 
     help disseminate proven innovation mobility practices 
     throughout the public transportation industry; and
       (8) $5,000,000 shall be available to support technical 
     assistance, research, demonstration, or deployment activities 
     or projects to accelerate the adoption of zero emission buses 
     in public transit as authorized under section 5312 of title 
     49, United States Code:
       Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation on 
     obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any 
     other Act.

                   technical assistance and training

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

                       capital investment grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 
     investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United 
     States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's 
     Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114-94), 
     $2,450,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading in 
     this Act--
       (1) $1,910,000,000 shall be available for projects 
     authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States 
     Code;
       (2) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for projects 
     authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
     Code;
       (3) $340,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
     under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code; and
       (4) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for projects 
     authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's 
     Surface Transportation Act:
       Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to 
     administer the capital investment grants program in 
     accordance with the procedural and substantive requirements 
     of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of 
     section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act:  Provided further, That projects that 
     receive a grant agreement under the Expedited Project 
     Delivery for Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under 
     section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding 
     provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United 
     States Code, without further evaluation or rating under such 
     section:  Provided further, That such funding shall not 
     exceed the Federal share under section 3005(b):  Provided 
     further, That funds allocated to any project during fiscal 
     years 2015, 2016, or 2017 pursuant to section 5309 of title 
     49, United States Code, shall remain allocated to that 
     project through fiscal year 2024:  Provided further, That 
     upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2025 
     President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     transmit to Congress the annual report on capital investment 
     grants, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2025.

      grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

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

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

                         (including rescission)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
     obligation, or to any other authority previously made 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
     ``Capital Investment Grants'' of the Federal Transit 
     Administration for projects specified in this Act not 
     obligated by September 30, 2027, and other recoveries, shall 
     be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
     purposes for which they were originally provided.
       Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated before October 1, 2023, under any section 
     of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
     available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
     administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
     any such section.
       Sec. 163.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or 
     withhold funds from apportionments pursuant to section 
     9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
     9503(e)(4)).
       Sec. 164.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project 
     advancement or approval for any project seeking a Federal 
     contribution from the capital investment grants program of 
     greater than 40 percent of project costs as authorized under 
     section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
       Sec. 165.  Of the unobligated balances made available 
     before October 1, 2013 for ``Transit Research'' in Treasury 
     Account 69-X-1137, $581,046 is hereby permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 166. (a) Of the unobligated balances made available 
     for the ``Clean Fuels Grant Program'' under section 5308 of 
     title 49, United States Code, $4,009,637 shall be transferred 
     to and administered under section 5339(c) of title 49, United 
     States Code.
       (b) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 
     ``Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive Program'' 
     under section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $4,072,214 shall be 
     transferred to and administered under section 5311 of title 
     49, United States Code.
       (c) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 
     ``Alternatives Analysis Program'' under section 5339 of title 
     49, United States Code, $1,975,409 shall be transferred to 
     and administered under section 5305 of title 49, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Of the unobligated balances made available for 
     ``Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands'' 
     under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $2,148,414 shall be transferred to and administered under 
     section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.
       (e) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``Job 
     Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants'' under section 
     5316 of title 49, United States Code, $45,187,599 shall be 
     available for competitive grants to eligible entities to 
     assist areas of persistent poverty as defined under section 
     6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, or historically 
     disadvantaged communities, for the same purposes for which 
     amounts were provided for grants to areas of persistent 
     poverty under the heading ``Federal Transit Administration--
     Transit Infrastructure Grants'' in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103).
       (f) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``New 
     Freedom'' under section 5317 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $40,536,306 shall be transferred and administered under 
     section 5310 of title 49, United States Code.
       (g) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``Bus 
     Capital'' under section 5039 if title 49, United States Code, 
     $81,863,444 shall be transferred and administered under 
     section 5339 of title 49, United States Code.
       Sec. 167. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2024 for 
     grants under sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United 
     States Code, may be used for up to 100 percent of the 
     eligible net costs of a project, notwithstanding subsection 
     (d) of section 5310 and subsection (g) of section 5311 of 
     such title.
       (b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 49, 
     United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which 
     an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized 
     Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 5339(b) 
     of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the option of 
     such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
       (c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, 
     United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which 
     an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized 
     Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 5339(c) 
     of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the option of 
     such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
       Sec. 168.  Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended in subsection (q)--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Corridor Preservation'' and inserting ``Real Property 
     Interests'';
       (2) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``right-of-way'' each time it appears and 
     inserting ``real property interests''; and
       (B) by inserting ``acquired'' after ``may use the''; and
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Right-of-way'' and 
     inserting ``Real property interests''.

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        Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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

                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

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

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

       For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
     merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, 
     United States Code, to serve the national security needs of 
     the United States, $318,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                          cable security fleet

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

                        tanker security program

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

                        operations and training

       For necessary expenses of operations and training 
     activities authorized by law, $283,546,000:  Provided, That 
     of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $103,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2025, for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 
     Academy;
       (2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the 
     United States Merchant Marine Academy;
       (3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
     Academy;
       (4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2025, for the Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance 
     program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United 
     States Code; and
       (5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     the United States Marine Highway Program to make grants for 
     the purposes authorized under section 55601 of title 46, 
     United States Code:
       Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
     Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
     assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant 
     Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 3510 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 (46 
     U.S.C. 51318):  Provided further, That available balances 
     under this heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program 
     or America's Marine Highway Program (now known as the United 
     States Marine Highway Program) from prior year recoveries 
     shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
     section 55601 of title 46, United States Code.

                   state maritime academy operations

       For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
     activities for State Maritime Academies, $131,000,000:  
     Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     maintenance, repair, and life extension of training ships at 
     the State Maritime Academies;
       (2) $91,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, including 
     funds for construction, planning, administration, and design 
     of school ships and, as determined by the Secretary, 
     necessary expenses to design, plan, construct infrastructure, 
     and purchase equipment necessary to berth such ships, of 
     which up to $8,900,000 may be used for expenses related to 
     the oversight and management of school ships to include the 
     purchase of equipment and the repair and maintenance of 
     training vessels:  Provided, That such funds may be used to 
     reimburse State Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior 
     to the date of enactment of this Act;
       (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2028, for the Student Incentive Program;
       (4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     training ship fuel assistance; and
       (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2025, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies.

                     assistance to small shipyards

       To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
     section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $20,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

                             ship disposal

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

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $103,020,000, of which 
     $100,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $3,020,000 shall be for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
     program, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriations for ``Maritime Administration--Operations and 
     Training''.

                port infrastructure development program

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

           administrative provision--maritime administration

       Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
     Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
     services and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
     lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property 
     under control of the Maritime Administration:  Provided, That 
     payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
     appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That rental 
     payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 
     items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall 
     be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

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

                       hazardous materials safety

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

                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
     program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United 
     States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
     responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 
     101-380), $226,228,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
     Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $188,828,000 shall be 
     derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $400,000 
     shall be derived from the fees collected under section 60303 
     of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 
     Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance reviews 
     of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which $7,000,000 
     shall be derived from fees collected under section 60302 of 
     title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 
     Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for 
     the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United 
     States Code:  Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the 
     amounts made available under this heading shall be for the 
     One-Call State grant program:  Provided further, That

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     any amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 
     in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
     agreements or research other transactions agreements 
     (``OTAs'') shall require written notification to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
     business days before such research contracts, grants, 
     cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced by the 
     Department of Transportation:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations the report on pipeline safety testing 
     enhancement as required pursuant to section 105 of the 
     Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
     Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116-260):  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may obligate amounts 
     made available under this heading to engineer, erect, alter, 
     and repair buildings or make any other public improvements 
     for research facilities at the Transportation Technology 
     Center after the Secretary submits an updated research plan 
     and the report in the preceding proviso to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations and after such plan and 
     report in the preceding proviso are approved by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                     emergency preparedness grants

                      (limitation on obligations)

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

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

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

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

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

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

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     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, 2024''.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                           executive offices

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

                     administrative support offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
     Support Offices, $698,200,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
     under this heading--
       (1) $95,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Financial Officer;
       (2) $127,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     General Counsel, of which not less than $21,700,000 shall be 
     for the Departmental Enforcement Center;
       (3) $241,800,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Administration;
       (4) $55,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Human Capital Officer;
       (5) $32,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Procurement Officer;
       (6) $68,300,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
     Policy and Management;
       (7) $4,900,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and
       (8) $72,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer:
       Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-
     administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise 
     provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
     United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
     services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
     States Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
     directly support program activities funded in this title:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written 
     notification regarding the status of pending congressional 
     reports:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
     in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress.

                            program offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
     $1,114,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
      Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $288,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Public and Indian Housing;
       (2) $170,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Community Planning and Development;
       (3) $497,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Housing;
       (4) $44,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
     Development and Research;
       (5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
     Housing and Equal Opportunity; and
       (6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead 
     Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-
     based rental assistance authorized under the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in 
     this title ``the Act''), not otherwise provided for, 
     $27,737,961,000, to remain available until expended, which 
     shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the 
     $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
     that shall be available on October 1, 2023), and 
     $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
     shall be available on October 1, 2024:  Provided, That of the 
     sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $27,765,512,000 shall be available for renewals of 
     expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
     contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 
     provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
     8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of other special 
     purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
     paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar 
     year 2024 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for 
     each public housing agency based on validated voucher 
     management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior 
     calendar year and by applying an inflation factor as 
     established by the Secretary, by notice published in the 
     Federal Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
     the costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 
     under this paragraph including tenant protection and Choice 
     Neighborhoods vouchers:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided under this paragraph may be used to fund a 
     total number of unit months under lease which exceeds a 
     public housing agency's authorized level of units under 
     contract, except for public housing agencies participating in 
     the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead 
     governed in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
     demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
     necessary to stay within the amount specified under this 
     paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
     paragraph), prorate each public housing agency's allocation 
     otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided 
     further, That except as provided in the following provisos, 
     the entire amount specified under this paragraph (except as 
     otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated 
     to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and 
     pro rata method described above, and the Secretary shall 
     notify public housing agencies of their annual budget by the 
     latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 
     2024:  Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 
     notification period only after the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 10 
     business days in advance of the extension:  Provided further, 
     That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
     demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the 
     requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
     agreements, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata 
     adjustments under the preceding provisos:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' 
     calendar year 2024 allocations based on the excess amounts of 
     public housing agencies' net restricted assets accounts, 
     including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
     VMS data in calendar year 2023 that is verifiable and 
     complete), as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
     demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as 
     determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the 
     single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
     agreements, from the agencies' calendar year 2024 MTW funding 
     allocation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
     any offset referred to in the preceding two provisos 
     throughout the calendar year to prevent the termination of 
     rental assistance for families as the result of insufficient 
     funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or 
     reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations:  
     Provided further, That up to $200,000,000 shall be available 
     only:
       (A) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
     agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public 
     housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
     determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
     resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability 
     under section 8(r) of the Act;
       (B) for vouchers that were not in use during the previous 
     12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
     pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for 
     a funding obligation not yet expended in the previous 
     calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop 
     affordable housing for an agency added to the MTW

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     demonstration under the expansion authority provided in 
     section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
     (division L of Public Law 114-113);
       (C) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 
     Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers;
       (D) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
     reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
     Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental 
     assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding;
       (E) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
     agencies that--
       (i) are leasing a lower-than-average percentage of their 
     authorized vouchers,
       (ii) have low amounts of budget authority in their net 
     restricted assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic 
     reserves, relative to other agencies, and
       (iii) are not participating in the Moving to Work 
     demonstration, to enable such agencies to lease more 
     vouchers;
       (F) for withheld payments in accordance with section 
     8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the previous calendar 
     year that were subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
     after the agency's actual costs were validated; and
       (G) for public housing agencies that have experienced 
     increased costs or loss of units in an area for which the 
     President declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5170 et seq.):
       Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
     under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by 
     the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     establish a demonstration program to continue through fiscal 
     year 2027 at up to 8 public housing agencies in difficult 
     rental markets, as determined by the Secretary, for the 
     purpose of testing whether the provision of additional 
     assistance to facilitate leasing increases the ability of 
     families participating in the program to lease a unit:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     paragraph in this and prior Acts to public housing agencies 
     participating in such demonstration program shall be 
     available for making utility and security deposit assistance 
     payments (including last month's rent) and other costs 
     consistent with the terms of the demonstration, in addition 
     to the purposes for which such funds were appropriated and 
     obligated and in addition to amounts for administrative and 
     other expenses otherwise available for such payments and 
     costs:  Provided further, That any such utility or security 
     deposit payments returned to the public housing agency, 
     including any interest earned while such amounts were held by 
     the owner, shall be available only for future housing 
     assistance payment expenses (including eligible uses during 
     the term of the demonstration):  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts provided under this paragraph, $5,289,210,000 is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;
       (2) $445,000,000 shall be available for section 8 rental 
     assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units 
     that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of 
     the Act, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance 
     under section 8, relocation of witnesses (including victims 
     of violent crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
     in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a 
     law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 
     under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under 
     section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, 
     mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 
     assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or 
     for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 
     unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 
     properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced 
     pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the 
     authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, That when a 
     public housing development is submitted for demolition or 
     disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may 
     provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an 
     imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental 
     assistance from amounts made available under this paragraph 
     for units assisted under a project-based subsidy contract 
     funded under the ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' heading 
     under this title where the owner has received a Notice of 
     Default and the units pose an imminent health and safety risk 
     to residents:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may 
     be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 
     otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
     residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
     greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result 
     of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 
     202 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary prior 
     to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance 
     contract for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced 
     voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; 
     or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
     accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered 
     by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such tenant 
     protection assistance made available under the preceding 
     proviso may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) 
     or section 8(o)(13) of the Act:  Provided further, That any 
     tenant protection voucher made available from amounts under 
     this paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing 
     agency, except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
     Secretary by notice, when the initial family that received 
     any such voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the 
     authority for any public housing agency to issue any such 
     voucher shall cease to exist:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units 
     that were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease 
     to be available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
     availability of funds;
       (3) $2,781,449,000 shall be available for administrative 
     and other expenses of public housing agencies in 
     administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
     program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the 
     Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that need 
     additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
     including fees associated with section 8 tenant protection 
     rental assistance, the administration of disaster related 
     vouchers, HUD-VASH vouchers, and other special purpose 
     incremental vouchers:  Provided, That no less than 
     $2,751,449,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall 
     be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
     2024 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 
     related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect 
     immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and 
     Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276):  
     Provided further, That if the amounts made available under 
     this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
     under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
     amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage 
     applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this 
     paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 
     payment of amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
     utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
     carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this 
     heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
     vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
     were appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing 
     agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
     funded in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
     demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
     shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
     under the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That amounts 
     provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
     related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance 
     authorized under section 8, including related development 
     activities;
       (4) $686,000,000 shall be available for the renewal of 
     tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013), including necessary administrative expenses:  
     Provided, That administrative and other expenses of public 
     housing agencies in administering the special purpose 
     vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded under the same 
     terms and be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the 
     percent decrease for administrative and other expenses to 
     public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading:  
     Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be available 
     only--
       (A) for adjustments in the allocation for public housing 
     agencies, after applications for an adjustment by a public 
     housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
     determined by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal costs 
     resulting from unforeseen circumstances; and
       (B) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
     reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
     Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate the 
     rental assistance for Mainstream families as a result of 
     insufficient funding:
       Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
     under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by 
     the Secretary:  Provided further, That upon turnover, section 
     811 special purpose vouchers funded under this heading in 
     this or prior Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, 
     shall be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities;
       (5) of the amounts provided under paragraph (1), up to 
     $7,500,000 shall be available for rental assistance and 
     associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve 
     Native American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of 
     homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian 
     areas:  Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
     for renewal grants to recipients that received assistance 
     under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify 
     criteria for renewal grants, including data on the 
     utilization of assistance reported by grant recipients:  
     Provided further, That such assistance shall be administered 
     in accordance with program requirements under the Native 
     American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
     1996 and modeled after the HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the use of funds made available under this 
     paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
     nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 
     upon a finding by the Secretary

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     that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
     necessary for the effective delivery and administration of 
     such assistance:  Provided further, That grant recipients 
     shall report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental 
     assistance and other program data, as prescribed by the 
     Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned 
     or recaptured from awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program 
     under prior Acts to existing recipients under the Tribal HUD-
     VASH program;
       (6) $30,000,000 shall be available for incremental rental 
     voucher assistance for use through a supported housing 
     program administered in conjunction with the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make such 
     funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition 
     provision) of this title, to public housing agencies that 
     partner with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
     designated by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, based on geographical need for such assistance as 
     identified by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance, 
     and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any 
     provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with 
     the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except 
     for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
     Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
     are necessary for the effective delivery and administration 
     of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, That 
     assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
     to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
     under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 may be for additional 
     fees established by and allocated pursuant to a method 
     determined by the Secretary for administrative and other 
     expenses (including those eligible activities defined by 
     notice to facilitate leasing, such as security deposit 
     assistance and costs related to the retention and support of 
     participating owners) of public housing agencies in 
     administering HUD-VASH vouchers;
       (7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family 
     unification program as authorized under section 8(x) of the 
     Act:  Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
     paragraph are provided as follows:
       (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
     voucher assistance, which shall continue to remain available 
     for family unification upon turnover; and
       (B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
     voucher assistance to assist eligible youth as defined by 
     such section 8(x)(2)(B) of the Act, which shall continue to 
     remain available for such eligible youth upon turnover:  
     Provided, That such amounts shall be available on a 
     noncompetitive basis to public housing agencies that partner 
     with public child welfare agencies to identify such eligible 
     youth, that request such assistance to timely assist such 
     eligible youth, and that meet any other criteria as specified 
     by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     review utilization of such assistance and assistance 
     originating from appropriations made available for youth 
     under this heading in any prior Act that the Secretary made 
     available on a noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be 
     determined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher 
     assistance that is no longer needed based on such review 
     shall be recaptured by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant 
     to the preceding proviso:
       Provided further, That any public housing agency 
     administering new incremental voucher assistance originating 
     from appropriations made available for the family unification 
     program under this heading in this or any prior Act that the 
     Secretary made available on a competitive basis that 
     determines it no longer has an identified need for such 
     assistance upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the 
     Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the agency and 
     reallocate it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
     based on need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
     specified program or eligible youth, as applicable; and
       (8) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
     purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                        (including rescissions)

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

                          public housing fund

       For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the 
     operation and management of public housing, as authorized by 
     section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ``Act''), and to carry out capital and 
     management activities for public housing agencies, as 
     authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437g(d)), $8,875,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
     under this heading--
       (1) $5,530,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
     allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund formula at part 990 
     of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, for 2024 payments;
       (2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
     allocate pursuant to a need-based application process 
     notwithstanding section 203 of this title and not subject to 
     such Operating Fund formula to public housing agencies that 
     experience, or are at risk of, financial shortfalls, as 
     determined by the Secretary:  Provided, That after all such 
     shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any 
     remaining funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 
     basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula;
       (3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
     allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund formula at section 
     905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided, 
     That for funds provided under this paragraph, the limitation 
     in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the 
     preceding proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund 
     activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public 
     housing agencies requesting waivers under the preceding 
     proviso if the request is approved or denied within 14 days 
     of submitting the request:  Provided further, That from the 
     funds made available under this paragraph, the Secretary 
     shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2024 to public 
     housing agencies that are designated high performers:  
     Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
     housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days 
     of enactment of this Act;
       (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
     make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, to 
     public housing agencies for emergency capital needs, 
     including safety and security measures necessary to address 
     crime and drug-related activity, as well as needs resulting 
     from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural 
     disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and 
     natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring 
     in fiscal year 2024:  Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 
     shall be for safety and security measures:  Provided further, 
     That in addition to the amount in the preceding proviso for 
     such safety and security measures, any amounts that remain 
     available, after all applications received on or before 
     September 30, 2025, for emergency capital needs have been 
     processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
     such safety and security measures;
       (5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
     to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential 
     health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint 
     (by carrying out the activities of risk assessments, 
     abatement, and interim controls, as those terms are defined 
     in section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, 
     mold, radon, and fire safety:  Provided, That not less than 
     $25,000,000 of the amounts provided under this paragraph 
     shall be awarded for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint 
     hazards:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
     environmental review, a grant under this paragraph shall be 
     considered funds for projects or activities under title I of 
     the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
     such section; and
       (6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of 
     administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive 
     grants to PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or 
     substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 
     Secretary, for costs associated with public housing asset 
     improvement, in addition to other amounts for that purpose 
     provided under any heading under this title:
       Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any 
     Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and the 
     Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any 
     authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the Act 
     regarding the extension of the time periods under such 
     section:  Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
     9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, 
     that

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     the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
     result in outlays, immediately or in the future.

           assisted housing inspections and risk assessments

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

                    choice neighborhoods initiative

       For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
     Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ``Act'') unless 
     otherwise specified under this heading), for transformation, 
     rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public 
     and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
     poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income 
     neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public 
     assets, transportation, and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That 
     grant funds may be used for resident and community services, 
     community development, and affordable housing needs in the 
     community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 
     properties to affordable housing:  Provided further, That the 
     use of amounts made available under this heading shall not be 
     deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section 
     3(b)(1) of the Act:  Provided further, That grantees shall 
     commit to an additional period of affordability determined by 
     the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided further, 
     That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other 
     Federal, or private funds:  Provided further, That grantees 
     may include local governments, Tribal entities, public 
     housing agencies, and nonprofit organizations:  Provided 
     further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a 
     public entity:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
     environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 
     housing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), 
     and grants made with amounts available under this heading 
     shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary 
     to implement such section:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
     $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies:  
     Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
     partnerships with other local organizations, including 
     assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident 
     organizations:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
     Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
     Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
     other appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That 
     not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under 
     this heading may be provided as grants to undertake 
     comprehensive local planning with input from residents and 
     the community:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading may be obligated for main street 
     housing grants under section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437v(n)):  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures, remaining from amounts made available 
     under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed 
     Public Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
     fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, 
     notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
     appropriated:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     make grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary 
     determines:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 
     until September 30, 2024, obligate any available unobligated 
     balances made available under this heading in this or any 
     prior Act.

                       self-sufficiency programs

       For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency 
     Programs, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
     $198,000,000:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
     this heading--
       (1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the Family Self-
     Sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency 
     coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of 
     local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under 
     sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 
     resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic 
     independence and self-sufficiency;
       (2) $42,500,000 shall be available for the Resident 
     Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide for 
     supportive services, service coordinators, and congregate 
     services as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native 
     American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
     1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and
       (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a Jobs-Plus 
     Initiative, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration:  
     Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph shall be 
     available for competitive grants to partnerships between 
     public housing authorities, local workforce investment boards 
     established under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
     and organizations that provide support to help public housing 
     residents obtain employment and increase earnings:  Provided 
     further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 
     provide services to residents, partner with workforce 
     investment boards, and leverage service dollars:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies 
     to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
     requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to 
     implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions 
     as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
     that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
     necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus 
     Initiative as a voluntary program for residents:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
     Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements 
     pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 
     before the effective date of such notice.

                        native american programs

       For activities and assistance authorized under title I of 
     the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
     Act of 1996 (in this heading ``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 4111 et 
     seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian 
     tribes, and related training and technical assistance, 
     $1,081,625,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
      Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $848,625,000 shall be available for the Native American 
     Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
     NAHASDA:  Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to 
     determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such 
     Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the 
     formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component 
     based on single-race census data and with the need component 
     based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
     allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
     two resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act;
       (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
     under the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary shall obligate such amount for competitive grants 
     to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply 
     for funds:  Provided further, That in awarding amounts made 
     available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider 
     need and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to 
     projects that will spur construction and rehabilitation of 
     housing:  Provided further, That a grant funded pursuant to 
     this paragraph shall be in an amount not greater than 
     $10,000,000:  Provided further, That any amounts transferred 
     for the necessary costs of administering and overseeing the 
     obligation and expenditure of such additional amounts in 
     prior Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of 
     administering and overseeing such additional amount;
       (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
     guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by 
     title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a):  Provided further, That amounts made 
     available in this and prior Acts for the cost of such 
     guaranteed notes and other obligations that are unobligated, 
     including recaptures and carryover, shall be available to 
     subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 
     obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025;
       (4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian 
     tribes for carrying out the Indian Community Development 
     Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 
     106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law (including section 203 of this Act), not 
     more than $5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that 
     constitute imminent threats to health and safety:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with amounts 
     made available in this paragraph shall be expended for 
     planning and management development and administration; and
       (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise available 
     for such purpose, shall be available for providing training 
     and technical assistance to Indian tribes, Indian housing 
     authorities, and tribally designated housing entities, to 
     support the inspection of Indian housing units, for contract 
     expertise, and for training and technical assistance related 
     to amounts made available under this heading and other 
     headings in this Act for the needs of Native American 
     families and Indian country:  Provided, That of the amounts 
     made available in this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 
     shall be for a national organization as authorized under 
     section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212):  Provided further, 
     That amounts made available in this paragraph may be used, 
     contracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding chapter

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     63 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the 
     Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977), the 
     amounts made available in this paragraph may be used by the 
     Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with public 
     and private organizations, agencies, institutions, and other 
     technical assistance providers to support the administration 
     of negotiated rulemaking under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 
     U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the allocation formula 
     under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the 
     administration of performance tracking and reporting under 
     section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167).

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $905,700, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a):  
     Provided further, That amounts made available in this and 
     prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
     section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), that are unobligated, including 
     recaptures and carryover, shall be available to subsidize 
     total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
     not to exceed $1,400,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025.

                  native hawaiian housing block grant

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

      native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

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

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

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

                       community development fund

       For assistance to States and units of general local 
     government, and other entities, for economic and community 
     development activities, and other purposes, $4,491,483,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That 
     of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the 
     community development block grant program under title I of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 
     (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ``the Act''):  
     Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made 
     with funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
     expended for planning and management development and 
     administration:  Provided further, That a metropolitan city, 
     urban county, unit of general local government, or insular 
     area that directly or indirectly receives funds under this 
     paragraph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or 
     any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange 
     for any other funds, credits, or non-Federal considerations, 
     but shall use such funds for activities eligible under title 
     I of the Act:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made available under this 
     paragraph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 
     economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 
     such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance 
     with guidelines required under subsection (e)(2) of section 
     105;
       (2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
     award grants on a competitive basis to State and local 
     governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
     multijurisdictional entities for additional activities under 
     title I of the Act for the identification and removal of 
     barriers to affordable housing production and preservation:  
     Provided, That eligible uses of such grants include 
     activities to further develop, evaluate, and implement 
     housing policy plans, improve housing strategies, and 
     facilitate affordable housing production and preservation:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize 
     applicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress and a 
     commitment to overcoming local barriers to facilitate the 
     increase in affordable housing production and preservation; 
     and (B) demonstrate an acute need for housing affordable to 
     households with incomes below 100 percent of the area median 
     income:  Provided further, That funds allocated for such 
     grants shall not adversely affect the amount of any formula 
     assistance received by a jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of 
     this heading:  Provided further, That in administering such 
     amounts the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
     requirements for any provision of such title I except for 
     requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, the environment, and requirements that 
     activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-income, upon 
     a finding that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
     are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 
     amounts;
       (3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
     authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and 
     Communities Act (Public Law 115-271):  Provided, That funds 
     allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall not adversely 
     affect the amount of any formula assistance received by a 
     State under paragraph (1) of this heading:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 
     activities based on the notice establishing the funding 
     formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) except that 
     the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of drug overdose 
     deaths for 2021 based on data from the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention; and
       (4) $1,061,483,000 shall be available for grants for the 
     Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for the purposes, and 
     in amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending 
     in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
     included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That 
     eligible expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts may 
     include administrative, planning, operations and maintenance, 
     and other costs:  Provided further, That such grants for the 
     EDI shall be available for reimbursement of otherwise 
     eligible expenses incurred on or after the date of enactment 
     of this Act and prior to the date of grant execution:  
     Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
     under this paragraph for grants for the EDI shall be used for 
     reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the date of 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That grants for the 
     EDI authorized under this heading in the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022 
     (Public Law 117-103) shall also be available hereafter for 
     reimbursement of otherwise eligible expenses (including those 
     eligible expenses identified in the first proviso of this 
     paragraph) incurred on or after the date of enactment of such 
     Act and prior to the date of grant execution, and shall 
     hereafter not be subject to the second proviso under such 
     heading in such Act:
       Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
     paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 
     of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
     this Act.

         community development loan guarantees program account

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

                  home investment partnerships program

       For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized 
     under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), 
     $1,500,000,000, to remain available until

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     September 30, 2027:  Provided, That the Department shall 
     notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 days 
     after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That section 
     218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with 
     respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its 
     HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would 
     expire in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 under that 
     section:  Provided further, That section 231(b) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested funds 
     that otherwise were deducted or would be deducted from the 
     line of credit in the participating jurisdiction's HOME 
     Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 2018 through 
     2026 under that section.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

       For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
     Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing 
     Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 
     note), and for related activities and assistance, 
     $61,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  
     Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $13,500,000 shall be available for the Self-Help 
     Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under such 
     section 11;
       (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, third, 
     and fourth capacity building entities specified in section 
     4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 
     note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural 
     capacity building activities:  Provided, That for purposes of 
     awarding grants from amounts made available in this 
     paragraph, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, 
     as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
     appropriations; and
       (3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by 
     national rural housing organizations having experience 
     assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, 
     training, technical assistance, information, and research to 
     local nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian 
     Tribes serving high need rural communities.

                       homeless assistance grants

       For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for 
     related activities and assistance, $3,908,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That of the 
     sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the Emergency 
     Solutions Grants program authorized under subtitle B of such 
     title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.):  Provided, That the 
     Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 
     amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 
     not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act;
       (2) $3,401,000,000 shall be available for the Continuum of 
     Care program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42 
     U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the Rural Housing Stability 
     Assistance programs authorized under subtitle D of such title 
     IV (42 U.S.C. 11408):  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program to 
     continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to 
     reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher 
     performing projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may make reasonable adjustments to renewal amounts to enable 
     renewal projects to operate at substantially the same levels, 
     including cost-of-living adjustments for supportive services 
     from the prior grant:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall provide incentives to create projects that coordinate 
     with housing providers and healthcare organizations to 
     provide permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing 
     services:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available for the Continuum of Care program under this 
     paragraph, $25,000,000 shall be for additional non-renewable 
     grants to improve coordination and establish partnerships 
     between or among housing providers, homeless services 
     providers, healthcare organizations, and government entities 
     to address housing-related supportive services needs or 
     improve access to health services for chronically homeless 
     individuals and other homeless individuals:  Provided 
     further, That amounts in the previous proviso may be awarded 
     only to applicants that identify significant available 
     resources that could be leveraged to assist people 
     transitioning from homelessness to permanent community-based 
     housing:  Provided further, That the Secretary may establish 
     by notice an alternative maximum amount for administrative 
     costs related to the requirements described in sections 
     402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV of no 
     more than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, 
     notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in section 
     423(a)(10) of such subtitle C:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program 
     under this paragraph, $52,000,000 shall be for grants for new 
     rapid re-housing projects and supportive service projects 
     providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activities that 
     the Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 
     survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
     assault, or stalking, except that the Secretary may make 
     additional grants for such projects and purposes from amounts 
     made available for such Continuum of Care program:  Provided 
     further, That amounts made available for the Continuum of 
     Care program under this paragraph and any remaining 
     unobligated balances under this heading in prior Acts may be 
     used to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace 
     grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under the 
     Continuum of Care program, notwithstanding any conflict with 
     the requirements of the Continuum of Care program;
       (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the national 
     homeless data analysis project:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant and 
     Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the 
     amounts made available under this paragraph and any remaining 
     unobligated balances under this heading for such purposes in 
     prior Acts may be used by the Secretary to enter into 
     cooperative agreements with such entities as may be 
     determined by the Secretary, including public and private 
     organizations, agencies, and institutions;
       (4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement projects 
     to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving 
     homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities 
     with a priority for communities with substantial rural 
     populations in up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce 
     youth homelessness:  Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this paragraph, not less than $25,000,000 
     shall be for youth homelessness system improvement grants to 
     support communities, including but not limited to the 
     communities assisted under the matter preceding this proviso, 
     in establishing and implementing a response system for youth 
     homelessness, or for improving their existing system:  
     Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
     this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to provide 
     technical assistance to communities, including but not 
     limited to the communities assisted in the preceding proviso 
     and the matter preceding such proviso, on improving system 
     responses to youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, 
     use, and reporting of data and performance measures under the 
     comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition 
     to and in coordination with other technical assistance funds 
     provided under this title:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the amount made 
     available under the preceding proviso to build the capacity 
     of current technical assistance providers or to train new 
     technical assistance providers with verifiable prior 
     experience with systems and programs for youth experiencing 
     homelessness; and
       (5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time awards 
     under the Continuum of Care program for new construction, 
     acquisition, or rehabilitation of new permanent supportive 
     housing, of which not more than 20 percent of such awards may 
     be used for other Continuum of Care eligible activities 
     associated with such projects and not more than 10 percent of 
     such awards may be used for project administration:  
     Provided, That these amounts shall be awarded on a 
     competitive basis, based on need and other factors to be 
     determined by the Secretary, including incentives to 
     establish projects that coordinate with housing providers, 
     healthcare organizations and social service providers:  
     Provided further, That not less than $35,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to applicants for projects within States with 
     populations less than 2,500,000, except that if such amount 
     is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be awarded to 
     qualified applicants for projects in any State:  Provided 
     further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated with 
     such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the 
     Continuum of Care program subject to the same terms and 
     conditions as other renewal applicants:
       Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
     assistance under this heading shall not be required to 
     provide third party documentation to establish their 
     eligibility under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 
     receive services:  Provided further, That unaccompanied youth 
     aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and 
     under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
     youth-serving providers funded under this heading:  Provided 
     further, That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any 
     project funded under this heading to provide both 
     transitional housing and rapid re-housing:  Provided further, 
     That for all matching funds requirements applicable to funds 
     made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
     prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as 
     a source of match funds other funds administered by the 
     Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) 
     a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 
     funds:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available to provide 
     funding for new projects, except for projects created through 
     reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the 
     continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are 
     evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they 
     improve the continuum of care's system performance:  Provided 
     further, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 
     made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 
     prior years for project-based rental assistance for 
     rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used 
     for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes 
     for which such funds were appropriated:  Provided further, 
     That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
     carryover, remaining from

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     funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading in 
     fiscal year 2019 or prior years, except for rental assistance 
     amounts that were recaptured and made available until 
     expended, shall be available for the current purposes 
     authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 
     which such funds originally were appropriated.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of project-
     based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise 
     provided for, $15,390,924,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition 
     to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
     heading that became available October 1, 2023), and 
     $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2024:  Provided, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading shall be available for 
     expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
     contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
     contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
     contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
     contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 
     441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
     projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
     the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
     the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
     Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other 
     expenses associated with project-based activities and 
     assistance funded under this heading:  Provided further, That 
     of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to 
     exceed $448,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 
     contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
     assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the 
     preceding proviso for performance-based contract 
     administrators for the administration of: interest reduction 
     payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing 
     Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant 
     to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
     1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
     payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance 
     contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental 
     assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
     disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
     National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 
     project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
     the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); 
     and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 
     (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That 
     amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ``Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading 
     ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of or 
     amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 
     performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding 
     the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that 
     are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 
     subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance 
     Payments contract that authorizes the Department or a housing 
     finance agency to require that surplus project funds be 
     deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts account 
     and that are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
     Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
     in this account, to be available until expended:  Provided 
     further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the preceding 
     proviso shall be available in addition to the amount 
     otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under 
     this heading:  Provided further, That of the total amounts 
     provided under this heading, $32,924,000 shall be available 
     for rent adjustments as authorized by section 515(d) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note):  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, $5,081,790,000 is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        housing for the elderly

       For capital advances, including amendments to capital 
     advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized 
     by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 
     for project rental assistance for the elderly under section 
     202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
     such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such 
     assistance for up to a 5-year term, for senior preservation 
     rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
     authorized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership 
     and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), 
     and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
     $1,075,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
      Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
     heading, up to $120,000,000 shall be for service coordinators 
     and the continuation of existing congregate service grants 
     for residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided 
     further, That any funding for existing service coordinators 
     under the preceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days 
     of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
     the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
     that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
     exceed 5 years in duration:  Provided further, That upon 
     request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in 
     residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 
     section 202 project rental assistance contract, and that upon 
     termination of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
     determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
     Department and deposited in this account, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That amounts 
     deposited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso 
     shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise 
     provided by this heading, for the purposes authorized under 
     this heading:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for the current purposes authorized under this 
     heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 
     originally were appropriated:  Provided further, That for the 
     purposes of the preceding proviso the Secretary may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for, any provision of 
     section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in 
     order to facilitate the development of such units, except for 
     requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, and the environment:  Provided further, That 
     of the total amount made available under this heading, up to 
     $6,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary to support 
     preservation transactions of housing for the elderly 
     originally developed with a capital advance and assisted by a 
     project rental assistance contract under the provisions of 
     section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

       For capital advances, including amendments to capital 
     advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with 
     disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-
     Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), 
     for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 
     persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 
     Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant to subsection 
     (h) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by 
     section 205(a) of the Housing and Community Development 
     Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-557: 92 Stat. 2090), 
     including amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
     renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 
     5-year term, for project rental assistance to State housing 
     finance agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized 
     under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act, and for supportive services 
     associated with the housing for persons with disabilities as 
     authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $360,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That, 
     upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that are 
     held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to 
     a section 811 project rental assistance contract, and that 
     upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount 
     to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
     Department and deposited in this account, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That amounts 
     deposited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso 
     shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise 
     provided by this heading for the purposes authorized under 
     this heading:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     used for the current purposes authorized under this heading 
     in addition to the purposes for which such funds originally 
     were appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

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

            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

       For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
     Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $14,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $14,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund 
     (established under section 620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5419(e)):  Provided, That not to exceed the

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     total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent 
     necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 
     the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 
     620 of such Act:  Provided further, That the amount made 
     available under this heading from the general fund shall be 
     reduced as such collections are received during fiscal year 
     2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at zero, and 
     fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as 
     necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2024 
     appropriation:  Provided further, That for the dispute 
     resolution and installation programs, the Secretary may 
     assess and collect fees from any program participant:  
     Provided further, That such collections shall be deposited 
     into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, 
     may use such collections, as well as fees collected under 
     section 620 of such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 
     section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 
     responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the 
     use of approved service providers that are paid directly by 
     the recipients of their services.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

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

                general and special risk program account

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

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

       New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
     purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
     $900,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025:  Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025, shall be for necessary salaries and 
     expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association:  
     Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan 
     commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
     2024, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses 
     shall be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in 
     additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
     amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall 
     funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000:  
     Provided further, That receipts from Commitment and 
     Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be 
     credited as offsetting collections to this account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

       For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
     of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
     problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
     V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 
     1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 
     1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for 
     technical assistance, $125,400,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided, That with respect to amounts 
     made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 
     203 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
     agreements with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
     agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, 
     Indian Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, colleges 
     or universities, or international organizations for research 
     projects:  Provided further, That with respect to the 
     preceding proviso, such partners to the cooperative 
     agreements shall contribute at least a 50 percent match 
     toward the cost of the project:  Provided further, That for 
     non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with 
     the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply with 
     section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
     Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282, 31 U.S.C. note) 
     in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
     1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation 
     of award decisions:  Provided further, That prior to 
     obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary 
     shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on how the Secretary will allocate funding for 
     this activity at least 30 days prior to obligation:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
     may be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant 
     program:  Provided further, That an additional $20,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be for 
     competitive grants to nonprofit or governmental entities to 
     provide legal assistance (including assistance related to 
     pretrial activities, trial activities, post-trial activities 
     and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to eligible 
     low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction:  
     Provided further, That in awarding grants under the preceding 
     proviso, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants 
     that include a marketing strategy for residents of areas with 
     high rates of eviction, have experience providing no-cost 
     legal assistance to low-income individuals, including those 
     with limited English proficiency or disabilities, and have 
     sufficient capacity to administer such assistance:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent 
     practicable, that the proportion of eligible tenants living 
     in rural areas who will receive legal assistance with grant 
     funds made available under this heading is not less than the 
     overall proportion of eligible tenants who live in rural 
     areas.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

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

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
     section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the Healthy Homes 
     Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing 
     and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 and 
     1701z-2), and for related activities and assistance, 
     $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  
     Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading 
     are provided as follows--
       (1) $245,000,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant 
     to such section 1011, of which not less than $105,000,000 
     shall be provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint 
     abatement needs;
       (2) $105,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, 
     pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban 
     Development Act of 1970, which shall include research, 
     studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including 
     education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning 
     and other housing-related diseases and hazards, and 
     mitigating housing-related health and safety hazards in 
     housing of low-income families, of which--
       (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implementation of projects 
     in communities that are served by both the Healthy Homes 
     Initiative and the Department of Energy weatherization 
     programs to demonstrate whether the coordination of Healthy 
     Homes remediation activities with weatherization activities 
     achieves cost savings and better outcomes in improving the 
     safety and quality of homes; and

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       (B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to experienced non-
     profit organizations, States, local governments, or public 
     housing agencies for safety and functional home modification 
     repairs and renovations to meet the needs of low-income 
     seniors to enable them to remain in their primary residence:  
     Provided, That of the total amount made available under this 
     subparagraph no less than $10,000,000 shall be available to 
     meet such needs in communities with substantial rural 
     populations; and
       (3) Up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available 
     under paragraph (2) may be transferred to the heading 
     ``Research and Technology'' for the purposes of conducting 
     research and studies and for use in accordance with the 
     provisos under that heading for non-competitive agreements:
       Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 
     review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law 
     that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
     Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
     program, or other demonstrations or programs under this 
     heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 
     under this heading, or under the heading ``Housing for the 
     Elderly'' under prior Appropriations Acts, shall be 
     considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of 
     section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
     Disposition Reform Act of 1994:  Provided further, That each 
     applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under this 
     heading shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to 
     the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 
     to a notice of funding opportunity:  Provided further, That 
     amounts made available under this heading, except for amounts 
     in paragraph (2)(B) for home modification repairs and 
     renovations, in this or prior appropriations Acts, still 
     remaining available, may be used for any purpose under this 
     heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts 
     were appropriated if a program competition is undersubscribed 
     and there are other program competitions under this heading 
     that are oversubscribed.

                      Information Technology Fund

       For Department-wide and program-specific information 
     technology systems and infrastructure, $374,750,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2026, of which up to 
     $23,950,000 shall be for development, modernization, and 
     enhancement projects, including planning for such projects:  
     Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each 
     quarter, the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations on all information technology 
     modernization efforts as required by the report accompanying 
     this Act.

                      Office of Inspector General

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

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget 
     authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
     associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
     from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
     shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
     authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
     the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies 
     or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
     approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in 
     accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous 
     sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the 
     budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
     incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest 
     rate.
       Sec. 202.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing 
     Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more 
     persons, including the filing or maintaining of a 
     nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
     purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government 
     official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
       Sec. 203.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
     cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to 
     title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and 
     in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
       Sec. 204.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
     or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
     without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
     for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
     utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
     the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government 
     National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
     Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or 
     any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured 
     bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
       Sec. 205.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
     through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any 
     appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall be available for any program, project or 
     activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
     estimates submitted to Congress.
       Sec. 206.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to 
     make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
     borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 
     carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2024 
     for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
     provided:  Provided, That collections of these corporations 
     and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
     commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
     Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of 
     assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
     Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the 
     mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these 
     corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
     necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
     States Government.
       Sec. 207.  The Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding 
     all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
     each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
     Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
     information to these Committees upon request.
       Sec. 208.  None of the funds made available by this title 
     may be used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
     Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
     Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
       Sec. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
     fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or all 
     project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the 
     Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
     income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
     multifamily housing project or projects to another 
     multifamily housing project or projects.
       (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based 
     assistance under this section may be done in phases to 
     accommodate the financing and other requirements related to 
     rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
     which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
     project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
       (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to 
     the following conditions:
       (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
       (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The 
     number of low-income and very low-income units and the 
     configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
     transferring project shall be no less than when transferred 
     to the receiving project or projects and the net dollar 
     amount of Federal assistance provided to the transferring 
     project shall remain the same in the receiving project or 
     projects.
       (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: The 
     Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling 
     units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a 
     reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market 
     demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is 
     no increase in the project-based assistance budget authority.
       (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
     Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
     nonviable, or be reasonably expected to become economically 
     nonviable when complying with State or Federal requirements 
     for community integration and reduced concentration of 
     individuals with disabilities.
       (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
     applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
       (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
     shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
     transferring project and provide a certification of approval 
     by all appropriate local governmental officials.
       (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
     eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving 
     project or projects shall not be required to vacate their 
     units in the transferring project or projects until new units 
     in the receiving project are available for occupancy.
       (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
     best interest of the tenants.
       (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
     project or projects meets the condition specified in 
     subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project 
     resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner 
     shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 
     transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary, 
     except that the Secretary may waive this requirement upon 
     determination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
     the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or 
     rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects.

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       (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
     subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
     project or projects shall execute and record either a 
     continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
     agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
     restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
     the existing use restrictions.
       (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     661a)) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 
     appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 
     such increased cost.
       (d) For purposes of this section--
       (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
     have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
     governing the program under which the project is insured or 
     assisted;
       (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
     that meets one of the following conditions--
       (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the 
     National Housing Act;
       (B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to 
     the structure including projects undergoing mark to market 
     debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
       (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
       (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such section 
     existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales 
     National Affordable Housing Act;
       (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013); or
       (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
     agreement;
       (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
       (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b));
       (B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
     rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
     8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 
     before October 1, 1983);
       (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s);
       (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or 
     additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1);
       (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and
       (F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013(d)(2));
       (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
     multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all 
     of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily 
     required low-income and very low-income use restrictions are 
     to be transferred;
       (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
     housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
     project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
     low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
     receiving project or projects; and
       (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development.
       (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
     evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 
     including the effect of such transfers on the operational 
     efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
     conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
     properties.
       Sec. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
     to any individual who--
       (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
       (2) is under 24 years of age;
       (3) is not a veteran;
       (4) is unmarried;
       (5) does not have a dependent child;
       (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
     defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
     assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
       (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 
     and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
       (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
     who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
     assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
       (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 
     to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial 
     assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
     other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 
     seq.), from private sources, or from an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 
     income to that individual, except for a person over the age 
     of 23 with dependent children.
       Sec. 211.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans 
     under paragraph (1) under the heading ``Native American 
     Programs'' in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 
     same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
     received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only such recipients 
     shall be eligible to apply for funds made available under 
     paragraph (2) of such heading.
       Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 2024, in managing and disposing of any 
     multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during 
     the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract 
     for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or any other 
     Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental 
     assistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached to 
     any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the 
     Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and 
     the local government that such a multifamily property owned 
     or having a mortgage held by the Secretary is not feasible 
     for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
     or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of 
     rehabilitating and operating the property and all available 
     Federal, State, and local resources, including rent 
     adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
     Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
     ``MAHRAA'') (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental 
     conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective 
     fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 
     of that property, contract for project-based rental 
     assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 
     housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The 
     Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that 
     project-based contracts remain in effect prior to 
     foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement 
     remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
     threats to health and safety after written notice to and 
     informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other 
     available remedies, such as partial abatements or 
     receivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 
     described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 
     levels on such properties shall be subject to the 
     requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
       Sec. 213.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 
     or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 
     asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary in 
     connection with the operating fund rule:  Provided, That an 
     agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
     under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from 
     asset management requirements.
       Sec. 214.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in 
     this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
     improvement, and management of public housing as authorized 
     by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Secretary shall not 
     impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset 
     management that restricts or limits in any way the use of 
     capital funds for central office costs pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a 
     public housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 
     under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under 
     section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 
     fund in excess of the amounts permitted under paragraph (1) 
     or (2) of section 9(g).
       Sec. 215.  No official or employee of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an 
     allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer has determined that such allotment holder has 
     implemented an adequate system of funds control and has 
     received training in funds control procedures and directives. 
     The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 
     trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under the 
     accounts ``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support 
     Offices'', ``Program Offices'', ``Government National 
     Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed 
     Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of 
     Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development.
       Sec. 216.  The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, 
     notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
     means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice 
     of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
     opportunity (NOFO) for any program or discretionary fund 
     administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 
     awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     fiscal year 2024, the Secretary may make the NOFO available 
     only on the Internet at the appropriate Government website or 
     through other electronic media, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 217.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
     litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
     and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
     appropriations.
       Sec. 218.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 
     percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
     appropriated for any office under the headings 
     ``Administrative Support Offices'' or ``Program Offices'' to 
     any other such office under such headings:  Provided, That no 
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     office under such headings shall be increased or decreased by 
     more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 
     without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 3 
     business days in advance of any such transfers under this 
     section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less.
       Sec. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
     payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary 
     conditions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 
     any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 
     ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condition 
     of any property covered under a housing assistance payment 
     contract.
       (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) 
     when a multifamily housing project with a contract under 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f) or a contract for similar project-based assistance--
       (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform Physical 
     Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor standard; or
       (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 
     days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies, or 
     those deficiencies requiring correction within 24 hours, 
     identified by the inspector at the project have been 
     corrected.
       Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
     projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 
     but shall not apply to such units assisted under section 
     8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public 
     housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under 
     section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437g).
       (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Estate 
     Assessment Center (``REAC'') inspection, the Secretary shall 
     provide the owner with a Notice of Default with a specified 
     timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all 
     deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide a copy of the 
     Notice of Default to the tenants, the local government, any 
     mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the owner's 
     appeal results in a passing score, the Secretary may withdraw 
     the Notice of Default.
       (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
     deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 
     fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
       (A) require immediate replacement of project management 
     with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
       (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used 
     solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary 
     conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the 
     Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property 
     affected by the penalty;
       (C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
     abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
     deficiencies have been corrected;
       (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by 
     the Secretary under established procedures, who will be 
     obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 
     renewal of the assistance contract if such renewal is 
     offered;
       (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another 
     project or projects and owner or owners;
       (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or 
     debarments from Federal programs;
       (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 
     property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 
     order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 
     project deficiencies;
       (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to 
     stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property 
     through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 
     capital provided by a third-party that requires time to 
     effectuate; or
       (I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies 
     available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the 
     Secretary.
       (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure 
     that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the 
     exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
     relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
     after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 
     the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
     and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
     for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
     or other programs, based on consideration of--
       (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
     and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
     including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (``MAHRAA''); and
       (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a 
     cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for 
     project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or 
     owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other 
     rental assistance.
       (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 
     properties covered by this section that are assessed through 
     the Real Estate Assessment Center and have failing physical 
     inspection scores or have received an unsatisfactory 
     management and occupancy review within the past 36 months. 
     The report shall include--
       (1) identification of the enforcement actions being taken 
     to address such conditions, including imposition of civil 
     money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
     identification of properties that have such conditions 
     multiple times;
       (2) identification of actions that the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
     such identified properties; and
       (3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 
     further improve the living conditions at properties covered 
     under a housing assistance payment contract.
       The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and House 
     Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, and the second report shall be 
     submitted within 180 days of the transmittal of the first 
     report.
       Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or 
     any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only 
     with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program) 
     and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public housing 
     agency for any amount of salary, including bonuses, for the 
     chief executive officer of which, or any other official or 
     employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay 
     payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 
     2024.
       Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act and 
     provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     may be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary 
     notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     not less than 3 full business days before any project, State, 
     locality, housing authority, Tribe, nonprofit organization, 
     or other entity selected to receive a grant award is 
     announced by the Department or its offices:  Provided, That 
     such notification shall list each grant award by State and 
     congressional district.
       Sec. 222.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the 
     Government National Mortgage Association, or the Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development to insure, securitize, or 
     establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage or mortgage 
     backed security that refinances or otherwise replaces a 
     mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain condemnation 
     or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other political 
     subdivision of a State.
       Sec. 223.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local 
     government as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under section 106 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
       Sec. 224.  Amounts made available by this Act that are 
     appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
     transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research 
     of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
     functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical 
     purposes, and that are unexpended at the time of completion 
     of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, may be 
     deobligated and shall immediately become available and may be 
     reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year 
     for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for 
     which the amounts are made available to that Office subject 
     to reprogramming requirements in section 405 of this Act.
       Sec. 225.  None of the funds provided in this Act or any 
     other Act may be used for awards, including performance, 
     special act, or spot, for any employee of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development subject to administrative 
     discipline (including suspension from work), in this fiscal 
     year, but this prohibition shall not be effective prior to 
     the effective date of any such administrative discipline or 
     after any final decision over-turning such discipline.
       Sec. 226.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the 
     heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015 
     through 2024 for the Continuum of Care (CoC) program as 
     authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program income of 
     grant recipients may count toward meeting the recipient's 
     matching requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC 
     costs that supplement the recipient's CoC program.
       Sec. 227. (a) From amounts made available under this title 
     under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the 
     Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of 
     funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to 
     transition from one Continuum of Care program component to 
     another.
       (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
     the funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum 
     of care and meet standards determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 228.  The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 
     Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
     designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, 
     shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions of such agreements.
       Sec. 229.  None of the amounts made available in this Act 
     may be used to consider Family Self-Sufficiency performance 
     measures or performance scores in determining funding awards 
     for programs receiving Family Self-Sufficiency program 
     coordinator funding provided in this Act.
       Sec. 230.  Any public housing agency designated as a Moving 
     to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of division L of 
     Public Law

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     114-113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such 
     designation, use funds (except for special purpose funding, 
     including special purpose vouchers) previously allocated to 
     any such public housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve 
     funds held by the public housing agency or funds held by the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 
     authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 
     such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 
     104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), notwithstanding the purposes for 
     which such funds were appropriated.
       Sec. 231.  None of the amounts made available by this Act 
     may be used to prohibit any public housing agency under 
     receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor from 
     applying for, receiving, or using funds made available under 
     the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for competitive grants to 
     evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or 
     that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be 
     used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such 
     funds to carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement 
     agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar 
     document for a violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead 
     Disclosure Rules.
       Sec. 232. (a) Funds previously made available in the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) for 
     the ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available 
     for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain 
     available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of 
     valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2019.
       (b) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) for the 
     ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for 
     obligation through fiscal year 2020 are to remain available 
     through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid 
     obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2020.
       (c) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6) for the ``Choice 
     Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for obligation 
     through fiscal year 2021 are to remain available through 
     fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations 
     incurred in fiscal years 2019 through 2021.
       (d) Funds previously made available in the Further 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) for 
     the ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available 
     for obligation through fiscal year 2022 are to remain 
     available through fiscal year 2028 for the liquidation of 
     valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2020 through 2022.
       (e) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) for the 
     ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for 
     obligation through fiscal year 2023 are to remain available 
     through fiscal year 2029 for the liquidation of valid 
     obligations incurred in fiscal years 2021 through 2023.
       Sec. 233.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to 
     direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing 
     zoning laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled 
     ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 
     (July 16, 2015)) or the notice entitled ``Affirmatively 
     Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 
     (September 26, 2014)).
       Sec. 234.  For fiscal year 2024, if the Secretary 
     determines or has determined, for any prior formula grant 
     allocation administered by the Secretary through the Offices 
     of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning and 
     Development, or Housing, that a recipient received an 
     allocation greater than the amount such recipient should have 
     received for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to 
     applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary may adjust 
     for any such funding error in the next applicable formula 
     allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such recipient's 
     formula allocation (if eligible for a formula allocation in 
     the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount 
     of any such funding error, and (b) reallocating any available 
     balances that are attributable to the offset to the recipient 
     or recipients that would have been allocated additional funds 
     in the formula allocation cycle in which any such error 
     occurred (if such recipient or recipients are eligible for a 
     formula allocation in the next applicable formula allocation 
     cycle) in an amount proportionate to such recipient's 
     eligibility under the next applicable formula allocation 
     cycle:  Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from 
     such available balances shall be recorded against funds 
     available for the next applicable formula allocation cycle:  
     Provided further, That the term ``next applicable formula 
     allocation cycle'' means the first formula allocation cycle 
     for a program that is reasonably available for correction 
     following such a Secretarial determination:  Provided 
     further, That if, upon request by a recipient and giving 
     consideration to all Federal resources available to the 
     recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary 
     determines that the offset in the next applicable formula 
     allocation cycle would critically impair the recipient's 
     ability to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 
     Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or more 
     formula allocation cycles.
       Sec. 235.  The Secretary may transfer from amounts made 
     available for salaries and expenses under this title 
     (excluding amounts made available under the heading ``Office 
     of Inspector General'') up to $500,000 from each office to 
     the heading ``Information Technology Fund'' for information 
     technology needs, including for additional development, 
     modernization, and enhancement, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided, That the total amount of such 
     transfers shall not exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, 
     That this transfer authority shall not be used to fund 
     information technology projects or activities that have known 
     out-year development, modernization, or enhancement costs in 
     excess of $500,000:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall provide notification to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations no fewer than three business days in 
     advance of any such transfer.
       Sec. 236. (a) Funds previously made available in the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) for 
     ``Lead Hazard Reduction'' that were available for obligation 
     through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through 
     fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of valid obligations 
     incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2018.
       (b) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) for ``Lead 
     Hazard Reduction'' that were available for obligation through 
     fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 
     2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
     fiscal years 2018 through 2019.
       Sec. 237.  The Secretary shall comply with all process 
     requirements, including public notice and comment, when 
     seeking to revise any annual contributions contract.
       Sec. 238. (a) Of the unobligated balances remaining from 
     amounts made available under the heading ``Lead Hazard 
     Reduction'' in title II of division L of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103), $65,000,000 is 
     hereby rescinded, which shall be applied to the funds 
     remaining available for activities under paragraph (1) under 
     such heading (excluding amounts for areas with the highest 
     lead-based paint abatement needs).
       (b) Of the unobligated balances remaining from amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Lead Hazard Reduction'' in 
     title II of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations 
     Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) and in title II of division L 
     of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-
     328), $49,400,000 is hereby rescinded, which shall be applied 
     to the funds remaining available for activities under 
     paragraph (5) under such headings.
       (c) Of the unobligated balances remaining from amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in title 
     II of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
     (Public Law 117-328), $20,000,000 is hereby rescinded, which 
     shall be applied to the funds remaining available for 
     activities under paragraph (7) under such heading.
       (d) Any unobligated balances (including any unobligated 
     balances of contract authority) as of the date of enactment 
     of this Act included under Treasury Appropriation Fund 
     Symbols 86 X 0129, 86 X 0148, 86 X 0197, 86 X 0314, 86 X 
     0315, 86 X 0324, 86 X 0402, 86 X 4058 and 86 X 8093 are 
     hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 239.  The language under the heading ``Rental 
     Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of 
     division C of Public Law 112-55), as most recently amended by 
     Public Law 117-103, is further amended--
       (1) in the initial undesignated matter, by striking ``and 
     `Public Housing Operating Fund' '' and inserting ``, `Public 
     Housing Operating Fund', and `Public Housing Fund' '';
       (2) in the second proviso, by striking ``2024'' and 
     inserting ``2030'';
       (3) by striking the fourth proviso, and inserting the 
     following new provisos: ``Provided further, That at 
     properties with assistance under section 9 of the Act 
     requesting to partially convert such assistance, and where an 
     event under section 18 of the Act occurs that results in the 
     eligibility for tenant protection vouchers under section 8(o) 
     of the Act, the Secretary may convert the tenant protection 
     voucher assistance to assistance under a project-based 
     subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, which shall be 
     eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multifamily 
     Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, or 
     assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, so long as the 
     property meets any additional requirements established by the 
     Secretary to facilitate conversion: Provided further, That to 
     facilitate the conversion of assistance under the previous 
     proviso, the Secretary may transfer an amount equal to the 
     total amount that would have been allocated for tenant 
     protection voucher assistance for properties that have 
     requested such conversions from amounts made available for 
     tenant protection voucher assistance under the heading 
     `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to the heading `Project-
     Based Rental Assistance': Provided further, That at 
     properties with assistance previously converted hereunder to 
     assistance under the heading `Project Based Rental 
     Assistance,' which are also separately assisted under section 
     8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary may, with the consent of 
     the public housing agency and owner, terminate such project-
     based subsidy contracts and immediately enter into one new 
     project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, 
     which shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the 
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     Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, subject to the 
     requirement that any residents assisted under section 
     8(o)(13) of the Act at the time of such termination of such 
     project-based subsidy contract shall retain all rights 
     accrued under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the Act under the new 
     project-based subsidy contract and section 8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of 
     the Act shall not apply: Provided further, That to carry out 
     the previous proviso, the Secretary may transfer from the 
     heading `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to the heading 
     `Project-Based Rental Assistance' an amount equal to the 
     amounts associated with such terminating contract under 
     section 8(o)(13) of the Act:'';
       (4) in the thirteenth proviso, as reordered above, by--
       (A) inserting `` `Public Housing Fund', `Self-Sufficiency 
     Programs', `Family Self-Sufficiency' '' following `` `Public 
     Housing Operating Fund',''; and
       (B) inserting ``or the ongoing availability of services for 
     residents'' after ``effective conversion of assistance under 
     the demonstration'';
       (5) after the twenty-third proviso, as reordered above, by 
     inserting the following proviso: ``Provided further, That 
     owners of properties with a senior preservation rental 
     assistance contract under section 811 of the American 
     Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 
     1701q note), shall be eligible, subject to requirements 
     established by the Secretary as necessary to facilitate the 
     conversion of assistance while maintaining the affordability 
     period and the designation of the property as serving elderly 
     families, and tenant consultation procedures, for conversion 
     of assistance available for such assistance contracts to 
     assistance under a long-term project-based subsidy contract 
     under section 8 of the Act:'';
       (6) in the twenty-eighth proviso, as reordered above, by 
     inserting ``, section 811 of the American Homeownership and 
     Economic Opportunity Act of 2000,'' after ``Housing Act of 
     1959''; and
       (7) in the thirty-third proviso, as reordered above, by 
     striking ``any section 202 project rental assistance contract 
     or section 811 project rental assistance contract 
     conversions'' and inserting ``the conversion of assistance 
     from section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, section 
     811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity 
     Act of 2000, or section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
     National Affordable Housing Act''.
       Sec. 240.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the ``Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' 
     (the Fund):  Provided, That unobligated balances of expired 
     discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding 
     fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development by this or any 
     other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the 
     fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such 
     funds are available for the purposes for which they were 
     appropriated) into the Fund:  Provided further, That amounts 
     deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, in 
     addition to such other funds as may be available for such 
     purposes, for capital needs of the Department, including 
     facilities infrastructure and information technology 
     infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office of 
     Management and Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the 
     Fund may be obligated only after the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 15 days in 
     advance of the planned use of funds.
       Sec. 241.  Amounts made available for the Office of Housing 
     under the heading ``Program Offices'' in this and prior Acts 
     shall also be available, without additional competition, for 
     cooperative agreements with Participating Administrative 
     Entities that have been selected under section 513(b) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) (MAHRAA) to provide direct 
     support, including carrying out due diligence and 
     underwriting functions for owners and for technical 
     assistance activities, on conditions established by the 
     Secretary for small properties and owners converting 
     assistance under the First Component or the Second Component 
     under the heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
     Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112-55).
       Sec. 242.  Of the amounts made available for the Office of 
     Policy Development and Research under the heading ``Program 
     Offices'', up to $3,500,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026, may be transferred to the heading 
     ``Information Technology Fund'' to be available for the needs 
     of the Chief Data Officer, in addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, including for additional development, 
     modernization, and enhancement:  Provided, That the Secretary 
     shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations no fewer than three business days in advance 
     of any such transfer.
       Sec. 243.  For fiscal year 2024, the costs of any rent 
     incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative 
     requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 
     the heading ``Self-Sufficiency Programs'' shall not be 
     charged against the competitive grant amounts made available 
     under such heading:  Provided, That the amount of any forgone 
     increases in tenant rent payments due to the implementation 
     of such rent incentives shall be factored into the public 
     housing agency's general operating fund eligibility pursuant 
     to the formula under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'':  
     Provided further, That the amount of any foregone increases 
     in tenant rent payments due to the implementation of such 
     rent incentives implemented on behalf of residents of a 
     project with assistance converted from public housing to 
     project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance 
     under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ``Rental 
     Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of 
     division C of Public Law 112-55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
     note) shall be factored into (A) housing assistance payments 
     made pursuant to project-based subsidy contracts provided 
     under the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance''; and 
     (B) housing assistance payments made by public housing 
     agencies pursuant to project-based assistance contracts under 
     section 8(o)(13) of such Act, with these costs being renewed 
     under the heading ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance''.
       Sec. 244. (a) With respect to the funds made available for 
     the Continuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C of 
     title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading ``Homeless Assistance 
     Grants'' in this and prior Acts and under section 231 of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
     Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)--
       (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
     2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
     (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall not apply to applications by 
     or awards for projects to be carried out--
       (A) on or off reservation or trust lands for awards made to 
     Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities; or
       (B) on reservation or trust lands for awards made to 
     eligible entities as defined in section 401 of the McKinney-
     Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360);
       (2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities 
     shall also be eligible to administer permanent housing rental 
     assistance under section 423(g) of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)).
       (b) With respect to funds made available for the Continuum 
     of Care program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 
     et seq.) under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' in 
     this title or under section 231 of the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 
     11364a)--
       (1) applications for projects to be carried out on 
     reservations or trust land shall contain a certification of 
     consistency with an approved Indian housing plan developed 
     under section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance 
     and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112), 
     notwithstanding section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) and section 403 of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361);
       (2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities 
     that are recipients of awards for projects on reservations or 
     trust land shall certify that they are following an approved 
     housing plan developed under section 102 of NAHASDA (25 
     U.S.C. 4112); and
       (3) a collaborative applicant for a Continuum of Care whose 
     geographic area includes only reservation and trust land is 
     not required to meet the requirement in section 402(f)(2) of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11360a(f)(2)).
       Sec. 245. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(a)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(a) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private 
     financing to Indian families, Indian housing authorities, and 
     Indian tribes, who otherwise could not acquire housing 
     financing because of the unique legal status of Indian lands 
     and the unique nature of tribal economies; and to expand 
     homeownership opportunities to Indian families, Indian 
     housing authorities and Indian tribes on fee simple lands, 
     the Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 percent of the 
     unpaid principal and interest due on any loan eligible under 
     subsection (b) made to an Indian family, Indian housing 
     authority, or Indian tribe on trust land and fee simple 
     land.''.
       (b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)(2)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to 
     construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family 
     dwellings that are standard housing.''.
       (c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, and to expand 
     homeownership opportunities to Native Hawaiian families who 
     are eligible to receive a homestead under the Hawaiian Homes 
     Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in 
     the State of Hawaii'' after ``markets''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to 
     construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family 
     dwellings that are standard housing.''.
       Sec. 246. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
     13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows:

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       ``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
       ``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years, except as 
     determined by the Secretary, when there is a loan 
     modification under subsection (h)(1)(B), the loan shall not 
     exceed 40 years;''.
       (b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b(c)(5)(A)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
       ``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years; except, as 
     determined by the Secretary, when there is a loan 
     modification under subsection (i)(1)(B) the term of the loan 
     shall not exceed 40 years;''.
       Sec. 247.  Section 105 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Special Activities by Indian Tribes.--Indian tribes 
     receiving grants under section 5306(a)(1) of this title 
     (section 106(a)(1) of this Act) shall be authorized to carry 
     out activities described in subsection (a)(15) directly.''.
       Sec. 248.  Section 184A(c) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b(c)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Prohibition on pace priming.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, no property with a loan guaranteed 
     under this section shall be subject to a new residential 
     Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or 
     equivalent financing without the PACE loan or equivalent 
     financing provider obtaining prior written consent from the 
     Secretary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
     Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE or R-PACE 
     loan or equivalent financing that is entered into by a PACE 
     Provider absent such consent shall be deemed void ab initio 
     and the PACE Provider shall bear all costs associated with 
     the transactions with no recourse against the borrower 
     resulting from the PACE transaction, including all costs 
     incurred by any holder of a guaranteed loan or the Secretary 
     in obtaining good and marketable title.''.
       Sec. 249.  Section 184(b) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Prohibition on pace priming.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, no property with a loan guaranteed 
     under this section, shall be subject to a new residential 
     Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or 
     equivalent financing without the PACE loan or equivalent 
     financing provider obtaining prior written consent from the 
     Secretary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
     Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE or R-PACE 
     loan or equivalent financing that is entered into by a PACE 
     Provider absent such consent shall be deemed void ab initio 
     and the PACE Provider shall bear all costs associated with 
     the transactions with no recourse against the borrower 
     resulting from the PACE transaction, including all costs 
     incurred by any holder of a guaranteed loan or the Secretary 
     in obtaining good and marketable title.''.
       Sec. 250.  Title V of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1731a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:

     ``SEC. 543. PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING.

       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
     section 208 of this Act, no 1 to 4 unit property with a 
     mortgage insured, guaranteed, made, or held by the Secretary 
     after the date of enactment of this section, shall be subject 
     to a new residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE or 
     R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing without the PACE loan or 
     equivalent financing provider obtaining prior written consent 
     from the Secretary, subject to such terms and conditions as 
     the Secretary may prescribe. Any new PACE or R-PACE loan or 
     equivalent financing that is entered into by a PACE provider 
     absent such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and the 
     PACE provider shall bear all costs associated with the 
     transactions with no recourse against the homeowner resulting 
     from the PACE transaction, including all costs incurred by 
     any holder of an insured or guaranteed mortgage or the 
     Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.''.
       Sec. 251.  Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) and chapter 63 of title 
     31, United States Code, amounts made available to the 
     Secretary in this or any prior Act under the headings 
     ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' or ``Housing Certificate 
     Fund'' for performance-based contract administrators to carry 
     out section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as implemented by 
     the Secretary in chapter VIII of title 24, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, may be awarded through a Notice of Funding 
     Opportunity (NOFO) not subject to procurement laws or 
     regulations:  Provided, That such awards shall be deemed for 
     all purposes to be cooperative agreements:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of such NOFO, eligible applicants are 
     public housing agencies as defined by section 3(b)(6)(A) of 
     the Act and nonprofits of such agencies when operating 
     outside of the State or territory in which such agency is 
     established, notwithstanding any provisions of such section 
     8(b) to the contrary:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall award one cooperative agreement for each State or 
     territory, except that the Secretary may award more than one 
     agreement for a State or territory if the population of such 
     State or territory exceeds 35,000,000:  Provided further, 
     That any cooperative agreements issued by the Secretary 
     shall, at minimum, assign the rights and responsibilities as 
     provided in section 8 of the Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall assign such rights and responsibilities to 
     the furthest extent possible to ensure effective and 
     efficient program oversight and monitoring:  Provided 
     further, That when selecting a performance-based contract 
     administrator, the Secretary shall provide a preference to 
     applicants that have demonstrated experience with properties 
     receiving project-based assistance, experience in multifamily 
     housing preservation, addressing the concerns of low-income 
     tenants, making assistance payments to owners, and performing 
     the other functions assigned to a public housing agency under 
     section 8(b) of the Act:  Provided further, That if no 
     qualified applicant applies under NOFO, the Secretary may 
     utilize a procurement contract subject to all procurement 
     laws and regulations to assist in carrying out section 8 of 
     the Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
     for incentive-based fees as part of such awards.
       Sec. 252.  Section 239 of division L of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 is amended by striking ``2028'' and 
     inserting ``2043''.
       Sec. 253.  For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary 
     may issue a 2-year notification of funding opportunity, 
     including any alternative procedures or requirements as may 
     be necessary to allocate future appropriations in the second 
     year, for the award of amounts made available for the 
     Continuum of Care program under subtitle C of title IV of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 
     seq.), notwithstanding any conflict with the requirements of 
     the Continuum of Care program.
       Sec. 254.  The Secretary may, upon a finding that a waiver 
     or alternative requirement is necessary for the effective 
     delivery and administration of funds made available for new 
     incremental voucher assistance or renewals for the Mainstream 
     program and the family unification program (including the 
     Foster Youth to Independence program) in this and prior Acts, 
     waive or specify alternative requirements, other than 
     requirements related to tenant rights and protections, rent 
     setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 
     and the environment, for--
       (1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regulatory provisions 
     related to the administration of waiting lists, local 
     preferences, and the initial term and extensions of tenant-
     based vouchers; and
       (2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the timing of referral 
     of youth leaving foster care.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         salaries and expenses

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

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
     as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
     1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), including services as 
     authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 
     1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or 
     allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
     of title 5, United States Code, $43,720,000, of which 
     $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

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

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     2025, the Inspector General shall submit to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
     fiscal year 2025 in similar format and substance to budget 
     requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 
     Government.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
     United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 
     exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; 
     uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
     5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $134,300,000, 
     of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official 
     reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That the 
     amounts made available to the National Transportation Safety 
     Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make lease 
     payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a 
     capital lease.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

       For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
     authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $168,000,000:  Provided, That an 
     additional $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2027, shall be for the promotion and development of 
     shared equity housing models.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

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

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

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

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

       Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that--
       (1) creates a new program;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
     or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
     the Congress;
       (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
     by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     for a different purpose;
       (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
     excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
       (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
     $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
       (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
     division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
     administration, or department different from the budget 
     justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
     or the report accompanying this Act, whichever is more 
     detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
       Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the 
     baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
     authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided further, 
     That the report shall include--
       (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the prior year enacted level, the President's 
     budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
     to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
     enacted level;
       (B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
     its respective prior year enacted level by object class and 
     program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, the 
     table in the report accompanying this Act, accompanying 
     reports of the House and Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
     or in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations, 
     whichever is more detailed, and shall apply to all items for 
     which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs for 
     which new budget (obligational) authority is provided, as 
     well as to discretionary grants and discretionary grant 
     allocations; and
       (C) an identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
     fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2025 for each such account for the purposes 
     authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
     approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided 
     further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with 
     reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
       Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
     Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power 
     of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for 
     a public use:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
     public use shall not be construed to include economic 
     development that primarily benefits private entities:  
     Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, 
     railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as 
     utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
     (including energy-related, communication-related, water-
     related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other 
     structures designated for use by the general public or which 
     have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that 
     serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
     oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of 
     an immediate threat to public health and safety or 
     brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief 
     and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall 
     be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
       Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 409.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
     be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act shall be made available to any 
     person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
     American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
       Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 
     41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
     than 50 employees of a single agency or department of the 
     United States Government, who are stationed in the United 
     States, at any single international conference unless the 
     relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations at least 5

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     days in advance that such attendance is important to the 
     national interest:  Provided, That for purposes of this 
     section the term ``international conference'' shall mean a 
     conference occurring outside of the United States attended by 
     representatives of the United States Government and of 
     foreign governments, international organizations, or 
     nongovernmental organizations.
       Sec. 413.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
     Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
     rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
     in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 
     suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
     States Code.
       Sec. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this 
     Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
     materials available to the department or agency over which 
     that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
     or impede that Inspector General's access to such records, 
     documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
     except a provision of law that expressly refers to the 
     Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 
     General's right of access.
       (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall 
     provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
     records, documents, and other materials in a timely manner.
       (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
     statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 
     information provided by the establishment over which that 
     Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any 
     failures to comply with this requirement.
       Sec. 416.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
     fees for contractors whose performance has been judged to be 
     below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has 
     failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless 
     the Agency determines that any such deviations are due to 
     unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are 
     not significant within the overall scope of the project and/
     or program unless such awards or incentive fees are 
     consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulations.
       Sec. 417.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
     filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
     held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of 
     the United States and has satisfactorily completed his or her 
     period of active military or naval service, and has within 90 
     days after his or her release from such service or from 
     hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of 
     not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 
     or her former position and has been certified by the Office 
     of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the 
     duties of his or her former position and has not been 
     restored thereto.
       Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 
     sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, 
     or exemption application under section 40109 of that title of 
     an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate 
     issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-
     Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval would 
     contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-
     E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
     otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
     granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to such 
     an air carrier where such authorization is consistent with 
     the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement and 
     United States law.
       Sec. 419.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
     the Department of Transportation may be used in contravention 
     of section 306108 of title 54, United States Code.
       Sec. 420.  In the table of projects entitled ``Community 
     Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included 
     in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
     Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 
     117-328) the item relating to ``B-360 Educational Campus'' is 
     deemed to be amended by striking ``I Am Mentality, Inc.'' and 
     inserting ``B-360 Baltimore, Inc.''.
       Sec. 421.  Each amount designated in this Act by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if 
     applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates 
     all such amounts and transmits such designations to the 
     Congress.
       This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing 
     and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2024''.

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