[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 159 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4836-S4839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1314. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1292 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Mrs. Murray) to the bill
H.R. 3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and
improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
Strike sections 101 through 142 and insert the following:
Sec. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2023 and under the authority and conditions
provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities
(including the
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costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not
otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were
conducted in fiscal year 2023, and for which appropriations,
funds, or other authority were made available in the
following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
(division A of Public Law 117-328), except section 729, and
including the matter under the headings ``Food for Peace
Title II Grants'' and ``McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants'' in title I of
division M of Public Law 117-328 (except no amounts may be
provided under such headings for Ukraine), the matter under
the headings ``Agricultural Research Service--Buildings and
Facilities'', ``Food Safety and Inspection Service'', ``Rural
Housing Service--Rural Community Facilities Program Account''
(except all that follows after ``expended'' in such matter
and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting
``$25,300,000'' for ``$75,300,000''), and ``Rural Utilities
Service--Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account''
(except all that follows after ``expended'' in such matter
and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting
``$60,000,000'' for ``$325,000,000'') in title I of division
N of Public Law 117-328, and section 2102 in title I of such
division N.
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division B of Public Law 117-328),
except section 540, and except section 521(d)(1) shall be
applied by substituting ``$122,572,000'' for
``$705,768,000'', and including the matter under the headings
``Federal Prison System--Buildings and Facilities'' and
``National Science Foundation--STEM Education'' (except all
that follows after ``2024'' in such matter and except that
such matter shall be applied by substituting ``$92,000,000''
for ``$217,000,000'') in title II of division N of Public Law
117-328, and the second paragraph under each of the headings
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--
Operations, Research, and Facilities'' (except all that
follows after ``2024'' in such paragraph and except that such
paragraph shall be applied by substituting ``$42,000,000''
for ``$62,000,000''), ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'',
``National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Construction
and Environmental Compliance and Restoration'', and
``National Science Foundation--Research and Related
Activities'' (except all that follows after ``2024'' in such
paragraph and except that such paragraph shall be applied by
substituting ``$608,162,000'' for ``$818,162,000'') in title
II of such division N.
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023
(division C of Public Law 117-328).
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division D of Public Law 117-328),
except the first proviso under the heading ``SPR Petroleum
Account'', and except the second paragraph under the heading
``Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program'',
and including the matter under the heading ``Energy
Programs--Nuclear Energy'' in title III of division M of
Public Law 117-328 (except no amounts may be provided under
such heading for Ukraine) and the second paragraph under each
of the headings ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Department of
the Army--Construction'' and ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--
Department of the Army--Operation and Maintenance'' in title
IV of division N of Public Law 117-328.
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division E of Public Law 117-328).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2023 (division F of Public Law 117-328), section 2602 of
title VI of division N of Public Law 117-328, and title III
of division O of Public Law 117-328.
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division G of
Public Law 117-328), except section 443, and including the
second paragraph under each of the headings ``Department of
the Interior--Departmental Offices--Department-Wide
Programs--Wildland Fire Management'' and ``Related Agencies--
Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire
Management'' in title VII of division N of Public Law 117-
328.
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
(division H of Public Law 117-328), section 145 of division A
of Public Law 117-180, and the second paragraph under the
heading ``Administration for Children and Families--Low
Income Home Energy Assistance'' in title VIII of division N
of Public Law 117-328.
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023
(division I of Public Law 117-328), and section 6 in the
matter preceding division A of Public Law 117-328.
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division J of
Public Law 117-328), except the matter preceding the first
provisos under the headings ``Medical Services'', ``Medical
Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and
``Medical Facilities'' shall be applied by substituting
``$0'' for ``$261,000,000'', ``$4,300,000,000'',
``$1,400,000,000'', and ``$1,500,000,000'', respectively.
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of
Public Law 117-328), except section 7069, and including the
matter under the headings ``Department of State--
Administration of Foreign Affairs--Diplomatic Programs''
(except all that follows after ``2024'' in such matter and
except that such matter shall be applied by substituting
``$87,054,000'' for ``$147,054,000''), ``Bilateral Economic
Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
International Disaster Assistance'' (except all that follows
after ``expended'' in such matter and except that such matter
shall be applied by substituting ``$637,902,000'' for
``$937,902,000''), ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds
Appropriated to the President--Assistance for Europe, Eurasia
and Central Asia'', ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--
Department of State--Migration and Refugee Assistance''
(except all that follows after ``expended'' in such matter
and except that such matter shall be applied by substituting
``$915,048,000'' for ``$1,535,048,000''), and ``International
Security Assistance--Department of State--International
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' (except all that
follows after ``2024'' in such matter and except that such
matter shall be applied by substituting ``$74,996,000'' for
``$374,996,000'') in title VII of division M of Public Law
117-328 (except no amounts may be provided under such
headings for Ukraine).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of
Public Law 117-328), except sections 153 and 420, and
including the matter under the headings ``Public and Indian
Housing--Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'' and ``Housing
Programs--Project-Based Rental Assistance'' in title X of
division N of Public Law 117-328.
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department
of Defense shall be used for:
(1) the new production of items not funded for production
in fiscal year 2023 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained
with fiscal year 2023 funds; or
(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any
project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program
element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any
investment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget
activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item
that includes a program element and subprogram element within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2023.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing
advance procurement funding for economic order quantity
procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be
available to the extent and in the manner that would be
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume
any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2023.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the
period for which funds or authority for such project or
activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of
the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any
project or activity provided for in this Act.
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations
Act for fiscal year 2024 without any provision for such
project or activity.
(3) November 17, 2023.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted
into law.
Sec. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United
States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to
waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment
of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2024
because of distributions of funding to States, foreign
countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of
operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no
grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act
that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
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Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2023, except the matter under the heading
``Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund'' in title II of division
J of Public Law 117-328, and for activities under the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at
the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under
the authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2023, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about the first day of any month that
begins after October 2023 but not later than 30 days after
the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made,
and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for
civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such
department or agency, consistent with the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2023, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until
after the department or agency has taken all necessary
actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related
administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. (a)(1) For each amount incorporated by reference
in this Act from amounts provided by division M or N of
Public Law 117-328, each section or paragraph of an account
providing each such amount, as applicable, shall be applied
as if that section or paragraph ended with the following
sentence: ``The amount provided herein is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.''.
(2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that
was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th
Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on
June 8, 2022, or as being for disaster relief pursuant to a
concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section
1(f) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is designated by
the Congress as being an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b)(1) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act
that was specified to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B)
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section
1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or as additional
new budget authority for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of
such concurrent resolution and section 1(g) of such House
resolution, is provided to meet the terms of section
251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new budget
authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F)
of such Act, respectively.
(2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for
``Department of Labor--Employment and Training
Administration--State Unemployment Insurance and Employment
Service Operations'' that was specified to meet the terms of
a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and
section 1(j)(2) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as
engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, or
as additional new budget authority for purposes of a
concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section
1(j) of such House resolution, is provided to meet the terms
of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new
budget authority as specified for the purposes of section
251(b)(2)(E) of such Act, respectively.
(3) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for
``Department of Health and Human Services--Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services--Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Control Account'' that was specified to meet the terms of a
concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate, or as
additional new budget authority for purposes of a concurrent
resolution on the budget in the Senate and section 1(h) of H.
Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of
Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet the
terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is additional new
budget authority as specified for the purposes of section
251(b)(2)(C) of such Act, respectively.
(4) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act for
``Social Security Administration--Limitation on
Administrative Expenses'' that was specified to meet the
terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate,
or as additional new budget authority for purposes of a
concurrent resolution on the budget in the Senate and section
1(i) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022, is provided to meet
the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or is
additional new budget authority as specified for the purposes
of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act, respectively.
(c) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 shall be available (or repurposed or rescinded, if
applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates
all such amounts and transmits such designations to the
Congress.
Sec. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary
budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in
Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)--
(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this
Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that
does receive an appropriation in this Act; or
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations
in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate
for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such
current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge
on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress.
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection
(a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of--
(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in
the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101
of this Act; or
(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1,
2023, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section
101 of this Act.
(c) No later than November 17, 2023, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or
cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101:
Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list
shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent
changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1,
2023, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section
101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate upon request.
Sec. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Farm
Service Agency--Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program
Account'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and
guaranteed farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1922 et seq.
Sec. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Rural Housing Service--Rental Assistance Program'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
maintain activities as authorized by section 521(a)(2) of the
Housing Act of 1949.
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition Service--Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC)'' may be apportioned at the rate for
operations necessary to maintain participation.
Sec. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition Service--
Commodity Assistance Program'' may be apportioned up to the
rate for operations necessary to maintain current program
caseload in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
Sec. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock
Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public
Law 106-78) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30,
2023''.
Sec. 121. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``National Telecommunications and Information
Administration--Salaries and Expenses'' may be apportioned up
to the rate for operations necessary to administer broadband
programs.
Sec. 122. (a) Funds previously made available in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) and
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-
141) under the heading ``National Aeronautics and Space
Administration--Space Operations'' that were available for
obligation through fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019,
respectively, are to remain available through fiscal year
2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in
fiscal years 2017 through 2019.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2023, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2023.
Sec. 123. For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing
Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98-473;
98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of
title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole
Commission, each reference in such section to ``36 years'' or
``36-year period'' shall be deemed a reference to ``36 years
and 17 days'' or ``36-year and 17-day period'', respectively.
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Sec. 124. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts
made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense
for ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' may be apportioned
up to the rate for operations necessary for ``Ohio
Replacement Submarine (Full Funding)'' in an amount not to
exceed $621,270,000 for the procurement of one Columbia Class
Submarine.
Sec. 125. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, as of
September 30, 2023, from amounts provided under the heading
``Department of Defense--Operation and Maintenance--Overseas
Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid'' in division C of
Public Law 117-43 and division B of Public Law 117-70, are
hereby permanently rescinded and, in addition to amounts
otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded
pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on
September 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year
2023, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for the
same purposes and under the same authorities provided under
such heading in Public Laws 117-43 and 117-70, in addition to
other funds as may be available for such purposes: Provided,
That the new budget authority provided by this subsection may
be transferred to any appropriation account of the Department
of State for support of Operation Allies Welcome or any
successor operation: Provided further, That upon any such
transfer, the funds shall be merged with the appropriation to
which the funds are transferred except that such funds may be
made available for such purposes notwithstanding any
requirement or limitation applicable to the appropriation to
which transferred, including sections 2(c)(1) and 2(c)(2) of
the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act with respect to the
``United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance
Fund'' and in section 4(a) and section 4(b) of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 with respect to
funds transferred to the ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and
Consular Service'' account: Provided further, That section
2215 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to a
transfer of funds under this section: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided under this section is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:
Provided further, That the exercise of the authority of this
subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, and
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided further, That the new budget authority
provided by this subsection is designated by the Congress as
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 and
to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2023, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2023.
Sec. 127. During the period covered by this Act, section
714(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, shall be
applied by substituting ``four years'' for ``two years''.
Sec. 128. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, title II of
division E of Public Law 117-328 shall be applied by adding
the following new heading and appropriation language under
the heading ``Executive Office of the President and Funds
Appropriated to the President'':
``Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
``salaries and expenses
``For necessary expenses of the Office of Pandemic
Preparedness and Response Policy, as authorized by section
2104 of the PREVENT Pandemics Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-3),
$3,700,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.''.
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 201 of title II of
division E of Public Law 117-328 shall be applied by
inserting ``Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Policy'' after ``Office of Administration''.
Sec. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter
preceding the first proviso under the heading ``Office of
Personnel Management--Salaries and Expenses'' in division E
of Public Law 117-328 shall be applied by substituting
``$219,076,000'' for ``$190,784,000''.
Sec. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local
funds made available under the heading ``District of
Columbia--District of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and
activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2023 (title IV of division E of Public Law 117-328) at the
rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of
2023 (D.C. Act 25-161), as modified as of the date of
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 131. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security under the heading ``Federal
Emergency Management Agency--Disaster Relief Fund'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry
out response and recovery activities under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Sec. 132. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by
section 101, for ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--
Disaster Relief Fund'', there is appropriated $5,999,000,000,
for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain
available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be
transferred to ``Office of the Inspector General--Operations
and Support'' for audits and investigations of activities
funded under ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Disaster
Relief Fund'' and $5,500,000,000 shall be for major disasters
declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.):
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.
Sec. 133. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2023''.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2023, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2023.
Sec. 134. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) shall be applied
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act for ``September 30, 2023''.
Sec. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--
Wildland Fire Management'' and ``Department of Agriculture--
Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'' shall be available
for the Federal wildland firefighter base salary increase
provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117-58
and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to continue to fund such base salary increase.
Sec. 136. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of Education--Student Aid Administration'' may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
ensure the continuation of student loan servicing activities,
including supporting borrowers reentering repayment.
(b) The limitation in section 302 of division H of Public
Law 117-328 regarding transfers increasing any appropriation
shall be applied to transfers to appropriations under the
heading ``Department of Education--Student Aid
Administration'' during the period covered by this Act by
substituting ``10 percent'' for ``3 percent'' for the
purposes of the continuation of basic operations, including
student loan servicing, business process operations, digital
customer care, common origination and disbursement,
cybersecurity activities, and information technology systems.
Sec. 137. Activities authorized by part A of title IV
(other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b)
of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date
specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for
fiscal year 2023, and out of any money in the Treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
Sec. 138. During the period covered by this Act, section
401(a)(1)(A) of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-128) shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this Act for ``September 30, 2023'': 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.
Sec. 139. Amounts provided by section 101 for ``Department
of Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' for activities
carried out by the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response may be obligated under the authorities and
conditions of division H of Public Law 117-328 in an account
and budget structure under the heading ``Department of Health
and Human Services--Administration for Strategic Preparedness
and Response'' to one or more applicable accounts.
Sec. 140. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by
section 101, for ``Government Accountability Office--Salaries
and Expenses'', there is appropriated $2,000,000, for an
additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available
until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the
oversight of amounts provided in this Act to respond to the
situation in Ukraine and for related expenses, division M of
Public Law 117-328, division B of Public Law 117-180, Public
Law 117-128, and division N of Public Law 117-103 and of
which $1,000,000 shall be for audits and investigations
relating to disasters and emergencies declared pursuant to
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) for calendar year
2023: 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.
Sec. 141. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of
division J of Public Law 117-328 shall be applied during the
period covered by this Act by substituting ``fiscal year
2017, fiscal year 2018, and fiscal year 2019'' for ``fiscal
year 2017 and fiscal year 2018''.
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