[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4445-S4499]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1132. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       On page 456, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
       Sec. 422.  Each amount made available under this division 
     is reduced, on a pro rata basis, by the amount necessary to 
     reduce the amount made available under this division, but for 
     this section, by $5,660,000,000.
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  SA 1133. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by 
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 
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:

        In the matter under the heading ``Rural Development 
     Programs--Rural Housing Service--Rural Community Facilities 
     Program Account'' in title III of division B, strike the 
     period at the end and insert ``: Provided further, That not 
     later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on 
     community facilities direct loan applicants for which there 
     was a completed favorable analysis for eligibility but that 
     were subsequently determined to be ineligible due to 
     population calculation changes or other modeling errors, 
     including a description of actions taken by the Department of 
     Agriculture to minimize disruption to community planning 
     initiatives and prevent future inaccurate determinations.''.
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  SA 1134. Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Ricketts) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by 
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 
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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     submit to Congress a report describing a plan for improving 
     staffing at the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources 
     Conservation Service at the county level, including 
     recommendations for actions that Congress may take.
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  SA 1135. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN JAPAN.

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act may be made available for military construction 
     projects in Japan, other than those related to housing or the 
     provision of medical services for members of the United 
     States Armed Forces.
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  SA 1136. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN JAPAN.

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act may be

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     made available for military construction projects in Japan.
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  SA 1137. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       At the end of the amendment, insert the following:

      DIVISION D--TULE RIVER TRIBE SERVED WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT

     SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Tule River Tribe 
     Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 102. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this division are--
       (1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of 
     claims to water rights in the State of California for--
       (A) the Tule River Tribe; and
       (B) the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe;
       (2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the 2007 Agreement 
     entered by the Tribe, the South Tule Independent Ditch 
     Company, and the Tule River Association, to the extent that 
     the 2007 Agreement is consistent with this division;
       (3) to authorize and direct the Secretary--
       (A) to execute the 2007 Agreement, with amendments to 
     facilitate implementation and approval of the 2007 Agreement; 
     and
       (B) to take any other actions necessary to carry out the 
     2007 Agreement in accordance with this division;
       (4) to authorize funds necessary for the implementation of 
     the 2007 Agreement and this division; and
       (5) to authorize the transfer of certain lands to the 
     Tribe, to be held in trust.

     SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

       (a) In General.--In this division:
       (1) 2007 agreement.--The term ``2007 Agreement'' means--
       (A) the agreement dated November 21, 2007, as amended on 
     April 22, 2009, between the Tribe, the South Tule Independent 
     Ditch Company, and the Tule River Association, and exhibits 
     attached thereto; and
       (B) any amendment to the Agreement referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) (including an amendment to any exhibit) that 
     is executed in accordance with section 104(a)(2).
       (2) Court.--The term ``Court'' means the United States 
     District Court for the Eastern District of California, unless 
     otherwise specified herein.
       (3) Divert; diversion.--The terms ``divert'' and 
     ``diversion'' mean to remove water from its natural course or 
     location by means of a ditch, canal, flume, bypass, pipeline, 
     conduit, well, pump, or other structure or device, or act of 
     a person.
       (4) Downstream water users.--The term ``Downstream Water 
     Users'' means--
       (A) the Tule River Association and its successors and 
     assigns;
       (B) the South Tule Independent Ditch Company and its 
     successors and assigns; and
       (C) any and all other holders of water rights in the South 
     Fork Tule River Basin.
       (5) Enforceability date.--The term ``Enforceability Date'' 
     means the date described in section 111.
       (6) OM&R.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``OM&R'' means operation, 
     maintenance, and replacement.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``OM&R'' includes--
       (i) any recurring or ongoing activity relating to the day-
     to-day operation of a project;
       (ii) any activity relating to scheduled or unscheduled 
     maintenance of a project; and
       (iii) any activity relating to repairing or replacing a 
     feature of a project.
       (7) Operation rules.--The term ``Operation Rules'' means 
     the rules of operation for the Phase I Reservoir, as 
     established in accordance with the 2007 Agreement and this 
     division.
       (8) Parties.--The term ``Parties'' means the signatories to 
     the 2007 Agreement, including the Secretary.
       (9) Phase i reservoir.--The term ``Phase I Reservoir'' 
     means the reservoir described in either section 3.4.B.(1) or 
     section 3.4.B.(2) of the 2007 Agreement.
       (10) Reservation; tule river reservation.--The terms 
     ``Reservation'' and ``Tule River Reservation'' mean the 
     reservation of lands set aside for the Tribe by the Executive 
     Orders of January 9, 1873, October 3, 1873, and August 3, 
     1878, including lands added to the Reservation pursuant to 
     section 108.
       (11) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (12) South tule independent ditch company.--The term 
     ``South Tule Independent Ditch Company'' means the nonprofit 
     mutual water company incorporated in 1895 that has claims to 
     ownership of water rights dating back to 1854, which provides 
     water diverted from the South Fork of the Tule River to its 
     shareholders on lands downstream from the Tule River 
     Reservation.
       (13) Tribal water right.--The term ``Tribal Water Right'' 
     means the water rights ratified, confirmed, and declared to 
     be valid for the benefit of the Tribe as set forth and 
     described in the 2007 Agreement and this division.
       (14) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Tule River Indian 
     Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California, a federally 
     recognized Indian Tribe.
       (15) Trust fund.--The term ``Trust Fund'' means the Tule 
     River Indian Tribe Settlement Trust Fund established under 
     section 106(a).
       (16) Tule river association.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``Tule River Association'' means 
     the association formed by agreement in 1965, the members of 
     which are representatives of all pre-1914 appropriative and 
     certain riparian water right holders of the Tule River at and 
     below the Richard L. Schafer Dam and Reservoir.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``Tule River Association'' 
     includes the Pioneer Water Company, the Vandalia Irrigation 
     District, the Porterville Irrigation District, and the Lower 
     Tule River Irrigation District.
       (17) Water development project.--The term ``Water 
     Development Project'' means a project for domestic, 
     commercial, municipal, and industrial water supply, including 
     but not limited to water treatment, storage, and distribution 
     infrastructure, to be constructed, in whole or in part, using 
     monies from the Trust Fund.
       (b) Definitions of Other Terms.--Any other term used in 
     this division but not defined in subsection (a)--
       (1) has the meaning given the term in the 2007 Agreement; 
     or
       (2) if no definition for the term is provided in the 2007 
     Agreement, shall be used in a manner consistent with its use 
     in the 2007 Agreement.

     SEC. 104. RATIFICATION OF 2007 AGREEMENT.

       (a) Ratification.--
       (1) In general.--Except as modified by this division and to 
     the extent that the 2007 Agreement does not conflict with 
     this division, the 2007 Agreement is authorized, ratified, 
     and confirmed.
       (2) Amendments.--
       (A) General amendments.--If an amendment to the 2007 
     Agreement, or to any exhibit attached to the 2007 Agreement 
     requiring the signature of the Secretary, is executed in 
     accordance with this division to make the 2007 Agreement 
     consistent with this division, the amendment is authorized, 
     ratified, and confirmed.
       (B) Specific amendments.--
       (i) Substitute sites.--If a substitute site for the Phase I 
     Reservoir is identified by the Tribe pursuant to section 
     3.4.B.(2)(a) of the 2007 Agreement, then amendments related 
     to the Operation Rules are authorized, ratified, and 
     confirmed, to the extent that such Amendments are consistent 
     with the 2007 Agreement and this division.
       (ii) Priority date.--Amendments agreed to by the Parties to 
     establish that the priority date for the Tribal Water Right 
     is no later than January 9, 1873, is authorized, ratified, 
     and confirmed.
       (iii) Senior water rights.--Amendments agreed to by the 
     Parties to accommodate senior water rights of those 
     Downstream Water Users described in section 103(a)(4)(C) are 
     authorized, ratified, and confirmed, to the extent that the 
     Court finds any such Downstream Water Users possess senior 
     water rights that can be accommodated only by amendment of 
     the 2007 Agreement.
       (iv) Other amendments.--Other amendments agreed to by the 
     Parties to facilitate implementation and approval of the 2007 
     Agreement are authorized, ratified, and confirmed, to the 
     extent that such amendments are otherwise consistent with 
     this division and with other applicable law.
       (b) Execution.--
       (1) In general.--To the extent the 2007 Agreement does not 
     conflict with this division, the Secretary shall execute the 
     2007 Agreement, in accordance with paragraph (2), including 
     all exhibits to, or parts of, the 2007 Agreement requiring 
     the signature of the Secretary.
       (2) Timing.--The Secretary shall not execute the 2007 
     Agreement until--
       (A) the Parties agree on amendments related to the priority 
     date for the Tribal Water Right; and
       (B) either--
       (i) the Tribe moves forward with the Phase I Reservoir 
     described in section 3.4.B.(1) of the 2007 Agreement; or
       (ii) if the Tribe selects a substitute site pursuant to 
     section 3.4.B.(2) of the 2007 Agreement, either--

       (I) the Parties agree on Operation Rules; or
       (II) the Secretary determines, in the discretion of the 
     Secretary, that the Parties have reached an impasse in 
     attempting to negotiate the Operation Rules.

       (3) Modifications.--Nothing in this division prohibits the 
     Secretary, after execution of the 2007 Agreement, from 
     approving any modification to the 2007 Agreement, including 
     any exhibit to the 2007 Agreement, that is consistent with 
     this division, to the extent that the modification does not 
     otherwise require congressional approval under section 2116 
     of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other 
     applicable provision of Federal law.
       (c) Environmental Compliance.--
       (1) In general.--In implementing the 2007 Agreement and 
     this division, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable 
     provisions of--
       (A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
     seq.);
       (B) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the implementing regulations 
     of that Act; and

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       (C) other applicable Federal environmental laws and 
     regulations.
       (2) Compliance.--
       (A) In general.--In implementing the 2007 Agreement and 
     this division, the Tribe shall prepare any necessary 
     environmental documents, consistent with all applicable 
     provisions of--
       (i) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
     seq.);
       (ii) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), including the implementing regulations 
     of that Act; and
       (iii) all other applicable Federal environmental laws and 
     regulations.
       (B) Authorizations.--The Secretary shall--
       (i) independently evaluate the documentation submitted 
     under subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) be responsible for the accuracy, scope, and contents 
     of that documentation.
       (3) Effect of execution.--The execution of the 2007 
     Agreement by the Secretary under this section shall not 
     constitute a major Federal action for purposes of the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
     seq.).
       (4) Costs.--Any costs associated with the performance of 
     the compliance activities under this subsection shall be paid 
     from funds deposited in the Trust Fund, subject to the 
     condition that any costs associated with the performance of 
     Federal approval or other review of such compliance work or 
     costs associated with inherently Federal functions shall 
     remain the responsibility of the Secretary.

     SEC. 105. TRIBAL WATER RIGHT.

       (a) Confirmation of Tribal Water Right.--
       (1) In general.--The Tribal Water Right is ratified, 
     confirmed, and declared valid.
       (2) Quantification.--The Tribal Water Right includes the 
     right to divert and use or permit the diversion and use of up 
     to 5,828 acre-feet per year of surface water from the South 
     Fork Tule River, as described in the 2007 Agreement and as 
     confirmed in the decree entered by the Court pursuant to 
     subsections (b) and (c) of section 112.
       (3) Use.--Any diversion, use, and place of use of the 
     Tribal Water Right shall be subject to the terms and 
     conditions of the 2007 Agreement and this division.
       (b) Trust Status of Tribal Water Right.--The Tribal Water 
     Right--
       (1) shall be held in trust by the United States for the use 
     and benefit of the Tribe in accordance with this division; 
     and
       (2) shall not be subject to loss through non-use, 
     forfeiture, abandonment, or other operation of law.
       (c) Authority of the Tule River Tribe.--
       (1) In general.--The Tule River Tribe shall have the 
     authority to allocate and distribute the Tribal Water Right 
     for use on the Reservation in accordance with the 2007 
     Agreement, this division, and applicable Federal law.
       (d) Administration.--
       (1) No alienation.--The Tribe shall not permanently 
     alienate any portion of the Tribal Water Right.
       (2) Purchases or grants of land from indians.--An 
     authorization provided by this division for the allocation, 
     distribution, leasing, or other arrangement entered into 
     pursuant to this division shall be considered to satisfy any 
     requirement for authorization of the action by treaty or 
     convention imposed by section 2116 of the Revised Statutes 
     (25 U.S.C. 177).
       (3) Prohibition on forfeiture.--The non-use of all or any 
     portion of the Tribal Water Right by any water user shall not 
     result in the forfeiture, abandonment, relinquishment, or 
     other loss of all or any portion of the Tribal Water Right.

     SEC. 106. TULE RIVER TRIBE TRUST ACCOUNTS.

       (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a trust 
     fund, to be known as the ``Tule River Indian Tribe Settlement 
     Trust Fund'', to be managed, invested, and distributed by the 
     Secretary and to remain available until expended, withdrawn, 
     or reverted to the general fund of the Treasury, consisting 
     of the amounts deposited in the Trust Fund under subsection 
     (c), together with any interest earned on those amounts, for 
     the purpose of carrying out this division.
       (b) Accounts.--The Secretary shall establish in the Trust 
     Fund the following Accounts:
       (1) The Tule River Tribe Water Development Projects 
     Account.
       (2) The Tule River Tribe OM&R Account.
       (c) Deposits.--The Secretary shall deposit--
       (1) in the Tule River Tribe Water Development Projects 
     Account established under subsection (b)(1), the amounts made 
     available pursuant to section 107(a)(1); and
       (2) in the Tule River Tribe OM&R Account established under 
     subsection (b)(2), the amounts made available pursuant to 
     section 107(a)(2).
       (d) Management and Interest.--
       (1) Management.--On receipt and deposit of funds into the 
     accounts in the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (c), the 
     Secretary shall manage, invest, and distribute all amounts in 
     the Trust Fund in accordance with the investment authority of 
     the Secretary under--
       (A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 
     1037, chapter 648; 25 U.S.C. 162a);
       (B) the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 
     1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.); and
       (C) this section.
       (2) Investment earnings.--In addition to the deposits under 
     subsection (c), any investment earnings, including interest, 
     credited to amounts held in the Trust Fund are authorized to 
     be used in accordance with subsections (e) and (h).
       (e) Availability of Amounts.--
       (1) In general.--Amounts appropriated to, and deposited in, 
     the Trust Fund, including any investment earnings, including 
     interest, shall be made available to the Tribe by the 
     Secretary beginning on the Enforceability Date and subject to 
     the requirements set forth in this section, except for funds 
     to be made available to the Tribe pursuant to paragraph (2).
       (2) Use of certain funds.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
     $20,000,000 of the amounts deposited in the Tule River Tribe 
     Water Development Projects Account shall be made available to 
     conduct technical studies and related investigations 
     regarding the Phase I Reservoir and to establish appropriate 
     Operation Rules.
       (f) Withdrawals.--
       (1) Withdrawals under the american indian trust fund 
     management reform act of 1994.--
       (A) In general.--The Tribe may withdraw any portion of the 
     amounts in the Trust Fund on approval by the Secretary of a 
     Tribal management plan submitted by the Tribe in accordance 
     with the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 
     1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
       (B) Requirements.--In addition to the requirements under 
     the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 
     (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management plan under 
     this paragraph shall require that the Tribe shall spend all 
     amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund, and any investment 
     earnings accrued through the investments under the Tribal 
     management plan, in accordance with this division.
       (C) Enforcement.--The Secretary may carry out such judicial 
     and administrative actions as the Secretary determines to be 
     necessary to enforce the Tribal management plan under this 
     paragraph to ensure that amounts withdrawn by the Tribe from 
     the Trust Fund under this paragraph are used in accordance 
     with this division.
       (2) Withdrawals under expenditure plan.--
       (A) In general.--The Tribe may submit to the Secretary a 
     request to withdraw amounts from the Trust Fund pursuant to 
     an approved expenditure plan.
       (B) Requirements.--To be eligible to withdraw amounts under 
     an expenditure plan under this paragraph, the Tribe shall 
     submit to the Secretary an expenditure plan for any portion 
     of the Trust Fund that the Tribe elects to withdraw pursuant 
     to this subparagraph, subject to the condition that the 
     amounts shall be used for the purposes described in this 
     division.
       (C) Inclusions.--An expenditure plan under this paragraph 
     shall include a description of the manner and purpose for 
     which the amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the Trust 
     Fund will be used by the Tribe in accordance with subsections 
     (e) and (h).
       (D) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve an expenditure 
     plan submitted under this paragraph if the Secretary 
     determines that the plan--
       (i) is reasonable; and
       (ii) is consistent with, and will be used for, the purposes 
     of this division.
       (E) Enforcement.--The Secretary may carry out such judicial 
     and administrative actions as the Secretary determines to be 
     necessary to enforce an expenditure plan to ensure that 
     amounts disbursed under this paragraph are used in accordance 
     with this division.
       (g) Effect of Section.--Nothing in this section gives the 
     Tribe the right to judicial review of a determination of the 
     Secretary relating to whether to approve a Tribal management 
     plan under subsection (f)(1) or an expenditure plan under 
     subsection (f)(2) except under subchapter II of chapter 5, 
     and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
     as the ``Administrative Procedure Act'').
       (h) Uses.--Amounts from the Trust Fund may only be used by 
     the Tribe for the following purposes:
       (1) The Tule River Tribe Water Development Projects Account 
     may only be used to plan, design, and construct Water 
     Development Projects on the Tule River Reservation, and for 
     the conduct of related activities, including for 
     environmental compliance in the development and construction 
     of projects under this division.
       (2) The Tule River Tribe OM&R Account may only be used for 
     the OM&R of Water Development Projects.
       (i) Liability.--The Secretary and the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or 
     investment of any amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund by 
     the Tribe under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (f).
       (j) Title to Infrastructure.--Title to, control over, and 
     operation of any project constructed using funds from the 
     Trust Fund shall remain in the Tribe.
       (k) Operation, Maintenance, & Replacement.--All OM&R costs 
     of any project constructed using funds from the Trust Fund 
     shall be the responsibility of the Tribe.
       (l) No Per Capita Distributions.--No portion of the Trust 
     Fund shall be distributed on a per capita basis to any member 
     of the Tribe.
       (m) Expenditure Report.--The Tule River Tribe shall 
     annually submit to the Secretary

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     an expenditure report describing accomplishments and amounts 
     spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management plan 
     or an expenditure plan under this division.

     SEC. 107. FUNDING.

       (a) Funding.--Out of any funds in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     transfer to the Secretary--
       (1) for deposit in the Tule River Tribe Water Development 
     Projects Account $518,000,000, to be available until 
     expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the 
     Treasury; and
       (2) for deposit in the Tule River Tribe OM&R Account 
     $50,000,000, to be available until expended, withdrawn, or 
     reverted to the general fund of the Treasury.
       (b) Fluctuation in Costs.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, as 
     appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified by reason of 
     ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after November 1, 
     2020, as indicated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 
     Cost Index--Composite Trend.
       (2) Construction costs adjustment.--The amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated under subsection (a) shall be adjusted to 
     address construction cost changes necessary to account for 
     unforeseen market volatility that may not otherwise be 
     captured by engineering cost indices as determined by the 
     Secretary, including repricing applicable to the types of 
     construction and current industry standards involved.
       (3) Repetition.--The adjustment process under this 
     subsection shall be repeated for each subsequent amount 
     appropriated until the amount authorized, as adjusted, has 
     been appropriated.
       (4) Period of indexing.--The period of indexing adjustment 
     under this subsection for any increment of funding shall end 
     on the date on which the funds are deposited into the Trust 
     Fund.

     SEC. 108. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST.

       (a) Transfer of Land to Trust.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, and the 
     requirements of this subsection, all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to the land described in 
     paragraph (2) shall be held in trust by the United States for 
     the benefit of the Tribe as part of the Reservation upon the 
     Enforceability Date, provided that the Tribal fee land 
     described in paragraph (2)(C)--
       (A) is free from any liens, encumbrances, or other 
     infirmities; and
       (B) has no existing evidence of any hazardous substances or 
     other environmental liability.
       (2) Lands to be held in trust.--The land referred to in 
     paragraph (1) is the following:
       (A) Bureau of land management lands.--
       (i) Approximately 26.15 acres of land located in T. 22 S., 
     R. 29 E., sec. 35, Lot 9.
       (ii) Approximately 85.50 acres of land located in T. 22 S., 
     R. 29 E., sec. 35, Lots 6 and 7.
       (iii) Approximately 38.77 acres of land located in--

       (I) T. 22 S., R. 30 E., sec. 30, Lot 1; and
       (II) T. 22 S., R. 30 E., sec. 31, Lots 6 and 7.

       (iv) Approximately 154.9 acres of land located in T. 22 S., 
     R. 30 E., sec. 34, N\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, Lots 2 
     and 3.
       (v) Approximately 40 acres of land located in T. 22 S., R. 
     30 E., sec. 34, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
       (vi) Approximately 375.17 acres of land located in--

       (I) T. 22 S., R. 30 E., sec. 35, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
     4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, Lots 3, 4, and 6; and
       (II) T. 23 S., R. 30 E., sec. 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, Lots 6 and 
     7.

       (vii) Approximately 60.43 acres of land located in--

       (I) T. 22 S., R. 30 E., sec. 35, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\; and
       (II) T. 23 S., R. 30 E., sec. 2, Lot 9.

       (viii) Approximately 15.48 acres of land located in T. 21 
     S., R. 30 E., sec. 31 in that portion of the NW\1/4\ lying 
     between Lots 8 and 9.
       (ix) Approximately 29.26 acres of land located in T. 21 S., 
     R. 30 E., sec. 31, Lot 7.
       (B) Forest service lands.--Approximately 9,037 acres of 
     land comprising the headwaters area of the South Fork Tule 
     River watershed located east of and adjacent to the Tule 
     River Indian Reservation, and more particularly described as 
     follows:
       (i) Commencing at the northeast corner of the Tule River 
     Indian Reservation in T. 21 S., R. 31 E., sec. 16, Mount 
     Diablo Base and Meridian, running thence east and then 
     southeast along the ridge of mountains dividing the waters of 
     the South Fork of the Tule River and Middle Fork of the Tule 
     River, continuing south and then southwest along the ridge of 
     mountains dividing the waters of the South Fork of the Tule 
     River and the Upper Kern River until intersecting with the 
     southeast corner of the Tule River Indian Reservation in T. 
     22 S., R. 31 E., sec. 28, thence from such point north along 
     the eastern boundary of the Tule River Indian Reservation to 
     the place of beginning.
       (ii) The area encompasses--

       (I) all of secs. 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, 35, and portions of 
     secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 28, 33, and 36, in T. 21 
     S., R. 31 E.; and
       (II) all of secs. 3 and 10, and portions of secs. 1, 2, 4, 
     9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, and 28, in T. 22 S., R. 31 E.

       (C) Tribally owned fee lands.--
       (i) Approximately 300 acres of land known as the McCarthy 
     Ranch and more particularly described as follows:

       (I) The SW\1/4\ and that portion of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 9 
     in T. 22 S., R. 29 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the 
     County of Tulare, State of California, according to the 
     official plat thereof, lying south and west of the center 
     line of the South Fork of the Tule River, as such river 
     existed on June 9, 1886, in the County of Tulare, State of 
     California; excepting therefrom an undivided one-half 
     interest in and to the oil, gas, minerals, and other 
     hydrocarbon substances in, on, or under such land, as 
     reserved by Alice King Henderson, a single woman, by Deed 
     dated January 22, 1959, and Recorded February 18, 1959, in 
     Book 2106, page 241, Tulare County Official Records.
       (II) An easement over and across that portion of the SW\1/
     4\ of sec. 10 in T. 22 S., R. 29 E., Mount Diablo Base and 
     Meridian, County of Tulare, State of California, more 
     particularly described as follows:

       (aa) Beginning at the intersection of the west line of the 
     SW\1/4\ of sec. 10, and the south bank of the South Tule 
     Independent Ditch; thence south 20 rods; thence in an 
     easterly direction, parallel with such ditch, 80 rods; thence 
     north 20 rods, thence westerly along the south bank of such 
     ditch 80 rods to the point of beginning; for the purpose of--
       (AA) maintaining thereon an irrigation ditch between the 
     headgate of the King Ditch situated on such land and the 
     SW\1/4\ and that portion of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 9 in T. 22 
     S., R. 29 E., lying south and west of the centerline of the 
     South Fork of the Tule River, as such river existed on June 
     9, 1886, in the County of Tulare, State of California; and
       (BB) conveying therethrough water from the South Fork of 
     the Tule River to the SW\1/4\ and that portion of the SE\1/4\ 
     of sec. 9 in T. 22 S., R. 29 E., lying south and west of the 
     centerline of the South Fork of the Tule River, as such river 
     existed on June 9, 1886.
       (bb) The easement described in item (aa) shall follow the 
     existing route of the King Ditch.
       (ii) Approximately 640 acres of land known as the Pierson/
     Diaz property in T. 22 S., R. 29 E., sec. 16, Mount Diablo 
     Base and Meridian, in the County of Tulare, State of 
     California, according to the official plat thereof.
       (iii) Approximately 375.44 acres of land known as the Hyder 
     property and more particularly described as follows:

       (I) That portion of the S\1/2\ of sec. 12 in T. 22 S., R. 
     28 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the County of 
     Tulare, State of California, according to the official plat 
     thereof, lying south of the County Road known as Reservation 
     Road, excepting therefrom an undivided one-half interest in 
     all oil, gas, minerals, and other hydrocarbon substances as 
     reserved in the deed from California Lands, Inc., to Lovell 
     J. Wilson and Genevieve P. Wilson, recorded February 17, 
     1940, in book 888, page 116, Tulare County Official Records.
       (II) The NW\1/4\ of sec. 13 in T. 22 S., R. 28 E., Mount 
     Diablo Base and Meridian, in the County of Tulare, State of 
     California, according to the official plat thereof, excepting 
     therefrom the south 1,200 feet thereof.
       (III) The south 1,200 feet of the NW\1/4\ of sec. 13 in T. 
     22 S., R. 28 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the 
     County of Tulare, State of California, according to the 
     official plat thereof.

       (iv) Approximately 157.22 acres of land situated in the 
     unincorporated area of the County of Tulare, State of 
     California, known as the Trailor property, and more 
     particularly described as follows: The SW\1/4\ of sec. 11 in 
     T. 22 S., R. 28 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the 
     unincorporated area of the County of Tulare, State of 
     California, according to the official plat thereof.
       (v) Approximately 89.45 acres of land known as the Tomato 
     Patch in that portion of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 11 in T. 22 S., 
     R. 28 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the County of 
     Tulare, State of California, according to the Official Plat 
     of the survey of such land on file in the Bureau of Land 
     Management at the date of the issuance of the patent thereof, 
     and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the 
     southeast corner of T. 22 S., R. 28 E., sec. 11, thence north 
     and along the east line of such sec. 11, 1,342 feet, thence 
     south 83 44' west 258 feet, thence north 84 30' west 456 
     feet, thence north 65 28' west 800 feet, thence north 68 
     44' west 295 feet, thence south 71 40' west 700 feet, thence 
     south 56 41' west 240 feet to the west line of the SE\1/4\ 
     of such sec. 11, thence south 0 21' west along such west 
     line of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 11, thence west 1,427 feet to the 
     southwest corner of such SE\1/4\ of sec. 11, thence south 89 
     34' east 2,657 feet to the point of beginning, excepting 
     therefrom--

       (I) a strip of land 25 feet in width along the northerly 
     and east sides and used as a County Road; and
       (II) an undivided one-half interest in all oil, gas, and 
     minerals in and under such lands, as reserved in the Deed 
     from Bank of America, a corporation, dated August 14, 1935, 
     filed for record August 28, 1935, Fee Book 11904.

       (vi) Approximately 160 acres of land known as the Smith 
     Mill in the NW\1/4\ of the NE\1/4\, the N\1/2\ of the NW\1/
     4\, and the SE\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of sec. 20 in T. 21 S., R. 
     31 E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the County of 
     Tulare, State of California, according to the official plat 
     thereof.
       (vii) Approximately 35 acres of land located within the 
     exterior boundaries of the Tule River Reservation known as 
     the Highway 190 parcel, with the legal description as 
     follows: That portion of T. 21 S., R. 29 E., sec. 19, Mount 
     Diablo Base and Meridian, in the County of Tulare, State of 
     California, according to the official plat thereof, and more 
     particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point in 
     the south line of the

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     N\1/2\ of the S\1/2\ of such sec. 19, such point being south 
     89 54' 47'' east, 1,500 feet of the southwest corner of such 
     N\1/2\, thence north 52 41' 17'' east, 1602.80 feet to the 
     true point of beginning of the parcel to be described, thence 
     north 32 02' 00'' west, 1,619.53 feet to a point in the 
     southeasterly line of State Highway 190 per deeds recorded 
     May 5, 1958, in Book 2053, pages 608 and 613, Tulare County 
     Official Records, thence north 57 58' 00'' east, 232.29 
     feet, thence north 66 33' 24'' east, 667.51 fee, thence 
     departing the southeasterly line of such Highway 190, south 
     44 53' 27'' east, 913.62 feet, thence south 85 53' 27'' 
     east, 794.53 feet, thence south 52 41' 17'' west, 1,744.64 
     feet to the true point of beginning.
       (viii) Approximately 61.91 acres of land located within the 
     exterior boundaries of the Tule River Reservation known as 
     the Shan King property, with the legal description as 
     follows:

       (I) Parcel 1: Parcel No. 1 of parcel map no. 4028 in the 
     County of Tulare, State of California, as per the map 
     recorded in Book 41, page 32 of Tulare County Records.
       (II)(aa) Parcel 2: That portion of T. 21 S., R. 29 E., sec. 
     19, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the County of Tulare, 
     State of California, described as follows: Commencing at a 
     point in the south line of the N\1/2\ of the S\1/2\ of such 
     sec. 19, such point being south 89 54' 58'' east, 1,500 feet 
     of the southwest corner of such N\1/2\, thence north 52 41' 
     06'' east, 1602.80 feet to the southwesterly corner of the 
     40-acre parcel shown on the Record of Survey recorded in Book 
     18, page 17, of Licensed Surveys, Tulare County Records, 
     thence, north 32 01' 28'' west, 542.04 feet along the 
     southwesterly line of such 40-acre parcel to the true point 
     of beginning of the parcel to be described, thence, 
     continuing north 32 01' 28'' west, 1,075.50 feet to the 
     northwesterly corner of such 40-acre parcel, thence north 57 
     58' 50'' east, 232.31 feet along the southeasterly line of 
     State Highway 190, thence north 66 34' 12'' east, 6.85 feet, 
     thence, departing the southeasterly line of State Highway 190 
     south 29 27' 29'' east, 884.73 feet, thence south 02 59' 
     33'' east, 218 feet, thence south 57 58' 31'' west, 93.67 
     feet to the true point of beginning.
       (bb) The property described in item (aa) is subject to a 
     100-foot minimum building setback from the right-of-way of 
     Highway 190.
       (III) Parcel 3: That portion of T. 21 S., R. 29 E., sec. 
     19, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, County of Tulare, State 
     of California, described as follows: Beginning at a point in 
     the south line of the N\1/2\ of the S\1/2\ of such sec. 19, 
     such point being south 89 54' 47'' east, 1,500 feet of the 
     southwest corner of such N\1/2\, thence north 7 49' 19'' 
     east, 1,205 feet, thence north 40 00' 00'' west, 850 feet to 
     a point in the southeasterly line of State Highway 190, per 
     deeds recorded May 5, 1958, in Book 2053, pages 608 and 613, 
     Tulare County Official Records, thence, north 57 58' 00'' 
     east, 941.46 feet, along the southeasterly line of such 
     Highway 190, thence departing the southeasterly line of such 
     Highway 190, south 32 02' 00'' east, 1619.53 feet, thence 
     south 52 41' 17'' west, 1,602.80 feet to the point of 
     beginning, together with a \3/4\ interest in a water system, 
     as set forth in that certain water system and maintenance 
     agreement recorded April 15, 2005, as document no. 2005-
     0039177.

       (ix) Approximately 18.44 acres of land located within the 
     exterior boundaries of the Tule River Reservation known as 
     the Parking Lot 4 parcel with the legal description as 
     follows: That portion of the land described in that Grant 
     Deed to Tule River Indian Tribe, recorded June 1, 2010, as 
     document number 2010-0032879, Tulare County Official Records, 
     lying within the following described parcel: beginning at a 
     point on the east line of the NW\1/4\ of sec. 3 in T. 22 S., 
     R. 28 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, lying south 0 49' 43'' 
     west, 1670.53 feet from the N\1/4\ corner of such sec. 3, 
     thence (1) south 89 10' 17'' east, 46.50 feet; thence (2) 
     north 0 49' 43'' east, 84.08 feet; thence (3) north 33 00' 
     00'' west, 76.67 feet to the south line of State Route 190 as 
     described in that Grant Deed to the State of California, 
     recorded February 14, 1958, in Volume 2038, page 562, Tulare 
     County Official Records; thence (4) north 0 22' 28'' east, 
     73.59 feet to the north line of the SE\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of 
     such sec. 3; thence (5) south 89 37' 32'' east, along such 
     north line, 89.77 feet to the center-north sixteenth corner 
     of such sec. 3; thence (6) south 0 49' 43'' west, along such 
     east line of the NW\1/4\ of such sec. 3, a distance of 222.06 
     feet to the point of beginning. Containing 0.08 acres, more 
     or less, in addition to that portion lying within Road 284. 
     Together with the underlying fee interest, if any, contiguous 
     to the above-described property in and to Road 284. This 
     conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the 
     grantor hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any 
     and all abutter's rights including access rights, appurtenant 
     to grantor's remaining property, in and to such freeway. 
     Reserving however, unto grantor, grantor's successors or 
     assigns, the right of access to the freeway over and across 
     Courses (1) and (2) herein above described. The bearings and 
     distances used in this description are on the California 
     Coordinate System of 1983, Zone 4. Divide distances by 
     0.999971 to convert to ground distances.
       (b) Terms and Conditions.--
       (1) Existing authorizations.--Any Federal land transferred 
     under this section shall be conveyed and taken into trust 
     subject to valid existing rights, contracts, leases, permits, 
     and rights-of-way, unless the holder of the right, contract, 
     lease, permit, or right-of-way requests an earlier 
     termination in accordance with existing law. The Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs shall assume all benefits and obligations of 
     the previous land management agency under such existing 
     rights, contracts, leases, permits, or rights-of-way, and 
     shall disburse to the Tribe any amounts that accrue to the 
     United States from such rights, contracts, leases, permits, 
     or rights-of-ways after the date of transfer from any sale, 
     bonus, royalty, or rental relating to that land in the same 
     manner as amounts received from other land held by the 
     Secretary in trust for the Tribe.
       (2) Improvements.--Any improvements constituting personal 
     property, as defined by State law, belonging to the holder of 
     a right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way on lands 
     transferred under this section shall remain the property of 
     the holder and shall be removed not later than 90 days after 
     the date on which the right, contract, lease, permit, or 
     right-of-way expires, unless the Tribe and the holder agree 
     otherwise. Any such property remaining beyond the 90-day 
     period shall become the property of the Tribe and shall be 
     subject to removal and disposition at the Tribe's discretion. 
     The holder shall be liable for the costs the Tribe incurs in 
     removing and disposing of the property.
       (c) Withdrawal of Federal Lands.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
     effective on the date of enactment of this Act, all Federal 
     lands within the parcels described in subsection (a)(2) are 
     withdrawn from all forms of--
       (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (C) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
       (2) Expiration.--The withdrawals pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     shall terminate on the date that the Secretary takes the 
     lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(1).
       (d) Technical Corrections.--Notwithstanding the 
     descriptions of the parcels of land in subsection (a)(2), the 
     United States may, with the consent of the Tribe, make 
     technical corrections to the legal land descriptions to more 
     specifically identify the parcels to be exchanged.
       (e) Survey.--
       (1) Unless the United States or the Tribe requests an 
     additional survey for the transferred land or a technical 
     correction is made under subsection (d), the description of 
     land under this section shall be controlling.
       (2) If the United States or the Tribe requests an 
     additional survey, that survey shall control the total 
     acreage to be transferred into trust under this section.
       (3) The Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     provide such assistance as may be appropriate--
       (A) to conduct additional surveys of the transferred land; 
     and
       (B) to satisfy administrative requirements necessary to 
     accomplish the land transfers under this section.
       (f) Date of Transfer.--The Secretary shall issue trust 
     deeds for all land transfers under this section by not later 
     than 10 years after the Enforceability Date.
       (g) Restriction on Gaming.--Lands taken into trust pursuant 
     to this section shall not be considered to have been taken 
     into trust for, nor eligible for, class II gaming or class 
     III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the 
     Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
       (h) Status of Water Rights on Transferred Lands.--Any water 
     rights associated with lands transferred pursuant to 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(2) shall be 
     held in trust for the Tribe but shall not be included in the 
     Tribal Water Right.

     SEC. 109. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.

       The benefits provided under this division shall be in 
     complete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 
     satisfaction of any claim of the Tribe against the United 
     States that is waived and released by the Tribe under section 
     110(a).

     SEC. 110. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Waivers and releases of claims by the tribe and the 
     united states as trustee for the tribe.--Subject to the 
     reservation of rights and retention of claims set forth in 
     subsection (c), as consideration for recognition of the 
     Tribe's Tribal Water Right and other benefits described in 
     the 2007 Agreement and this division, the Tribe and the 
     United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall execute 
     a waiver and release of all claims for the following:
       (A) All claims for water rights within the State of 
     California based on any and all legal theories that the Tribe 
     or the United States acting as trustee for the Tribe, 
     asserted or could have asserted in any proceeding, including 
     a general stream adjudication, on or before the 
     Enforceability Date, except to the extent that such rights 
     are recognized in the 2007 Agreement and this division.
       (B) All claims for damages, losses, or injuries to water 
     rights or claims of interference with, diversion, or taking 
     of water rights (including claims for injury to lands 
     resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, interference 
     with, diversion, or taking of water rights) within California 
     against the State, or any person, entity, corporation, or 
     municipality, that accrued at any time up to and including 
     the Enforceability Date.
       (2) Waiver and release of claims by the tribe against the 
     united states.--Subject to the reservation of rights and 
     retention of claims under subsection (c), the Tribe shall

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     execute a waiver and release of all claims against the United 
     States (including any agency or employee of the United 
     States) for water rights within the State of California first 
     arising before the Enforceability Date relating to--
       (A) water rights within the State of California that the 
     United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe, asserted or 
     could have asserted in any proceeding, including a general 
     stream adjudication, except to the extent that such rights 
     are recognized as part of the Tribal Water Right under this 
     division;
       (B) foregone benefits from nontribal use of water, on and 
     off the Reservation (including water from all sources and for 
     all uses);
       (C) damage, loss, or injury to water, water rights, land, 
     or natural resources due to loss of water or water rights 
     (including damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 
     gathering, or cultural rights, due to loss of water or water 
     rights, claims relating to interference with, diversion, or 
     taking of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 
     acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or water 
     infrastructure) within the State of California;
       (D) a failure to establish or provide a municipal rural or 
     industrial water delivery system on the Reservation;
       (E) damage, loss, or injury to water, water rights, land, 
     or natural resources due to construction, operation, and 
     management of irrigation projects on the Reservation and 
     other Federal land and facilities (including damages, losses, 
     or injuries to fish habitat, wildlife, and wildlife habitat);
       (F) failure to provide for operation, maintenance, or 
     deferred maintenance for any irrigation system or irrigation 
     project;
       (G) failure to provide a dam safety improvement to a dam on 
     the Reservation;
       (H) the litigation of claims relating to any water rights 
     of the Tribe within the State of California;
       (I) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of the 2007 
     Agreement (including exhibits A-F) and this division;
       (J) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of operational 
     rules referred to in article 3.4 of the 2007 Agreement in 
     connection with any reservoir locations, including any claims 
     related to the resolution of operational rules pursuant to 
     the dispute resolution processes set forth in the article 8 
     of the 2007 Agreement, including claims arising after the 
     Enforceability Date; and
       (K) claims related to the creation or reduction of the 
     Reservation, including any claims relating to the failure to 
     ratify any treaties and any claims that any particular lands 
     were intended to be set aside as a permanent homeland for the 
     Tribe but were not included as part of the present 
     Reservation.
       (b) Effectiveness.--The waivers and releases under 
     subsection (a) shall take effect on the Enforceability Date.
       (c) Reservation of Rights and Retention of Claims.--
     Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under subsection 
     (a), the Tribe and the United States, acting as trustee for 
     the Tribe, shall retain--
       (1) all claims relating to the enforcement of, or claims 
     accruing after the Enforceability Date relating to water 
     rights recognized under the 2007 Agreement, any final court 
     decree entered in the Federal District Court for the Eastern 
     District of California, or this division;
       (2) all claims relating to the right to use and protect 
     water rights acquired after the date of enactment of this 
     Act;
       (3) claims regarding the quality of water under--
       (A) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
     and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including 
     claims for damages to natural resources;
       (B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.);
       (C) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
     et seq.) (commonly referred to as the ``Clean Water Act''); 
     and
       (D) any regulations implementing the Acts described in 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C);
       (4) all claims for damage, loss, or injury to land or 
     natural resources that are not due to loss of water or water 
     rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 
     rights; and
       (5) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, and 
     powers not specifically waived and released pursuant to this 
     division or the 2007 Agreement.
       (d) Effect of 2007 Agreement and Act.--Nothing in the 2007 
     Agreement or this division--
       (1) affects the authority of the Tribe to enforce the laws 
     of the Tribe, including with respect to environmental 
     protections or reduces or extends the sovereignty (including 
     civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any government entity;
       (2) affects the ability of the United States, acting as 
     sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by law, 
     including--
       (A) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
     and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.);
       (B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.);
       (C) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
     et seq.);
       (D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); 
     and
       (E) any regulations implementing the Acts described in 
     subparagraphs (A) through (D);
       (3) affects the ability of the United States to act as 
     trustee for any other Indian Tribe or an allottee of any 
     other Indian Tribe;
       (4) confers jurisdiction on any State court--
       (A) to interpret Federal law relating to health, safety, or 
     the environment;
       (B) to determine the duties of the United States or any 
     other party under Federal law regarding health, safety, or 
     the environment;
       (C) to conduct judicial review of any Federal agency 
     action; or
       (D) to interpret Tribal law; or
       (5) waives any claim of a member of the Tribe in an 
     individual capacity that does not derive from a right of the 
     Tribe.
       (e) Tolling of Claims.--
       (1) In general.--Each applicable period of limitation and 
     time-based equitable defense relating to a claim described in 
     this section shall be tolled for the period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 
     Enforceability Date.
       (2) Effect of subsection.--Nothing in this subsection 
     revives any claim or tolls any period of limitation or time-
     based equitable defense that expired before the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (3) Limitation.--Nothing in this section precludes the 
     tolling of any period of limitations or any time-based 
     equitable defense under any other applicable law.
       (f) Expiration.--
       (1) In general.--This division shall expire in any case in 
     which the Secretary fails to publish a statement of findings 
     under section 111 by not later than--
       (A) 8 years from the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (B) such alternative later date as is agreed to by the 
     Tribe and the Secretary, after providing reasonable notice to 
     the State of California.
       (2) Consequences.--If this division expires under paragraph 
     (1)--
       (A) the waivers and releases under subsection (a) shall--
       (i) expire; and
       (ii) have no further force or effect;
       (B) the authorization, ratification, confirmation, and 
     execution of the 2007 Agreement under section 104 shall no 
     longer be effective;
       (C) any action carried out by the Secretary, and any 
     contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this division, 
     shall be void;
       (D) any unexpended Federal funds appropriated or made 
     available to carry out the activities authorized by this 
     division, together with any interest earned on those funds, 
     and any water rights or contracts to use water and title to 
     other property acquired or constructed with Federal funds 
     appropriated or made available to carry out the activities 
     authorized by this division shall be returned to the Federal 
     Government, unless otherwise agreed to by the Tribe and the 
     United States and approved by Congress; and
       (E) except for Federal funds used to acquire or construct 
     property that is returned to the Federal Government under 
     subparagraph (D), the United States shall be entitled to 
     offset any Federal funds made available to carry out this 
     division that were expended or withdrawn, or any funds made 
     available to carry out this division from other Federal 
     authorized sources, together with any interest accrued on 
     those funds, against any claims against the United States--
       (i) relating to--

       (I) water rights in the State of California asserted by--

       (aa) the Tribe; or
       (bb) any user of the Tribal Water Right; or

       (II) any other matter covered by subsection (a)(2); or

       (ii) in any future settlement of water rights of the Tribe.

     SEC. 111. ENFORCEABILITY DATE.

       The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which the 
     Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a statement of 
     findings that--
       (1) to the extent that the 2007 Agreement conflicts with 
     the division, the 2007 Agreement has been amended to conform 
     with this division;
       (2) the 2007 Agreement, so revised, includes waivers and 
     releases of claims set forth in section 110 and has been 
     executed by the parties, including the United States;
       (3) a final judgment and decree approving the 2007 
     Agreement, including Operation Rules, and binding all parties 
     to the action has been entered by the Court, and all appeals 
     have been exhausted;
       (4) all of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 107(a) have been appropriated and deposited in the 
     designated accounts; and
       (5) the waivers and releases under section 110(a) have been 
     executed by the Tribe and the Secretary.

     SEC. 112. BINDING EFFECT; JUDICIAL APPROVAL; ENFORCEABILITY.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Lawsuit.--1 or more Parties may file suit in the Court 
     requesting the entry of a final judgement and decree 
     approving the Tribal Water Right and the 2007 Agreement, 
     provided that no such suit shall be filed until after--
       (A) the Tribe has confirmed that the Phase I Reservoir will 
     be sited at the location described in section 3.4.B.(1) of 
     the 2007 Agreement and that Exhibit E governs operation of 
     the Phase I Reservoir; or
       (B) the Tribe has selected a substitute site for the Phase 
     I Reservoir pursuant to section 3.4.B.(2)(a) of the 2007 
     Agreement and--
       (i) the Parties have agreed on Operation Rules and the 
     Secretary has executed the 2007 Agreement; or

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       (ii) if the Parties have reached an impasse in attempting 
     to negotiate Operation Rules, at least 1 Party has developed 
     proposed Operation Rules to submit for judicial review and 
     approval, and has shared the proposed Operation Rules with 
     the other Parties at least 90 days in advance of filing the 
     lawsuit.
       (2) Joining united states as party.--Where suit is filed 
     pursuant to this subsection, including the satisfaction of 
     the requirements in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), 
     the United States may be joined in litigation for the 
     purposes set forth in this section.
       (b) Judicial Approval.--The Court shall have exclusive 
     jurisdiction to review and determine whether to approve the 
     Tribal Water Right and the 2007 Agreement, and on doing so 
     over any cause of action initiated by any Party arising from 
     a dispute over the interpretation of the 2007 Agreement or 
     this division, and any cause of action initiated by any Party 
     for the enforcement of the 2007 Agreement.
       (c) Failure To Agree on Operation Rules.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii), the 
     Court shall have jurisdiction over a cause of action that a 
     Party initiates to establish Operation Rules, where the 
     Parties failed to reach agreement on such Operation Rules.
       (2) Voluntary dispute resolution.--If a suit is filed under 
     paragraph (1), the Court shall refer the Parties to the 
     voluntary dispute resolution program of the Court.
       (3) Court selection of operation rules.--
       (A) In general.--If the voluntary dispute resolution 
     program does not, after a reasonable amount of time as 
     determined by the Court, result in agreed-on Operation Rules, 
     the Court shall set a deadline by which any Party or 
     Downstream Water User may submit proposed Operation Rules 
     and, after briefing and hearing evidence, select among the 
     proffered Operation Rule based on the criteria set forth in 
     paragraph (4).
       (B) Implementation of agreed-on operation rules.--Once the 
     Court selects Operation Rules pursuant to subparagraph (A), 
     such Operation Rules shall thereafter control and shall be 
     implemented by the Parties pursuant to the terms directed by 
     the Court.
       (4) Criteria for court selection of operation rules.--
       (A) In general.--The Court shall select the proffered 
     Operation Rules that, if implemented, would be the most 
     effective in--
       (i) regulating the flows in the South Tule River to comply 
     with the terms contained in the 2007 Agreement and the 
     following diversion limits, where the South Tule Independent 
     Ditch Company's point of diversion is the point of 
     measurement, including--

       (I) where the natural flow is less than 3 cubic feet per 
     second (referred to in this clause as ``cfs''), the Tribe has 
     a right to 1 cfs;
       (II) where the natural flow is greater than or equal to 3 
     cfs and less than 5 cfs, the Tribe has a right to 1\1/2\ cfs;
       (III) where the natural flow is greater than or equal to 5 
     cfs and less than 10 cfs, the Tribe has a right to 2 cfs; and
       (IV) where the natural flow is greater than or equal to 10 
     cfs, the Tribe has a right to any amount;

       (ii) minimizing adverse impact on the Parties other than 
     the Tribe; and
       (iii) maintaining the right of the Tribe to the reasonable 
     and economic use of water for domestic and stock purposes on 
     the Reservation.
       (B) Consideration of exhibit e.--In applying the criteria 
     set forth in subparagraph (A), the Court should consider the 
     Operation Rules governing the Phase I Reservoir described in 
     section 3.4.B.(1) of the 2007 Agreement, as set forth in 
     Exhibit E to the 2007 Agreement, which the Parties agreed on 
     based on consideration of those criteria.
       (C) Inconsistency of proposed operation rules with 
     criteria.--
       (i) In general.--The Court shall not approve the 2007 
     Agreement if the Court finds that none of the proffered 
     Operation Rules are consistent with the criteria set forth in 
     subparagraph (A).
       (ii) Alternative operation rules.--If the Court finds that 
     none of the proffered Operation Rules are consistent with the 
     criteria set forth in subparagraph (A), the Court may 
     establish an alternate process to allow the Parties to 
     develop alternate Operation Rules that are consistent with 
     those criteria.

     SEC. 113. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

       (a) Waiver of Sovereign Immunity by the United States.--
     Nothing in this division waives the sovereign immunity of the 
     United States, except as provided in section 112(a)(2).
       (b) Other Tribes Not Adversely Affected.--Nothing in this 
     division quantifies or diminishes any land or water right, or 
     any claim or entitlement to land or water, of an Indian 
     Tribe, band, or community other than the Tribe.
       (c) Other Water Rights of United States Not Adversely 
     Affected.--Nothing in this division quantifies or diminishes 
     any other water right held by the United States other than as 
     a Downstream Water User.
       (d) Effect on Current Law.--Nothing in this division 
     affects any provision of law (including regulations) in 
     effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 
     with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 
     environmental enforcement action.
       (e) Conflict.--In the event of a conflict between the 2007 
     Agreement and this division, this division shall control.

     SEC. 114. ANTIDEFICIENCY.

        The United States shall not be liable for any failure to 
     carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 
     division, including any obligation or activity under the 2007 
     Agreement if adequate appropriations are not provided by 
     Congress expressly to carry out the purposes of this 
     division.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1138. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  In carrying out section 5(h) of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)) in fiscal year 2024, 
     the Secretary shall continue to approve operations of State 
     agencies under that section with virtual components and 
     evaluate the impact of those virtual components on the 
     successful provision of benefits under that section to 
     victims of disasters.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1139. Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Schatz) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 
submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to 
be proposed 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:
        At the appropriate place in title I of division C, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. EVACUATION ROUTE PLANNING.

       Using amounts made available for the Federal Highway 
     Administration under this Act that are not otherwise 
     obligated, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
     with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, shall develop and publish guidelines and best 
     practices for States, Indian Tribes, and units of local 
     government to use when conducting local emergency evacuation 
     route planning, including routing of emergency response 
     supplies, equipment, and workers, as part of natural disaster 
     preparedness efforts.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1140. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:
        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. IMPROVING HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS 
                   EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

       In carrying out the program under section 8(o)(19) of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) 
     (commonly referred to as ``HUD-VASH''), the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall--
       (1) coordinate with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development to establish pathways that would allow for 
     temporary, transitional case management in areas in which 
     public housing authorities have vouchers under the program 
     that are available, allocated, and accompanied with case 
     management resources provided by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, but underutilized due to a lack of referrals from 
     the Department; and
       (2) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, finalize guidance regarding approval of a public 
     housing authority to be a designated service provider.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1141. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:
        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. ELECTRONIC REQUEST OF CERTAIN RECORDS MAINTAINED BY 
                   THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and notwithstanding section 5702 of 
     title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall--
       (1) establish and maintain a secure website or online tool 
     for a claimant or a duly recognized agent or representative 
     of that claimant to submit an electronic request for

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     records under section 5702 of title 38, United States Code; 
     and
       (2) ensure that, after consulting with stakeholders 
     (including veterans service organizations recognized under 
     section 5902 of such title) regarding the wording of the 
     warning under subparagraph (A), each time a claimant under a 
     law administered by the Secretary logs in to a website or 
     online tool of the Department, such website or online tool 
     issues to the claimant, in plain language and in English, 
     Spanish, Tagalog, and the other languages most commonly 
     spoken in the United States--
       (A) a warning about individuals who seek to act in 
     violation of chapter 59 of such title;
       (B) a link to an online tool of the Department through 
     which the claimant may report such an individual;
       (C) a link to an online tool of the Department through 
     which the claimant may search for a recognized agent, 
     attorney, or other entity recognized by the Secretary for the 
     preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim under 
     laws administered by the Secretary; and
       (D) a link to a website or an online tool of the Department 
     providing final decisions on discipline of agents, attorneys, 
     and entities, described in subparagraph (C), by the Secretary 
     for violations of chapter 59 of such title.
       (b) Responses to Requests.--Upon receipt of a valid request 
     made through the website or online tool established and 
     maintained pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall 
     provide to the requestor--
       (1) not later than 10 days after receipt of the request, 
     confirmation of such receipt; and
       (2) not later than 120 days after receipt of the request, 
     such records requested in the format in which such copy is 
     desired by the requester, including whether in printed form 
     or by downloadable file.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1142. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       At the end of division C, add the following:

                                TITLE V

 CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF RULEMAKING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

     SEC. 501. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. (A)(1)(A) BEFORE ANY RULE 
                   RELATED TO THE NEW VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY 
                   STANDARDS, INCLUDING STANDARDS FOR LIGHT-DUTY 
                   VEHICLES, MEDIUM-DUTY TRUCKS, HEAVY-DUTY 
                   TRUCKS, AND ENGINES, MAY TAKE EFFECT, THE 
                   DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH IN THE FEDERAL 
                   REGISTER A LIST OF INFORMATION ON WHICH THE 
                   RULE IS BASED, INCLUDING DATA, SCIENTIFIC AND 
                   ECONOMIC STUDIES, AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES, 
                   AND IDENTIFY HOW THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS SUCH 
                   INFORMATION ONLINE, AND SHALL SUBMIT TO EACH 
                   HOUSE OF THE CONGRESS AND TO THE COMPTROLLER 
                   GENERAL A REPORT CONTAINING--

       (i) a copy of the rule;
       (ii) a concise general statement relating to the rule;
       (iii) a classification of the rule as a major or nonmajor 
     rule, including an explanation of the classification 
     specifically addressing each criteria for a major rule 
     contained within subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 
     504(2);
       (iv) a list of any other related regulatory actions 
     intended to implement the same statutory provision or 
     regulatory objective as well as the individual and aggregate 
     economic effects of those actions; and
       (v) the proposed effective date of the rule.
       (B) On the date of the submission of the report under 
     subparagraph (A), the Department shall submit to the 
     Comptroller General and make available to each House of 
     Congress--
       (i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis of the 
     rule, if any, including an analysis of any jobs added or 
     lost, differentiating between public and private sector jobs;
       (ii) the Department's actions pursuant to sections 603, 
     604, 605, 607, and 609 of title 5, United States Code;
       (iii) the Department's actions pursuant to sections 202, 
     203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
     1995;
       (iv) an estimate of the effect on inflation of the rule; 
     and
       (v) any other relevant information or requirements under 
     any other Act and any relevant Executive orders.
       (C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under subparagraph 
     (A), each House shall provide copies of the report to the 
     chairman and ranking member of each standing committee with 
     jurisdiction under the rules of the House of Representatives 
     or the Senate to report a bill to amend the provision of law 
     under which the rule is issued.
       (D) If requested in writing by a member of Congress--
       (i) the Comptroller General shall make a determination 
     whether an agency action qualifies as a rule for purposes of 
     this title, and shall submit to Congress this determination 
     not later than 60 days after the date of the request; and
       (ii) the Comptroller General, in consultation with the 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office, shall make a 
     determination whether a rule is considered a major rule under 
     the provisions of this Act, and shall submit to Congress this 
     determination not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     request.
       For purposes of this section, a determination under this 
     subparagraph shall be deemed to be a report under 
     subparagraph (A).
       (2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a report on 
     each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction by the end 
     of 15 calendar days after the submission or publication date. 
     The report of the Comptroller General shall include an 
     assessment of the Department's compliance with procedural 
     steps required by paragraph (1)(B) and an assessment of 
     whether the major rule imposes any new limits or mandates on 
     private-sector activity.
       (B) The Department of Transportation shall cooperate with 
     the Comptroller General by providing information relevant to 
     the Comptroller General's report under subparagraph (A).
       (3) A major rule relating to a report submitted under 
     paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of a joint 
     resolution of approval described in section 502 or as 
     provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 
     resolution of approval described in section 502, whichever is 
     later.
       (4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided by 
     section 503 after submission to Congress under paragraph (1).
       (5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a major 
     rule is not enacted within the period provided in subsection 
     (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relating to the 
     same rule may not be considered under this title in the same 
     Congress by either the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate.
       (b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 
     Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 
     under section 502.
       (2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) is 
     not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 
     legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 
     which the report referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) is 
     received by Congress (excluding days either House of Congress 
     is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of 
     Congress), then the rule described in that resolution shall 
     be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall not take 
     effect.
       (c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section 
     (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule may take 
     effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the President makes 
     a determination under paragraph (2) and submits written 
     notice of such determination to the Congress.
       (2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made by the 
     President by Executive order that the major rule should take 
     effect because such rule is--
       (A) necessary because of an imminent threat to health or 
     safety or other emergency;
       (B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal laws;
       (C) necessary for national security; or
       (D) issued pursuant to any statute implementing an 
     international trade agreement.
       (3) An exercise by the President of the authority under 
     this subsection shall have no effect on the procedures under 
     section 502.
       (d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review otherwise 
     provided under this title, in the case of any rule for which 
     a report was submitted in accordance with subsection 
     (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date occurring--
       (A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days; or
       (B) in the case of the House of Representatives, 60 
     legislative days,
     before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 
     session of Congress through the date on which the same or 
     succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sections 
     502 and 503 shall apply to such rule in the succeeding 
     session of Congress.
       (2)(A) In applying sections 502 and 503 for purposes of 
     such additional review, a rule described under paragraph (1) 
     shall be treated as though--
       (i) such rule were published in the Federal Register on--
       (I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th session day; or
       (II) in the case of the House of Representatives, the 15th 
     legislative day,
     after the succeeding session of Congress first convenes; and
       (ii) a report on such rule were submitted to Congress under 
     subsection (a)(1) on such date.
       (B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to affect 
     the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a report shall 
     be submitted to Congress before a rule can take effect.
       (3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take effect 
     as otherwise provided by law (including other subsections of 
     this section).

     SEC. 502. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR MAJOR RULES. 
                   (A)(1) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM 
                   ``JOINT RESOLUTION'' MEANS ONLY A JOINT 
                   RESOLUTION ADDRESSING A REPORT CLASSIFYING A 
                   RULE AS MAJOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 
                   501(A)(1)(A)(III) THAT--

       (A) bears no preamble;
       (B) bears the following title (with blanks filled as 
     appropriate): ``Approving the rule submitted by ___ relating 
     to ___.'';

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       (C) includes after its resolving clause only the following 
     (with blanks filled as appropriate): ``That Congress approves 
     the rule submitted by ___ relating to ___.''; and
       (D) is introduced pursuant to paragraph (2).
       (2) After a House of Congress receives a report classifying 
     a rule as major pursuant to section 501(a)(1)(A)(iii), the 
     majority leader of that House (or his or her respective 
     designee) shall introduce (by request, if appropriate) a 
     joint resolution described in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in the case of the House of Representatives, within 3 
     legislative days; and
       (B) in the case of the Senate, within 3 session days.
       (3) A joint resolution described in paragraph (1) shall not 
     be subject to amendment at any stage of proceeding.
       (b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be 
     referred in each House of Congress to the committees having 
     jurisdiction over the provision of law under which the rule 
     is issued.
       (c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees to which 
     a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been 
     referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session days 
     after its introduction, such committee or committees shall be 
     automatically discharged from further consideration of the 
     resolution and it shall be placed on the calendar. A vote on 
     final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before 
     the close of the 15th session day after the resolution is 
     reported by the committee or committees to which it was 
     referred, or after such committee or committees have been 
     discharged from further consideration of the resolution.
       (d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or committees to 
     which a joint resolution is referred have reported, or when a 
     committee or committees are discharged (under subsection (c)) 
     from further consideration of a joint resolution described in 
     subsection (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even 
     though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
     disagreed to) for a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     the joint resolution, and all points of order against the 
     joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint 
     resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to 
     amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the 
     joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
     Senate until disposed of.
       (2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, and on 
     all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
     shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be 
     divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
     joint resolution. A motion to further limit debate is in 
     order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
     postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     other business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution 
     is not in order.
       (3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclusion of 
     the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a), 
     and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 
     requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the 
     vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       (4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
     application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
     relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
     shall be decided without debate.
       (e) In the House of Representatives, if any committee to 
     which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been 
     referred has not reported it to the House at the end of 15 
     legislative days after its introduction, such committee shall 
     be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
     resolution, and it shall be placed on the appropriate 
     calendar. On the second and fourth Thursdays of each month it 
     shall be in order at any time for the Speaker to recognize a 
     Member who favors passage of a joint resolution that has 
     appeared on the calendar for at least 5 legislative days to 
     call up that joint resolution for immediate consideration in 
     the House without intervention of any point of order. When so 
     called up a joint resolution shall be considered as read and 
     shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled 
     by the proponent and an opponent, and the previous question 
     shall be considered as ordered to its passage without 
     intervening motion. It shall not be in order to reconsider 
     the vote on passage. If a vote on final passage of the joint 
     resolution has not been taken by the third Thursday on which 
     the Speaker may recognize a Member under this subsection, 
     such vote shall be taken on that day.
       (f)(1) If, before passing a joint resolution described in 
     subsection (a), one House receives from the other a joint 
     resolution having the same text, then--
       (A) the joint resolution of the other House shall not be 
     referred to a committee; and
       (B) the procedure in the receiving House shall be the same 
     as if no joint resolution had been received from the other 
     House until the vote on passage, when the joint resolution 
     received from the other House shall supplant the joint 
     resolution of the receiving House.
       (2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 
     Representatives if the joint resolution received from the 
     Senate is a revenue measure.
       (g) If either House has not taken a vote on final passage 
     of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 
     described in section 501(b)(2), then such vote shall be taken 
     on that day.
       (h) This section and section 503 are enacted by Congress--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such are 
     deemed to be part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
     followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution 
     described in subsection (a) and superseding other rules only 
     where explicitly so; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to 
     the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner 
     and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 
     that House.

     SEC. 503. CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR NONMAJOR 
                   RULES. (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE 
                   TERM ``JOINT RESOLUTION'' MEANS ONLY A JOINT 
                   RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE PERIOD BEGINNING 
                   ON THE DATE ON WHICH THE REPORT REFERRED TO IN 
                   SECTION 501(A)(1)(A) IS RECEIVED BY CONGRESS 
                   AND ENDING 60 DAYS THEREAFTER (EXCLUDING DAYS 
                   EITHER HOUSE OF CONGRESS IS ADJOURNED FOR MORE 
                   THAN 3 DAYS DURING A SESSION OF CONGRESS), THE 
                   MATTER AFTER THE RESOLVING CLAUSE OF WHICH IS 
                   AS FOLLOWS: ``THAT CONGRESS DISAPPROVES THE 
                   NONMAJOR RULE SUBMITTED BY THE ___ RELATING TO 
                   ___, AND SUCH RULE SHALL HAVE NO FORCE OR 
                   EFFECT.'' (THE BLANK SPACES BEING APPROPRIATELY 
                   FILLED IN).

       (b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be 
     referred to the committees in each House of Congress with 
     jurisdiction.
       (c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is referred a 
     joint resolution described in subsection (a) has not reported 
     such joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at 
     the end of 15 session days after the date of introduction of 
     the joint resolution, such committee may be discharged from 
     further consideration of such joint resolution upon a 
     petition supported in writing by 30 Members of the Senate, 
     and such joint resolution shall be placed on the calendar.
       (d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which a joint 
     resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is 
     discharged (under subsection (c)) from further consideration 
     of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at 
     any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 
     to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all 
     points of order against the joint resolution (and against 
     consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The motion 
     is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or 
     to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
     business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
     is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a 
     motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
     resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain 
     the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of.
       (2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, and on 
     all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
     shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 
     divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
     joint resolution. A motion to further limit debate is in 
     order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
     postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     other business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution 
     is not in order.
       (3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclusion of 
     the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a), 
     and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 
     requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the 
     vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall occur.
       (4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
     application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
     relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
     shall be decided without debate.
       (e) In the Senate, the procedure specified in subsection 
     (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of a joint 
     resolution respecting a nonmajor rule--
       (1) after the expiration of the 60 session days beginning 
     with the applicable submission or publication date; or
       (2) if the report under section 501(a)(1)(A) was submitted 
     during the period referred to in section 501(c)(1), after the 
     expiration of the 60 session days beginning on the 15th 
     session day after the succeeding session of Congress first 
     convenes.
       (f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 
     resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 
     House receives from the other House a joint resolution 
     described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 
     shall apply:
       (1) The joint resolution of the other House shall not be 
     referred to a committee.
       (2) With respect to a joint resolution described in 
     subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolution--
       (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     joint resolution had been received from the other House; but
       (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
     resolution of the other House.

     SEC. 504. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:

       (1) The term ``Department'' means the Department of 
     Transportation and includes any agency or administration in 
     the Department.

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       (2) The term ``major rule'' means any rule, including an 
     interim final rule, that the Administrator of the Office of 
     Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of 
     Management and Budget finds has resulted in or is likely to 
     result in--
       (A) an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or 
     more;
       (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, 
     individual industries, Federal, State, or local government 
     agencies, or geographic regions;
       (C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 
     investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of 
     United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based 
     enterprises in domestic and export markets; or
       (D) an increase in mandatory vaccinations.
       (3) The term ``nonmajor rule'' means any rule that is not a 
     major rule.
       (4) The term ``rule'' means a rule, as defined in section 
     551 of title 5, United States, issued by the Department, 
     except that such term--
       (A) includes interpretive rules, general statements of 
     policy, and all other Department guidance documents related 
     to new vehicle fuel economy standards; and
       (B) does not include--
       (i) any rule of particular applicability, including a rule 
     that approves or prescribes for the future rates, wages, 
     prices, services, or allowances therefore, corporate or 
     financial structures, reorganizations, mergers, or 
     acquisitions thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures 
     bearing on any of the foregoing;
       (ii) any rule relating to Department management or 
     personnel; or
       (iii) any rule of Department organization, procedure, or 
     practice that does not substantially affect the rights or 
     obligations of non-Department parties.
       (5) The term ``submission or publication date'', except as 
     otherwise provided in this title, means--
       (A) in the case of a major rule, the date on which the 
     Congress receives the report submitted under section 
     501(a)(1); and
       (B) in the case of a nonmajor rule, the later of--
       (i) the date on which the Congress receives the report 
     submitted under section 501(a)(1); and
       (ii) the date on which the nonmajor rule is published in 
     the Federal Register, if so published.

     SEC. 505. JUDICIAL REVIEW. (A) NO DETERMINATION, FINDING, 
                   ACTION, OR OMISSION UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL BE 
                   SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW.

       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may determine 
     whether the Department has completed the necessary 
     requirements under this title for a rule to take effect.
       (c) The enactment of a joint resolution of approval under 
     section 502 shall not be interpreted to serve as a grant or 
     modification of statutory authority by Congress for the 
     promulgation of a rule, shall not extinguish or affect any 
     claim, whether substantive or procedural, against any alleged 
     defect in a rule, and shall not form part of the record 
     before the court in any judicial proceeding concerning a rule 
     except for purposes of determining whether or not the rule is 
     in effect.

     SEC. 506. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN RULES. NOTWITHSTANDING 
                   SECTION 501, ANY RULE OTHER THAN A MAJOR RULE 
                   WHICH THE DEPARTMENT FOR GOOD CAUSE FINDS (AND 
                   INCORPORATES THE FINDING AND A BRIEF STATEMENT 
                   OF REASONS THEREFORE IN THE RULE ISSUED) THAT 
                   NOTICE AND PUBLIC PROCEDURE THEREON ARE 
                   IMPRACTICABLE, UNNECESSARY, OR CONTRARY TO THE 
                   PUBLIC INTEREST, SHALL TAKE EFFECT AT SUCH TIME 
                   AS THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES.

     SEC. 507. REVIEW OF RULES CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. (A) BEGINNING 
                   ON THE DATE THAT IS 6 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF 
                   ENACTMENT OF THIS SECTION AND ANNUALLY 
                   THEREAFTER FOR THE 4 YEARS FOLLOWING, THE 
                   DEPARTMENT SHALL DESIGNATE NOT LESS THAN 20 
                   PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE RULES MADE BY THE 
                   DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW, AND SHALL SUBMIT A 
                   REPORT INCLUDING EACH SUCH ELIGIBLE RULE IN THE 
                   SAME MANNER AS A REPORT UNDER SECTION 
                   501(A)(1). SECTION 501, SECTION 502, AND 
                   SECTION 503 SHALL APPLY TO EACH SUCH RULE, 
                   SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION. NO 
                   ELIGIBLE RULE PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED MAY BE 
                   DESIGNATED AGAIN.

       (b) Beginning after the date that is 5 years after the date 
     of enactment of this section, if Congress has not enacted a 
     joint resolution of approval for that eligible rule, that 
     eligible rule shall not continue in effect.
       (c)(1) Unless Congress approves all eligible rules 
     designated by the Department for review within 90 days of 
     designation, they shall have no effect.
       (2) A single joint resolution of approval shall apply to 
     all eligible rules in a report designated for a year as 
     follows: ``That Congress approves the rules submitted by 
     the___ for the year ___.'' (The blank spaces being 
     appropriately filled in).
       (3) A member of either House may move that a separate joint 
     resolution be required for a specified rule.
       (d) In this section, the term ``eligible rule'' means a 
     rule that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this 
     section.

     SEC. 508. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF RULES. SECTION 257(B)(2) OF 
                   THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT 
                   CONTROL ACT OF 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907(B)(2)) IS 
                   AMENDED BY ADDING AT THE END THE FOLLOWING NEW 
                   SUBPARAGRAPH:

       ``(E) Budgetary effects of certain rules.--Any rule subject 
     to the congressional approval procedure set forth in section 
     501 of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2024, affecting budget authority, outlays, or receipts shall 
     be assumed to be effective unless it is not approved in 
     accordance with such section.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1143. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. 
Brown) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and 
intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place under the heading ``General 
     Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development'' in 
     title II of division C, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' under this 
     title, there is appropriated $290,000,000, for an additional 
     amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until 
     expended, for making payments under subtitle B of title IV of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 
     et seq.):  Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     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 U.S.C. 951(b)(2)(A)(i)).
       Sec. __. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise made 
     available under this Act, there is appropriated 
     $3,500,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2033, for--
       (1) new incremental emergency vouchers under section 3202 
     of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
     note; Public Law 117-2);
       (2) renewals of new incremental vouchers authorized under 
     paragraph (1);
       (3) fees for the costs of administering vouchers under 
     paragraph (1) and other eligible expenses defined by notice 
     to prevent, prepare, and respond to the coronavirus to 
     facilitate the leasing of the emergency vouchers, such as 
     security deposit assistance and other costs related to 
     retention and support of participating owners; and
       (4) adjustments in the calendar year 2024 renewal funding 
     allocation for assistance under section 8 of the United 
     States- Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) , including 
     mainstream vouchers, for public housing agencies that 
     experience a significant increase in voucher per-unit costs 
     due to extraordinary circumstances or that, despite taking 
     reasonable cost savings measures, would otherwise be required 
     to terminate rental assistance for families as a result of 
     insufficient funding.
       (b) The amount appropriated under subsection (a) is 
     designated by 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 U.S.C. 
     951(b)(2)(A)(i)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1144. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) For an additional amount for ``Agricultural 
     Programs--Agricultural Research Service--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', there is appropriated, out of amounts in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for research on East Coast 
     shellfish.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     total amount rescinded by section 745 shall be increased by 
     $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1145. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        On page 100, line 6, insert ``: Provided further, That of 
     the amount made available under this heading, $3,000,000 
     shall be used for enteric methane research'' before the 
     period.

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                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1146. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        On page 97, strike lines 6 through 14 and insert the 
     following:
       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Research, Education, and Economics, $26,384,000:  
     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, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the Office 
     of the Chief Scientist to carry out the Agriculture Advanced 
     Research and Development Authority under section 1473H of the 
     National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
     Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1147. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       In paragraph (3) of the matter under the heading 
     ``community development fund'' under the heading ``Community 
     Planning and Development'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'' in title II of division C, 
     strike ``shall use age-adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths 
     for'' and insert ``shall use the 3-year average of age-
     adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths for 2019, 2020, and''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1148. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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:

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 7__.  None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act may be used to issue final 
     guidance or a final rule that regulates laboratory-developed 
     tests as devices (as defined in section 201 of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)) until the date 
     on which the Commissioner of Food and Drugs completes an 
     economic impact analysis that determines the cost of such 
     regulation and an analysis on the impact such regulation 
     would have on the availability of certain tests.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1149. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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:

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 7__.  None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act may be used to issue final 
     guidance or a final rule that regulates laboratory-developed 
     tests as devices (as defined in section 201 of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)) until the date 
     on which the Commissioner of Food and Drugs successfully 
     completes a voluntary pilot certification program of 
     excellence in vitro diagnostic validation under which the 
     Commissioner shall certify developers of in vitro diagnostic 
     tests if the developer meets criteria specified by the 
     Commissioner regarding the ability of the developer to ensure 
     the analytical and clinical validity of in vitro diagnostic 
     tests for a designated scope of testing methodologies and 
     techniques.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1150. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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:

       At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 7__.  None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act may be used to issue final 
     guidance or a final rule that regulates laboratory-developed 
     tests as devices (as defined in section 201 of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1151. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       At the appropriate place in the matter preceding division 
     A, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ONE PERCENT REDUCTION IN NON-DEFENSE, NON-HOMELAND 
                   SECURITY, AND NON-VETERANS AFFAIRS SPENDING.

       (a) In General.--Each amount made available under division 
     B or C of this Act is reduced by 1 percent.
       (b) OMB Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     specifying the account and amount of each reduction made 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1152. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in the matter preceding division 
     A, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN NON-DEFENSE, NON-HOMELAND 
                   SECURITY, AND NON-VETERANS AFFAIRS SPENDING.

       (a) In General.--Each amount made available under division 
     B or C of this Act is reduced by 5 percent.
       (b) OMB Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     specifying the account and amount of each reduction made 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1153. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in the matter preceding division 
     A, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TWO PERCENT REDUCTION IN NON-DEFENSE, NON-HOMELAND 
                   SECURITY, AND NON-VETERANS AFFAIRS SPENDING.

       (a) In General.--Each amount made available under division 
     B or C of this Act is reduced by 2 percent.
       (b) OMB Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     specifying the account and amount of each reduction made 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1154. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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:

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this division 
     may be used to apply, establish, implement, or enforce any 
     telework policy, practice, or level of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration that was in effect on or after January 1, 
     2020.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1155. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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:

       At the appropriate place in division C, insert the 
     following:

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       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to make awards for any project related to unmanned 
     aircraft systems to an entity that partners with or otherwise 
     transacts business relating to unmanned aircraft systems with 
     the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic 
     of Cuba. No such entity may receive awards for any project 
     related to unmanned aircraft systems if the entity is:
       (1) included on the Consolidated Screening List maintained 
     by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade;
       (2) domiciled in the People's Republic of China, the 
     Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
     Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian 
     Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba;
       (3) subject to influence or control by the government of 
     the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic 
     of Cuba; or
       (4) owned by the People's Republic of China, the Russian 
     Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
     People's Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of 
     Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba.
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by the Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Transportation to operate an 
     unmanned aircraft system or to enter into, extend, or renew a 
     contract for the procurement of an unmanned aircraft system 
     or a contract with an entity that operates an unmanned 
     aircraft system in the performance of any Department of 
     Transportation contract if the unmanned aircraft system is 
     included on the Consolidated Screening List maintained by the 
     Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, 
     domiciled in the People's Republic of China, the Russian 
     Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
     People's Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of 
     Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba, subject to influence or 
     control by the government of any such country, or owned by 
     any such country unless--
       (1) the operation, procurement, or contracting action is 
     for the purpose of--
       (A) detection or counter-UAS system surrogate testing and 
     training (including at Federal Aviation Administration-
     approved testing sites);
       (B) intelligence, electronic warfare, and information 
     warfare operations, testing (including at Federal Aviation 
     Administration-approved testing sites), analysis, and 
     training; or
       (C) research to inform unmanned aircraft system data-driven 
     policy decisions, safety assessments, procedures, rulemaking, 
     and standards to safely integrate emerging entrants into the 
     national airspace system (including at Federal Aviation 
     Administration-approved testing sites); and
       (2) the Secretary of Transportation, on a case-by-case 
     basis, certifies in writing to the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives that such operation, procurement, or 
     contracting action is required in the public interest.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1156. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act--
       (1) the amount made available under this Act for necessary 
     expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service shall be 
     $239,891,000;
       (2) of the amount made available under paragraph (1), 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be to 
     carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, of which 
     $23,000,000 shall be for dairy business innovation 
     initiatives established in Public Law 116-6; and
       (3) the amount rescinded by section 745 shall be 
     $317,526,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1157. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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 divisions B and C and insert the following:

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

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Processing, Research, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $41,072,000 of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
     exceed $1,578,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Homeland Security; not to exceed $2,215,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed 
     $7,044,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships 
     and Public Engagement; not to exceed $21,315,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration, of which $20,440,000 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; and 
     not to exceed $3,869,000 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:  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 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, $29,181,000, of which $8,000,000 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, $500,000 shall be available to carry out 
     section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by 
     section 12504 of Public Law 115-334.

                     office of hearings and appeals

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 
     Appeals, $16,173,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $11,337,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $79,442,000, of which not less than 
     $66,731,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the 
     department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $7,118,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000:  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, 
     $22,789,000.

               Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, 
     and Protection, $18,800,000.

                      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.), $109,561,000, 
     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

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     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, $44,408,000.

                            Office of Ethics

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,277,000.

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

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Research, Education, and Economics, $1,800,000:  
     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, 
     $90,612,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

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

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and with 
     prior notification and approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for land 
     exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
     or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
     which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
     land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
     $1,745,542,000:  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, up to $16,700,000 
     to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
     the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' 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, $1,085,221,000 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, 2025:  Provided further, 
     That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall 
     be made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 
     under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222:  Provided further, That not 
     more than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or 
     any other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research 
     Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be retained by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred 
     by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.

              native american institutions endowment fund

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

                          extension activities

       For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern 
     Marianas, and American Samoa, $564,860,000 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, 2025:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs 
     shall not be charged against any Extension Implementation 
     Program Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 
     Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $800,000:  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), $1,168,964,000; 
     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 
     $49,683,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     Animal Health Technical Services; of which $3,096,000 shall 
     be for activities under the authority of the Horse Protection 
     Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 
     $67,430,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     used to support avian

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     health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 
     of which $224,521,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $13,637,000, 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 $44,617,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and response; 
     of which $55,562,000, 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.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

       For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service, $184,668,000, of which $5,004,000 shall be available 
     for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113-79:  
     Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
     to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
     building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
     of the current replacement value of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701), except for the cost of activities relating to 
     the development or maintenance of grain standards under the 
     United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

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

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

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                   payments to states and possessions

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

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

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

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
     for Food Safety, $800,000:  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), $1,197,067,000; 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 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, $901,000:  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, $231,302,000:  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 
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     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 committees, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
     preceding proviso, any funds made available to county 
     committees 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 committees may be transferred to 
     or from the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds available to the 
     Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service 
     Agency county offices:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to 
     permanently relocate county based employees that would result 
     in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 
     notification and approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress.

                         state mediation grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $6,000,000.

               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).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
     $63,637,000:  Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be 
     available for compliance and integrity activities required 
     under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to 
     amounts otherwise provided for such purpose:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $911,399,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2025, of which up to $18,748,000, to 
     remain available until expended, shall be for the purposes, 
     and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
     titled ``Community Project Funding'' in the report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided further, 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.

                              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, $800,000:  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; $331,087,000: Provided further, That of the 
     amount made available under this heading,

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     no less than $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for information technology expenses.  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
     and promotional activities that support Rural Development 
     programs:  Provided further, That in addition to any other 
     funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts 
     collected under such section, as amended by this Act, will 
     immediately be credited to this account and will remain 
     available until expended for such purposes.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $880,691,000 shall be for Section 
     502 direct loans; $5,000,000 for a Single Family Housing 
     Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes; 
     and $30,000,000,000 for Section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed 
     loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
     $60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for 
     section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
     $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family housing 
     acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help 
     housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 
     524 site development loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $86,660,000 shall be for direct loans; Single Family 
     Housing Relending demonstration program for Native American 
     Tribes, $2,288,000; section 504 housing repair loans, 
     $4,337,000; 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, $20,998,000:  Provided, That to 
     support the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed 
     loans made available under this heading the Secretary may 
     charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such 
     loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit 
     Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 
     on such loans may not be subsidized:  Provided further, That 
     applicants in communities that have a current rural area 
     waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
     U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area for 
     purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That of the amounts available 
     under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less 
     than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 
     individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 
     funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized 
     by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2024: 
      Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement 
     provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations 
     and public housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition 
     of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties 
     by such nonprofit organizations and public housing 
     authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS 
     multifamily housing program for a period of time as 
     determined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, 
     but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit 
     entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on 
     Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from 
     low income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 
     grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 
     invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organizational 
     costs associated with owner's oversight of asset referred to 
     as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to $7,500 per property.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $34,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a demonstration program 
     for the preservation and revitalization of the sections 514, 
     515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to 
     restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the 
     Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of 
     ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 
     project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 
     housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including 
     reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, 
     subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other 
     financial assistance including advances, payments and 
     incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain 
     reasonable returns on investment) required by the Secretary:  
     Provided, That the Secretary shall, as part of the 
     preservation and revitalization agreement, obtain a 
     restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the 
     restructuring.
       In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
     contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $9,525,000, 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, $1,606,926,000, 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 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 
     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 the 
     Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 
     use such recaptured funds for current needs: Provided 
     further, That such recaptured funds shall remain available 
     for obligation in fiscal year 2024 for the purposes specified 
     under the heading:  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.

                     rural housing voucher account

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

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

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

                    rural housing assistance grants

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

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and 
     $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural 
     community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 
     and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act, $327,636,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which up to $312,037,648 shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
     the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in the report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided, That $5,000,000 of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     a Rural Community Development Initiative:  Provided further, 
     That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
     and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 
     community development organizations, low-income rural 
     communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
     to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas:  Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary

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     organizations proposing to carry out a program of financial 
     and technical assistance:  Provided further, That such 
     intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from 
     other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided:  
     Provided further, That any unobligated balances from prior 
     year appropriations under this heading for the cost of direct 
     loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 
     deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover the 
     subsidy costs for direct loans and or loan guarantees under 
     this heading in this fiscal year:  Provided further, That no 
     amounts may be made available pursuant to the preceding 
     proviso from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution 
     on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, or that were specified in the table 
     titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
     Spending'' in the explanatory statement for division A of 
     Public Law 117-328 described in section 4 in the matter 
     preceding such division A:  Provided further, That $6,000,000 
     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, 
     $68,840,000, 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 $6,000,000 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.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
     14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
     purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 
     percent may be used for administrative expenses: Provided 
     further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
     not to exceed $100,000 shall be made available for one or 
     more qualified state technology councils to promote private-
     sector economic development in the bio-sciences:  Provided 
     further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
     this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
     $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development:  Provided further, 
     That sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 
     available under this heading.

              intermediary relending program fund account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), $16,000,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $4,856,000, as authorized by 
     the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
     1936b), of which $331,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2024, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of 
     which $663,000 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), $19,600,000, of which 
     $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program:  
     Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
     for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, 
     or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
     groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 
     boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 
     of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $8,000,000, 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.

               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), $5,000,000.
       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.

                        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: $1,000,000,000 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, $587,120,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which up to $120,101,362 shall be for the purposes, and in 
     the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
     ``Community Project Funding'' in the report accompanying this 
     Act, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for 
     the rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) 
     of such Act, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 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 $30,000,000 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:  
     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 $21,817,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 
     qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 
     to provide technical assistance for rural water systems:  
     Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the 
     amounts made available under this heading shall be for solid 
     waste management grants.

   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

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     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, $3,578,000 to remain available until expended, 
     to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a):  Provided, That the 
     energy efficiency measures supported by the funding in this 
     paragraph shall contribute in a demonstrable way to the 
     reduction of greenhouse gases.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, 
     which shall be paid to the appropriation for ``Rural 
     Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

       For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services 
     in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
     $56,973,000, to remain available until expended, of which up 
     to $6,972,570 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
     specified for this account in the table titled ``Community 
     Project Funding'' 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 of broadband loans, as authorized by sections 
     601 and 602 of the Rural Electrification Act, $2,037,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That the cost of 
     direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       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.), $269,385,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which up to $10,385,000 shall be for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in 
     the table titled ``Community Project Funding'' in the report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
     award grants described in section 601(a) of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) 
     for the purposes of carrying out such pilot program:  
     Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974:  Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the 
     households to be served by a project receiving a loan or 
     grant under the pilot program shall be in a rural area 
     without sufficient access to broadband:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area without 
     sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as twenty-
     five megabits per second downstream and three megabits per 
     second upstream:  Provided further, That to the extent 
     possible, projects receiving funds provided under the pilot 
     program must build out service to at least one hundred 
     megabits per second downstream, and twenty megabits per 
     second upstream:  Provided further, That an entity to which a 
     loan or grant is made under the pilot program shall not use 
     the loan or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service 
     in a service area by any entity that has received a broadband 
     loan from the Rural Utilities Service unless such service is 
     not provided sufficient access to broadband at the minimum 
     service threshold:  Provided further, That not more than four 
     percent of the funds made available in this paragraph can be 
     used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot program 
     and up to three percent of funds made available in this 
     paragraph may be available for technical assistance and pre-
     development planning activities to support the most rural 
     communities:  Provided further, That the Rural Utilities 
     Service is directed to expedite program delivery methods that 
     would implement this paragraph:  Provided further, That for 
     purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the 
     notice, reporting and service area assessment requirements 
     set forth in section 701 of the Rural Electrification Act (7 
     U.S.C. 950cc).
       In addition, $30,000,000, 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, $800,000:  
     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; $31,996,363,000 to 
     remain available through September 30, 2025, of which such 
     sums as are made available under section 14222(b)(1) of the 
     Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
     246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
     available for the same time period and purposes as provided 
     herein:  Provided, That of the total amount available, 
     $18,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
     evaluations and shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
     $3,000,000 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 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), 
     $6,000,000,000, 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)), up 
     to $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
     counselors and other related activities, and up to 
     $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 to $11 for child participants, $13 for pregnant and 
     postpartum women, and $15 for fully and partially 
     breastfeeding women and adjusted for inflation beginning in 
     fiscal year 2025:  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.), $121,996,757,000, of 
     which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2026, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
     amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
     out program operations:  Provided, That funds provided herein 
     shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used 
     to provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 
     Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 
     Distribution Program on Indian Reservations:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
     shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115-
     334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 
     organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be used to 
     carry out section 4208 of Public law 115-334;  Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
     registration or workfare requirements as may be required by 
     law:  Provided further, That funds made available for 
     Employment and Training under this heading shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), 
     section 4(b), and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008 shall remain available through September 30, 2025:  
     Provided further,

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     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, 
     $472,563,000, 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, $136,861,000:  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, $875,000:  
     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.

                      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, 
     $1,740,000,000, 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), $240,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
     facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
     such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 
     herein:  Provided further, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but not less 
     than $24,000,000, shall remain available until expended to 
     purchase agricultural commodities as described in subsection 
     3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(a)(2)).

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; in addition to amounts appropriated to the FDA 
     Innovation Account, for carrying out the activities described 
     in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 
     Law 114-255); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
     section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $6,579,030,000:  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) 
     $1,190,536,000 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) 
     $2,316,063,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
     and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall 
     be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and 
     shall remain available until expended; (3) $492,314,000 shall 
     be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 
     for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (4) $283,678,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the 
     Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $739,854,000 shall be for 
     the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for 
     related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
     (6) $76,534,000 shall be for the National Center for 
     Toxicological Research; (7) $677,165,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
     in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $214,304,000 shall 
     be for Rent and Related activities, of which $55,729,000 is 
     for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 
     the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 
     $227,708,000 shall be for payments

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     to the General Services Administration for rent; and (10) 
     $360,874,000 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.

                   fda innovation account, cures act

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
     of space (to include multiple year leases), in the District 
     of Columbia and elsewhere, $345,000,000, including not to 
     exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
     consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which 
     not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2025, and of which not less than $4,218,000 
     shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: 
      Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 
     1553, amounts provided under this heading are available for 
     the liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments 
     on leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this 
     Act: Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 
     liquidating any lease obligations that should have been 
     recorded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
     31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, 
     such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-
     year account in the Treasury, which has been established for 
     the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating 
     such unpaid obligations.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

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

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

       Sec. 701.  The Secretary may use any appropriations made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to 
     purchase new passenger motor vehicles, in addition to 
     specific appropriations for this purpose, so long as the 
     total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal year 2024 does 
     not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in fiscal 
     year 2018:  Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional 
     motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such 
     vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce 
     operational costs, and for the protection of life, property, 
     and public safety:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     not increase the Department of Agriculture's fleet above the 
     2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, and 
     receives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification.
       Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
     balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or 
     any other available unobligated discretionary balances that 
     are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to 
     the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of property, 
     plant and equipment and for the improvement, delivery, and 
     implementation of Department financial, and administrative 
     information technology services, and other support systems 
     necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and 
     information technology services, including cloud adoption and 
     migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
     Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available by this Act or any other Act shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior 
     approval of the agency administrator:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
     pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation 
     without written notification to and the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act or made available to the Department's Working Capital 
     Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make 
     any changes to the Department's National Finance Center 
     without written notification to and prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as 
     required by section 716 of this Act:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available 
     to the Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available 
     for obligation or expenditure to initiate, plan, develop, 
     implement, or make any changes to remove or relocate any 
     systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices of 
     the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information 
     Officer, co-located with or from the National Finance Center 
     prior to written notification to and prior approval of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in 
     accordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act:  
     Provided further, That the National Finance Center 
     Information Technology Services Division personnel and data 
     center management responsibilities, and control of any 
     functions, missions, and systems for current and future human 
     resources management and integrated personnel and payroll 
     systems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Financial 
     Officer and the Chief Information Officer shall remain in the 
     National Finance Center and under the management 
     responsibility and administrative control of the National 
     Finance Center:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Financial Officer 
     shall actively market to existing and new Departments and 
     other government agencies National Finance Center shared 
     services including, but not limited to, payroll, financial 
     management, and human capital shared services and allow the 
     National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades:  
     Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the 
     Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture 
     attributable to the amounts in excess of the true costs of 
     the shared services provided by the National Finance Center 
     and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Secretary 
     shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or 
     acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the 
     improvement, delivery, and implementation of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services, and 
     other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
     unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance 
     Center:  Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
     shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary 
     submits written notification of the obligation to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  
     Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation of 
     funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 
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     any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is 
     necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 
     significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance 
     Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance 
     Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National 
     Finance Center.
       Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for 
     the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund 
     program account, the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
     notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States 
     Code, none of the funds available to the Department of 
     Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior 
     to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information 
     Officer:  Provided further, That the Chief Information 
     Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without 
     written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
     projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based 
     upon the performance of an agency measured against the 
     performance plan requirements described in the explanatory 
     statement accompanying Public Law 113-235.
       Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current 
     fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
     obligations made in the current fiscal year.
       Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or 
     prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
     that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 
     such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
     313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under 
     such Act.
       Sec. 709.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in 
     this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2025, for information technology 
     expenses.
       Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention 
     of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 711.  In the case of each program established or 
     amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) 
     or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 
     subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 
     indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is 
     authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation--
       (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
     administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
     associated with the implementation of the program, without 
     regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
     and fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
       (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
     considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
     applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
     fund transfers contained in such section.
       Sec. 712.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
     more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
     expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
     panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 714.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 
     of Public Law 110-246 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6; in this section 
     referred to as ``section 14222''), none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the Act 
     of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section referred 
     to as ``section 32'') in excess of $1,573,666,000, 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 none of 
     the funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall 
     be used for salaries and expenses to carry out in this fiscal 
     year section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that 
     excludes the transfer of $195,000,000 of the funds to be 
     transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public 
     Law 110-246, until October 1, 2024: Provided further, That 
     $195,000,000 made available on October 1, 2024, to carry out 
     section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded from the limitation 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(x) of section 14222 of 
     Public Law 110-246 for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, 
     That, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used during 
     fiscal year 2024 to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
     employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause 
     (3) of section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 
     (Public Law 74-320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or 
     subsections (a) through (g) of section 5 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the 
     available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(x) for fiscal 
     year 2024 of section 14222 of Public Law 110-246, 
     $505,000,000 are rescinded.
       Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's budget submission to the Congress for 
     programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations 
     Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes 
     revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 
     to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 
     prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 
     submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
     should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 
     enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
     conference for the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
     available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure through a 
     reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as 
     authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the 
     Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 
     provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
     Law 89-106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
     restricted;
       (4) relocates an office or employees;
       (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
       (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in writing 
     and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 
     reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
     projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 
     referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 
     $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that--
       (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
       (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
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       (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
     unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in writing 
     and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 
     reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the use of such 
     authority.
       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall notify in writing and receive 
     approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress before implementing any program or activity not 
     carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the 
     program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
     funded by any other Act.
       (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for--
       (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
     including information technology systems, that involves 
     increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
     the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
     of the total cost, whichever is less;
       (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
     positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
     center, office, branch, or similar entity with three or more 
     personnel; or
       (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
     described in the budget request;
     unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for these 
     purposes.
       (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 
     any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of 
     the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives from the 
     Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
     written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the 
     notification as required in this section.
       Sec. 717.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 
     guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that does 
     not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal portion of 
     the loan.
       Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
     Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 
     the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or 
     otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses to 
     questions that are a result of information requested for the 
     appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of 
     Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, 
     non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 
     Administration employee.
       Sec. 719.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
     none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 
     executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
     intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States 
     unless the story includes a clear notification within the 
     text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
     prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
     executive branch agency.
       Sec. 720.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of 
     the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless 
     the individual's employing agency or office is fully 
     reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 
     and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
       Sec. 721.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 
     Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the 
     Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
     detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for 
     all the funds made available under this Act including 
     appropriated user fees, as defined in the report accompanying 
     this Act.
       Sec. 722.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available to the Secretary of Agriculture in section 
     22002(a)(1) of Public Law 117-169, $500,000,000 are hereby 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 723.  For the purposes of determining eligibility or 
     level of program assistance for Rural Development 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.  For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall 
     establish a process under which an establishment that is 
     subject to examination and inspection under section 6 of the 
     Federal Meat Inspection Act solely due to the establishment's 
     processing of domestic, wild caught, invasive blue catfish 
     (Ictalurus furcatus) solely for domestic consumption or use, 
     may apply for a waiver of such examination and inspection 
     requirements if the establishment is subject to inspection 
     under the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points 
     Program of the Food and Drug Administration and the 
     establishment attests that it applies existing Seafood Hazard 
     Critical Control Points Program for all species processed at 
     the establishment.
       Sec. 727.  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. 728.  Section 756 of division N of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (7 U.S.C. 2254c), is amended by 
     striking ``each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022'' and inserting 
     ``fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter''.
       Sec. 729.  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. 730.  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. 731.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available for the supplemental nutrition program as 
     authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1786), $500,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  
     Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
     were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 732.  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 
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       Sec. 733.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available to the Secretary of Agriculture in section 
     9003(j)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002, $1,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 734. (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 subsection (1).
       (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with United States obligations under its international trade 
     agreements.
       Sec. 735. (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. 736.  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. 737.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act thereafter may be used to write, prepare, or 
     publish a proposed rule, final rule, or an interim final rule 
     in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement or enforce the 
     proposed rule entitled ``Transparency in Poultry Grower 
     Contracting and Tournaments,'' published by the Department of 
     Agriculture in the Federal Register on June 8, 2022 (87 Fed. 
     Reg. 34980 et seq.), the advance notice of proposed 
     rulemaking entitled ``Poultry Growing Tournament Systems: 
     Fairness and Related Concerns,'' published by the Department 
     of Agriculture in the Federal Register on June 8, 2022 (87 
     Fed. Reg. 34814) (also identified in the White House Office 
     of Management and Budget's Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of 
     Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions as ``Poultry Growing 
     Tournament Systems: Fairness and Related Concerns--Harm to 
     Competition (AMS-FTPP-22-0046),'' RIN 0581-AE18), the 
     proposed rule entitled ``Inclusive Competition and Market 
     Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act,'' published 
     by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 
     October 3, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 60010 et seq.), the rulemaking 
     identified in the White House Office of Management and 
     Budget's Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and 
     Deregulatory Actions as ``Unfair Practices, Undue 
     Preferences, and Harm to Competition Under the Packers and 
     Stockyards Act (AMS-FTPP-21-0046),'' RIN 0581-AE04, or any 
     subsequent substantially similar rulemaking effort, except 
     that funds may be used to, and the Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall, withdraw or rescind any such proposed rules, advance 
     notices of proposed rulemaking, and any such rules that may 
     have been finalized.
       Sec. 738.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the U.S. Department of Agriculture may be used 
     to increase the number of positions in the Department 
     (measured on a full-time equivalent basis) for which the 
     primary duty station is located in the National Capital 
     Region unless otherwise specified in the report accompanying 
     this Act.
       (1) The term ``National Capital Region'' means the District 
     of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince George's Counties of 
     Maryland; and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William 
     Counties of Virginia.
       Sec. 739. (a) There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to carry out no more than 5 pilot projects, under 
     the terms and conditions determined by the Secretary for a 
     period not to exceed 3 years and without increasing household 
     benefit allotments as authorized by section 8 of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017), that allow the use of 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to 
     purchase only nutrient-dense foods and beverages (as defined 
     in the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans), of which 
     1 or more of such projects shall be carried out before 
     December 21, 2024.
       (b) Not later than 6 months after the first pilot project 
     under subsection (a) begins, the Secretary shall enter into a 
     contract with the National Academies of Sciences, 
     Engineering, and Medicine to--
       (1) evaluate the pilot project or projects carried out 
     under subsection (a); and
       (2) provide the results of such evaluation not later than 
     18 months after the date of such contract.
       Sec. 740.  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. 741.  There is rescinded the unobligated balances of 
     amounts made available under section 1006 of the American 
     Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (7 U.S.C. 2279 note).
       Sec. 742.  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. 743.  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. 744.  For school years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, none 
     of the funds made available

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     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. 745.  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. 746.  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. 747.  The Secretary, as part of the report on foreign 
     landholding required under the Agricultural Foreign 
     Investment Disclosure Act (Public Law 95-460), shall report 
     to Congress on foreign investments in agricultural land in 
     the United States, including the impact foreign ownership has 
     on family farms, rural communities, and the domestic food 
     supply:  Provided, That within 2 years after the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall establish a streamlined process 
     for electronic submission and retention of disclosures made 
     under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, 
     including an internet database that contains disaggregated 
     data from each disclosure submitted:  Provided further,That 
     all prior year disclosures of foreign investments in 
     agricultural land in the United States are published in the 
     database:  Provided further, That the plan includes a process 
     to ensure the protection of personally identifiable 
     information and that all disclosures of foreign investments 
     in agricultural land on the USDA website be disaggregated by: 
     (1) in any case in which such foreign person is an 
     individual, the citizenship of such foreign person; and (2) 
     in any case in which such foreign person is not an individual 
     or a government, the nature of the legal entity holding the 
     interest, the country in which such foreign person is created 
     or organized, and the principal place of business of such 
     foreign person.
       Sec. 748.  There is rescinded the unobligated balances of 
     amounts made available under section 22006 of Public Law 117-
     169 (136 Stat. 2021).
       Sec. 749. (a) After the effective date of any final rule 
     FDA publishes in connection with its proposed rule to update 
     these requirements (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on 
     September 29, 2022), manufacturers may also continue to 
     comply with the previous requirements promulgated by the FDA 
     for the implied nutrient content claim ``healthy'' through 
     the ``compliance date'' FDA provides in the final rule.
       (b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as 
     ``healthy'' during the compliance period FDA provides in that 
     final rule shall not be directly or indirectly subject to any 
     state-law requirements that are not identical to either (i) 
     the federal requirements for the implied nutrition content 
     claim ``healthy'' that were in effect as of the date FDA 
     issues the final rule, or (ii) the updated federal 
     requirements that FDA promulgates in the final rule, assuming 
     the updated requirements go into effect during the regulatory 
     compliance period.
       Sec. 750.  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. 751.  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 
     for use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 
     the Child and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program 
     for Children under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), 
     or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
       Sec. 752. (a) Subject to subsection (c), none of the funds 
     made available by this Act may be used to finalize, issue, 
     implement, administer, or enforce any rule, regulation, or 
     order that, pursuant to any revisions to the whole grain 
     requirements under section 246.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, required by such rule, regulation, or order, 
     would reduce the availability of WIC-eligible breakfast 
     cereals, including the rule entitled ``Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 
     Revisions to the WIC Food Packages'' published by the 
     Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on November 
     21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 71090).
       (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out a study--
       (1) on the revisions of such whole grain requriements 
     pursuant to such rule; and
       (2) that is representative of all States.
       (c) If the study required under subsection (b) demonstrates 
     that such revisions will not limit consumption due to 
     marketplace availability or reduce the redemption of WIC-
     authorized breakfast cereal, beginning on the date on which 
     the Secretary publishes the results of such study, the 
     limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply.
       Sec. 753.  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. 754.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be made available to support, directly or indirectly, the 
     Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory owned or 
     controlled by the governments of the People's Republic of 
     China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian 
     Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the 
     regime of Nicolas Maduro Moros, or any other country 
     determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign 
     adversary.
       Sec. 755.  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. 756.  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. 757.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to carry out any program, project, or activity that 
     promotes or advances Critical Race Theory or any concept 
     associated with Critical Race Theory.
       Sec. 758.  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. 759.  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. 760.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
       (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
       (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
     Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
     note; Public Law 104-127); or
       (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       Sec. 761. (a) The modifications made by the Food and Drug 
     Administration on January 3, 2023 to the risk evaluation and 
     mitigation strategy under section 505-1 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355-1) for mifepristone are 
     hereby nullified.
       (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used to establish, implement, or enforce--
       (1) any provision of a risk evaluation and mitigation 
     strategy under section 505-1 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355-1) for mifepristone that is 
     substantially similar to any of the modifications nullified 
     by subsection (a); or
       (2) any non-enforcement or enforcement discretion policy 
     for any provision of a risk evaluation and mitigation 
     strategy under such section for mifepristone.
       Sec. 762.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used by FDA to develop, issue, 
     promote, or advance any new guidelines or regulations 
     applicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium 
     reduction actions until the issuance of the 2025-2026 
     National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 
     survey that will show consumer sodium consumption after the 
     completion of the short-term sodium reduction targets.
       Sec. 763.  Within 60 days of enactment of this Act the 
     Secretary shall provide to the Committees a plan for 
     expenditure that accelerates the continued implementation and 
     expansion of the Farmers.gov application

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     and the Enterprise Data Analytics Platform and Toolset 
     (EDAPT) to enable USDA users to: (1) view their information, 
     complete transactions, quickly review the status, and update 
     tabular customer information; (2) submit applications for 
     Farm Production and Conservation programs and receive program 
     payments for all USDA farm programs; (3) to complete their 
     own applications, including electronic signatures and 
     submission, for all farm programs that require direct 
     application; (4) enable electronic income reporting between 
     USDA and IRS; and (5) transition acreage reporting, farm 
     records mapping, and farm records information to Farmers.gov: 
     Provided, That the Farm Production and Conservation Business 
     Center shall provide a roadmap for systems to be 
     decommissioned and consolidated with Farmers.gov and EDAPT 
     including, but not limited to, the Agriculture Risk Coverage 
     (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, the Dairy 
     Margin Coverage program, and the Farm Service Agency 
     Emergency Relief Program.
       Sec. 764.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, 
     administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 
     13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to 
     advancing racial equity and support for underserved 
     communities through the Federal Government), or the U.S. 
     Department of Agriculture's Equity Action Plan in Support of 
     Executive Order 13985, or any Equity Action Plan created by 
     the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration, or 
     Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, 
     relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility 
     in the Federal workforce), or Executive Order 14091 of 
     February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further 
     advancing racial equity and support for underserved 
     communities through the Federal Government), or to create or 
     establish an Office of the Chief Diversity and Inclusion 
     Officer.
       Sec. 765.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such 
     actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of 
     agricultural land located in the United States by non-
     resident aliens, foreign businesses, of any agent, trustee, 
     or fiduciary associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, or 
     the Communist Party of China.
       Sec. 766.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     Act and ending on the last day of school year 2024-2025, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall --
       (1) allow flavored, low-fat fluid milk to be served --
       (A) under the school lunch program established under the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
     et seq.);
       (B) under the school breakfast program established under 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);
       (C) as a competitive food available on campus during the 
     school day; and
       (D) to children ages 5 years and older under the child and 
     adult care food program established under section 17 of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1766); and
       (2) with respect to weekly sodium limitations to meals and 
     supplements served during such period under the school lunch 
     program established under the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) --
       (A) exclude sodium used for food safety and functional 
     purposes in cheese-making, as determined by the Secretary in 
     consultation with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug 
     Administration; and
       (B) if a determination has not been made under subparagraph 
     (A), apply the Target 1 sodium levels included in the final 
     rule entitled ``Nutrition Standards in the National School 
     Lunch and School Breakfast Programs'' published by the 
     Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 
     26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4087).
       Sec. 767.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any 
     rule that would reduce the maximum monthly allowance with 
     respect to milk under section 246.10 of title 7, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), 
     including the rule entitled ``Special Supplemental Nutrition 
     Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions to 
     the WIC Food Packages'' published by the Department of 
     Agriculture in the Federal Register on November 21, 2022 (87 
     Fed. Reg. 71090).
       Sec. 768.  None of the funds provided by this Act or 
     provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
     States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services to finalize, issue, implement, 
     administer, or enforce any rule, regulation, or order setting 
     a tobacco product standard that mandates a maximum nicotine 
     level for cigarettes.
       Sec. 769.  None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
     States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services to finalize, issue, or implement 
     any rule, regulation, notice of proposed rulemaking, or order 
     setting any tobacco product standard that would prohibit 
     menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes or prohibit 
     characterizing flavors in all cigars and their components and 
     parts.
       Sec. 770.  In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may 
     be used to implement section 3.7(f) of the Farm Credit Act of 
     1971 in a manner inconsistent with section 343(a)(13) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
       Sec. 771. (a) For an additional amount for the Office of 
     the Secretary, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out no 
     more than 10 pilot projects, under the terms and conditions 
     determined by the Secretary for a period not to exceed 2 
     years, that award grants to an Indian tribe; a tribal 
     organization approved by an Indian tribe; a tribal 
     educational agency; a consortium of Indian tribes; or a 
     partnership between an Indian tribe and either a State 
     educational agency, a local educational agency, a tribal 
     educational agency, or the Bureau of Indian Education to 
     operate and implement the school lunch program as authorized 
     by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1769), the summer food service program as established 
     under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act, the child and adult care food program as 
     established by section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act, or the school breakfast program established 
     by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) in either 
     a Bureau-funded school (as defined in section 1141 of the 
     Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)); a school (as 
     defined in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 (d)) on or near an Indian 
     reservation; or an early child care and education facility: 
     Provided, That to carry out this pilot program each grant 
     awarded shall be no less than $10,000 and no more than 
     $100,000 for each school year and shall not increase state 
     administrative costs or the amount of benefits provided in 
     any program: Provided further, That the term ``Indian tribe'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     5304).
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pilot 
     project grant recipient shall be reimbursed for meals served 
     under the school lunch program, the summer food service 
     program, and the child and adult care food program as if the 
     recipient were a State under the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act; and under the school breakfast program as 
     if the recipient were a State educational agency.
       (c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the pilot 
     program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
     the outcomes of the pilot program.
       Sec. 772.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of 
     Food and Drugs, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission, or the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration 
     to fly or display a flag over a facility of the Department of 
     Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
     other than the flag of the United States; the flag of a 
     State, territory, or the District of Columbia; the flag of an 
     Indian Tribal Government; the official flag of a U.S. 
     Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag.
       Sec. 773. (a) In general.--Notwithstanding section 7 of 
     title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, 
     United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of 
     the funds provided by this Act, or previous appropriations 
     Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take any 
     discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, 
     on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance 
     with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, 
     that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one 
     man and one woman.
       (b) Discriminatory action defined.--As used in subsection 
     (a), a discriminatory action means any action taken by the 
     Federal Government to--
       (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
     any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
     delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under section 
     501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
     referred to in subsection (a);
       (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
     charitable contribution made to or by such person;
       (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
     terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
     grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, 
     guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, 
     accreditation, employment, or other similar position or 
     status from or to such person;
       (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a 
     Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal 
     treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational 
     program, from or to such person; or
       (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
     property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora 
     (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
     charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.
       (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.--The Federal 
     Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified 
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     purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, 
     licensed, or certified, respectively, for such purposes but 
     for a determination against such person wholly or partially 
     on the basis that the person speaks, or acts, in accordance 
     with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction 
     described in subsection (a).
       Sec. 774.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Food and Drug Administration to issue, 
     promote, or advance any new guideline or regulation 
     applicable to food manufacturers for Listeria monocytogenes 
     (Lm) until the Food and Drug Administration, based on the 
     available new science, incorporates into the Compliance 
     Policy Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 555.320, a 
     tolerance for Listeria monocytogenes in low-risk foods, 
     meaning foods that do not support the growth of Listeria 
     monocytogenes.
       Sec. 775.  The Secretary of Agriculture may not use 
     unobligated balances available under section 22002(a)(1) of 
     Public Law 117-169, after the application of the rescission 
     under section 722 of this Act, to award grants under section 
     9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
     U.S.C. 8107).

                       spending reduction account

       Sec. 776.  $0.
       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

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $176,859,000 to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
     Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $3,569,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
     of the Secretary;
       (2) $1,277,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
     of the Deputy Secretary;
       (3) $28,089,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     General Counsel;
       (4) $22,769,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which 
     $7,300,000 is for the Office for Multimodal Freight 
     Infrastructure and Policy;
       (5) $21,026,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;
       (6) $3,968,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs;
       (7) $41,399,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration;
       (8) $2,093,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
     Affairs and Public Engagement;
       (9) $2,312,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Executive Secretariat;
       (10) $15,533,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;
       (11) $33,195,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer; and
       (12) $1,629,000 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 $10,000 
     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, $41,713,000, 
     of which $30,259,000 shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, 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 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, $10,550,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 
     fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 
     the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
     the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
     underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and 
     all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of 
     servicing such credit instruments:  Provided further, That 
     such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 
      Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to other 
     amounts made available for such purposes and are not subject 
     to any obligation limitation or the limitation on 
     administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United 
     States Code.

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

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

                      financial management capital

       For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
     Department of Transportation's financial systems and re-
     engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 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, 
     $14,800,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, development 
     activities, and making grants, $25,017,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
     $8,517,000 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.

                          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, $5,000,000, 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

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     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 rescission of funds)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available by this Act to 
     the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the 
     Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
     assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
     appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, 
     except for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have 
     completed the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
     notification.
       Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the web site of the 
     Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of 
     the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for 
     each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance 
     to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
       Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full 
     payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from 
     all Federal agencies from available funds for transit benefit 
     distribution services that are necessary to carry out the 
     Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program 
     under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of SAFETEA-
     LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note):  Provided, That the Department shall 
     maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working 
     Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide 
     uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees:  
     Provided further, That such reserve shall not exceed 1 month 
     of benefits payable and may be used only for the purpose of 
     providing for the continuation of transit benefits:  Provided 
     further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be fully 
     reimbursed by each customer agency from available funds for 
     the actual cost of the transit benefit.
       Sec. 104.  Receipts collected in the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 
     United States Code, for unused transit and van pool benefits, 
     in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2024 
     collections, shall be available until expended in the 
     Department's Working Capital Fund to provide contractual 
     services in support of section 189 of this Act:  Provided, 
     That obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such collections 
     shall not exceed $1,000,000.
       Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this title may be obligated 
     or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an 
     employee of the Department of Transportation without the 
     prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration.
       Sec. 106.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's 
     Administrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to 
     transfer information technology equipment, software, and 
     systems from Departmental sources or other entities and 
     collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return 
     full cost of transferred assets.
       Sec. 107.  None of the funds provided in this Act to the 
     Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit 
     assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 
     approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 
     604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary provides 
     notification in writing to the following committees: the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives:  Provided, That such notification shall 
     include, but not be limited to, the name of the project 
     sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit 
     assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, 
     or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
       Sec. 108.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
     available for ``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 
     Financing Program'' in title I of division L of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103), 
     $8,948,237.30 is hereby permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 109.  With respect to amounts provided under the 
     heading ``National Infrastructure Investments'' in title VIII 
     of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
     (Public Law 117-58) for fiscal year 2024 to carry out section 
     6702 of title 49, United States Code, the set aside for 
     historically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent 
     poverty under subsection (f)(2) of such section shall be 
     treated as not less than 5 percent for fiscal year 2024.
       Sec. 109A.  The Secretary of Transportation may transfer 
     amounts awarded to a Federally recognized Tribe under a 
     funding agreement entered into under part 29 of title 49, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, from the Department of 
     Transportation's Operating Administrations to the Office of 
     Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That any amounts 
     retroceded or reassumed under such part may be transferred 
     back to the appropriate Operating Administration.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
     the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
     maps sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger 
     motor vehicles for replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2025, of which 
     $8,740,627,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
     under this heading--
       (1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be available for 
     aviation safety activities;
       (2) $9,439,068,000 shall be available for air traffic 
     organization activities;
       (3) $47,018,000 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) $314,585,000 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

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     may be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers 
     program at any airport.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
     improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
     airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, 
     as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, 
     United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
     necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
     testing, including construction of test facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
     accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where 
     such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
     lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available 
     under this heading, including aircraft for aviation 
     regulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport 
     and Airway Trust Fund, $2,972,949,000, of which $617,020,000 
     is for personnel and related expenses and shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2025; $2,330,929,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2026; and $25,000,000 
     shall remain available until expended:  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 Investment and Jobs Act (division 
     J of Public Law 117-58).

                 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, 
     $196,050,000, 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:  Provided further, That any activity carried out 
     using funds made available under this heading for counter-
     unmanned aerial systems research, testing, and evaluation may 
     be carried out notwithstanding section 46502 of title 49, 
     United States Code, or sections 32, 1030, or 1367 and 
     chapters 119 and 206 of title 18 of such code.

                       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, $303,921,257 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 the sums appropriated under 
     this heading shall be made available for the purposes, and in 
     amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the table 
     entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
     accompanying this Act.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

       Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years 
     under the federally funded research and development center 
     contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
     Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
     fiscal year 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

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     expenses of more than nine political and Presidential 
     appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
       Sec. 118.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 
     49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 
     Administration provides to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to 
     aeronautical navigation products and explains how such fees 
     are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642.
       Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 
     Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
     advance.
       Sec. 119A.  None of the funds made available by or limited 
     by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
     prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New 
     Jersey.
       Sec. 119B.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to withhold from consideration and approval 
     any new application for participation in the Contract Tower 
     Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Program 
     participants so long as the Federal Aviation Administration 
     has received an application from the airport, and so long as 
     the Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the 
     factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration 
     published establishment criteria.
       Sec. 119C.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, 
     or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or 
     the technical center unless the Administrator submits a 
     request for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of 
     this Act.
       Sec. 119D.  The Federal Aviation Administration 
     Administrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 
     after performance or paid in advance from funds available to 
     the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 
     agencies for which the Fund performs services.
       Sec. 119E.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to the FAA may be used to carry out the FAA's 
     obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, United States 
     Code, unless the eligible air traffic system or equipment to 
     be transferred to the FAA under section 44502(e) of title 49, 
     United States Code, was purchased by the transferor airport--
       (1) during the period of time beginning on October 5, 2018 
     and ending on December 31, 2021; or
       (2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor airports 
     located in a non-contiguous States.
       Sec. 119F.  Of the funds provided under the heading 
     ``Grants-in-aid for Airports'', up to $3,500,000 shall be for 
     necessary expenses, including an independent verification 
     regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors that do 
     not provide gateway operations and providers of general 
     aviation ground support services, or other aviation tenants, 
     located at those airports closed during a temporary flight 
     restriction (TFR) for any residence of the President that is 
     designated or identified to be secured by the United States 
     Secret Service, and for direct and incremental financial 
     losses incurred while such airports are closed solely due to 
     the actions of the Federal Government:  Provided, That no 
     funds shall be obligated or distributed to airport sponsors 
     that do not provide gateway operations and providers of 
     general aviation ground support services until an independent 
     audit is completed:  Provided further, That losses incurred 
     as a result of violations of law, or through fault or 
     negligence, of such operators and service providers or of 
     third parties (including airports) are not eligible for 
     reimbursements:  Provided further, That obligation and 
     expenditure of funds are conditional upon full release of the 
     United States Government for all claims for financial losses 
     resulting from such actions.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

                    highway infrastructure programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
     $1,361,627,349:  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; 
     or (2) activities eligible under the Tribal Transportation 
     Program under section 202 of such title, and shall not affect 
     the distribution or amount of funds provided in any other 
     Act:  Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Public Law 
     117-58 shall apply to funds made available under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That 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 made available under this heading--
       (1) $1,211,627,349 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
     amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the table 
     entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided, That, except as otherwise 
     provided under this heading, the funds made available under 
     this paragraph shall be administered as if apportioned under 
     chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, 
     That funds made available under this paragraph that are used 
     for Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 
     under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, except that 
     the set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 
     202(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and subsections 
     (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 of such title, and 
     section 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 117-
     58), shall not apply to such funds; and
       (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for activities eligible 
     under the Tribal Transportation Program, as described in 
     section 202 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided, That, 
     except as otherwise provided under this heading, the funds 
     made available under this paragraph shall be administered as 
     if allocated under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code: 
      Provided further, That the set-asides described in 
     subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United 
     States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), (d), and (e) of 
     section 202 of such title shall not apply to funds made 
     available under this paragraph:  Provided further, That the 
     set-aside described in section 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as 
     amended by Public Law 117-58), shall not apply to such funds.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

                    (including rescission of funds)

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

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     (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), 
     for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
     programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under title 
     23, United States Code (other than the amounts apportioned 
     for the National Highway Performance Program in section 119 
     of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from the 
     limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts 
     apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
     proportion that--
       (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs 
     that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
     each State for such fiscal year; bears to
       (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
     States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to 
     obligations under or for--
       (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
       (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
     Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
       (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
     Stat. 1701);
       (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
     Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
       (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
     (101 Stat. 198);
       (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
       (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect on June 8, 1998);
       (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
     authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
     for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
     only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
     lapsed or been used;
       (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
     Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
     with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
     obligations at the time at which the funds were initially 
     made available for obligation; and
       (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
     each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, only in an amount 
     equal to $639,000,000).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after 
     August 1 of such fiscal year--
       (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
     available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed 
     cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and
       (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
     obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
     during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States 
     having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under 
     sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
     contract authority for transportation research programs 
     carried out under--
       (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code;
       (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act; and
       (C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure 
     Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).
       (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and
       (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
     on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs for future fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
     (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 
     of title 23, United States Code) that--
       (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year 
     for Federal-aid highway programs; and
       (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the 
     States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
     section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be 
     available for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
       (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
     in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
     authority under subsection (a)(5).
       (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
     section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received 
     by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of 
     data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 
     chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited 
     to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of 
     reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses.
       Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under 
     his or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement 
     for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
     comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
     the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     post on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 
     requirements.
       Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to make a grant for a project under section 117 of 
     title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 
     60 days before making a grant under that section, provides 
     written notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation 
     and justification for the project and the amount of the 
     proposed grant award.
       Sec. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
     165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
     eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
     title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
     territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obligation 
     limitation:  Provided, That the Department of Transportation 
     for the State or territory for which the earmarked amount was 
     originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
     its intent to use its authority under this section and 
     submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying the 
     projects to which the funding would be applied. 
     Notwithstanding the original period of availability of funds 
     to be obligated under this section, such funds and associated 
     obligation limitation shall remain available for obligation 
     for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which 
     the Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
     project carried out with funds made available under this 
     section shall be the same as associated with the earmark.
       (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
       (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
     XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 
     prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and 
     administered by the Federal Highway Administration; or
       (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 
     law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and 
     administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
       (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised 
     only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
     less than 10 percent of the amount made available for 
     obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and 
     shall be applied to projects within the same general 
     geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 
     designated, except that a State or territory may apply such 
     authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 
     activities the State or territory certifies have been closed 
     and for which payments have been made under a final voucher.
       (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
     information provided by the States and territories annually 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated balances 
     available to the Federal Highway Administration, the 
     following funds are hereby permanently cancelled, subject to 
     subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and 
     programs in the specified amounts:
       (1) $53,160,115 from funds available in the ``Surface 
     Transportation Priorities'' account (69 X 0538);
       (2) $1,839,130 from funds available in the ``Delta Regional 
     Transportation Development Program'' account (69 X 0551);
       (3) $11,814,580 from funds available in the ``Appalachian 
     Development Highway System'' account (69 X 0640);
       (4) $392,112 from funds available in the ``Bridge Capacity 
     Improvements'' account (69 X 8057);
       (5) $30,640,110 from funds available in the ``Miscellaneous 
     Highway Project'' account (69 X 8058); and
       (6) $7,063,307 from funds available in the ``Highway 
     Projects'' account (69 X 8382).
       (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.

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       Sec. 126.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or 
     enforce the proposed rule entitled ``National Performance 
     Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National 
     Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure'' published 
     by the Federal Highway Administration in the Federal Register 
     on July 15, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 42401) or successor 
     regulation.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
     execution and administration of motor carrier safety 
     operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 
     49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastructure 
     Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $375,000,000, 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 $375,000,000, for ``Motor 
     Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 
     2024, of which $14,073,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2026, is for the research and 
     technology program, and of which not less than $63,098,000, 
     to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, 
     is for development, modernization, enhancement, and continued 
     operation and maintenance of information technology and 
     information management.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

       Sec. 130.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
     shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, registered 
     mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the 
     receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the 
     violations.
       Sec. 131.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     promulgate any rule or regulation to require vehicles with a 
     gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds operating in 
     interstate commerce to be equipped with a speed limiting 
     device set to a maximum speed.
       Sec. 132.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to require 
     the use of inward facing cameras as a condition for 
     participation in the apprenticeship pilot program under 
     section 23022 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
     (49 U.S.C. 31315 note).
       Sec. 133.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     implement a policy or regulation for the requirement that a 
     motor carrier register an apprenticeship program with the 
     Department of Labor, including registration under part 29 of 
     title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, in order to 
     participate in the apprenticeship pilot program under section 
     23022 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (49 
     U.S.C. 31315 note).
       Sec. 134.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended to implement, 
     administer, or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of 
     title 49, United States Code, or any regulation issued by the 
     Secretary pursuant to such section, with respect to the use 
     of electronic logging devices by operators of commercial 
     motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of such title, 
     transporting livestock as defined in section 602 of the 
     Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 
     1471) or insects.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 
     authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
     title 49, United States Code, $260,000,000, 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 provision--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

       Sec. 140.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in 
     this Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation 
     authority was made available in previous public laws but only 
     to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
     been used.

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                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, $273,458,000, of 
     which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $44,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
      Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
     up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section 
     20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the 
     construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     improvements at the Transportation Technology Center.

        consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

       For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
     Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as authorized 
     by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $258,464,439 to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
     Act, $28,864,439 shall be made available for the purposes, 
     and in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in 
     the table entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in 
     the Report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That 
     amounts made available for Community Project Funding under 
     this heading in this Act shall be available for railroad 
     project planning activities of projects otherwise eligible 
     under 22907(c):  Provided further, That requirements under 
     subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United 
     States Code, shall not apply to the amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act for Community Project Funding: 
      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 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), $99,231,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may retain up 
     to one-half of one 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).

 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 division B of the Infrastructure Investment and 
     Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $776,376,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 150.  The amounts made available to the Secretary or 
     to the Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of 
     award, administration, and project management oversight of 
     financial assistance which are administered by the Federal 
     Railroad Administration, in this and prior Acts, may be 
     transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration's 
     ``Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance'' 
     account for the necessary expenses to support the award, 
     administration, project management oversight, and technical 
     assistance of financial assistance administered by the 
     Federal Railroad Administration, in the same manner as 
     appropriated for in this and prior Acts:  Provided, That this 
     section shall not apply to amounts that were previously 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 151.  None of the funds made available to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
     overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 
     employee:  Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
     the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific employees 
     when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a 
     risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  
     Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a 
     summary of all overtime payments incurred by Amtrak for 2023 
     and the three prior calendar years:  Provided further, That 
     such summary shall include the total number of employees that 
     received waivers and the total overtime payments Amtrak paid 
     to employees receiving waivers for each month for 2023 and 
     for the three prior calendar years.
       Sec. 152.  None of the funds made available to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings ``Northeast 
     Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation'' and ``National Network Grants to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation'' may be used to reduce the 
     total number of Amtrak Police Department uniformed officers 
     patrolling on board passenger trains or at stations, 
     facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level on May 
     1, 2019.
       Sec. 153.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act or any other Act may be provided to 
     the State of California for a high-speed rail corridor 
     development project that is the same or substantially similar 
     to the project that is the subject of Cooperative Agreement 
     No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 entered into between the California 
     High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad 
     Administration.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
     Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for 
     payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 
     5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
     amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 
     section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) 
     of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
     $13,990,000,000, 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, as amended by the 
     Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, section 20005(b) of 
     Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing 
     America's Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total 
     obligations of $13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024.

                     transit infrastructure grants

       For an additional amount for Community Project Funding for 
     projects and activities eligible under chapter 53 of such 
     title, $130,828,124, to remain available until expended, for 
     the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community Project 
     Funding in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding'' 
     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:  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, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025, of which $500,000 shall be for the 
     purpose of providing technical assistance and resources to 
     Federally Recognized Tribes through the National Rural 
     Transportation Assistance Program authorized under 
     5311(b)(3)(C) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided, 
     That the assistance provided under this heading does not 
     duplicate the activities of 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), $392,204,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $388,281,960 
     shall be available for projects authorized under section 
     5309(d) of title 49, United States Code.

      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

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     those investments that will improve the safety of the system 
     before approving such grants.

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

       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)).

        Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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

                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

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

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
     merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, 
     United States Code, to serve the national security needs of 
     the United States, $318,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from 
     prior year appropriations available under this heading, 
     $6,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.

                          cable security fleet

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

                        tanker security program

       For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under 
     section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, $60,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     appropriated for the Tanker Security Fleet Program in the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103) shall be 
     available as authorized under section 53406 of title 46, 
     United States Code, and for the Secretary to timely reimburse 
     each program participant up to $2,500,000 for each of its 
     vessels covered by an operating agreement under section 53403 
     of title 46, United States Code, for verifiable training and 
     other costs incurred to ensure that mariners on such vessels 
     are fully qualified to meet the specialized requirements to 
     serve on product tank vessels.

                        operations and training

       For necessary expenses of operations and training 
     activities authorized by law, $210,181,000:  Provided, That 
     of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $89,507,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2025, for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 
     Academy;
       (2) $11,900,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the 
     United States Merchant Marine Academy;
       (3) $31,921,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
     Academy;
       (4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     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, $56,400,000:  
     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) $19,200,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, including 
     funds for construction, planning, administration, and design 
     of school ships and, as determined by the Secretary, 
     necessary expenses to design, plan, construct infrastructure, 
     and purchase equipment necessary to berth such ships;
       (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2028, for the Student Incentive Program;
       (4) $6,800,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
     training ship fuel assistance; and
       (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2025, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies:
       Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
     Administration may use the funds made available under 
     paragraph (2) and the funds provided for shoreside 
     infrastructure improvements in Public Law 117-103 for the 
     purposes described in paragraph (2):  Provided further, That 
     such funds may be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies 
     for costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of this 
     Act: Provided further, That such funds shall be available for 
     reimbursement only for those costs incurred in compliance 
     with all applicable Federal law, including the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
     the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 300101 et 
     seq.).

                     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, $6,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
     loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriations for ``Maritime 
     Administration--Operations and Training''.

                port infrastructure development program

       To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 
     under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
     $69,727,566 to remain available until expended, for the 
     purposes, and in the amounts, specified for Community Project 
     Funding in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding'' 
     included in the Report accompanying this Act.

           administrative provisions--maritime administration

       Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
     Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
     services and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
     lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property 
     under control of the Maritime Administration:  Provided, That 
     payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
     appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain 
     available until expended:  Provided further, That rental 
     payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 
     items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall 
     be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
       Sec. 171.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     by this or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated 
     $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out 
     section 3546 of Public Law 117-263, Recapitalization of 
     National Defense Reserve Fleet.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

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

                       hazardous materials safety

       For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
     safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
     Safety Administration, $80,874,000; of which $14,070,000 
     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)

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     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), $197,441,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
     Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $160,041,000 shall be 
     derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $400,000 
     shall be derived from the fees collected under section 60303 
     of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 
     Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance reviews 
     of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which $7,000,000 
     shall be derived from fees collected under section 60302 of 
     title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 
     Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for 
     the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United 
     States Code:  Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the 
     amounts made available under this heading shall be for the 
     One-Call State grant program:  Provided further, That any 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act or in 
     prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
     agreements or research other transactions agreements 
     (``OTAs'') shall require written notification to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
     business days before such research contracts, grants, 
     cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced by the 
     Department of Transportation.

                     emergency preparedness grants

                      (limitation on obligations)

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
     Preparedness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 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 section 404 of title 5, United 
     States Code, as amended, $121,001,000:  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: Provided 
     further, That the Inspector General shall have independent 
     authority over all personnel issues within this office.

            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

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     hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to 
     amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that 
     forbids a recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or 
     Federal Transit Administration grant from imposing such 
     hiring preference on a contract or construction project with 
     which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only if 
     the grant recipient certifies the following:
       (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a 
     pool of readily available but unemployed individuals 
     possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the 
     work that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
       (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
     provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor 
     does not displace any of its existing employees in order to 
     satisfy such hiring preference; and
       (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
     delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
     not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
     applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
     Transportation Improvement Program.
       Sec. 191.  The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate 
     with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best 
     practices for Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-
     to-date and shall ensure that systems procured with funds 
     provided under this title were procured using such practices.
       Sec. 192.  None of the funds made available in this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to require information, criteria, 
     reporting requirements, or submissions with respect to any 
     grant program of the Department of Transportation in 
     accordance with an equity action plan, including the Equity 
     Action Plan of the Department of Transportation published in 
     January 2022.
       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, $18,699,000, 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, $664,287,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
     under this heading--
       (1) $90,380,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Financial Officer;
       (2) $125,833,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     General Counsel, of which not less than $20,300,000 shall be 
     for the Departmental Enforcement Center;
       (3) $226,682,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Administration, of which not less than $4,680,000 may be for 
     modernization and deferred maintenance of the Weaver 
     Building;
       (4) $51,743,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Human Capital Officer;
       (5) $28,137,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Procurement Officer;
       (6) $66,130,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
     Policy and Management;
       (7) $4,630,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and
       (8) $70,752,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer:
       Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-
     administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise 
     provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, 
     United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
     services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
     States Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
     directly support program activities funded in this title.

                            program offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
     $1,062,065,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
      Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $280,117,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Public and Indian Housing;
       (2) $164,507,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Community Planning and Development;
       (3) $468,286,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Housing, of which not less than $13,300,000 shall be for the 
     Office of Recapitalization;
       (4) $39,884,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
     Development and Research;
       (5) $98,081,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
     Housing and Equal Opportunity; and
       (6) $11,190,000 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 information technology end-
     user devices and wireless support, 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, 
     $27,131,600,000 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) $27,374,554,000 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), 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 with the prior written approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That public housing agencies participating in the 
     MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the 
     requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
     agreements, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata 
     adjustments under the preceding provisos:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' 
     calendar year 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

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     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 $100,000,000 shall be available 
     only--
       (A) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
     agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public 
     housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
     determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
     resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability 
     under section 8(r) of the Act;
       (B) for vouchers that were not in use during the previous 
     12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
     pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for 
     a funding obligation not yet expended in the previous 
     calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop 
     affordable housing for an agency added to the MTW 
     demonstration under the expansion authority provided in 
     section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
     (division L of Public Law 114-113);
       (C) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 
     Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers;
       (D) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
     reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
     Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental 
     assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding;
       (E) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
     agencies that--
       (i) are leasing a lower-than-average percentage of their 
     authorized vouchers,
       (ii) have low amounts of budget authority in their net 
     restricted assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic 
     reserves, relative to other agencies, and
       (iii) are not participating in the Moving to Work 
     demonstration, to enable such agencies to lease more 
     vouchers;
       (F) for withheld payments in accordance with section 
     8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the previous calendar 
     year that were subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
     after the agency's actual costs were validated; and
       (G) for public housing agencies that have experienced 
     increased costs or loss of units in an area for which the 
     President declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5170 et seq.):
       Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
     under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by 
     the Secretary;
       (2) $337,000,000 shall be available for section 8 rental 
     assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units 
     that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of 
     the Act, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance 
     under section 8, relocation of witnesses (including victims 
     of violent crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
     in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a 
     law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 
     under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under 
     section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, 
     mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 
     assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or 
     for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 
     unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 
     properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced 
     pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the 
     authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, That when a 
     public housing development is submitted for demolition or 
     disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may 
     provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an 
     imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental 
     assistance from amounts made available under this paragraph 
     for units assisted under a project-based subsidy contract 
     funded under the ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' heading 
     under this title where the owner has received a Notice of 
     Default and the units pose an imminent health and safety risk 
     to residents:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may 
     be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 
     otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
     residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
     greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result of 
     (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 
     loan that requires the permission of the Secretary prior to 
     loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance 
     contract for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced 
     voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; 
     or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
     accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered 
     by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such tenant 
     protection assistance made available under the preceding 
     proviso may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) 
     or section 8(o)(13) of the Act:  Provided further, That any 
     tenant protection voucher made available from amounts under 
     this paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing 
     agency, except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
     Secretary by notice, when the initial family that received 
     any such voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the 
     authority for any public housing agency to issue any such 
     voucher shall cease to exist:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units 
     that were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease 
     to be available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
     availability of funds;
       (3) $2,734,046,000 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 
     $2,704,046,000 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 to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development under this 
     heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
     vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
     were appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing 
     agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
     funded in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
     demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
     shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
     under the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That amounts 
     provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
     related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance 
     authorized under section 8, including related development 
     activities;
       (4) $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 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for rental assistance and 
     associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve 
     Native American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of 
     homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian 
     areas:  Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
     for renewal grants to recipients that received assistance 
     under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify 
     criteria for renewal grants, including data on the 
     utilization of assistance reported by grant recipients:  
     Provided further, That such assistance shall be administered 
     in accordance with program requirements under the Native 
     American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
     1996 and modeled after the HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the use of funds made available under this 
     paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
     nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 
     upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or 
     alternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
     delivery and administration of such assistance:  Provided 
     further, That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary 
     on utilization of such rental assistance and other program 
     data, as prescribed by the Secretary:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, 
     amounts returned

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     or recaptured from awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program 
     under prior Acts to existing recipients under the Tribal HUD-
     VASH program; and
       (6) 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)), $8,363,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
     under this heading--
       (1) $5,103,000,000 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) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
     allocate pursuant to a need-based application process 
     notwithstanding section 203 of this title and not subject to 
     such Operating Fund formula to public housing agencies that 
     experience, or are at risk of, financial shortfalls, as 
     determined by the Secretary:  Provided, That after all such 
     shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any 
     remaining funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 
     basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula;
       (3) $3,180,000,000 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) $40,000,000 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 $20,000,000 
     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; and
       (5) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of 
     administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive 
     grants to PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or 
     substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 
     Secretary, for costs associated with public housing asset 
     improvement, in addition to other amounts for that purpose 
     provided under any heading under this title:
       Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any 
     Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and the 
     Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any 
     authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the Act 
     regarding the extension of the time periods under such 
     section: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
     9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, 
     that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
     result in outlays, immediately or in the future.

        operational performance evaluation and risk assessments

       For the Department's inspection and assessment programs, 
     including travel, training, and program support contracts, 
     $51,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
     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.

                       self-sufficiency programs

       For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency 
     Programs, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
     $175,000,000:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
     this heading--
       (1) $125,000,000 shall be available for the Family Self-
     Sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency 
     coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of 
     local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under 
     sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 
     resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic 
     independence and self-sufficiency;
       (2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the Resident 
     Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide for 
     supportive services, service coordinators, and congregate 
     services as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native 
     American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
     1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided, That amounts made 
     available under this paragraph may be used to renew Resident 
     Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program grants to allow the 
     public housing agency, or a new owner, to continue to serve 
     (or restart service to) residents of a project with 
     assistance converted from public housing to project-based 
     rental assistance under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under 
     section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ``Rental 
     Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
     55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and
       (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a Jobs-Plus 
     Initiative, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration:  
     Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph shall be 
     available for competitive grants to partnerships between 
     public housing authorities, local workforce investment boards 
     established under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
     and organizations that provide support to help public housing 
     residents obtain employment and increase earnings:  Provided 
     further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 
     provide services to residents, partner with workforce 
     investment boards, and leverage service dollars:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies 
     to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
     requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to 
     implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions 
     as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
     that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
     necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus 
     Initiative as a voluntary program for residents:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
     Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements 
     pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 
     before the effective date of such notice.

                        native american programs

       For activities and assistance authorized under title I of 
     the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
     Act of 1996 (in this heading ``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 4111 et 
     seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian 
     tribes, and related training and technical assistance, 
     $1,344,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
      Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $1,110,000,000 shall be available for the Native 
     American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under 
     title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, 
     to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of 
     such Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the 
     formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component 
     based on single-race census data and with the need component 
     based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
     allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
     two resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act;
       (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
     under the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary shall obligate such

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

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

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

                  native hawaiian housing block grant

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

      native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

       New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 
     section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b), any part of which is to be 
     guaranteed, shall not exceed $21,000,000 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, 2025, except that amounts 
     allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2026:  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, $5,554,267,912 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) $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
       (3) $2,224,267,912 shall be available for grants for the 
     Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for the purposes 
     authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 
     105(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)), and in amounts, 
     specified for Community Project Funding in the table entitled 
     ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided, 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 for amounts made available under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), 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 $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
     limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in 
     subsection (k) of such section 108:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 
     subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit 
     subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any 
     such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 
     502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided 
     further, That such commitment authority funded by fees may be 
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     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.), 
     $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances remaining from 
     amounts recaptured pursuant to such section that remain 
     available until expended shall be combined with amounts made 
     available under this heading and allocated in accordance with 
     the formula under section 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12747(b)(1)(A)):  Provided further, That the Department shall 
     notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 days 
     after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That section 
     218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with 
     respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its 
     HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would 
     expire in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 under that 
     section:  Provided further, That section 231(b) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested funds 
     that otherwise were deducted or would be deducted from the 
     line of credit in the participating jurisdiction's HOME 
     Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 2018 through 
     2026 under that section.

   preservation and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement

       For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize 
     manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing 
     communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under title I 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
     amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $20,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That 
     recipients of grants provided with amounts made available 
     under this heading shall be States, units of general local 
     government, resident-owned manufactured housing communities, 
     cooperatives, nonprofit entities including consortia of 
     nonprofit entities, community development financial 
     institutions, Indian Tribes (as such term is defined in 
     section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
     Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or 
     other entities approved by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes 
     within such competition:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may approve entities for selection that partner 
     with one or several residents of such eligible communities or 
     that propose to implement a grant program that would assist 
     residents of such eligible communities:  Provided further, 
     That eligible uses of such grants may include infrastructure, 
     planning, resident and community services (including 
     relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency 
     activities, and providing other assistance to residents or 
     owners of manufactured homes, which may include providing 
     assistance for manufactured housing land and site 
     acquisition:  Provided further, That, except as determined by 
     the Secretary, participation in this program shall not 
     encumber the future transfer of title or use of property by 
     the residents, owners, or communities:  Provided further, 
     That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall 
     prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or 
     moderately low-income residents and preserve long-term 
     housing affordability for residents of manufactured housing 
     or a manufactured housing community:  Provided further, That 
     eligible manufactured housing communities may include those 
     that are--
       (1) owned by the residents of the manufactured housing 
     community through a resident-controlled entity, as defined by 
     the Secretary; or
       (2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to binding 
     agreements that will preserve the community and maintain 
     affordability on a long-term basis:
       Provided further, That resiliency activities means the 
     reconstruction, repair, or replacement of manufactured 
     housing and manufactured housing communities to protect the 
     health and safety of manufactured housing residents and to 
     address weatherization and energy efficiency needs, except 
     that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made available under 
     this heading may be used only for replacement:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
     requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation 
     that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
     amounts made available under this heading (except for 
     requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that 
     such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to 
     facilitate the use of such amounts.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

       For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
     Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing 
     Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 
     note), and for related activities and assistance, 
     $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  
     Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
       (1) $10,000,000 shall be available for the Self-Help 
     Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under such 
     section 11;
       (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, third, 
     and fourth capacity building entities specified in section 
     4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 
     note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural 
     capacity building activities:  Provided, That for purposes of 
     awarding grants from amounts made available in this 
     paragraph, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, 
     as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
     appropriations;
       (3) $7,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by 
     national rural housing organizations having experience 
     assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, 
     training, technical assistance, information, and research to 
     local nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian 
     Tribes serving high need rural communities; and
       (4) $1,000,000 shall be available for a program to 
     rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or low-income 
     veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of the Carl Levin 
     and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (38 U.S.C. 2101 note):  Provided, 
     That the issuance of a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 
     amounts made available in this paragraph shall be completed 
     not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act and such 
     amounts shall be awarded not later than 180 days after such 
     issuance.

                       homeless assistance grants

       For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for 
     related activities and assistance, $3,729,000,000, 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) $3,350,000,000 shall be available for the Continuum of 
     Care program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42 
     U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the Rural Housing Stability 
     Assistance programs authorized under subtitle D of such title 
     IV (42 U.S.C. 11408):  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program to 
     continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to 
     reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher 
     performing projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall provide incentives to create projects that coordinate 
     with housing providers and healthcare organizations to 
     provide permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing 
     services:  Provided further, That the Secretary may establish 
     by notice an alternative maximum amount for administrative 
     costs related to the requirements described in sections 
     402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV or no 
     more than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, 
     notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in section 
     423(a)(10) of such subtitle C:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program 
     under this paragraph, not less than $52,000,000 shall be for 
     grants for new rapid re-housing projects and supportive 
     service projects providing coordinated entry, and for 
     eligible activities that the Secretary determines to be 
     critical in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, 
     dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking:  Provided 
     further, That amounts made available for the Continuum of 
     Care program under this paragraph and any remaining 
     unobligated balances under this heading in prior Acts may be 
     used to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace 
     grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under the 
     Continuum of Care program, notwithstanding any conflict with 
     the requirements of the Continuum of Care program;
       (3) $7,000,000 shall be available for the national homeless 
     data analysis project: Provided, That notwithstanding the 
     provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements 
     Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the amounts made available 
     under this paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 
     under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts may be 
     used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements 
     with such entities as may be determined by the Secretary, 
     including public and private organizations, agencies, and 
     institutions; and
       (4) $82,000,000 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

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     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:
       Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
     assistance under this heading shall not be required to 
     provide third party documentation to establish their 
     eligibility under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 
     receive services:  Provided further, That unaccompanied youth 
     aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and 
     under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
     youth-serving providers funded under this heading: Provided 
     further, That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any 
     project funded under this heading to provide both 
     transitional housing and rapid re-housing: Provided further, 
     That for all matching funds requirements applicable to funds 
     made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
     prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as 
     a source of match funds other funds administered by the 
     Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) 
     a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 
     funds: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available to provide 
     funding for new projects, except for projects created through 
     reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the 
     continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are 
     evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they 
     improve the continuum of care's system performance: Provided 
     further, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 
     made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 
     prior years for project-based rental assistance for 
     rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used 
     for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes 
     for which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, 
     That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
     carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or 
     appropriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior 
     years, except for rental assistance amounts that were 
     recaptured and made available until expended, shall be 
     available for the current purposes authorized under this 
     heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 
     originally were appropriated.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of project-
     based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise 
     provided for, $15,420,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition 
     to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
     heading that became available October 1, 2023), 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.

                        housing for the elderly

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For capital advances, including amendments to capital 
     advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized 
     by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 
     for project rental assistance for the elderly under section 
     202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
     such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such 
     assistance for up to a 5-year term, for senior preservation 
     rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
     authorized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership 
     and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), 
     and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
     $913,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027:  
     Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
     heading, up to $112,000,000 shall be for service coordinators 
     and the continuation of existing congregate service grants 
     for residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided 
     further, That any funding for existing service coordinators 
     under the preceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days 
     of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 
     the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
     that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
     exceed 5 years in duration:  Provided further, That upon 
     request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in 
     residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 
     section 202 project rental assistance contract, and that upon 
     termination of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
     determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
     Department and deposited in this account, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That amounts 
     deposited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso 
     shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise 
     provided by this heading, for the purposes authorized under 
     this heading:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for the current purposes authorized under this 
     heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 
     originally were appropriated:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount made available under this heading, up to 
     $25,000,000 shall be used to expand the supply of 
     intergenerational dwelling units (as such term is defined in 
     section 202 of the Legacy Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note)) 
     for elderly caregivers raising children:  Provided further, 
     That for the purposes of the preceding proviso the Secretary 
     may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any 
     provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
     U.S.C. 1701q) in order to facilitate the development of such 
     units, except for requirements related to fair housing, 
     nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
     under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be used by the 
     Secretary to support preservation transactions of housing for 
     the elderly originally developed with a capital advance and 
     assisted by a project rental assistance contract under the 
     provisions of section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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 
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     appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of 
     the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and 
     for supportive services associated with the housing for 
     persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
     of such Act, $208,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2027:  Provided, That, upon the request of the 
     Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
     accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project 
     rental assistance contract, and that upon termination of such 
     contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 
     Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
     in this account, to remain available until September 30, 
     2027:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in this 
     account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available 
     in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 
     for the purposes authorized under this heading:  Provided 
     further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
     carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or 
     appropriated under this heading shall be used for the current 
     purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 
     purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

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

            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

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

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

       New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 
     under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 
     $400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, obligations to 
     make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) 
     of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 
     $1,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing amount in 
     the preceding proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
     governmental entities in connection with sales of single 
     family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
     insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund:  Provided 
     further, That for administrative contract expenses of the 
     Federal Housing Administration, $150,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of 
     section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
     20(g)), during fiscal year 2024 the Secretary may insure and 
     enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under section 
     255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that the 
     net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed 
     zero.

                general and special risk program account

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

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

       New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
     purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
     $550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025:  Provided, That $51,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025, shall be for necessary salaries and 
     expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association:  
     Provided further, That 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, $139,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025:  Provided, That with respect to amounts 
     made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 
     203 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
     agreements with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
     agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, 
     Indian Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or 
     colleges or universities for research projects:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to the preceding proviso, such 
     partners to the cooperative agreements shall contribute at 
     least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project:  
     Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements entered 
     into in accordance with the preceding two provisos, the 
     Secretary shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal 
     Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public 
     Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with 
     section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with 
     respect to documentation of award decisions:  Provided 
     further, That prior to obligation of technical assistance 
     funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations on how the Secretary will 
     allocate funding for this activity at least 30 days prior to 
     obligation:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided under this heading may be available for the doctoral 
     dissertation research grant program.

                   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), $85,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
     31, United States Code, the Secretary may assess and collect 
     fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, 
     and may use such funds to develop online courses and provide 
     such training:  Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading may be used to lobby the 
     executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
     in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan:  
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $1,000,000 may be available to the Secretary for the 
     creation and promotion of translated materials and other 
     programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
     English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
     section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the Healthy Homes 
     Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing 
     and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 and 
     1701z-2), and for related activities and assistance, 
     $345,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  
     Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading 
     are provided as follows:
       (1) $200,000,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant 
     to such section 1011, of which not less than $80,000,000 
     shall be provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint 
     abatement need.
       (2) $140,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, 
     pursuant to sections 501

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     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 $10,000,000 shall be for the establishment and 
     implementation of a national pilot program to facilitate new 
     financing mechanisms to address lead and other residential 
     environmental stressors in low-income communities.
       (3) $3,000,000 shall be for the award of grants and 
     contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 and 1052 of 
     the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
     (42 U.S.C. 4854, 4854a).
       (4) Up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available 
     under paragraphs (2) and (3) may be transferred to the 
     heading ``Research and Technology'' for the purposes of 
     conducting research and studies and for use in accordance 
     with the provisos under that heading for non-competitive 
     agreements.
       (5) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for a radon testing and 
     mitigation safety demonstration program (the radon 
     demonstration) in public housing:  Provided, That the testing 
     method, mitigation method, or action level used under the 
     radon demonstration shall be as specified by applicable State 
     or local law, if such law is more protective of human health 
     or the environment than the method or level specified by the 
     Secretary:
       Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 
     review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law 
     that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
     Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
     program, or other demonstrations or programs under this 
     heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 
     under this heading, or under the heading ``Housing for the 
     Elderly'' under prior Appropriations Acts, shall be 
     considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of 
     section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
     Disposition Reform Act of 1994:  Provided further, That each 
     applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under this 
     heading shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to 
     the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 
     to a notice of funding opportunity:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall conduct a demonstration to harmonize 
     income eligibility criteria for grants under this heading in 
     this and prior Acts with the income eligibility criteria of 
     certain other Federal programs: Provided further, That for 
     purposes of such demonstration, the Secretary may establish 
     income eligibility criteria for such grants using income 
     eligibility criteria of any program administered by the 
     Secretary, the Department of Energy weatherization assistance 
     program (42 U.S.C. 6851 et seq.), the Department of Health 
     and Human Services low income home energy assistance program 
     (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), and the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs supportive services for veteran families program (38 
     U.S.C. 2044):  Provided further, That amounts made available 
     under this heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, 
     still remaining available, may be used for any purpose under 
     this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 
     amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 
     undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 
     under this heading that are oversubscribed.

                      Information Technology Fund

       For Department-wide and program-specific information 
     technology systems and infrastructure, $371,250,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That not 
     more than 10 percent of the funds made available under this 
     heading for development, modernization, and enhancement may 
     be obligated until 90 days after the Secretary submits a plan 
     and quarterly reports in accordance with the requirements 
     stated in 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, $154,000,000:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General shall have independent authority over all 
     personnel issues within this office.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                     (including transfer of funds)

                        (including rescissions)

       Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget 
     authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
     associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
     from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
     shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
     authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
     the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies 
     or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
     approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in 
     accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous 
     sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the 
     budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
     incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest 
     rate.
       Sec. 202.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used during fiscal year 2024 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 
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     Federal requirements for community integration and reduced 
     concentration of individuals with disabilities.
       (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
     applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
       (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
     shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
     transferring project and provide a certification of approval 
     by all appropriate local governmental officials.
       (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
     eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving 
     project or projects shall not be required to vacate their 
     units in the transferring project or projects until new units 
     in the receiving project are available for occupancy.
       (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
     best interest of the tenants.
       (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
     project or projects meets the condition specified in 
     subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project 
     resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner 
     shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 
     transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary, 
     except that the Secretary may waive this requirement upon 
     determination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
     the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or 
     rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects.
       (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
     subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
     project or projects shall execute and record either a 
     continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
     agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
     restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
     the existing use restrictions.
       (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     661a)) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 
     appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 
     such increased cost.
       (d) For purposes of this section--
       (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
     have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
     governing the program under which the project is insured or 
     assisted;
       (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
     that meets one of the following conditions--
       (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the 
     National Housing Act;
       (B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to 
     the structure including projects undergoing mark to market 
     debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
       (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
       (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such section 
     existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales 
     National Affordable Housing Act;
       (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013); or
       (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
     agreement;
       (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
       (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b));
       (B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
     rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
     8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 
     before October 1, 1983);
       (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s);
       (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or 
     additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1);
       (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and
       (F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013(d)(2));
       (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
     multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all 
     of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily 
     required low-income and very low-income use restrictions are 
     to be transferred;
       (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
     housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
     project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
     low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
     receiving project or projects; and
       (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development.
       (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
     evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 
     including the effect of such transfers on the operational 
     efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
     conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
     properties.
       Sec. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
     to any individual who--
       (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
       (2) is under 24 years of age;
       (3) is not a veteran;
       (4) is unmarried;
       (5) does not have a dependent child;
       (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
     defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
     assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
       (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 
     and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
       (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
     who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
     assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
       (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 
     to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial 
     assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
     other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 
     seq.), from private sources, or from an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 
     income to that individual, except for a person over the age 
     of 23 with dependent children.
       Sec. 211.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans 
     under paragraph (1) under the heading ``Native American 
     Programs'' in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 
     same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
     received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only such recipients 
     shall be eligible to apply for funds made available under 
     paragraph (2) of such heading.
       Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 2024, in managing and disposing of any 
     multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during 
     the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract 
     for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or any other 
     Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental 
     assistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached to 
     any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the 
     Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and 
     the local government that such a multifamily property owned 
     or having a mortgage held by the Secretary is not feasible 
     for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
     or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of 
     rehabilitating and operating the property and all available 
     Federal, State, and local resources, including rent 
     adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
     Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
     ``MAHRAA'') (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental 
     conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective 
     fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 
     of that property, contract for project-based rental 
     assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 
     housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The 
     Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that 
     project-based contracts remain in effect prior to 
     foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement 
     remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 
     threats to health and safety after written notice to and 
     informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other 
     available remedies, such as partial abatements or 
     receivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 
     described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 
     levels on such properties shall be subject to the 
     requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
       Sec. 213.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 
     or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 
     asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary in 
     connection with the operating fund rule:  Provided, That an 
     agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
     under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from 
     asset management requirements.
       Sec. 214.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in 
     this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
     improvement, and management of public housing as authorized 
     by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d),(e)), the Secretary shall not impose 
     any requirement or guideline relating to asset management 
     that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds 
     for central office costs pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a public housing 
     agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 
     9(d) for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for 
     assistance with amounts from the operating fund in excess of 
     the amounts permitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
     9(g).
       Sec. 215.  No official or employee of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an 
     allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer has determined that such allotment holder has 
     implemented an adequate system of funds control and has 
     received training in funds control procedures and directives. 
     The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 
     trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under the 
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     Offices'', ``Program Offices'', ``Government National 
     Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed 
     Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of 
     Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development.
       Sec. 216.  The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, 
     notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
     means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice 
     of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
     opportunity (NOFO) for any program or discretionary fund 
     administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 
     awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     fiscal year 2024, the Secretary may make the NOFO available 
     only on the Internet at the appropriate Government website or 
     through other electronic media, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 217.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
     litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
     and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
     appropriations.
       Sec. 218.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 
     percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
     appropriated for any office under the headings 
     ``Administrative Support Offices'', or ``Program Offices'', 
     to any other such office under such headings:  Provided, That 
     no appropriation for any such office under such headings 
     shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or 
     $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written approval 
     of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
     notification to such Committees 3 business days in advance of 
     any such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
     $5,000,000, whichever is less.
       Sec. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
     payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary 
     conditions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 
     any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 
     ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condition 
     of any property covered under a housing assistance payment 
     contract.
       (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) 
     when a multifamily housing project with a contract under 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f) or a contract for similar project-based assistance--
       (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform Physical 
     Condition Standards (UPCS) or a 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

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     IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid 
     by program income of grant recipients may count toward 
     meeting the recipient's matching requirements, provided the 
     costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient's 
     CoC program.
       Sec. 227. (a) From amounts made available under this title 
     under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the 
     Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of 
     funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to 
     transition from one Continuum of Care program component to 
     another.
       (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
     the funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum 
     of care and meet standards determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 228.  The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 
     Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
     designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, 
     shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions of such agreements.
       Sec. 229.  Any public housing agency designated as a Moving 
     to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of division L of 
     Public Law 114-113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 2897) 
     may, upon such designation, use funds (except for special 
     purpose funding, including special purpose vouchers) 
     previously allocated to any such public housing agency under 
     section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
     including any reserve funds held by the public housing agency 
     or funds held by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development, pursuant to the authority for use of section 8 
     or 9 funding provided under such section and section 204 of 
     title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
     and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), 
     notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were 
     appropriated.
       Sec. 230.  None of the amounts made available by this Act 
     may be used to prohibit any public housing agency under 
     receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor from 
     applying for, receiving, or using funds made available under 
     the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for competitive grants to 
     evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or 
     that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be 
     used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such 
     funds to carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement 
     agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar 
     document for a violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead 
     Disclosure Rules.
       Sec. 231.  None of the funds made available by this title 
     may be used to issue rules or guidance in contravention of 
     section 1210 of Public Law 115-254 (132 Stat. 3442) or 
     section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155).
       Sec. 232.  The language under the heading ``RENTAL 
     ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION'' in the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
     55), as most recently amended by Public Law 117-103, is 
     further amended--
        (1) in the matter before the first proviso, by striking 
     ``and `Public Housing Operating Fund' '' and inserting ``, 
     `Public Housing Operating Fund' and `Public Housing Fund' '';
       (2) in the second proviso, by striking ``until September 
     30, 2024'' and inserting ``for fiscal year 2012 and 
     thereafter'';
       (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, but only if the 
     property meets any additional requirements established by the 
     Secretary to facilitate conversion: Provided further, That to 
     facilitate the conversion of assistance under the preceding 
     proviso, the Secretary may transfer an amount equal to the 
     total amount that would have been allocated for tenant 
     protection voucher assistance for properties that have 
     requested such conversions from amounts made available for 
     tenant protection voucher assistance under the heading 
     `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to the heading `Project-
     Based Rental Assistance': Provided further, That at 
     properties with assistance previously converted hereunder to 
     assistance under the heading `Project-Based Rental 
     Assistance,' which are also separately assisted under section 
     8(o)(13) of the Act, the Secretary may, with the consent of 
     the public housing agency and owner, terminate such project-
     based subsidy contracts and immediately enter into one new 
     project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, 
     which shall be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997, subject to the requirement that any residents assisted 
     under section 8(o)(13) of the Act at the time of such 
     termination of such project-based subsidy contract shall 
     retain all rights accrued under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the 
     Act under the new project-based subsidy contract and section 
     8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act shall not apply: Provided further, 
     That to carry out the previous proviso, the Secretary may 
     transfer from the heading `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to 
     the heading `Project-Based Rental Assistance' an amount equal 
     to the amounts associated with such terminating contract 
     under section 8(o)(13) of the Act:'';
       (4) in the thirteenth proviso, as so reordered by the 
     preceding provisions of this section--
       (A) by inserting `` `Public Housing Fund', `Self-
     Sufficiency Programs', `Family Self-Sufficiency', `Housing 
     for the Elderly','' after `` `Public Housing Operating 
     Fund','' ;and
       (B) by inserting ``or the ongoing availability of services 
     for residents'' after ``effective conversion of assistance 
     under the demonstration'';
       (5) after the twenty-third proviso, as so reordered by the 
     preceding provisions of this section, 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 so reordered by the 
     preceding provisions of this section, 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 so reordered by the 
     preceding provisions of this section, 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. 233.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the proposed 
     rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' 
     published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
     8516), or to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes 
     to existing zoning laws as a part of carrying out the interim 
     final rule entitled ``Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
     Housing Definitions and Certifications'' published by such 
     Department in the Federal Register on June 10, 2021 (86 Fed. 
     Reg. 30779).
       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 all headings in 
     this title (excluding amounts made available under the 
     heading ``Office of Inspector General'') to the heading 
     ``Information Technology Fund'' for information technology 
     needs, including for additional development, modernization, 
     and enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 
     2026:  Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
     shall not exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, That this 
     transfer authority shall not be used to fund information 
     technology projects or activities that have known out-year 
     development, modernization, or enhancement costs in excess of 
     $500,000:  Provided further, That the Secretary

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     shall provide notification to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations no less than three business days in advance 
     of any such transfer.
       Sec. 236.  The Secretary shall comply with all process 
     requirements, including public notice and comment, when 
     seeking to revise any annual contributions contract.
       Sec. 237.  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 in 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 Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     are notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use 
     of funds.
       Sec. 238.  For the fiscal year 2024 allocation of amounts 
     under the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of Native American Housing and Self-
     Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), the 
     number of qualifying low-income housing dwelling units under 
     section 302(b)(1) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 4152(b)(1)) shall 
     not be reduced due to the placement of a Native American 
     veteran assisted with amounts provided under the Tribal HUD-
     VASH Program within any such qualifying unit.
       Sec. 239. (a) Subsection (a) of section 184 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) Paragraph (2) of section 184(b) 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.''.
       Sec. 240.  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:
       ``(i) Special Activities by Indian Tribes.--Indian tribes 
     receiving grants under section 106(a)(1) of this Act are 
     authorized to carry out activities described in subsection 
     (a)(15) of this section directly.''.
       Sec. 241.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of existing Federal law regarding 
     non-citizen eligibility and ineligibility for occupancy in 
     federally assisted housing or for participation in and 
     assistance under federal housing programs, including section 
     214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (42 
     U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Personal Responsibility and 
     Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et 
     seq.).
       Sec. 242.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Office of Lead Hazard Control 
     and Healthy Homes'' from prior Acts making appropriations for 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $564,200,000 
     are hereby permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 243.  None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development in this or prior 
     Acts may be used to issue a solicitation or accept bids on 
     any solicitation that is substantially equivalent to the 
     draft solicitation entitled ``Housing Assistance Payments 
     (HAP) Contract Support Services (HAPSS)'' posted to 
     www.Sam.gov on July 27, 2022.
       Sec. 244.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide Federal funds to a local jurisdiction that 
     refuses to comply with a request from the Department of 
     Homeland Security to provide advance notice of the scheduled 
     release date and time for a particular illegal alien in local 
     custody.
       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.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
     as authorized by section 46107 of title 46, United States 
     Code, including services as authorized by section 3109 of 
     title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
     as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
     Code; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
     sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
     $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), $30,410,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General 
     shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the 
     duties specified in such Act, to investigate allegations of 
     fraud, including false statements to the Government under 
     section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, by any person 
     or entity that is subject to regulation by the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the 
     Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 
     arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other 
     services with public agencies and with private persons, 
     subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern 
     the obtaining of such services within the National Railroad 
     Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector 
     General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and 
     employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions, 
     powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 
     subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern 
     such selections, appointments, and employment within the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, 
     That concurrent with the President's budget request for 
     fiscal year 2025, the Inspector General shall submit to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
     request for fiscal year 2025 in similar format and substance 
     to budget requests submitted by executive agencies of the 
     Federal Government.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
     United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 
     exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; 
     uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
     5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $145,000,000, 
     of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

       For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
     authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $172,000,000.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
     United States Code, $48,184,000:  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 $46,934,000.

           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, 
     $4,188,000.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

                        (including rescissions)

       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

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     Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
     expenditures are a matter of public record and available for 
     public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
     existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued 
     pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that--
       (1) creates a new program;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
     or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
     the Congress;
       (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
     by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     for a different purpose;
       (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
     excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
       (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
     $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
       (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
     division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
     administration, or department different from the budget 
     justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
     or the table in 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 or in the budget 
     appendix for the respective appropriations whichever is more 
     detailed, and shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
     amount is specified and to all programs for which new budget 
     (obligational) authority is provided, as well as to 
     discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; and
       (C) an identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
     fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2025, for each such account for the purposes 
     authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
     approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided 
     further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with 
     reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
       Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
     Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power 
     of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for 
     a public use:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
     public use shall not be construed to include economic 
     development that primarily benefits private entities:  
     Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, 
     railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as 
     utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
     (including energy-related, communication-related, water-
     related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other 
     structures designated for use by the general public or which 
     have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that 
     serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
     oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of 
     an immediate threat to public health and safety or 
     brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief 
     and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall 
     be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
       Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 409.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
     be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act shall be made available to any 
     person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
     American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
       Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 
     41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
     than 50 employees of a single agency or department of the 
     United States Government, who are stationed in the United 
     States, at any single international conference unless the 
     relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such 
     attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided, 
     That for purposes of this section the term ``international 
     conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
     United States attended by representatives of the United 
     States Government and of foreign governments, international 
     organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
       Sec. 413.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
     Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
     rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
     in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 
     suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
     States Code.
       Sec. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this 
     Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
     materials available to the department or agency over which 
     that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
     or impede that Inspector General's access to such records, 
     documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
     except a provision of law that expressly refers to the 
     Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 
     General's right of access.
       (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall 
     provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
     records, documents, and other materials in a timely manner.
       (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
     statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 
     information provided by the establishment over which that 
     Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any 
     failures to comply with this requirement.
       Sec. 416.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
     fees for contractors whose performance has been judged to be 
     below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has 
     failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless 
     the Agency determines that any such deviations are due to 
     unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are 
     not significant within the overall scope of the project and/
     or program unless such awards or incentive fees are 
     consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulations.
       Sec. 417.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
     filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
     held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of 
     the United States and has satisfactorily completed his or her 
     period of active military or naval service, and has within 90 
     days after his or her release from such service or from 
     hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of 
     not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 
     or her former position and has been certified by the Office 
     of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the

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     duties of his or her former position and has not been 
     restored thereto.
       Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 
     sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, 
     or exemption application under section 40109 of that title of 
     an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate 
     issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-
     Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval would 
     contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-
     E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
     otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
     granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to such 
     an air carrier where such authorization is consistent with 
     the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement and 
     United States law.
       Sec. 419. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available under this Act may be used to operate, 
     procure, or enter into a contracting action related to 
     acquire unmanned aircraft systems, as defined under section 
     44801 of title 49, United States Code, manufactured by an 
     entity that is--
       (1) included on the Consolidated Screening List or Entity 
     List as designated by the Secretary of Commerce;
       (2) included in the Chinese Military-Industrial Complex 
     list by the Secretary of the Treasury;
       (3) included in the 1260H list by the Secretary of Defense;
       (4) domiciled in the People's Republic of China;
       (5) subject to influence or control by the government of 
     the People's Republic of China; or
       (6) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity described in 
     paragraphs (1) through (5).
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an operation, 
     procurement, or contracting action that--
       (1) is for purposes of counter-UAS testing, analysis, 
     training, or aviation safety testing and research; and
       (2) notification is provided in writing not later than 15 
     days after making an expenditure to such an operation, 
     procurement, or contracting action to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     in a manner that identifies the unmanned aircraft system and 
     intended use of such system, provided that such notification 
     may include a classified annex, as necessary.
       Sec. 420.  Of the unobligated balances available in Public 
     Law 117-169, $25,035,000,000 available under section 
     10301(1)(A)(ii) as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
     are permanently rescinded.
       Sec. 421.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide any education, training, or professional 
     development that utilizes, promotes, or teaches Critical Race 
     Theory, any concept associated with Critical Race Theory, or 
     that teaches or trains any idea or concept that condones an 
     individual being discriminated against or receiving adverse 
     or beneficial treatment based on race or sex, that condones 
     an individual feeling discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any 
     other form of psychological distress on account of that 
     individual's race or sex, as well as any idea or concept that 
     regards one race as inherently superior to another race, the 
     United States or its institutions as being systemically 
     racist or sexist, an individual as being inherently racist, 
     sexist, or oppressive by virtue of that individual's race or 
     sex, an individual's moral character as being necessarily 
     determined by race or sex, an individual as bearing 
     responsibility for actions committed in the past by other 
     members of the same race or sex, or meritocracy being racist, 
     sexist, or having been created by a particular race to 
     oppress another race.
       Sec. 422.  The Secretary of Transportation and the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly 
     written notification regarding the status of pending 
     congressional reports.
       Sec. 423.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
     establish, administer, or enforce any requirement to elevate 
     any structure that is newly constructed, substantially 
     repaired, or substantially improved and is located within the 
     areas impacted or distressed as a result of a major disaster 
     declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and 
     within a special flood hazard area for purposes of the 
     National Flood Insurance Program, to an elevation higher than 
     the elevation required by the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency under the National Flood Insurance Program.
       Sec. 424.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 
     contravention of section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5155).
       Sec. 425.  With respect to a person who has received 
     Federal assistance for a major disaster or emergency under 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) related to Major 
     Disaster Declarations for Disaster Number 4263 from March of 
     2016 or Disaster Number 4277 from August of 2016, none of the 
     funds under this or a prior Act shall be used to enforce an 
     income threshold to limit the eligibility of such recipient 
     from qualifying for a waiver of the general prohibition of 
     the duplication of benefits under section 312(b)(4) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5155(b)(4)) for assistance made available 
     under section 145(a) of division C of Public Law 114-223, 
     section 192(b) of division C of Public Law 114-223, or 
     section 421 of division K of Public Law 115-31.
       Sec. 426.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to facilitate new scheduled air transportation 
     originating from the United States if such flights would land 
     on, or pass through, property confiscated by the Cuban 
     Government, including property in which a minority interest 
     was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, by the Cuban 
     Government, and property are defined in paragraphs (4), (5), 
     and (12)(A), respectively, of section 4 of the Cuban Liberty 
     and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 
     6023 (4), (5), and 7 (12)(A)): Provided, That for this 
     section, new scheduled air transportation shall include any 
     flights not already regularly scheduled prior to May 2022.
       Sec. 427. (a) In the table of projects in the explanatory 
     statement referenced in section 417 of the Transportation, 
     Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public Law 117-103) 
     the item relating to ``Midland Center for the Arts only for 
     structural improvements'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
     recipient ``City of Midland'' and inserting ``Midland Center 
     for the Arts.''
       (b) 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)--
       (1) the item relating to ``River Road Homes Affordable 
     Housing Infrastructure'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
     recipient ``Town of Canaan'' and inserting ``Falls Village 
     Housing Trust Inc.''; and
       (2) the item relating to ``The Star Community Family Life 
     Center'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``The 
     Star Community Family Life Center'' and inserting ``Morning 
     Star Baptist Life Center Five Star Program, Inc.''
       Sec. 428.  None of the funds made available in this Act or 
     any other Act may be used for any activities related to the 
     implementation of Priced Zones (Cordon Pricing) under the 
     Value Pricing Pilot Program or New York City's Central 
     Business District Tolling Program.
       Sec. 429.  None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used for any program, project, or 
     activity associated with the collection of tolls on 
     Interstate Route 5 or Interstate Route 205 in the State of 
     Oregon.
       Sec. 430.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a 
     facility of a Department or agency funded by this Act other 
     than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, 
     insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag of a 
     Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag of the 
     Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development; the official flag of a U.S. Department or 
     agency; or the POW/MIA flag.
       Sec. 431. (a) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding section 7 of 
     title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, 
     United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of 
     the funds provided by this Act, or previous appropriations 
     Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take any 
     discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, 
     on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance 
     with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, 
     that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one 
     man and one woman.
       (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.--As used in subsection 
     (a), a discriminatory action means any action taken by the 
     Federal Government to--
       (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
     any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
     delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under section 
     501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
     referred to in subsection (a);
       (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
     charitable contribution made to or by such person;
       (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
     terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
     grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, 
     guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, 
     accreditation, employment, or other similar position or 
     status from or to such person;
       (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a 
     Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal 
     treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational 
     program, from or to such person; or
       (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
     property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora 
     (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
     charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.
       (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.--The Federal 
     Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified 
     for purposes of Federal law any person that would be 
     accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for such 
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     a determination against such person wholly or partially on 
     the basis that the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with 
     a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction 
     described in subsection (a).
       Sec. 432.  None of the funds made available by this title 
     may be used in contravention of section 642 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
       Sec. 433. (a) IN GENERAL.--None of the funds made 
     available, limited, or otherwise affected by this Act shall 
     be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposition of 
     any toll on any segment of highway or bridge located on the 
     Federal-aid system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that--
       (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled;
       (2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided under 
     title 23, United States Code;
       (3) is constructed with Federal assistance provided under 
     section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
       (4) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
       (b) EXCEPTIONS.--
       (1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.--Subsection (a) shall not apply 
     to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described 
     in that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is 
     imposed on the segment, will have the same number of nontoll 
     lanes as were in existence prior to that date.
       (2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.--A high-occupancy vehicle 
     lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject to 
     this section, and shall not be considered to be a non-toll 
     lane for purposes of determining whether a highway will have 
     fewer non-toll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of 
     the toll, if--
       (A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number of 
     passengers specified by the entity operating the toll lane 
     may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless otherwise 
     specified by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other 
     local government entity, or public toll road or transit 
     authority; or
       (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was converted to 
     a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane to be 
     replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by the 
     appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government 
     entity, or public toll road or transit authority.
       Sec. 434.  Spending Reduction Account--The amount by which 
     the applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and 
     Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2024''.
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  SA 1158. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ENSURING COMPLIANCE BY MEXICO WITH TREATY ON 
                   UTILIZATION OF WATERS OF THE COLORADO AND 
                   TIJUANA RIVERS AND OF THE RIO GRANDE.

       The Secretary of State shall use the voice, vote, 
     diplomatic capital, and resources of the United States to 
     ensure that United States diplomats and officials of the U.S. 
     Section of the International Boundary Commission are able to 
     secure compliance by the United Mexican States with the 
     Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana 
     Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at Washington February 
     3, 1944, and to establish understandings that ensure future 
     deliveries of water by the United Mexican States are 
     predictable and reliable.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1159. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any office, programs, or activity for the 
     purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training or 
     implementation.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1160. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Boozman) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 
submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to 
be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CHANGE RATE OF 
                   REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION VIA SPECIAL 
                   MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

       During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending 
     on September 30, 2024, no funds appropriated by this division 
     may be obligated or expended to change rates for 
     reimbursement for transportation of a veteran or other 
     individual via a special mode of transportation under the 
     laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 
     the rates in place as of January 1, 2023.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1161. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. COMPETITION IN CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 921 of the Electronic Fund 
     Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o-2) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Competition in credit card transactions.--
       ``(A) No exclusive network.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph, the Board shall prescribe 
     regulations providing that a covered card issuer or payment 
     card network shall not directly or through any agent, 
     processor, or licensed member of a payment card network, by 
     contract, requirement, condition, penalty, technological 
     specification, or otherwise, restrict the number of payment 
     card networks on which an electronic credit transaction may 
     be processed to--

       ``(I) 1 such network;
       ``(II) 2 or more such networks, if--

       ``(aa) each such network is owned, controlled, or otherwise 
     operated by--
       ``(AA) affiliated persons; or
       ``(BB) networks affiliated with such issuer; or
       ``(bb) any such network is identified on the list 
     established and updated under subparagraph (D); or

       ``(III) subject to clause (ii), the 2 such networks that 
     hold the 2 largest market shares with respect to the number 
     of credit cards issued in the United States by licensed 
     members of such networks (and enabled to be processed through 
     such networks), as determined by the Board on the date on 
     which the Board prescribes the regulations.

       ``(ii) Determinations by board.--

       ``(I) In general.--The Board, not later than 3 years after 
     the date on which the regulations prescribed under clause (i) 
     take effect, and not less frequently than once every 3 years 
     thereafter, shall determine whether the 2 networks identified 
     under clause (i)(III) have changed, as compared with the most 
     recent such determination by the Board.
       ``(II) Effect of determination.--If the Board, under 
     subclause (I), determines that the 2 networks described in 
     clause (i)(III) have changed (as compared with the most 
     recent such determination by the Board), clause (i)(III) 
     shall no longer have any force or effect.

       ``(B) No routing restrictions.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Board shall 
     prescribe regulations providing that a covered card issuer or 
     payment card network shall not--
       ``(i) directly or through any agent, processor, or licensed 
     member of the network, by contract, requirement, condition, 
     penalty, or otherwise--

       ``(I) inhibit the ability of any person who accepts credit 
     cards for payments to direct the routing of electronic credit 
     transactions for processing over any payment card network 
     that--

       ``(aa) may process such transactions; and
       ``(bb) is not on the list established and updated by the 
     Board under subparagraph (D);

       ``(II) require any person who accepts credit cards for 
     payments to exclusively use, for transactions associated with 
     a particular credit card, an authentication, tokenization, or 
     other security technology that cannot be used by all of the 
     payment card networks that may process electronic credit 
     transactions for that particular credit card; or
       ``(III) inhibit the ability of another payment card network 
     to handle or process electronic credit transactions using an 
     authentication, tokenization, or other security technology 
     for the processing of those electronic credit transactions; 
     or

       ``(ii) impose any penalty or disadvantage, financial or 
     otherwise, on any person for--

       ``(I) choosing to direct the routing of an electronic 
     credit transaction over any payment card network on which the 
     electronic credit transaction may be processed; or

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       ``(II) failing to ensure that a certain number, or 
     aggregate dollar amount, of electronic credit transactions 
     are handled by a particular payment card network.

       ``(C) Applicability.--The regulations prescribed under 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to a credit card 
     issued in a 3-party payment system model.
       ``(D) Designation of national security risks.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph, the Board, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe regulations to 
     establish a public list of any payment card network--

       ``(I) the processing of electronic credit transactions by 
     which is determined by the Board to pose a risk to the 
     national security of the United States; or
       ``(II) that is owned, operated, or sponsored by a foreign 
     state entity.

       ``(ii) Updating of list.--Not less frequently than once 
     every 2 years after the date on which the Board establishes 
     the public list required under clause (i), the Board, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall update 
     that list.
       ``(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
       ``(i) the terms `card issuer' and `creditor' have the 
     meanings given the terms in section 103 of the Truth in 
     Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602);
       ``(ii) the term `covered card issuer' means a card issuer 
     that, together with the affiliates of the card issuer, has 
     assets of more than $100,000,000,000;
       ``(iii) the term `credit card issued in a 3-party payment 
     system model' means a credit card issued by a card issuer 
     that is--

       ``(I) the payment card network with respect to the credit 
     card; or
       ``(II) under common ownership with the payment card network 
     with respect to the credit card;

       ``(iv) the term `electronic credit transaction'--

       ``(I) means a transaction in which a person uses a credit 
     card; and
       ``(II) includes a transaction in which a person does not 
     physically present a credit card for payment, including a 
     transaction involving the entry of credit card information 
     onto, or use of credit card information in conjunction with, 
     a website interface or a mobile telephone application; and

       ``(v) the term `licensed member' includes, with respect to 
     a payment card network--

       ``(I) a creditor or card issuer that is authorized to issue 
     credit cards bearing any logo of the payment card network; 
     and
       ``(II) any person, including any financial institution and 
     any person that may be referred to as an `acquirer', that is 
     authorized to--

       ``(aa) screen and accept any person into any program under 
     which that person may accept, for payment for goods or 
     services, a credit card bearing any logo of the payment card 
     network;
       ``(bb) process transactions on behalf of any person who 
     accepts credit cards for payments; and
       ``(cc) complete financial settlement of any transaction on 
     behalf of a person who accepts credit cards for payments.''; 
     and
       (2) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``, except that the 
     Bureau shall not have authority to enforce the requirements 
     of this section or any regulations prescribed by the Board 
     under this section'' after ``section 918''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Each set of regulations prescribed by 
     the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under 
     paragraph (2) of section 921(b) of the Electronic Fund 
     Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o-2(b)), as amended by subsection 
     (a) of this section, shall take effect on the date that is 
     180 days after the date on which the Board prescribes the 
     final version of that set of regulations.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1162. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or 
     any other Act thereafter, may be used to write, prepare, or 
     publish any final or interim final rule relating to, or 
     otherwise implement of enforce, the proposed rule entitled 
     ``National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and 
     Poultry Standards'' (87 Fed. Reg. 48562 (August 9, 2022)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1163. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES 
                   OR HORMONE THERAPIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF GENDER 
                   AFFIRMING CARE.

       None of the funds made available by this division may be 
     used for surgical procedures or hormone therapies for the 
     purposes of gender affirming care.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1164. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        In the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any 
     rule that would reduce the maximum monthly allowance with 
     respect to milk under section 246.10 of title 7, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), 
     including the rule of the Food and Nutrition Service entitled 
     ``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
     and Children (WIC): Revisions to the WIC Food Packages'' (87 
     Fed. Reg. 71090 (November 21, 2022)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1165. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be made available to support, directly or indirectly, the 
     Wuhan Institute of Virology or any laboratory owned or 
     controlled by the government of the People's Republic of 
     China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian 
     Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the 
     regime of Nicolas Maduro Moros, or any other country 
     determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign 
     adversary.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1166. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        In the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any 
     rule that would reduce the maximum monthly allowance with 
     respect to milk under section 246.10 of title 7, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2023), 
     including the rule of the Food and Nutrition Service entitled 
     ``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
     and Children (WIC): Revisions to the WIC Food Packages'' (87 
     Fed. Reg. 71090 (November 21, 2022)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1167. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Welch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

       On page 147, strike lines 9 through 19 and insert ``of 
     1974: Provided further, That at least 75 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 100 
     megabits per second downstream and 20 megabits per second 
     upstream: Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot 
     program, preference shall be given to projects with respect 
     to which at least 90 percent of the households to be served 
     by the project are in a rural area without sufficient access 
     to broadband: Provided further, That to the extent possible, 
     projects receiving funds provided under the pilot program 
     must build out service to at least 100 megabits per second 
     downstream and 100''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1168. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed

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to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION AND FEDERAL CAUSE OF ACTION RELATING TO 
                   INTERFERENCE WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 
                   ACROSS STATE LINES.

       (a) Definition of Agricultural Products.--In this section, 
     the term ``agricultural products'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
     (7 U.S.C. 1626).
       (b) Prohibition Against Interference by State and Local 
     Governments With Production of Items in Other States.--
       (1) Prohibition.--The government of a State or a unit of 
     local government within a State shall not impose a standard 
     or condition on the preharvest production of any agricultural 
     products sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if--
       (A) the production occurs in another State; and
       (B) subject to paragraph (2), the standard or condition is 
     in addition to the standards and conditions applicable to the 
     production pursuant to--
       (i) Federal law; and
       (ii) the laws of the State and unit of local government in 
     which the production occurs.
       (2) Rule of construction.--If no standards or conditions 
     are applicable to the production of an agricultural product 
     pursuant to Federal law, or the laws of a State or unit of 
     local government in which the production occurs, that lack of 
     standards and conditions shall be deemed to be the standards 
     and conditions applicable to the production of the 
     agricultural product for purposes of paragraph (1)(B).
       (c) Federal Cause of Action to Challenge State Regulation 
     of Interstate Commerce.--
       (1) Private right of action.--A person, including a 
     producer, a transporter, a distributer, a consumer, a 
     laborer, a trade association, the Federal Government, a State 
     government, or a unit of local government, that is affected 
     by a regulation of a State or unit of local government that 
     regulates any aspect of 1 or more agricultural products that 
     are sold in interstate commerce, including any aspect of the 
     method of production, or any means or instrumentality through 
     which 1 or more agricultural products are sold in interstate 
     commerce may bring an action in the appropriate court to 
     invalidate that regulation and seek damages for economic loss 
     resulting from that regulation.
       (2) Preliminary injunction.--On a motion of the plaintiff 
     in an action brought under paragraph (1), the court shall 
     issue a preliminary injunction to preclude the applicable 
     State or unit of local government from enforcing the 
     regulation at issue until such time as the court enters a 
     final judgment in the case, unless the State or unit of local 
     government proves by clear and convincing evidence that--
       (A) the State or unit of local government is likely to 
     prevail on the merits at trial; and
       (B) the injunction would cause irreparable harm to the 
     State or unit of local government.
       (3) Statute of limitations.--No action shall be maintained 
     under this subsection unless the action is commenced not 
     later than 10 years after the cause of action arose.
       (4) Jurisdiction.--A person described in paragraph (1) may 
     bring an action under that paragraph in--
       (A) the district court of the United States for the 
     judicial district in which the person--
       (i) is affected by a regulation described in that 
     paragraph; or
       (ii) resides, operates, or does business; or
       (B) any other appropriate court otherwise having 
     jurisdiction.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1169. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  No funds made available to the Environmental 
     Protection Agency under this Act or any other Act for fiscal 
     year 2024 may be used by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to propose, finalize, 
     promulgate, or implement any final regulations under section 
     202(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)) for new 
     light-duty and medium-duty vehicles until the date on which 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     submits to Congress a report that describes the impacts of 
     the current and projected market penetration of new light-
     duty battery electric vehicles on the agricultural community, 
     including a description of the impacts on the production, 
     sale, and use of ethanol blended transportation fuels.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1170. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RACIAL EQUITY AND 
                   DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY 
                   INITIATIVES.

       None of the funds made available by this division may be 
     used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out 
     Executive Order 13985 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to 
     advancing racial equity and support for underserved 
     communities through the Federal Government), Executive Order 
     14035 (42 U.S.C. 2000e note; relating to diversity, equity, 
     inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal Workforce), or 
     Executive Order 14091 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825; relating to 
     further advancing racial equity and support for underserved 
     communities through the Federal Government).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1171. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 
                   AND INCLUSION TRAINING OR IMPLEMENTATION.

       None of the funds made available by this division may be 
     used for any office, program, or activity for the purposes of 
     diversity, equity, and inclusion training or implementation.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1172. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:
       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO FLY OR DISPLAY 
                   CERTAIN FLAGS OVER FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

       None of the funds made available by this division may be 
     used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to fly or display a 
     flag over a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs or 
     a national cemetery other than the flag of the United States, 
     the flag of a State, territory of the United States, or the 
     District of Columbia, the flag of an Indian Tribal 
     government, the flag of the Department, the flag of an Armed 
     Force, or the POW/MIA flag.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1173. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:
       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. NO EXPENDITURE FOR FNS RULE.

       No amount authorized to be appropriated or appropriated by 
     this Act shall be used to carry out the rule submitted by the 
     Food and Nutrition Service relating to ``Application of 
     Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint 
     Processing--Policy Update'' (issued May 5, 2022, as a 
     memorandum, and a letter of opinion from the Government 
     Accountability Office dated June 5, 2023, printed in the 
     Congressional record on June 7, 2023, on pages S1998-S2000, 
     concluding that such memorandum is a rule under the 
     Congressional Review Act).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1174. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:
       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ABORTION.

       (a) Prohibition on Implementation of Rule.--None of the 
     funds made available by this division may be used to 
     implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the rule 
     submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to 
     ``Reproductive Health

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     Services'' (87 Fed. Reg. 55287; published September 9, 2022), 
     or any successor to such rule, or to propose, promulgate, or 
     implement any substantially similar rule or policy.
       (b) Limitation on Abortion.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), none 
     of the funds made available by this division may be expended 
     for any abortion, including through a medical benefits 
     package or health benefits program that includes coverage of 
     abortion.
       (2) Exceptions.--The limitations under paragraph (1) shall 
     not apply to an abortion--
       (A) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
     incest; or
       (B) in a case in which a woman suffers from a physical 
     disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
     life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
     the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a 
     physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an 
     abortion is performed.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1175. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by 
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 
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:
        In the matter under the heading ``rural water and waste 
     disposal program account'' under the heading ``Rural 
     Utilities Service'' in title III, in the second undesignated 
     paragraph, strike ``, 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,'' and insert ``: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for the 
     rural utilities program described in section 306E of such 
     Act, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to 
     provide subgrants to eligible individuals for the 
     construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually 
     owned household decentralized wastewater systems: Provided 
     further,''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1176. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:
        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ENSURING COMPLIANCE BY MEXICO WITH TREATY ON 
                   UTILIZATION OF WATERS OF THE COLORADO AND 
                   TIJUANA RIVERS AND OF THE RIO GRANDE.

       The Secretary of State shall use the voice, vote, 
     diplomatic capital, and resources of the United States to 
     ensure that United States diplomats and officials of the U.S. 
     Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission 
     are able to secure compliance by the United Mexican States 
     with the Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and 
     Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at Washington 
     February 3, 1944, and to establish understandings that ensure 
     future deliveries of water by the United Mexican States are 
     predictable and reliable.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1177. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. 4. REPORTING REGARDING TELEWORK.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``employee'', 
     ``locality pay area'', ``locality rate'', and ``official 
     worksite'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
     531.602 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
       (b) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary for each 
     agency funded under division A, division B, or division C of 
     this Act shall submit to Congress a report containing--
       (1) the number of employees of the agency or department 
     who, based upon information technology login information, 
     office swipe-ins, and other measurable and observable 
     factors, perform the majority of their working hours in a 
     locality pay area with a lower locality rate than the 
     locality rate for the locality pay area in which the official 
     worksite of the employee is located, but continue to receive 
     the higher locality rate associated with the official 
     worksite of the employee;
       (2) the cost savings that would be achieved by adjusting 
     the locality rate for employees described in paragraph (1) to 
     be the locality rate for the locality pay area in which the 
     employees perform the majority of their working hours;
       (3) the actions the agency or department has taken to audit 
     and adjust the locality rates for employees with a telework 
     agreement to account for the location from which the 
     employees perform the majority of their working hours;
       (4) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the actions 
     the agency or department has taken to ensure oversight and 
     quality control of remote work;
       (5) any additional steps the agency or department is 
     considering taking to improve oversight and quality control 
     of remote work;
       (6) the typical daily onsite attendance in the office 
     buildings of the agency or department, as a proportion of the 
     total workforce of the agency or department;
       (7) any guidance, initiatives, or other incentives in 
     effect to entice the employees of the agency or department to 
     return to working from the office buildings of the agency or 
     department;
       (8) a description of the instances in which the agency or 
     department has exercised the authority under paragraph (2) of 
     section 531.605(d) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations to 
     waive the twice-in-a-pay-period standard under paragraph (1) 
     of such section;
       (9) the number of exceptions to the exercises of authority 
     described in paragraph (8) that have been revoked during each 
     month beginning on or after July 1, 2021;
       (10) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the number of 
     employees for whom an exception described in paragraph (8) 
     remains in effect;
       (11) a discussion of the monetary and environmental cost of 
     maintaining underutilized space for the agency or department, 
     in terms of energy use and carbon emissions;
       (12) any steps the agency or department is taking or 
     planning to take on or before the date that is 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act to reduce underutilization 
     of building and office space; and
       (13) the impacts of telework on the delivery of services 
     and response times, including any increase or decrease in 
     backlogs relative to the backlog as of March 1, 2020.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1178. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PROMOTE OR ADVANCE 
                   CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

       None of the funds made available by this division may be 
     used to carry out any program, project, or activity that 
     promotes or advances critical race theory or any concept 
     associated with critical race theory.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1179. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        In division B of the amendment, strike section 773.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1180. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ABLE BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT 
                   DEPENDENTS.

       Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(A) under 18 years of age or over 55 years of age;''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1181. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by 
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 
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:

        On page 121, line 23, strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$20,000,000''.

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                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1182. Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
Daines) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and 
intended to be proposed 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:

       On page 2, after line 19, add the following:

     SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of any 
     division of this Act, none of the funds made available under 
     any division of this Act may be used to implement any 
     earmark, Community Project Funding, or Congressionally 
     Directed Spending specified in any provision of any division 
     of this Act or in any report described in section 3.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     prevent funds allocated for any earmark, Community Project 
     Funding, or Congressionally Directed Spending included in any 
     division of this Act or in a report described in section 3 of 
     the matter preceding division A in this Act from being 
     awarded under a merit-based process under existing law.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1183. Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Marshall) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by 
Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 
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:

        On page 147, beginning on line 9, strike ``90 percent'' 
     and all that follows through line 19 and insert ``75 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 100 
     megabits per second downstream and 20 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 100 megabits per second 
     downstream and 100''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1184. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. 
Hassan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and 
intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON TOXIC EXPOSURES EXPERIENCED BY VETERANS 
                   DURING ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE 
                   SERVICE IN KOSOVO.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives a report consisting of an analysis 
     of data of suspected and known toxic exposures experienced by 
     veterans during active military, naval, air, or space service 
     in Kosovo and whether a presumption--
       (1) of service connection for one or more conditions 
     relating to such toxic exposures should be established under 
     subchapter VII of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code; 
     or
       (2) of toxic exposure should be established for such 
     service under section 1119 of such title.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``active 
     military, naval, air, or space service'', ``service-
     connected'', `` toxic exposure'', and `` veteran'' have the 
     meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 38, United 
     States Code.
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  SA 1185. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        On page 41, line 6, insert after the colon the following: 
     ``Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to Congress a report containing an earned value 
     analysis of the Veterans Electronic Health Record system, 
     which shall include a graphic performance report, a schedule 
     and cost performance indexes, an estimate at completion and 
     budget at completion, and a variance analysis for cost and 
     schedule.''.
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  SA 1186. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for the Department of Agriculture may 
     be used to increase the number of positions in the Department 
     of Agriculture (measured on a full-time equivalent basis) for 
     which the primary duty station is located in the National 
     Capital Region.
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  SA 1187. Mr. KELLY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Wicker, and Mr. Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division C, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ____. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY CAPITAL 
                   IMPROVEMENTS.

       (a) Findings.--
       (1) The United States is a maritime Nation.
       (2) A robust commercial maritime industry in the United 
     States is critical for providing military sea-lift capacity 
     at times of war and for providing economic security in peace 
     times.
       (3) the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the State 
     maritime academies play a critical role in training licensed 
     merchant mariners to operate commercial vessels, in peacetime 
     and during times of conflict.
       (4) The United States Merchant Marine Academy is 1 of the 5 
     Federal service academies and plays a critical role in 
     maintaining a domestic, commercial maritime industry, with 
     each graduate having a commitment to serve not less than 8 
     years in the foreign and domestic commerce and the national 
     defense of the United States, which may include service on a 
     merchant vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, and 
     graduates make up more than 80 percent of the Navy's 
     Strategic Sealift Officer Program.
       (5) The 6 State maritime academies provide a critical 
     compliment to the Federal academy by providing instruction 
     and at-sea training, which enables a graduate to become a 
     commissioned officer and merchant marine upon graduation.
       (6) The United States defense readiness and economic 
     security relies on a strong investment in training and 
     cultivating United States merchant marine officers at the 
     maritime academies.
       (7) The partnership between commercial shipping companies 
     and the maritime academies to ensure students receive real-
     world training on commercial vessels has been successful for 
     decades and should continue, while ensuring that these 
     training opportunities are safe environments for students.
       (8) To ensure that the United States continues to have a 
     sufficient number of licensed merchant mariners to meet 
     current and future economic and national security needs, the 
     Maritime Administration and the Department of Transportation 
     have a responsibility to provide suitable academic and 
     dormitory facilities at the United States Merchant Marine 
     Academy by maintaining a capital improvement program plan for 
     campus-wide modernization and providing sufficient 
     accountability and oversight to ensure that milestones in a 
     capital improvement plan are met.
       (9) In developing capital improvement plans for the United 
     States Merchant Marine Academy, the Maritime Administration 
     and the Department of Transportation should identify 
     opportunities to utilize design-build contracts to increase 
     delivery times and reduce costs.
       (b) Directives.--
       (1) Status update.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation 
     and the Maritime Administrator shall provide an update to the 
     Board of Visitors of the United States Merchant Marine 
     Academy on--
       (A) the status of the fiscal year 2022 United States 
     Merchant Marine Academy's capital improvement plan execution, 
     including recent steps taken to obligate prior appropriated 
     funds to address all critical near-term projects;
       (B) the status of the fiscal year 2023 plan's release; and
       (C) the status of long-term projects not included in the 
     capital improvement plan to enable full campus modernization.

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       (2) Meetings.--The Maritime Administrator shall--
       (A) ensure that the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
     Board of Visitors meets not less than 3 times each calendar 
     year, and is encouraged to ensure that meetings are 
     structured to enable Members of Congress to participate 
     virtually, or be represented by staff, to the extent 
     permitted by law; and
       (B) transmit a copy of any report transmitted to the 
     President by the Board of Visitors to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives, in addition 
     to copies provided to committees of jurisdiction identified 
     in section 51312 of title 46, United States Code.
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  SA 1188. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to procure imported beef for use in the school lunch 
     program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the summer food service program 
     for children under section 13 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), 
     the child and adult care food program under section 17 of 
     that Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), or the school breakfast program 
     under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1773) if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such 
     beef does not meet applicable safety standards.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1189. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

       In title I of division C, insert after section 127 the 
     following:
       Sec. 128.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 
     proposed rulemaking entitled ``National Performance 
     Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National 
     Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure'' (87 Fed. 
     Reg. 42401 (July 15, 2022)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1190. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Administrator 
     of Food and Drugs to promote or research lab-grown cell-
     cultured meat products.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1191. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Warnock) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed to amendment SA 1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself 
and Ms. Collins) and intended to be proposed 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:

        On page 257, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

                        emergency relief program

       For an additional amount for the emergency relief program 
     under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, 
     $484,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That such amount is designated by 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 U.S.C. 951(b)(2)(A)(i)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1192. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Warnock) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by him 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:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division C, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __.  For an additional amount for ``Public 
     Transportation Emergency Relief Program'' as authorized under 
     section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, for transit systems 
     affected by major declared disasters occurring in calendar 
     year 2023 and beyond:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
     Provided further, That not more than three-quarters of 1 
     percent of the funds for public transportation emergency 
     relief shall be available for administrative expenses and 
     ongoing program management oversight as authorized under 
     sections 5334 and 5338(c)(2) of such title and shall be in 
     addition to any other appropriations for such purpose.
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  SA 1193. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

        At the end of division C, add the following:

                                TITLE V

            SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                          disaster relief fund

     For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief Fund'', 
     $20,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     major disasters declared pursuant to section 401 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5170):  Provided, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, not more than $500,000,000 may be used 
     for all purposes authorized under such Act and may be used in 
     addition to amounts designated by the Congress as being for 
     disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)):  Provided further, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(A)):  Provided further, That such amount shall be 
     available only if the President designates such amount as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to such section 251(b)(2)(A).

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                       Community Development Fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

     For an additional amount for ``Community Development Fund'', 
     $5,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
     same purposes and under the same terms and conditions as 
     funds appropriated under such heading in title VIII of the 
     Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
     Law 117-43; 135 Stat. 355), except that such amounts shall be 
     for major disasters that occurred in 2023 or 2024 and the 
     fourth, 20th, and 21st provisos under such heading in such 
     Act shall not apply:  Provided, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for capacity building and technical assistance, 
     including assistance on contracting and procurement 
     processes, to support States, units of general local 
     government, or Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that 
     receive allocations related to major disasters under this 
     heading in this Act or any Act enacted before or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
     be transferred, in aggregate, to ``Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development--Program Office Salaries and Expenses--
     Community Planning and Development'' for necessary costs, 
     including information technology costs, of administering and 
     overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act or any Act enacted 
     before or after the date of enactment of this Act that makes 
     amounts available for purposes related to major disasters 
     under such heading:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading in this Act, $3,000,000 
     shall be transferred in aggregate to ``Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development--Office of Inspector General'' for 
     necessary costs of overseeing and auditing funds amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in 
     this Act or any Act enacted before or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act that makes amounts available for 
     purposes related to major disasters under such heading:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     section and under such heading in such Act may be used by a

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     grantee to assist utilities as part of a disaster-related 
     eligible activity under section 105(a) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)):  
     Provided further, That the Secretary's determination of unmet 
     needs should consider the best available data on the total 
     cost to reconstruct destroyed properties:  Provided further, 
     That such amount 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 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     Small Business Administration

                     Disaster Loans Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

      For an additional amount for ``Disaster Loans Program 
     Account'' for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 
     7(b) of the Small Business Act, $98,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, which may be transferred to and 
     merged with ``Salaries and Expenses'' for administrative 
     expenses to carry out the disaster loan program authorized by 
     section 7(b) of the Small Business Act:  Provided, That such 
     amount 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 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).

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