[House Report 118-582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


118th Congress   }                                      {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                      {      118-582

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 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 
                                  2025

                                _______
                                

 July 11, 2024.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

     Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 9026]

                        INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT

                                                            Page number

                                                            Bill Report
                                                            
Title I--Department of Commerce............................     2     9
Title II--Department of Justice............................    27    43
Title III--Science.........................................    79    92
        Office of Science and Technology Policy............    79    92
        National Space Council.............................    79    93
        National Aeronautics and Space Administration......    80    93
        National Science Foundation........................    89   109
Title IV--Related Agencies.................................    94   117
        Commission on Civil Rights.........................    94   117
        Equal Employment Opportunity Commission............    94   117
        International Trade Commission.....................    96   117
        Legal Services Corporation.........................    96   118
        Marine Mammal Commission...........................    98   118
        Office of the United States Trade Representative...    98   118
        State Justice Institute............................    99   120
Title V--General Provisions................................   100   120
Title VI--Other Matters....................................   150   127
        House of Representatives Reporting Requirements....         129
        Minority Views.....................................         252  

                         Highlights of the Bill

    The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Subcommittee has jurisdiction over a wide variety of agencies 
responsible for enforcing trade laws; promoting U.S. economic 
interests; bolstering innovation and manufacturing; forecasting 
the weather; managing fisheries; combating drug trafficking, 
violent crime, financial fraud, terrorism, espionage, and 
cybercrime; exploring space; and advancing science. The 
activities of these agencies impact nearly every American and 
are integral to the operations of our Government.
    The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2025, provides a total of $78,288,000,000 
in discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2025. Within 
this amount, non-defense spending totals $71,932,000,000 and 
defense spending totals $6,356,000,000. To reduce the size of 
the Federal Government and ensure that agencies funded herein 
are focused on missions that serve the American people without 
wasting and abusing hard-earned tax dollars, this bill 
prioritizes funding for critical agencies, including the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science 
Foundation, Bureau of Prisons and Drug Enforcement 
Administration, while freezing, reducing, or eliminating 
funding for non-essential activities.

        FUNDING PRIORITY AGENCIES AT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE LEVELS

    To support investments in Federal priorities such as 
national security, law enforcement in our communities, and 
administering just detention and correctional systems, the bill 
right-sizes agencies and programs by scaling back unsustainable 
spending levels to fiscal year 2022 levels, or lower, and 
cutting programs that have become agency slush funds and social 
justice initiatives. In addition, the bill continues funding, 
at fiscally responsible levels, for trade enforcement, economic 
development, innovation and manufacturing initiatives, efforts 
to protect the security and rights of all Americans, 
fundamental scientific research, and space exploration. Many 
agencies with important missions are subject to reductions, 
because Congress must act immediately to reverse the 
unsustainable growth of the Federal Government. Limited funding 
increases in the bill are focused on key national interests, 
including combating the scourge of fentanyl, safeguarding 
national security, and ensuring strong American leadership in 
research and technology advancement to counter China's growing 
influence.
    In addition to countering the unchecked and reckless growth 
of the Federal Government, the Committee is determined to 
reduce the negative impact of the Federal Government on 
Americans' lives. Therefore, the bill increases restrictions on 
agency spending to restore accountability, constrain rogue 
Federal agencies, and protect the fundamental liberties of the 
American people. In doing so, the bill addresses the 
weaponization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
against the American people and the overreach by the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that undermines 
the Second Amendment.
    Trade Agencies.--The bill scales back funding for the 
International Trade Administration to fiscal year 2022 levels 
and sustains funding for the Bureau of Industry and Security, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, and 
International Trade Commission at fiscal year 2023 levels. Such 
funding will maintain priority efforts focused on countering 
unfair trade practices and economic coercion by the People's 
Republic of China, enhancing U.S. economic engagement in the 
Indo-Pacific region, and preventing adversaries from leveraging 
U.S. advanced technologies to facilitate their destabilizing 
military modernization activities.
    Economic Development Assistance.--The bill reduces the size 
of the Economic Development Administration (EDA) by 
$143,500,000, or 31 percent, below the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and $198,364,000 below the request in response to growing 
calls to reduce or eliminate the EDA. As a result, EDA funding 
levels reflect dwindling congressional and public interest in 
many legacy EDA programs. The bill provides funding for 
programs that assist Coal and Indigenous Communities and the 
Regional Technology Hubs program, which aims to spur economic 
growth by increasing distressed regions' capacity to 
manufacture, commercialize, and deploy critical technologies. 
Finally, the bill reduces the Minority Business Development 
Agency (MBDA) by $13,250,000, or 19 percent, to $55,000,000, 
which is equal to the fiscal year 2022 enacted level.
    National Institute of Standards and Technology.--To 
responsibly support programs that bolster U.S. innovation and 
manufacturing, the bill reduces overall funding for the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by 
$45,000,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$83,500,000 below the request, but increases funding for 
Scientific and Technical Research and Services by $28,000,000 
above the request, and sustains the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level funding for Industrial Technology Services (ITS). The 
bill includes $175,000,000 for the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership (MEP) and $37,000,000 for Manufacturing USA, both 
of which match the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and the 
request.

 INVESTING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO MAINTAIN DOMINANCE OVER CHINA 
                AND ADVANCE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE

    Notable exceptions to the Committee's effort to roll back 
Federal spending include targeted investments to ensure the 
United States remains the international leader in space, 
research, and technology development. The bill includes an 
increase for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), to support the critical Artemis program and continued 
American leadership in space. The bill also includes an 
increase for the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 
recognition of increased authorization levels and support for 
advancements in technology development and safeguarding 
American research from Chinese theft.
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration.--The bill 
increases topline funding for NASA by $303,640,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level, an amount that is $204,100,000 
below the request. To continue advancing U.S. leadership in 
space, the bill:
           Provides for the continued development of 
        the Space Launch System, the Orion crew vehicle, and 
        the Exploration Ground Systems that will soon send the 
        Artemis II crew beyond Low Earth Orbit;
           Continues funding for critical science 
        missions that advance the understanding of the solar 
        system;
           Supports critical investments in aeronautics 
        research programs to improve aircraft efficiencies and 
        innovation; and
           Increases funds for Space Operations to 
        maintain current services at the International Space 
        Station and Human Space Flight Operations.
    National Science Foundation.--Recognizing the importance of 
maintaining America's competitive research advantage over 
China, the bill increases funding for NSF by $198,640,000 above 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level, which is $924,360,000 below 
the request. Although funding is below the authorized level, 
the bill:
           Supports the development of innovation 
        across the country through the Established Program to 
        Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Regional 
        Innovation Engines program;
           Safeguards the American research enterprise 
        from China's malign influence, by supporting the work 
        NSF is doing to create a whole-of-government research 
        strategy and increasing oversight of grant funding; and
           Sustains funds to grow the STEM workforce, 
        while preventing these funds from being used for the 
        administration's activist equity initiatives.

RESTORING CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES BY REINING IN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
    INVESTIGATION AND THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
                               EXPLOSIVES

    The Committee is committed to appropriately funding and 
thoroughly overseeing Federal law enforcement. As such, the 
Committee carefully scrutinized the budget submissions of the 
Department of Justice's law enforcement components. In response 
to concerns that the FBI has been weaponized against 
conservatives, the Committee reduces the FBI's topline funding 
level by $367,713,000, or 3.5 percent, below the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level and $1,028,839,000 below the request. The 
bill:
           Cuts FBI Salaries and Expenses by 
        $367,713,000, or 3.5 percent, below the fiscal year 
        2024 enacted level and $996,944,000 below the request.
           Reforms the FBI by prohibiting funds from 
        being used to--
                   Pay the salary of any employee 
                who is found to have retaliated against a 
                whistleblower or suppressed an employee's First 
                Amendment rights.
                   Conduct an interview unless that 
                interview is recorded.
                   Classify any communication as 
                misinformation or censor lawful speech.
                   Pay the salary of any Federal 
                employee who fails to comply with a 
                congressional subpoena.
           Ensures the FBI is not rewarded with a new 
        headquarters building in the National Capital Region by 
        limiting its use of existing construction balances to 
        sustainment of the J. Edgar Hoover Building.
    Similarly, the bill addresses out-of-control regulatory 
overreach by the ATF by:
           Significantly cutting ATF Salaries and 
        Expenses by $188,500,000 below the fiscal year 2024 
        enacted level and $515,500,000 below the request.
           Prohibiting the use of funds to enforce the 
        ATF's rules on pistol braces and privately made 
        firearms.
           Conditioning ATF funding on meaningful 
        reductions in National Firearms Act processing times.
           Incorporating new restrictions to address 
        ATF overreach and eliminate wasteful and potentially 
        unlawful programs and activities at the agency.
           Addressing the ATF's harassment of Federal 
        firearms licensees (FFLs) while ensuring it stays 
        focused on its mission of serving the industries it 
        regulates.

                            COUNTERING CHINA

    In February of 2022, the Department of Justice announced it 
was ending its China Initiative--a national security program 
established by the Trump administration to counter China's 
intelligence activities in the United States, including the 
theft of emerging technology and research from American 
universities. This decision is an example of weakness from a 
Justice Department more concerned with being politically 
correct than protecting Americans and stands in stark contrast 
to the actions of other Federal agencies that have taken steps 
in recognition of the extraordinary long-term threat China 
poses to the United States.
    Since 2018, according to the Department of Justice, upwards 
of 80 percent of all economic espionage prosecutions brought by 
the Justice Department allege conduct that would benefit the 
Chinese state, and there is at least some nexus to China in 
around 60 percent of all trade secret theft cases. As the U.S. 
engages with China in a geopolitical struggle unseen since the 
Cold War, it is vital that our agencies are laser focused on 
the threat at hand. This bill takes steps to counter China, 
including by challenging China's space ambitions by providing 
the resources necessary to return American astronauts to the 
Moon. NASA's Artemis program will keep the United States on the 
leading edge of technological development and prevent China 
from gaining an advantage in space exploration and utilization. 
The bill also makes significant investments in the American 
research enterprise through NSF to counter China's increasing 
investments in basic research and technology development, and 
support efforts to prevent research and intellectual property 
theft.

                      RESOURCES TO COMBAT FENTANYL

    The fentanyl crisis is unlike any other drug problem in 
U.S. history. It is plaguing our towns, cities, States, and 
country. Practically speaking, fentanyl deaths are more akin to 
mass poisonings than drug overdoses. Addressing the fentanyl 
crisis and the role of transnational criminal organizations in 
drug trafficking is a top priority for both the Committee and 
this Congress. Therefore, the Committee provides funding above 
the President's inadequate request for the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA).
    The bill increases funding for the DEA to address fentanyl 
trafficking by including $193,924,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level and $73,924,000 above the President's 
request.
    The bill includes $547,000,000 for Organized Crime and Drug 
Enforcement Task Forces, which matches the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level to enhance multi-agency efforts to combat 
transnational organized crime and reduce the availability of 
illicit drugs by identifying, dismantling, and prosecuting drug 
trafficking and money laundering operations. For State and 
local assistance to address fentanyl, the bill includes 
$420,000,000 for Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 
grants, of which:
           $20,000,000 will be dedicated to local and 
        regional efforts to prevent substance use and misuse in 
        support of organizations doing the hard work of 
        countering opioid use at the local level; and
           $35,000,000 is for the Prescription Drug 
        Monitoring Program (PDMP), an amount equal to the 
        fiscal year 2024 enacted level.

SUPPORTING THE BUREAU OF PRISONS AND THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

    To support incarceration and the correctional workers 
responsible for the Nation's inmate population, the bill 
provides funding for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Salaries and 
Expenses by matching the fiscal year 2024 enacted level, an 
amount that is $164,751,000 below the request, and increases 
BOP Construction by $93,238,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level. It also rejects the President's request to 
rescind funding for a new Federal Correctional Institute in 
Letcher, Kentucky.
    The bill increases funding for the United States Marshals 
Service (USMS) by $48,700,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level, an amount that is $168,627,000 below the 
request.

  ENSURING LIMITED STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING IS USED AS 
INTENDED RATHER THAN DIVERTED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ACTIVIST 
                               PRIORITIES

    To reduce unsustainable and reckless spending on 
progressive Department of Justice grant programs and reverse 
the effects of the Department's social justice agenda that is 
undercutting the Nation's police, the bill sharply reduces or 
prohibits funding for numerous grant programs. The bill makes 
targeted investments in programs that support State and local 
law enforcement efforts including the Edward Byrne Memorial 
Justice Assistance Grant program and the Community Oriented 
Policing Services (COPS) Hiring program.

          ADDRESSING A DYSFUNCTIONAL IMMIGRATION COURT SYSTEM

    In recent years, this administration assured the Committee 
that funding hundreds of new immigration judges would have a 
dramatic impact on the immigration case backlog. Instead, the 
opposite has happened. The Immigration Court case backlog has 
now surpassed 3,000,000 cases, a more than 55 percent increase 
from late 2023. It is an undeniable fact that years of 
continued investments in additional judges have abjectly failed 
to make any discernable impact on the immigration case backlog. 
Our Nation's failing immigration court system is a direct 
result of the administration's failure to control the border, 
not a lack of immigration judges. Since President Biden took 
office in 2021, border officials have encountered more than 
7,000,000 illegal aliens along the southwest border, and the 
Biden administration has released into American communities 
over 2,000,000 illegal aliens.
    The lesson is clear: No amount of funding for new 
immigration judges can outpace the effects of an open border.
    Similarly, an immigration court system with no appreciable 
case completion goals does not adequately incentivize judges to 
quickly process cases and effectively rewards aliens who have 
no lawful right to remain in the United States with years of 
continued illegal presence. Thus, the bill directs the 
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to reinstate 
case completion performance metrics to enable an objective, 
quantifiable measurement of each immigration judge's 
performance.
    Finally, the bill also rejects the administration's request 
to cut off reimbursements to law enforcement for the costs of 
incarcerating unauthorized criminal aliens.

                      Oversight and Budget Review

    In furtherance of the Committee's oversight 
responsibilities and to protect hard-earned taxpayer dollars, 
the Committee has included language that:
           Requires reporting on Immigration Judge 
        performance.
           Requires quarterly reporting of unobligated 
        balances.
           Requires agencies procuring sensitive 
        information technology systems to conduct supply chain 
        risk assessments.
           Requires contractors and grantees receiving 
        more than $5,000,000 to certify that they are not 
        delinquent on their Federal taxes.
           Prohibits funds from being used to purchase 
        first class and premium airline travel.
           Limits the number of agency staff who can 
        attend overseas conferences.
           Requires agencies to track undisbursed grant 
        balances.
           Requires agencies to submit spending plans 
        for the Committee's review.
           Requires agencies to notify the Committee of 
        project cost overruns and mitigation plans.
           Requires agency computer networks to block 
        pornography.
    Paper Reduction Efforts.--The Committee urges the 
Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, NASA, and 
NSF to work with the Office of Management and Budget to reduce 
printing and reproduction costs and directs each agency to 
report to the Committee, no later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, on the steps it has taken to achieve 
this goal. The report should specifically identify how much 
funding each agency expects to save by implementing these 
measures.
    Performance Measures.--The Committee directs each of the 
agencies funded by this Act to comply with title 31 of the 
United States Code, including the development of their 
organizational priority goals and outcomes such as performance 
outcome measures, output measures, efficiency measures, and 
customer service measures. The Committee further directs 
agencies funded in this Act to report on their plans to comply 
with the requirements of title 31 of the United States Code no 
later than 90 days after the enactment of the Act.
    Federal Employee Conduct.--Public service is a public trust 
that requires Federal employees to place ethical principles 
above private gain. The Code of Federal Regulations (5 Fed. 
Reg. 2635.101) specifies the basic obligation of public 
service. Each of the agencies funded in the Act shall ensure 
their employees understand and are in compliance with this 
obligation.
    Antisemitism on College Campuses.--The Committee is alarmed 
and concerned by rising antisemitism on college campuses 
following the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas, that 
is threatening the safety of Jewish students and faculty. This 
has been exacerbated by the inability shown on the part of 
College and University administrators to appropriately punish 
antisemitic behavior. The dereliction of duty has resulted in 
the rightful resignation of multiple University Presidents, 
following rigorous oversight of Congressional Committees. The 
Committee directs the Department of Commerce, the Department of 
Justice, NASA, and NSF to report to the Committee, no later 
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, regarding how it 
intends to address a United States institution of higher 
education that receives Federal funding from this Act that 
fails to take administrative action against any student, staff 
member, or student group that commits acts of antisemitism 
while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or resources of such 
institution.

                        Reprogramming Procedures

    Section 505 of the bill contains language concerning the 
reprogramming of funds between programs, projects, and 
activities. The Committee reminds the departments and agencies 
funded in this bill that the reprogramming process is based on 
comity between the Congress and the Executive Branch. This 
process is intended to provide departments and agencies enough 
flexibility to meet changing circumstances and emergent 
requirements not known at the time of congressional review of 
the budget while preserving congressional priorities and 
intent. In the absence of comity and respect for the 
prerogatives of the Appropriations Committees and the Congress 
in general, the Committee may opt to include specific program 
limitations and details in legislation and remove language 
providing the flexibility to reallocate funds. Under these 
circumstances, programs, projects, and activities become 
absolutes and the Executive Branch shall lose the ability to 
propose changes in the use of appropriated funds except through 
legislative action. Each department and agency funded in this 
Act shall follow the directions set forth in this bill and this 
report and shall not reallocate resources or reorganize 
activities except as provided herein. Reprogramming procedures 
shall apply to funds provided in this Act, unobligated balances 
from previous appropriations Acts that are available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, and non-
appropriated resources such as fee collections that are used to 
meet program requirements in fiscal year 2025. As specified in 
section 505, the Committee expects that the Appropriations 
Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies of the House and Senate will be notified by letter a 
minimum of 15 days prior to any reprogramming of funds that--
          (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or 
        activity;
          (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
          (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
          (4) relocates an office or employees;
          (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or 
        activities;
          (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
        activities presently performed by Federal employees;
          (7) augments existing programs, projects, or 
        activities more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
        is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any 
        program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 
        by 10 percent; or
          (8) results from any general savings, including 
        savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
        result in a change in existing programs, projects, or 
        activities as approved by Congress.
    Any reprogramming request shall include any out-year 
budgetary impacts and a separate accounting of program or 
mission impacts on estimated carryover funds. The Committee 
further expects any department or agency funded in this bill 
that plans a reduction-in force to notify the Committee by 
letter at least 30 days in advance of the date of any such 
planned personnel action.

            Relationship With Budget and Comptroller Offices

    Through the years the Appropriations Committee has 
channeled most of its inquiries and requests for information 
and assistance through the budget offices or comptroller 
organizationsof the various departments, agencies, and 
commissions. Such relationships are necessary to accomplish the work of 
the Committee. While the Committee reserves the right to call upon all 
organizations in the departments, agencies, and commissions for 
information and assistance, the primary contact between the Committee 
and these entities must be through the budget offices and comptroller 
organizations, or through a legislative affairs unit designated by the 
Committee to work on appropriations and budget matters.
    The workload generated in the budget process is large and 
growing; therefore, a positive, responsive relationship between 
the Committee and the budget and/or comptroller offices is 
essential for the Committee to fulfill the constitutional 
appropriations responsibilities of Congress.

                                TITLE I


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


                   International Trade Administration


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

    The recommendation includes $570,000,000 in total resources 
for the International Trade Administration (ITA). This amount 
is offset by $12,000,000 in estimated fee collections, 
resulting in a direct appropriation of $558,000,000. The 
recommendation is $53,000,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$87,500,000 below the request.
    Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.--The Committee encourages 
ITA to promote and strengthen the economic ties within the 
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between the United States, 
India, Japan, and Australia.
    Global Markets.--The Committee directs ITA to provide a 
detailed spending plan for Global Markets funding to the 
Committee. Further, the Committee directs ITA to include in its 
fiscal year 2025 spending plan a staffing assessment and 
justification for any newly established or newly proposed 
offices.
    Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Evasion.--The 
Committee directs ITA to submit a report to the Committee, no 
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, outlining 
ITA's efforts to counteract the use of third countries for 
transshipment by state-backed industries and producers to evade 
U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) laws. 
Within such report, the Committee encourages ITA to recommend 
congressional actions that would be beneficial to counteracting 
AD/CVD evasion.
    Improving Trade with Africa.--The Committee is aware of the 
goal of the U.S.-Africa Summit to work in furtherance of the 
United States' national interest in enhancing and expanding 
trade and economic partnerships with African nations. The 
Committee emphasizes the U.S.'s increasing economic competition 
in Africa with other global trading blocs such as China, the 
European Union, and Russia.
    Aluminum Import Monitoring.--The Committee continues to 
encourage ITA to regularly consult with U.S. aluminum 
manufacturers to ensure the Aluminum Import Monitoring (AIM) 
system is supporting the full value chain of the U.S. aluminum 
industry.
    Indo-Pacific Operations.--The Committee is interested in 
U.S. Commercial Service operations in the Indo-Pacific, 
specifically the Pacific Islands. The Committee understands 
that trade is an area of cooperation frequently requested by 
Pacific Islands nations and provides an opportunity for the 
United States to reinforce itself as the partner of choice in a 
region with increasing Chinese competition. The Committee 
directs the U.S. Commercial Service to provide a report that 
summarizes its operations in the Indo-Pacific, and details any 
proposals for increasing U.S. business and investment in the 
region, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
    Countering China through the Foreign Commercial Service.--
The Committee remains concerned by the People's Republic of 
China's (PRC) unfair trade practices and economic coercion, in 
particular, as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. The 
Committee directs the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) to 
coordinate with the State Department, in particular, to ensure 
Foreign Commercial Officers are aligning their activities with 
U.S. foreign policy and located in regions critical to 
strategic competition with the PRC. The Committee further 
directs FCS to provide a report to the Committee, no later than 
180 days after the enactment of this Act, summarizing its 
coordination efforts with the State Department.
    Supply Chain Security.--The Committee recognizes the impact 
supply chain issues can have on the Nation's economy. Within 
the funding provided in this Act, the Committee encourages ITA 
to prioritize efforts to support the resilience of supply 
chains that are critical to U.S. national security and economic 
competitiveness.
    Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism.--The Committee 
directs ITA to establish the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Travel and Tourism pursuant to Public Law 117-
328.
    Economic Competitiveness and Human Rights Abuses.--The 
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State, the United States Trade Representative, and other 
Federal officials that the Secretary of Commerce determines 
appropriate, shall submit to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural 
Resources, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations of the Senate 
a report describing, to the extent practicable, how any foreign 
government, directly or indirectly through its agents, 
representatives, or enterprises, wholly- or partly-owned, or in 
collaboration with a private entity that participates in human 
rights abuses, creates a competitive advantage in global 
trade--with a particular focus on critical minerals and rare 
earths--through the use of forced or compulsory labor, child 
labor, or unacceptable conditions of work with respect to 
occupational safety and health, within its sovereign territory 
or abroad.
    Supply Chain Resiliency.--The Committee requests a report 
no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act on the 
status of current supply chain office efforts to promote supply 
chain policy recommendations, development of supply chain 
mapping and monitoring tools, collaboration with private sector 
and interagency stakeholders, and how the agency is 
strategically conceptualizing its approach to strengthening 
supply chains. The report should include a breakdown of funding 
requests to support those efforts and articulate how those 
funds are being utilized to fulfill the intent of the agency's 
supply chain resiliency and competitiveness efforts, across 
different internal teams and functions. In the context of 
assessing progress to date, the Committee also requests that 
the agency offer recommendations about what additional 
resources, if any, are needed to support execution of the 
strategies outlined in the report.
    Chinese Solar Panel Stockpiling.--The Committee is 
concerned that Chinese solar companies may be circumventing 
necessary tariffs on panels by sending components through 
Southeast Asian countries before importation to the United 
States. The Committee notes that such circumventions can lead 
to a stockpiling of Chinese solar panels to levels which 
outpace current U.S. demand. The Committee directs ITA to 
enforce, to the extent possible, the anti-stockpiling 
Utilization Requirement concerning the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Cells and Modules Imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, 
and Vietnam (as detailed in 88 Fed. Reg. 57419).
    Hardwood Plywood AD/CVD Duties.--The Committee understands 
that approximately two dozen U.S. companies have received 
notices from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) requiring cash 
deposits to cover potential additional antidumping (AD) or 
countervailing duty (CVD) tariffs based on findings by the 
Department that 37 Vietnamese exporters of plywood lumber 
failed to cooperate with a Department investigation. At the 
outset of the Department's scope and anti-circumvention 
inquiries in 2020, the companies understood that these products 
were outside the scope of relevant AD and CVD orders. However, 
the Department determined that these out-of-scope products are 
physically indistinguishable from in-scope products. To 
differentiate between in-scope and out-of-scope products for 
the purposes of assessing duties, the Department instituted a 
certification regime requiring companies to provide information 
to CBP in order to prove that their imports are outside the 
scope of these orders.
    Unfortunately, because of the application of adverse facts 
by the Department against the 37 non-cooperative Vietnamese 
exporters, the plywood in question was excluded from the 
certification program. The result is that even U.S. importers 
sourcing from the relevant Vietnamese companies that have 
independent audits proving their hardwood plywood is out of 
scope continue to be excluded from participation in the 
certification regime. As part of its annual Administrative 
Review of the underlying orders, the Department has provided an 
opportunity for currently excluded importers to qualify for 
inclusion in the certification program. The pending 
Administrative Review provides the Department with the 
opportunity to reevaluate its prior refusal to consider 
independent proofs offered by the companies that the products 
they imported were not subject to these AD or CVD orders.
    While the Committee supports the Department's efforts to 
ensure robust enforcement of the trade remedy law, it is 
concerned that some U.S. companies are being harmed due to the 
refusal of the Department to consider evidence offered by U.S. 
importers that their hardwood plywood imports are outside the 
scope of these AD/CVD orders. The aim of the process is to 
determine the origin of the imported products in question. As 
such, the Committee encourages the Department to, as it renders 
its preliminary and final results in the current Administrative 
Review, consider and accept documentation provided by U.S. 
importers that potentially would justify including them within 
the hardwood plywood certification regime.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

    The recommendation includes $186,683,000 for the Bureau of 
Industry and Security (BIS), which is $4,317,000 below the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $36,709,000 below the 
request.
    Light Detection and Ranging Technology.--The Committee is 
concerned about the national security threat posed by Chinese 
military companies with ties to the People's Liberation Army 
(PLA). Specifically, the Committee is aware of partnerships 
between Chinese Light Detection and Ranging Technology (LIDAR) 
manufacturers and the PLA to enable autonomous military 
vehicles and systems. Further, the Committee recognizes the use 
of Chinese-manufactured LIDAR for police and prison 
surveillance measures in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
(XUAR), where human rights abuses of the Uyghur people have 
been well-documented. The Committee directs BIS to report to 
the Committee no later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act on whether Chinese-manufactured LIDAR companies meet 
the requirements to be added to the Entity List.
    Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation.--BIS 
is directed to rescind all licenses issued to entities to sell 
to Huawei, Semiconductor Manufacturing International 
Corporation, or any of their subsidiaries and report to the 
Committee no later than 30 days after the enactment of the Act 
on the implementation of this directive.
    Enforcement.--The Committee supports BIS' desire to pursue 
an aggressive, innovative approach against China aimed at 
denying China's ability to catch up on cutting-edge 
semiconductors. For this reason, the Committee is concerned BIS 
is still allowing U.S. companies to sell consumer semiconductor 
devices to Huawei. BIS is directed to provide a briefing to the 
Committee, no later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act, on its enforcement of export controls targeting Huawei. 
The briefing shall: (1) identify active licenses authorizing 
United States entities to sell chips to Huawei; (2) assess 
whether these licenses have resulted in an effective monopoly 
to licensees; (3) consider how these monopoly licenses have 
impacted United States national security, including what role 
they may have played in drivingHuawei to pursue its own chip 
development in contravention of United States export controls; (4) 
outline steps to be taken to correct market distortions caused by past 
monopoly licenses, for example by rescinding or issuing new licenses; 
and (5) analyze the feasibility of implementing a competitive market 
review prior to issuing any license for export, reexport, or in-country 
transfer of technology to determine whether the issuance of any such a 
license would result in the creation of a monopoly and the impact of 
such monopoly on national security interests of the United States.
    Emerging and Foundational Technologies.--The Committee 
directs BIS to add all technologies identified by the Office of 
National Science and Technology Council in February 2024 as 
``critical and emerging technologies'' to the list of emerging 
and foundational technologies controlled pursuant to section 
1758 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, for the purpose 
of preventing foreign adversaries from investing in U.S. 
emerging and foundational technologies. BIS is further directed 
to report to the Committee no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act on the implementation of this directive.
    Firearms Exports Rule Analysis.--The Committee directs the 
Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a report 
examining the extent to which the Department of Commerce is 
using `Watch List' information provided by the Department of 
State; the number of applications rejected based on this 
information since the rule went into effect; the extent to 
which the Department of Commerce is using information from the 
International Vetting and Security (INVEST) database to make 
determinations regarding transfer requests made on behalf of 
the security force units of other nations; and whether any 
applications have been rejected based on information from the 
INVEST database since the March 2020 rule change. In 
particular, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should 
analyze whether there continues to be information that the 
Department of State uses that the Department of Commerce does 
not in making determinations on weapons export requests, and 
whether there have been any situations in which suspect or 
sanctioned end users, either individuals or foreign security 
units, have received firearms exports since the new rules were 
promulgated.
    Preservation of Unilateral Controls.--The Committee is 
concerned by reports that foreign entities in allied nations 
continue to take advantage of U.S. export controls and U.S. 
efforts to counter malign acquisition of advanced technology. 
The Committee directs BIS to develop regulations for adding 
foreign entities in allied nations to the Unverified List if it 
is found that these entities are undermining U.S. export 
controls.
    Energy Resiliency Supply Chains.--The Committee directs BIS 
to assess its programs to identify opportunities for leveraging 
these resources to bolster critical elements of the fusion 
energy supply chain. This effort should focus on the domestic 
manufacturing capacities essential for power electronics, 
including but not limited to, high-voltage capacitors and 
semiconductors. The Committee directs the Department of 
Commerce to present a comprehensive report, no later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act, to both the Committee and 
other committees of jurisdiction including recommendations for 
optimizing the use of existing Department of Commerce-funded 
programs to facilitate U.S. strategic advancement of fusion 
energy technologies, development, and deployment. The report 
should focus on the manufacturing and assembly processes of 
essential components for fusion energy systems and provide a 
detailed analysis of the suitability of current programs in 
supporting the manufacturing sector, facility construction 
endeavors, and the procurement of necessary materials and 
equipment.
    Information Technology Modernization.--The Committee 
understands that for BIS to effectively fulfill its national 
security mission, a robust foundation of modern information 
technology (IT) is crucial. The Committee recognizes the 
dilapidated state of BIS IT systems and their dire need for 
modernization. Therefore, no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Committee directs BIS to report to 
the Committee on the specific needs, equipment, systems, and 
costs for modernizing its IT systems.
    Anti-Boycott Compliance.--The recommendation includes 
$38,709,000 for enforcement of export controls and sanctions in 
relation to Iran, China, North Korea and Russia as well as the 
for the continued prohibition on cooperation with countries 
participating in boycotts of countries friendly to the U.S., 
such as Israel.

                  Economic Development Administration

    The recommendation includes $324,500,000 for the programs 
and administrative expenses of the Economic Development 
Administration (EDA), which is $143,500,000 below the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and $198,364,000 below the request.

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

    The recommendation includes $256,500,000 for Economic 
Development Assistance Programs (EDAP). The Committee directs 
EDA to distribute the funds as follows and expects EDA to 
follow the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act with 
respect to any deviation from the funding table:

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Adjustment Assistance.......................            $39,500
Assistance to Coal Communities.......................             80,000
Assistance to Indigenous Communities.................              5,000
Regional Innovation Program Grants...................             50,000
RECOMPETE Pilot Program..............................             41,000
Regional Technology Innovation Hubs..................             41,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Economic Development Assistance Programs..           $256,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Economic Development Assistance Programs.--The fiscal year 
2025 recommendations for EDAP reflect reduced congressional 
support. In addition, due to a lack of demand, some EDAP 
funding from prior years has not been awarded yet.
    Investment in Central Appalachia.--To diversify and enhance 
economic opportunities, the Committee urges the Secretary to 
prioritize distressed counties within the Central Appalachian 
region to help communities that have been affected by job 
losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-
related supply chain industries due to the economic downturn of 
the coal industry in pertinent grant programs.
    Coal Communities.--The Committee expects EDA to work 
creatively to transform historic coal communities. The 
Committee believes comprehensive, well-orchestrated strategies 
to promote economic growth should be a top priority.
    Economic Assistance for Communities.--Economic and 
community development funding provided by other agencies can 
have even more impact if they are utilized in conjunction with 
other Federal funding sources such as EDA. The Committee 
therefore encourages EDA to treat as acceptable funds any 
funding provided by other Federal programs which are explicitly 
authorized to be used for any required non-Federal share of the 
cost of a project so that funding from both agencies may be 
used if necessary and to the extent permitted by law.
    Regional Innovation Program.--Within funds provided for the 
Regional Innovation Program, also referred to as Build to 
Scale, EDA shall award not less than 40 percent of grants to 
support rural communities.
    Economic Development Data.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of university-based assets to facilitate open access 
to data, particularly related to the economy, transportation, 
health, and demographic information. The recommendation 
includes $2,800,000 to support the development of open data 
platforms to support community access and to better inform 
stakeholder decision-making.
    Aeronautics.--The Committee encourages EDA to consider 
economic development opportunities in communities looking to 
expand or bolster the presence of aeronautics related 
industries, which are a key driver of economic development in 
communities across the Nation.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $68,000,000 for EDA salaries 
and expenses, which is equal to the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and $17,864,000 below the request.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    The recommendation includes $55,000,000 for the Minority 
Business Development Agency (MBDA), which is $13,250,000 below 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $25,000,000 below the 
request.
    Office of Native American Business Development.--The 
recommendation includes not less than $4,000,000 for MBDA to 
award grants to Tribes and American Indian, Alaska Native, and 
Native Hawaiian populations to address barriers to economic 
development. The Committee encourages MBDA to coordinate with 
the Department's Office of Native American Business Development 
on such efforts and to implement innovative programs to support 
Tribal small business owners.
    Native Entities.--The recommendation includes $5,000,000 
for grants to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native 
Hawaiian entities qualified to provide business, financing, and 
technical assistance services to Tribes.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $116,000,000 for Economic and 
Statistical Analysis (ESA), which is $9,000,000 below fiscal 
year 2024 and $22,500,000 below the request.
    Data Transparency.--The recommendation includes $5,000,000 
for data acquisition to support a regular release schedule with 
minimal lag. The Committee supports the acquisition of real-
time data to identify trends in personal consumption and 
recognizes the importance of modernizing data collection 
practices with direct-from-consumer, verified purchase data to 
capture consumers' natural purchase behavior. The Committee 
directs ESA to use a competitive process when soliciting 
private sector data.
    Commodity Checkoff Programs.--The Committee recognizes that 
the Department's Concrete Masonry Checkoff program is an 
industry-led program funding the research and promotion of 
concrete masonry products. The Committee encourages the 
Department to maximize the effectiveness of its checkoff 
programs by utilizing available escrow funds, managing agency 
cost reimbursements or developing other administrative 
remedies, where practicable, to ensure program resources are 
fully utilized for their intended purpose.
    Youth Sports Economic Impact Study.--The Committee directs 
the Secretary to report to the Committee, no later than 90 days 
after the enactment of this Act, on the feasibility of entering 
into a joint memorandum with the Secretary of Education, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and Secretary of Labor to assess the youth fitness 
and sports economy of the United States by identifying the 
total revenue generated from youth fitness and sports 
businesses and facilities on a national and State level; the 
total jobs created by youth fitness and sports businesses and 
facilities; and the total dollar value of the youth fitness and 
sports economy.

                          Bureau of the Census

    The recommendation includes a total of $1,354,000,000 for 
the Bureau of the Census, which is $28,500,000 below fiscal 
year 2024 and $223,691,000 below the request.

                      CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

    The recommendation includes $300,000,000 for Current 
Surveys and Programs.
    Annual Poverty Data Collection.--The Committee recognizes 
that the cost of collecting data for the Current Population 
Survey (CPS) to maintain its current sample size and quality 
requirements has increased significantly over recent years. The 
Committee also recognizes the interest in poverty measures for 
discrete populations. Within the funds provided, the Committee 
urges the Census Bureau to update the June 2020 feasibility 
report on increasing the sample size of the March supplement of 
the CPS and to review the feasibility of expansion in the 
remaining territories and to report to the Committee on these 
efforts no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act.

                     PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

    The recommendation includes $1,054,000,000 for Periodic 
Censuses and Programs.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $55,000,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA), which is $2,000,000 below fiscal year 
2024 and $10,000,000 below the request.
    Advanced Communications Research.--The recommendation 
includes up to $17,000,000 for Advanced Communications Research 
at the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences to expand 
research and development in radio frequency spectrum management 
to allow next generation communications use and to ensure that 
5G networks and the broader telecommunications supply chain are 
secure, including through vendor diversity.
    Office of Interconnectivity and Growth.--The recommendation 
includes not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the Office of Interconnectivity and Growth.
    Policy and Technical Training.--The Committee directs NTIA 
to continue working with the Federal Communications Commission 
and the Department of State to provide support for activities 
authorized under section 7 of Public Law 98-549. As part of 
these activities, NTIA may provide assistance and guidance in 
policy and technical training to impart best practices to 
information technology professionals from developing countries.
    Artificial Intelligence Literacy.--In implementing its 
programs pertaining to digital literacy and digital skilling, 
the Committee directs NTIA to include artificial intelligence 
(AI) literacy efforts. The Committee encourages NTIA consider 
as components of AI literacy, the ability to comprehend the 
basic principles, concepts, and applications of artificial 
intelligence, as well as the implications, limitations, and 
ethical considerations associated with its use.
    Broadband Programs.--NTIA's broadband programs shall not 
provide a scoring advantage based specifically upon the form of 
organization or commercial status of a broadband service 
provider, and NTIA should ensure States using funding obtained 
through NTIA similarly do not provide a scoring advantage based 
on organization or commercial status for programs administered 
by the State.
    Rural Broadband Coordination.--The Committee continues to 
encourage NTIA to equally prioritize the deployment of the 
Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) in rural 
communities and in urban areas.
    Broadband Programs Barrier to Entry.--In administering its 
broadband programs, NTIA shall consider the effect of supply 
chain, workforce shortages, and other known barriers such as 
permit approvals to determine whether providers can reasonably 
meet deployment deadlines. In the case NTIA determines these 
factors unduly impact project commitments or will deter program 
participation, the administration shall use its discretionary 
authority to provide waivers of such requirements and/or other 
relief.
    Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Coordination.--The 
Committee is concerned with the NTIA's implementation of 
section 60102(h)(5)(D) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58). Accordingly, the Assistant 
Secretary shall not approve any Eligible Entity's initial 
proposal or final proposal if the Eligible Entity proposes to 
require, encourage, or incentivize subgrantees to offer 
specific rates for broadband service, including a specific rate 
for a low-cost broadband service option, a middle-class 
affordability strategy, or a specific rate in order to earn 
points for the scoring of deployment subgrantee selection. If 
an eligible entity's initial proposal and its final proposal do 
not contain any such rate regulation provisions and are 
otherwise consistent with the purpose of the IIJA, then the 
Assistant Secretary shall approve an eligible entity's initial 
proposal and its final proposal.
    Rate Regulation.--NTIA's broadband programs shall not 
directly or indirectly regulate the rates that broadband 
service providers charge to consumers generally or to any 
subset of consumers.
    Spectrum Needs.--The Committee encourages NTIA to 
coordinate with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to 
consider ways to address the spectrum needs of all stakeholders 
to ensure government and commercial wireless needs are met. 
NTIA is directed to report to the Committee no later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act on its coordination, 
including how it has accounted for the possible use of 
commercial licensed, shared Federal and non-Federal commercial 
licensed, and unlicensed in making such spectrum available.

                 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

    The recommendation includes $1,500,000, which is $500,000 
below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and the request, for 
necessary expenses for the design, construction, alteration, 
improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings and 
facilities managed by NTIA.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes language making available to 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 
$4,554,940,000, to be derived from offsetting fee collections 
estimated for fiscal year 2025 by the Congressional Budget 
Office. The Committee expects USPTO budget submissions to 
reflect the longstanding practice of providing USPTO with 
complete and unfettered access to the amount equal to the 
estimated patent and trademark fee collections for a given 
fiscal year.
    Standard Essential Patent Policies.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of balanced standard essential patent 
policies to American industry and jobs. There is currently a 
lack of clarity on the administration's standard essential 
patent strategy. The Committee encourages the Department to 
examine how foreign standard essential patent injunctions are 
negatively impacting American interests.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

    The recommendation includes $1,415,000,000 for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is 
$45,000,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$83,500,000 below the request.

             SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $1,003,000,000 for Scientific 
and Technical Research and Services (STRS), which is 
$77,000,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$28,000,000 above the request.
    Forensic Sciences.--The recommendation includes $22,000,000 
for forensic science research, including no less than 
$3,500,000 to support the Organization of Scientific Area 
Committees, no less than $1,500,000 for a competitive Standards 
Development Organization grant, and no less than $1,200,000 to 
support technical merit evaluations.
    Addressing Wildfire Risks.--The recommendation includes up 
to $7,560,000 for Wildfire and the Wildland-Urban Interface-
related research. The Committee directs NIST to develop 
improved Wildland-Urban Interface risk exposure metrics and 
tools to better assess and mitigate the fire vulnerability of 
structures to protect at-risk communities.
    National Vulnerabilities Database.--The Committee 
acknowledges the critical importance of NIST's role in 
maintaining the National Vulnerabilities Database, a vital 
resource in identifying, assessing, and mitigating 
vulnerabilities in software systems, and enhancing the overall 
security posture of our Nation's digital infrastructure. The 
recommendation supports common vulnerabilities and exposures 
analysis, and personnel to support database operations.
    Advancing Research in Critical and Emerging Technologies.--
The Committee recognizes the important research role NIST holds 
across areas of critical and emerging technologies, including 
through the evaluation, measurement, and development of 
standards. The Committee recognizes that NIST's work is 
essential to the responsible and effective deployment of these 
technologies in commercial and national security environments 
and acknowledges that this work will only grow in importance 
through the coming years, particularly as the People's Republic 
of China redoubles its own efforts to deploy such technologies 
for its strategic advantage. Accordingly, the recommendation 
includes up to the request for advancing research in critical 
and emerging technologies.
    Cybersecurity and Privacy Standards.--The recommendation 
includes up to the request for the following areas within 
NIST's Cybersecurity and Privacy activities including for 
purposes of increasing personnel and contracting resources: 
vulnerability management, cryptography programs, privacy 
programs, identity and access management, software security, 
infrastructure with a particular focus on domain name system 
and border gateway protocol security, the National Initiative 
for Cybersecurity Education with a particular focus on 
expanding office andpersonnel capacity to support the workforce 
requirements authorized in Public Law 116-238, and Internet of Things 
security.
    Cybersecurity Education.--The Committee supports the 
amendments made to Public Law 113-274, known as the 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, as part of Public Law 116-283, 
particularly with respect to cybersecurity challenge programs, 
as well as regional alliances and multistakeholder 
partnerships. The Committee encourages NIST to fund regional 
alliances and multistakeholder partnerships as detailed in 
section 303(f) of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, as 
amended. The Committee further encourages NIST to support 
national cybersecurity challenges as detailed in section 205, 
as authorized in the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, as amended.
    Platform Firmware Resiliency Guidelines.--The Committee 
recognizes that enhancing cybersecurity resilience is a 
critical component to protecting national security and 
encourages NIST to consider a comprehensive update of the 
Platform Firmware Resiliency Guidelines, including updates to 
the guidelines on maintaining software inventories, documenting 
all components of the software in use, and enabling quick 
identification of potential vulnerabilities in the systems.
    Reducing the Cryptographic Module Validation Program 
Backlog.--Consistent with the recommendations adopted in Public 
Law 117-328, the Committee directs NIST to provide updates 
regarding NIST's progress in reducing its Cryptographic Module 
Validation Program (CMVP) backlog. Additionally, if helpful to 
reducing the backlog, the Committee directs NIST to consider 
coordinating with or utilizing qualified cryptographic 
professionals detailed from other parts of the Federal 
Government. The Committee encourages NIST to consider this 
issue in the context of post-quantum cryptography migration, 
including allowing the study of alternative solutions to reduce 
the backlog, such as the issuance of provisional certificates. 
The Committee also encourages NIST to increase transparency by 
measuring and communicating validation performance metrics of 
testing labs, and to continue its ongoing efforts to streamline 
the review process and provide updates about planning for new 
announcements and future requirements.
    Unmanned Aerial Systems Training for First Responders.--The 
Committee is aware of the pressing need for first responder 
training to educate, certify, and credential first responders 
to employ Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) skills for crises and 
emergency management events. The recommendation includes 
$8,000,000 for NIST to collaborate and facilitate credentialing 
with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of 
Excellence for Unmanned Aerial Systems Research (ASSURE) on 
course development, delivery, and credentialing based on NIST's 
standard test method. The Committee further directs that a 
focus be on first responders in underserved communities.
    Circular Economy for Textiles Roadmap.--The Committee 
supports NIST's ongoing work on the circular economy for 
textiles, including development of a standards roadmap for 
textile circularity. No later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act, the Committee requests NIST provide a briefing on 
this work.
    Earthquake Preparedness Assessment.--The Committee 
encourages NIST, in collaboration with the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA), National Science Foundation (NSF), 
and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and in coordination with 
Federal, State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments and 
stakeholders, to conduct a national risk assessment to identify 
the progress made by communities to strengthen earthquake 
resilience and any remaining gaps in resilience.
    Protecting Against Power Analysis Attacks on Semiconductor 
Hardware.--The Committee directs NIST to expand research and 
analysis on power analysis attacks on semiconductor hardware 
and includes up to $4,455,000 for NIST to partner with a 
university that specializes in high performance computing on 
this effort.
    Artificial Intelligence Research.--The recommendation 
supports AI research and measurement science efforts within 
NIST's core mission objectives as authorized in section 10232 
of Public Law 117-167, section 5301 of Public Law 116-283, and 
section 5302 of Public Law 116-283 to position the U.S. as a 
global leader in AI innovation.
    Artificial Intelligence and Biosecurity.--The Committee 
supports NIST's innovative work on the convergence of AI and 
biotechnology and encourages NIST to continue workstreams 
prioritizing the evaluation, auditing, and red-teaming 
capabilities that advance both cybersecurity and biosecurity.
    Artificial Intelligence Detection.--The Committee 
recognizes the value posed by AI audio detection technologies 
and encourages NIST to support research on AI-generated audio 
detection technologies.
    Investigative Forensic Genetic Genealogical Analysis.--The 
Committee supports NIST's development of written and physical 
standards for investigative forensic genetic genealogical 
analysis as an investigative lead for law enforcement and 
within the constitutional confines of the justice system.
    Weather-Related Data Standards Setting.--The Committee 
continues to be concerned about the impact of weather on the 
built environment and supports minimizing weather-related risks 
to Federal and non-Federal investments. The Committee urges 
NIST to continue its measurement science and standards-setting 
efforts on this topic and to continue working with the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), other Federal 
agencies, and other stakeholders, as appropriate, to help 
incorporate up-to-date weather-related data, including data on 
extreme weather, into codes and standards for buildings and 
communities.
    Country of Origin of NIST-Certified Devices and Hardware.--
The Committee is concerned about the lack of information 
regarding the country of origin of NIST-certified devices and 
hardware. The Committee encourages NIST to work with the other 
components within the Department of Commerce, and other 
agencies as appropriate, to update its certification forms to 
include a determination of the country of origin for all 
devices submitted for certification.
    Robotics for Environmental Monitoring.--The Committee 
recognizes the potential for robotic systems to enhance 
capabilities for environmental monitoring and data collection 
in challenging coastal and ocean conditions, and to advance 
strategic objectives for improving economic, community, and 
infrastructure resilience due to changing conditions and 
natural hazards. The Committee encourages NIST to collaborate 
with universities to broaden existing laboratory capabilities 
for advancing measurement science, standards, and testing 
methods specific to marine and environmental robotics for 
performance and data collection. The Committee encourages NIST 
to emphasize conditions and environments prevalent in the 
southeast Atlantic and the Pacific Northwest.
    National Full-Scale Testing Initiative for Wind, Surge, and 
Wave Events and Interagency Working Group.--The Committee 
directs NIST to continue the interagency working group to 
further accelerate research, the adoption of new technologies, 
and the establishment of national standards and measurements to 
reduce losses and disruptions due to environmental-driven and 
natural hazards, in particular with wind, surge, and wave 
events. The Committee directs NIST to continue working with key 
relevant agencies such as NSF, NOAA, FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, and USGS. The recommendation also includes funds 
to cooperate with and advise the NSF-funded ``National Full 
Scale Testing Infrastructure for Community Hardening in Extreme 
Wind, Surge, and Wave Events'' (NICHE) in developing a Full-
Scale Testing Facility for building and community hardening for 
extreme wind, surge, and wave events. The Committee directs 
NIST to work with relevant extramural research institutions and 
industry partners, by collaborating with and advising on the 
establishment of the Facility in coordination with institutions 
with a multi-hazard research focus, including a large-scale 
hurricane simulator capable of generating full-scale hurricane 
wind speeds with rain intrusion, and with established 
partnerships with key relevant agencies such as NSF, NOAA, 
FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and USGS.
    Uncrewed Vehicles, Data Centers, and Knowledge Sharing for 
Decision Support.--The Committee acknowledges that there is an 
urgent need for effective ``early alert systems'' to detect 
anthropogenic impacts and continuing stressors to the 
environment. The Committee encourages NIST to support 
extramural partnerships with universities to advance research 
and development of heterogeneous uncrewed vehicles, the 
creation of data centers to allow for the integration of the 
various data streams, and the development of interactive 
visualization tools to maximize stakeholder engagement and 
access to data for knowledge sharing and decision support. The 
Committee encourages NIST to consider supporting complementary 
uncrewed maritime systems, aerial assets, and uncrewed ground 
vehicles to aid environmental monitoring and data collection 
efforts in the Southeast Atlantic region. The Committee further 
encourages NIST to consider partnering with institutions with a 
track record of long-term environmental monitoring, development 
and management of remote sensing products, data warehousing, 
and innovative uncrewed autonomous vehicles.
    Quantum Information Science.--The recommendation includes 
up to the request for Quantum Information Science and directs 
NIST to undertake the activities authorized by Public Law 115-
368 and to concentrate on the identification and development of 
practical quantum and quantum-hybrid applications that focus on 
public sector use cases to ensure the government is able to 
benefit from technology as it emerges. The Committee directs 
NIST to provide a report no later than 120 days after the 
enactment of this Act on the feasibility of public-private 
partnerships using near-term application development and 
deployment.
    Quantum Cryptography.--The Committee encourages NIST to 
address emerging threats, including quantum cryptography and 
the challenges posed by quantum computing, by developing 
cryptographic standards and technologies.
    Draft Interagency Framework for Considering the Exercise of 
March-In Rights.--The Committee notes that Congress passed the 
Bayh-Dole Act to incentivize the private sector to make the 
risky and substantial investments needed to translate 
inventions arising from Government-funded research into useful 
products to benefit Americans. The Committee is concerned that 
NIST's Request for Information (RFI) on a ``Draft Interagency 
Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In 
Rights'' (88 Fed. Reg. 85593 (December 8, 2023)) would have 
serious negative effects on collaboration between the public 
and private sectors, including through the Cancer Moonshot, 
which has played a critical role in yielding new cancer 
treatments. The Committee directs NIST that none of the funds 
made available by this Act shall be used to finalize, 
implement, or enforce this draft guidance.
    Epitranscriptomic Standards.--The Committee notes the 
recent release of the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) report entitled ``Charting a 
Future for Sequencing RNA and Its Modifications'' and notes 
that several types of standards are needed to support research 
and technology development for the Ribonucleic acid (RNA) 
modifications field, and that NIST is well-suited to take the 
lead on this initiative. The Committee encourages NIST to 
implement recommendations from the NAS report and determine the 
feasibility of developing and promoting standards to support 
the field of epitranscriptomics.
    Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening.--The Committee recognizes 
NIST's work developing screening and safety tools to defend 
against the potential misuse of AI-related to nucleic acid 
synthesis and encourages NIST to ensure that such tools include 
guarding against pathogens capable of potentially causing a 
pandemic or specific to potential pandemic pathogens that 
either are by themselves hazardous or could enhance 
pathogenicity or transmissibility.
    Research on Wildland Fire Communications and Information 
Dissemination.--The Committee directs NIST to conduct research 
on the public safety communication coordination standards among 
Federal, State, Tribal, and local wildland firefighters, fire 
management response officials, and member agencies; and to 
conduct research on improving and integrating existing 
communications systems to transmit secure real-time data, 
alerts, and advisories to and from fire management response 
officials. Additionally, the Committee directs NIST, in 
coordination with any other appropriate Federal agencies, to 
conduct both live and virtual field testing of equipment, 
software, and other technologies to determine current times of 
information dissemination and develop standards for the 
delivery of useful and secure real-time data among relevant 
agencies, fire management response officials, and wildland 
firefighters. The Committee further directs NIST to develop and 
publish recommendations to improve public safety communication 
coordination standards among wildland first responders and fire 
management response officials, and to transmit these 
recommendations to the Office of Management andBudget (OMB) and 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The recommendation 
includes no less than $3,000,000 for NIST to conduct these activities.
    NIST Centers of Excellence.--The recommendation includes 
sufficient funding to maintain the NIST Centers of Excellence, 
including the Forensic Science Center of Excellence, the 
Advanced Materials Center of Excellence, and the Community 
Resilience Center of Excellence.
    Programs Not Supported.--The recommendation does not 
support the NIST Center of Excellence in Climate Change, the 
NIST Greenhouse Gas Measurements program, or the NIST 
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Initiative.
    Scientific and Technical Research Projects.--The 
recommendation includes $245,722,000 for NIST Scientific and 
Technical Research Projects. The Committee directs NIST to 
perform the same level of oversight and due diligence as with 
any other external partners.

                     INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

    The recommendation includes $212,000,000 for Industrial 
Technology Services, which is equal to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and equal to the request. Of this amount, 
$175,000,000 is for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership (MEP), and $37,000,000 is for the Manufacturing USA 
program.
    Manufacturing Extension Partnership.--The Committee 
strongly supports MEP and notes the importance of MEP Centers 
having adequate support to maintain a nationwide network of 
technical specialists who enable manufacturers to compete 
globally by supporting domestic supply chain integration and by 
providing access to information, training, and technologies 
that improve efficiency, productivity, and profitability. The 
Committee encourages NIST to ensure MEP Centers have the 
necessary resources to support the success of small- and 
medium-sized manufacturers that need technology-based services 
to create well-paying manufacturing jobs.
    National Manufacturing Extension Partnership Supply Chain 
Database.--The Committee is aware of the Supply Chain 
Optimization and Intelligence Network (SCOIN), which will 
support the creation of a supply chain database through funding 
of the MEP National Network Centers. The Committee directs NIST 
to create a centralized, permanent supply chain database, as 
required by Public Law 117-167. No later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs NIST to report 
on the status of building out a public-facing platform 
database, including a breakdown of all related costs to 
building out and maintaining the database.
    Manufacturing USA Institute on In-Space Manufacturing.--The 
recommendation includes up to $20,000,000 for NIST to consider 
creating a new Manufacturing USA Institute focused on in-space 
manufacturing. The Committee notes the significant economic 
impact for U.S. science and technology leadership in this area.
    Public Service Grants.--The Committee encourages NIST to 
consider making public service grants, as authorized by section 
1741 of Public Law 116-92, to advance ecosystem leadership and 
workforce initiatives that help ensure U.S. competitiveness in 
advanced manufacturing innovation at all existing Manufacturing 
USA Institutes.
    Domestic Semiconductor Chemical Supply.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of maintaining a reliable and 
resilient domestic supply of chemicals required to produce 
semiconductors. The Committee directs NIST to submit a report 
no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act 
outlining uses of chemistries that are critical to production 
of semiconductors in the United States, including but not 
limited to, fluorotechnology. The Committee encourages NIST to 
provide meaningful and robust input to other agencies regarding 
proposed regulations of chemical substances with critical uses 
in the production of semiconductors.
    Microelectronics Workforce Development.--The Committee 
recognizes the growing need to boost domestic competitiveness, 
innovation, and national security efforts in the semiconductor 
sector. The Committee encourages NIST, in coordination with 
NSF, to consider partnering with a consortium of community 
colleges, master's degree level institutions, and undergraduate 
institutions to develop an initiative that will increase the 
number of industry-ready graduates. The Committee also 
encourages NIST to work with NSF to identify and consider 
funding for existing workforce development collaborations 
between manufacturers and institutions of higher education that 
can be scaled appropriately to meet regional workforce demand. 
The Committee directs NIST to consider regions where 
significant microelectronics manufacturing facilities and 
workforce development investments are being made by both 
industry and the Federal Government.
    Implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors Program.--The Committee is concerned 
that NIST is not executing the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) program in a manner that 
reflects the gravity of the national security implications 
surrounding the program. The Committee is particularly 
concerned that NIST has included unnecessary, extraneous, and 
rigorous requirements that applicants must adhere to in order 
to receive funds through the program that were not included in 
Public Law 117-167. No later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Committee directs 
NIST to provide notification of any awards that are being 
delayed due to non-statutory requirements included in the 
Department's Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) including 
childcare, diversity, and environmental requirements. 
Additionally, the Committee directs that CHIPS awards 
requirements should be applied only to work undertaken after 
Federal funds are awarded and that these requirements should 
not be retroactively applied to the pre-award activities of 
applicants. The Committee urges NIST to continue making awards 
expeditiously based on the defined statutory requirements 
included in Public Law 117-167.
    Reporting on Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors Awards Upside Sharing and Funding Milestones.--
The Committee reminds NIST of reporting and notification 
requirements to Congress regarding the CHIPS incentives 
program, as authorized by Public Law 116-283 and Public Law 
117-167. The Committee directs NIST to provide a briefing to 
the Committee about any upside sharing agreements made between 
NIST and a recipient of CHIPS funds, as detailed in the 
Department of Commerce's NOFO entitled ``CHIPS Incentives 
Program--Commercial Fabrication Facilities.'' No later than 60 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs 
NIST to provide a briefing on any amounts received by the 
agency through upside sharing agreements, which includes a 
detailed description of how NIST plans to use these funds. 
Additionally, the Committee directs NIST to provide updates on 
funds clawed back or withheld from an applicant due to a 
failure to meet designated milestones highlighted in NOFOs. In 
providing such briefings, NIST is directed to exclude any 
business sensitive information.
    The National Semiconductor Technology Center.--The 
Committee recognizes the importance of semiconductor research 
in bolstering the national security interests of the United 
States by supporting and extending leadership in semiconductor 
research, design, engineering, and advanced manufacturing to 
secure a domestic semiconductor supply chain. The Committee 
appreciates that the National Semiconductor Technology Center 
(NSTC) can play an important role in the scaling and 
integration of the semiconductor manufacturing process. The 
Committee encourages NIST to strengthen the domestic 
semiconductor and sensor manufacturing capability through the 
development of integration, chiplets, photonics, and co-design 
of semiconductors and packaging solutions. The Committee 
encourages collaboration between the NSTC, the National 
Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program, and the Manufacturing 
USA Digital Twins Institute to prevent duplication and ensure 
comprehensive streamlined results. The Committee also 
emphasizes the importance of geographic diversity in the 
selection of NSTC facilities and affiliated technical centers.
    Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors Funds 
for Critical Minerals Supply Chain.--The Committee notes the 
importance of building a robust, enduring, and leading-edge 
domestic semiconductor industry in the U.S., and that this 
requires key aspects of the semiconductor supply chain be 
reshored. The Committee supports the Department's recent NOFO, 
which provides small supply chain projects and small business 
applicants access to CHIPS Act funds. However, the Committee 
remains concerned about the current U.S. reliance on foreign 
sources for critical minerals and increasing international 
demand for these minerals. Therefore, the Committee encourages 
NIST to prioritize CHIPS awards for domestic critical mineral 
projects, particularly for projects that include minerals that 
the U.S. is currently reliant on procuring from foreign sources 
and that are important components of the domestic semiconductor 
manufacturing supply chain.

Department of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of Standards and
              Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2025
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Account--Project and Activity                Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 9902
    Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce                    $5,000,000
     Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund.........
      Secure Enclave.................................        (1,500,000)
      Administrative Expenses........................          (100,000)
        Office of the Inspector General, Salaries and            (4,000)
         Expenses....................................
                                                      ------------------
            Total, Section 9902......................         $5,000,000
                                                      ==================
Section 9906
    Industrial Technology Services...................          1,055,000
      National Semiconductor Technology Center.......        (1,030,000)
      Manufacturing USA Institute....................           (25,000)
    Scientific and Technology Research & Services....             45,000
      NIST Metrology Program.........................           (23,000)
      Administrative Expenses........................           (22,000)
        Office of Inspector General, Salaries and                (1,000)
         Expenses....................................
                                                      ------------------
            Total, Section 9906......................         $1,100,000
                                                      ==================
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                  CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

    The recommendation includes $200,000,000 for NIST 
construction, which is $32,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $111,500,000 below the request. The Committee 
directs NIST to continue providing updates on the projects 
funded within this account.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    The recommendation includes a total of $5,642,800,000 in 
discretionary funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), which is $676,200,000 below fiscal year 
2024 and $904,205,000 below the request.
    The Committee's program and project recommendations for 
NOAA are included in the consolidated funding tables below and 
in narrative direction throughout this report. The Committee 
reminds NOAA that any deviations from the amounts included in 
the tables below are subject to the section 505 requirements of 
this Act. When executing its budget for fiscal year 2025, the 
Committee directs NOAA to incorporate the funding levels 
established in both the table and the narrative direction.

                  OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes a total program level of 
$4,611,314,000 under Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF) 
for NOAA's coastal, fisheries, marine, weather, satellite, and 
other programs. This total funding level includes 
$4,210,951,000 in direct appropriations, a transfer of 
$377,363,000 from balances in the ``Promote and Develop Fishery 
Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries'' Fund, 
and $23,000,000 derived from recoveries of prior year 
obligations.
    The following narrative descriptions and tables identify 
the specific activities and funding levels included in this 
Act.
    National Ocean Service.--The recommendation includes 
$583,666,000 for National Ocean Service (NOS) Operations, 
Research, and Facilities.

                         NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Navigation, Observations and Positioning:
    Navigation, Observations, and Positioning...........         150,000
    Hydrographic Survey Priorities / Contracts..........          27,000
    IOOS Regional Observations..........................          56,000
                                                         ---------------
        Navigation, Observations and Positioning........         233,000
                                                         ===============
Coastal Science and Assessment:
    Coastal Science, Assessment, Response and                     79,000
     Restoration........................................
    Competitive Research................................          22,697
                                                         ---------------
        Coastal Science and Assessment:.................         101,697
                                                         ===============
Ocean and Coastal Management and Services:
    Coastal Zone Management and Services................          50,000
    Coastal Zone Management Grants......................          80,000
    National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund...........          15,000
    Coral Reef Program..................................          31,469
    National Estuarine Research Reserve System..........          32,500
    Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas..............          40,000
                                                         ---------------
        Ocean and Coastal Management and Services.......         248,969
                                                         ===============
    Total, National Ocean Service, Operations, Research,     583,666,000
     and Facilities.....................................
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    National Marine Sanctuaries Act.--The recommendation 
includes up to $5,000,000 for the conservation and long-term 
preservation of Federally owned artifacts and sanctuary 
resources as defined in section 302(8) of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act and protected under section 306 of that Act.
    Geospatial Modeling Grants.--The recommendation includes no 
less than $8,000,000 for Geospatial Modeling Grants, to be 
distributed externally.
    Coral Reef Program.--It is essential that NOAA's Coral Reef 
Conservation Program receives sufficient funding to engage 
external research partners to identify the pathogen causing 
disease, conduct appropriate interventions and remediations, 
research resilient coral species, identify genetic strains with 
resistance to coral disease, and support restoration of 
appropriate and diverse coral species. The recommendation 
includes $33,300,000 for the Coral Reef Program.
    Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Mapping Cruise.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of the annual Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia 
Mapping Cruise, providing the long-term data record for low-
oxygen in the northern Gulf, and the key metric for progress in 
achieving the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan. Within the 
funding provided, the recommendation includes no less than 
$1,000,000 to support the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Mapping 
Cruise.
    Integrated Ocean Observing System.--The Committee notes the 
importance of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) 
network and includes $56,000,000 to strategically grow the 
system based upon the highest priority needs of each region to 
support disaster response, weather forecasting and hurricane 
prediction, forecasting of freshwater and marine water quality, 
detection of harmful algal blooms (HABs), and safe maritime 
operations.
    Marine Debris.--Reducing, preventing, and researching 
marine debris is critical to the goal of protecting and 
preserving the integrity of our marine ecosystems and the 
communities and wildlife that depend on them. The Committee 
recognizes the Marine Debris Program's critical work to support 
grants, partnerships, and contracts to address marine debris, 
particularly plastic waste pollution. The recommendation 
includes $15,000,000 to support the program's evaluation, 
tracking, and cleaning up of marine debris.
    Blue Carbon Research Program.--The recommendation includes 
$2,000,000 to support the blue carbon research program, to 
advance NOAA's work to assess the carbon sequestration 
potential of various coastal habitats, account for regional 
differences, and identify some of the biophysical, social, and 
economic pathways and impediments to coastal blue carbon 
ecosystem protection, management, or restoration.
    Corporate Fees.--The Committee directs NOAA to cap National 
Ocean Service corporate fees to no more than 5 percent of the 
annual appropriations.
    NOAA Community Project Funding.--The recommendation 
includes $67,523,000 for NOAA Coastal Zone Management Community 
Project Funding. Funding must be for activities consistent 
with, and supportive of, NOAA's mission and aligned with one or 
more of the purposes described in the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1451 et seq.). Coastal Zone 
Management projects are subject to any applicable cost-share 
required by law under the Coastal Zone Management Program. The 
Committee directs NOAA to perform the same level of oversight 
and due diligence regarding these projects as with any other 
external partners.
    National Marine Fisheries Service.--The recommendation 
includes $865,000,000 for National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS) Operations, Research, and Facilities.

                    NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Protected Resources Science and Management:
    Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Other Species......          68,000
    Species Recovery Grants.............................           5,000
    Atlantic Salmon.....................................           5,000
    Pacific Salmon......................................          42,000
                                                         ---------------
        Protected Resources Science and Management......         120,000
                                                         ===============
Fisheries Science and Management:
    Fisheries and Ecosystem Science Programs and                 120,000
     Services...........................................
    Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments         205,712
    Observers and Training..............................          50,000
    Fisheries Management Programs and Services..........         138,296
    Aquaculture.........................................          19,244
    Salmon Management Activities........................          55,000
    Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions.........          45,715
    Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants................           3,377
                                                         ---------------
        Fisheries Science and Management................         637,344
                                                         ===============
Enforcement.............................................          67,656
                                                         ===============
Habitat Conservation and Restoration....................          40,000
                                                         ===============
    Total, National Marine Fisheries Service,                    865,000
     Operations, Research, and Facilities...............
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    Observation through Electronic Monitoring.--The Committee 
believes that there are substantial benefits to the 
implementation of Electronic Monitoring (EM) and Electronic 
Reporting (ER) in U.S. fisheries. The Committee encourages NMFS 
to clarify the ability for the Regional Observer & Monitoring 
Programs to utilize their existing discretionary funding 
toaugment human observers with observation tools, including EM/ER 
technologies, that are cost-effective, vetted by the agency, and 
appropriate for the regulatory needs of the region.
    Fishery Information Networks.--Within the funding provided 
for Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments, the 
recommendation includes no less than $26,000,000 for the 
Fishery Information Networks.
    Adaptive Fisheries Management.--The Committee recognizes 
the NMFS and the Regional Fishery Management Councils for their 
critical role in adapting fisheries to changing ocean 
ecosystems and supporting fishing-dependent communities. The 
recommendation includes $16,000,000 for NMFS to provide 
technical guidance, regional coordination, and support to the 
Councils to incorporate climate considerations in the 
development of fisheries regulations, implement climate-ready 
management actions, maintain and restore fish stocks, and 
support resilient fishing communities.
    Fishery Research Management.--In 2017, Congress directed 
funding for the Great Red Snapper Count study, involving 
universities throughout the U.S. and employing the latest 
fisheries survey technology. The study estimated the Red 
Snapper population to be 2.5 times greater than the last 
Federal stock assessment. To date, the study has not been 
included in management advice by NMFS. Therefore, the 
recommendation includes $5,000,000 to validate the Great Red 
Snapper count data that is now six years old. Greater inclusion 
of fisheries-independent estimates of reef fish like Red 
Snapper can be used to help both State-based management 
initiatives as well as objectively resolve discrepancies 
between Federal management agencies and concerned stakeholders. 
To guarantee compatibility of the proposed Great Red Snapper 
Count and the previous count the group of investigators and the 
methodology employed should be very similar to the prior effort 
through the Gulf State Fisheries Management Council.
    Fisheries Survey.--Within Fisheries Data Collections, 
Surveys, and Assessments, the recommendation supports the 
Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program trawl surveys, 
including the Maine-New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey, as well 
as the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program's 
existing surveys.
    Oyster Resilience in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.--Oysters 
are a critical part of the Gulf Coast ecosystems. A 
collaborative effort that combines engineering, aquaculture, 
restoration, and policy is needed to restore oyster reefs and 
regenerate a profitable, resilient, and sustainable fishery. 
The recommendation includes $2,000,000 for collaborative 
academic research addressing oyster reefs in the Northern Gulf 
Coast to investigate restoration success and close critical 
knowledge gaps to oyster farming, restoration, food safety, 
larval transportation in Little Dauphin Bay, and resilience to 
sustainably strengthen oyster production.
    Seafood Import Monitoring Program.--Section 11330 of the 
fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 
117-263) requires NOAA to publish a strategy to improve the 
quality and verifiability of Seafood Import Monitoring Program 
(SIMP) data six months after enactment. Section 11332 requires 
NOAA to improve audits of SIMP data, required one year after 
enactment. Section 11334 requires NOAA to submit a report on 
SIMP to Congress 120 days after the end of each fiscal year. 
The Committee notes that none of these deadlines have been met 
by NOAA. The Committee urges NOAA to expediently comply with 
these requirements.
    State Management for Marine Fisheries in the Southeast.--
Within the amount provided for Fisheries Data Collections, 
Surveys, and Assessments, the recommendation includes 
$30,000,000 for NMFS to assist each of the States within the 
South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils 
that wish to develop or improve State recreational harvest data 
collection programs to supplement, or if the State chooses, 
supplant, the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP). 
Each State shall serve as the lead in the program development 
or improvement, with NMFS providing technical assistance and 
necessary grant funding to ensure the State data collected is 
consistent for catch monitoring and assessment needs and 
produce results compatible with those from other States in the 
region. These efforts shall be a top priority for NOAA and in 
coordination with the Gulf and South Atlantic States.
    South Atlantic Fisheries Independent Data Collection.--The 
recommendation includes $3,500,000 to provide enhanced 
fisheries independent data collection of South Atlantic reef 
fish stocks conducted through the Southeast Fishery-Independent 
Survey (SEFIS). Such data collection should occur throughout 
the South Atlantic, specifically from Cape Canaveral, Florida, 
through the western most point in the Florida Keys region to 
ensure the South Atlantic Council has the best scientific 
available information to base management decisions. The 
Committee recognizes concerns by the State of Florida regarding 
the incomplete data assessment concerning reef fish located off 
the waters of Florida's Atlantic coast, including the Florida 
Keys.
    South Atlantic Reef Fish.--The Committee recognizes that 
NMFS, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and 
numerous fishery stakeholders have raised concerns about the 
reliability of Atlantic recreational red snapper discard data. 
The results of the Marine Recreational Information Program 
(MRIP) pilot study released by NMFS in September 2023 indicate 
that recreational fishing effort is likely overestimated and 
raises further concerns about the recreational fishery catch 
and discard data used in SouthEast Data Assessment and Review 
(SEDAR) 73. Given these concerns and the finding from SEDAR 73 
that recreational red snapper discards are driving overfishing 
of South Atlantic red snapper, and to ensure the best 
scientific information available is used to inform South 
Atlantic red snapper management, the Committee directs that a 
third party scientific review of SEDAR 73 is necessary to 
determine if SEDAR 73 is the best scientific information 
available before NMFS issues any proposed rule or secretarial 
action for the South Atlantic snapper grouper fishery that 
contains quota decreases, an area closure, or any other action 
that would limit access to the snapper grouper fishery to 
address red snapper overfishing. The Committee also notes that 
$3,300,000 has been invested in the South Atlantic Great Red 
Snapper Count. The Committee continues to support full 
integration of the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count data 
into the next stock assessment so that the South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council can appropriately use this new 
abundance data when making management decisions regarding red 
snapper.
    Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishing Effort.--The Committee 
remains concerned that shrimp fishing effort data collection 
and analysis in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery will be 
interrupted by the termination of 3G cellular transmission 
service used by NMFS in its Electronic Logbook (ELB) program. 
The Committee recognizes that this scientific data is essential 
to the annual evaluation of the fishery's effects on sea turtle 
and red snapper conservation mandates. Within the funding 
provided in Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and 
Assessments, the recommendation includes $850,000 for NMFS, in 
consultation with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 
and shrimp industry stakeholders, to continue the development 
and implementation of a newly approved ELB that archives vessel 
position and automatically transmits scientific shrimp fishing 
effort data via cellular service to NMFS. The Committee awaits 
receipt of the report outlining progress made to develop and 
implement the new ELB program requested in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 117-103.
    Gulf of Mexico Fish Species.--The recommendation includes 
$5,000,000 to establish a partnership with the Gulf States 
Marine Fisheries Commission, to provide grants to academic 
partners, including consortiums of universities, and other 
partners to conduct fishery-independent research on 
transboundary, multi-jurisdictional fish species in the Gulf of 
Mexico for which current data is deficient (e.g. cobia, 
tripletail, tarpon, and gray triggerfish), including species 
that are solely managed by the Gulf States.
    Threatened Marine Species.--NMFS is directed to report to 
the Committee no later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, on the impacts on Federally endangered and threatened 
marine species from Tijuana River outflows in the Pacific 
Ocean.
    Horseshoe Crab Trawl Survey.--Adequate data is required to 
ensure States and interstate managers can effectively manage 
the Horseshoe Crab population, which is important to the 
biomedical and commercial fishing industries, as well as to the 
ecology of the Mid-Atlantic region. The Committee directs NMFS 
to continue the Horseshoe Crab survey to generate the data 
necessary to ensure that the Horseshoe Crab stock remains on a 
sustainable path.
    Understudied Whales.--The Committee encourages NMFS to 
conduct surveys specific to understudied whales in potential 
calving grounds, feeding areas, and migratory pathways to 
estimate their abundance and distribution, during which 
opportunistic data on other marine species may also be 
collected.
    Staffing Levels.--Although additional funding has been 
provided to NOAA through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and appropriations, 
the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, particularly in the 
Pacific Northwest, continues to experience chronic 
understaffing for Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 
consultations and stakeholder engagement leading to significant 
project delays. Within existing funds, NOAA is encouraged to 
prioritize increasing staffing capacity and staff retention 
efforts for ESA Section 7 consultations, particularly in the 
Pacific Northwest.
    Port Everglades Assessment.--The Committee directs NMFS to 
submit to the Committee a report, no later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act, on the status of its review of the 
Assessment submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers for the 
Port Everglades Navigation Improvements Project in May 2024, 
and further directs the Department to submit updates to the 
Committee on a quarterly basis until the Department has 
completed its review of the Assessment.
    Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act.--The Committee directs 
NOAA to expeditiously issue its plans and regulations for 
implementing the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, which became 
law on December 23, 2022, as part of the fiscal year 2023 James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 117-
263). NOAA is further directed to provide a report to the 
Committee, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, describing any resource needs required to fully address 
this issue, coordination with other Federal agencies, State and 
local law enforcement and key stakeholders, and plans to raise 
public awareness on how to report violations.
    Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans.--Within the funds 
provided for NMFS Protected Resources Science and Management, 
the recommendation includes $7,000,000 to address the remaining 
backlog of hatchery and genetic management plans (HGMPs) and 
support implementation of approved HGMPs by state and Tribal 
co-managers.
    Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.--The 
recommendation includes $645,729,000 for Office of Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Research (OAR) Operations, Research, and 
Facilities.

               OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Climate Research:
    Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.....         104,102
    Regional Climate Data and Information...............          22,000
    Climate Competitive Research........................          30,000
                                                         ---------------
        Climate Research................................         156,102
                                                         ===============
Weather and Air Chemistry Research:
    Weather Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.....          90,156
    U.S. Weather Research Program.......................          31,334
    Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar....          21,905
    Joint Technology Transfer Initiative................          12,000
                                                         ---------------
        Weather and Air Chemistry Research..............         155,395
                                                         ===============
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research:
    Ocean Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.......          39,500
    National Sea Grant College Program..................          80,000
    Sea Grant Aquaculture Research......................          14,000
    Ocean Exploration and Research......................          46,000
    Integrated Ocean Acidification......................          17,000
    Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring.........          50,000
    National Oceanographic Partnership Program..........           1,001
                                                         ---------------
        Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research........         247,501
                                                         ===============
Innovative Research and Technology:
        Innovative Research and Technology..............          18,231
                                                         ===============
        Total, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric                 645,729
         Research, Operations, Research, and Facilities.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    VORTEX-USA.--The recommendation includes no less than 
$11,000,000 for VORTEX-USA, including no less than $10,500,000 
for VORTEX-Southeast.
    Ocean Exploration Research.--The recommendation includes 
$46,000,000 for NOAA's Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). 
Within the funding provided, OER is directed to continue 
efforts to map and characterize the U.S. Exclusive Economic 
Zone (EEZ) and Extended Outer Continental Shelf, including 
maximizing the amount of funding provided for the Ocean 
Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) at its proposed level 
of $20,000,000. NOAA is encouraged to work with the Department 
of Education and other relevant agencies to continue 
fundamental ocean exploration in which open-source data is 
collected for the oceanographic community and private 
industries in real time through telepresence technology and 
education research applications.
    Fire Weather Development Act.--The recommendation includes 
$20,000,000 for the purposes described in the Fire Weather 
Development Act. $5,000,000 is included for the establishment 
of a program to improve fire weather and fire environment 
forecasting, detection, and delivery of products or services 
through collaboration with Federal and State agencies or 
departments, local emergency managers, and relevant entities. 
$15,000,000 is included for the establishment of a Fire Weather 
Testbed.
    Ocean Exploration.--The recommendation includes up to 
$6,000,000 to support the continued monitoring and research of 
the dumping of waste from byproducts of the pesticide dichloro-
diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and other industrial wastes at 
the San Pedro Basin.
    Climate Adaptation Partnership.--The recommendation 
includes $20,000,000 for the Climate Adaptation Partnership 
program.
    Earth's Radiation Budget.--The Committee is aware of 
commercial capabilities that could provide data that 
drastically improves our understanding of Earth's radiation 
imbalance. The recommendation includes $1,000,000 to study 
radiation monitoring through the use of modern small satellite 
constellations. NOAA is directed to report to the Committee no 
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act on possible 
options for fielding solutions, including partnerships with the 
private sector, to meaningfully improve our accuracy of the 
Earth's radiation balance and ensure continuity of measurement.
    Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts.--Of the 
funds made available for the U.S. Weather Research Program, the 
recommendation includes $15,000,000 for implementation of the 
pilot project for winter sub-seasonal to seasonal precipitation 
forecasts for water management in the western U.S., as 
recommended in NOAA's report to Congress pursuant to Section 
201 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 
2017 (Public Law 115-25). The pilot should be modeled after 
NOAA's Hurricane Forecasting Improvement project, with a focus 
on measurable objectives for operational forecast improvement 
and should include forecasts of seasonal mountain snowpack 
accumulation as well as total seasonal precipitation.
    Subsurface Ocean Data to Improve Hurricane Prediction.--The 
Committee encourages OAR to procure subsurface ocean profile 
data to improve hurricane intensity prediction, by working with 
industry to take advantage of the new profiling floats 
sustainably powered by the ocean temperature difference.
    National Weather Service.--The recommendation includes 
$1,263,176,000 for National Weather Service (NWS) Operations, 
Research, and Facilities.

                        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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                        Program                           Amount ($000)
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Observations..........................................           254,964
Central Processing....................................           112,754
Analyze, Forecast and Support.........................           599,741
Dissemination.........................................           134,573
Science and Technology Integration....................           161,144
                                                       =================
    Total, National Weather Service, Operations,               1,263,176
     Research, and Facilities.........................
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    Aviation-Based Commercial Weather Data.--The Committee 
provides an increase of $7,000,000 to the Aircraft Based 
Observation Program to increase the use and deployment of 
commercial aviation-based atmospheric data, with an emphasis on 
water vapor data for numerical weather prediction improvement. 
With this funding, the program will also ensure program 
elements and data sources are adequately resourced for 
increased data ingestion and addressing gaps in the program's 
global coverage. No less than $5,000,000 shall be used to 
deploy additional water vapor sensors from aircraft.
    National Mesonet Program.--The recommendation includes 
$30,000,000 for the National Mesonet Program to leverage large 
investments by other sponsors, increase the number of 
observations, include new types of data, and introduce 
innovative capabilities to address capacity and geographic 
coverage gaps. Emphasis should be placed on the boundary layer 
of the atmosphere, marine zones, and select surface-based gap 
filling networks. Of the funds provided, up to $1,500,000 may 
be used for costs associated with the National Mesonet Program 
Office. NOAA is encouraged to continue building out the 
program's support team commensurate with the program's size and 
scope. The Committee rejects the request to eliminate 
approximately 1,200 observation platforms and instead directs 
NOAA to sustain the current level of procurement of non-Federal 
surface and near-surface mesonet observational data, with a 
focus on university partnerships.
    National Data Buoy Center.--The recommendation includes an 
increase of up to $5,000,000 for the National Data Buoy Center 
to support integration of capabilities with additional sources 
of ocean data, including existing ocean observing networks and 
commercially acquired data.
    Severe Weather Gaps.--The Committee notes that weather gaps 
are occurring in central and southern Kentucky and encourages 
NOAA to utilize funding to fill gaps in addressing severe 
weather issues in Central Appalachia.
    Weather Radio Coverage.--The Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall report to the 
Committee no later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act on the extent to which NOAA Weather Radio coverage extends 
to populated areas at risk of tsunamis and make the findings 
available to the public. Additionally, the Committee strongly 
encourages the Administrator to work closely with other 
agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency and 
the Federal Communications Commission, to clarify and document 
the responsibilities and decision-making process of the 
agencies with respect to the use of the Integrated Public Alert 
and Warning System to deliver tsunami alerts to the Emergency 
Alert System.
    Radar System Data.--The recommendation includes up to 
$12,000,000 for the National Weather Service to purchase 
weather radar data from private providers to supplement the 
Service's existing radar systems in areas that lack strong 
radar coverage.
    Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in 
Hydrology (CIROH).--The recommendation includes $40,000,000 
within Science and Technology Integration for the NWS to 
continue to support the Cooperative Institute for Research to 
Operations in Hydrology (CIROH). Within this funding, CIROH 
shall continue to leverage the talent and diversity of its 
consortium members to lead an interdisciplinary, systems-based 
research approach that will seed new and improved operational 
services for NOAA and NWS by improving our current 
understanding of the water cycle and our ability to observe and 
predict it. Additionally, the Cooperative Institute shall 
continue to prioritize the cultivation of the next generation 
of water resources scientists and engineers who will be needed 
to tackle the 21st century water resources grand challenge.
    Forecast Informed Reservoir Operation.--The Committee 
applauds the combined efforts of the NWS, including the Office 
of Water Prediction and the River Forecast Centers; the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers; and partners within academia for 
enabling initial operationalization of Forecast Informed 
Reservoir Operation (FIRO). FIRO projects have proven 
beneficial for improving water availability, flood risk 
management, and improved drought resilience. Of the funds 
provided for CIROH, the recommendation includes $4,000,000 to 
establish a FIRO-dedicated Research and Operations Partnership 
program involving academic partners, the NWS Office of Water 
Prediction, and NWS River Forecast Centers in support of the 
FIRO National Expansion Pathfinder project. Further, the 
Committee rejects the proposal to terminate the expansion of 
the Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast System given its importance to 
supporting existing and future FIRO projects.
    National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information 
Service.--The recommendation includes $375,000,000 for National 
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) 
Operations, Research, and Facilities.

     NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental Satellite Observing Systems:
    Office of Satellite and Product Operations.......            250,000
    Product Development, Readiness and Application...             58,500
    U.S. Group on Earth Observations.................                500
                                                      ------------------
    Environmental Satellite Observing Systems........            309,000
                                                      ==================
National Centers for Environmental Information.......             66,000
                                                      ==================
        Total, National Environmental Satellite, Data            375,000
         and Information Service, Operations,
         Research, and Facilities....................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Uncrewed Systems Data.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of maximizing the utility of NOAA investments in the 
collection of uncrewed systems (UxS) data. The recommendation 
includes $5,000,000 to support the development of a Data 
Assembly Hub for uncrewed systems. The Committee directs NOAA 
to consider the National Centers for Environmental Information 
(NCEI), through its Coastal Data Development program, as the 
central repository to leverage existing co-located NOAA, U.S. 
Navy, and academia partnerships, as authorized by the 
Commercial Engagement through Ocean Technology Act (Public Law 
115-394). Further, the Committee directs NOAA to continue to 
consider the NCEI's Coastal Data Development program as the 
central repository for managing data collections and 
information services of the various Gulf of Mexico Restoration 
activities funded in response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil 
spill. Furthermore, within NCEI, the Committee encourages NOAA 
to fully support critical international partnerships, including 
the Global Climate Observing System.
    NESDIS Regional Support.--NESDIS is encouraged to consider 
deploying more of its subject matter expertise regionally to 
demonstrate new uses of satellite data and integrated 
information systems to educate and partner with scientists and 
users in local communities who can use and expand the 
applications of the data and learn from those community users 
in the process.
    Real-time Retrospective Smoke Data.--The Committee is 
concerned that wildfire smoke hazards have not been a core 
consideration in the national wildfire strategy, despite the 
fact that wildfires have a one hundred times greater mortality 
rate from smoke than the wildfires themselves. The Committee 
believes that real-time data on wildfire smoke levels would 
improve Federal agencies' ability to develop strategies to 
mitigate smoke hazards and allow the NWS to issue more accurate 
and timely wildfire smoke alerts.
    National Centers for Environmental Information.--Of the 
sums provided for the National Centers for Environmental 
Information, $6,100,000 shall be for the Regional Climate 
Centers.
    Mission Support.--The recommendation includes $350,000,000 
for Mission Support Operations, Research, and Facilities.

                             MISSION SUPPORT
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                       Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mission Support Services:
    Executive Leadership.............................             28,230
    Mission Services and Management..................            166,000
    IT Security......................................             15,438
    Payment to DOC Working Capital Fund..............             50,000
    Facilities Maintenance and Capital Improvements..              6,250
    Office of Space Commerce.........................             59,882
                                                      ------------------
        Mission Support Services.....................            325,800
                                                      ==================
Office of Education:
    BWET Regional Programs...........................              8,700
    Jose E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program               10,000
     with Minority Serving Institutions..............
    NOAA Education Program Base......................              5,500
                                                      ------------------
        Office of Education..........................             24,200
                                                      ==================
        Total, Mission Support, Operations, Research,            350,000
         and Facilities..............................
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    Office of Space Commerce.--The Committee urges the Office 
of Space Commerce (OSC) to provide dedicated funding and a plan 
to leverage commercial, proven Space situational awareness 
(SSA) processing software products and services to achieve full 
operational capability to support Space Traffic Coordination. 
As a critical enabler for this, the Committee further urges 
that OSC commit a significant amount of funding specifically 
tailored to the purchase of commercially available 
capabilities, products, and services from the U.S. private 
sector.
    Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.--The 
recommendation includes $407,591,000 for Office of Marine and 
Aviation Operations (OMAO) Operations, Research, and 
Facilities.

                OFFICE OF MARINE AND AVIATION OPERATIONS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
    Marine Operations and Maintenance................            250,074
    Aviation Operations and Aircraft Services........             48,438
    Autonomous Uncrewed Technology Operations........             31,622
    NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps..................             77,457
                                                      ==================
        Total, Office of Marine and Aviation                     407,591
         Operations, Operations, Research, and
         Facilities..................................
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    Autonomous and Uncrewed Technology Operations.--The 
recommendation includes $31,622,000 for Autonomous and Uncrewed 
Technology Operations (AUTO). The Committee recognizes that the 
OMAO has successfully leveraged commercially available uncrewed 
maritime systems (UMS) and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) 
capable of operating in a major hurricane to collect data in 
support of NOAA's core mission areas, demonstrating the utility 
and cost-effectiveness of purchasing ocean data. The Committee 
supports NOAA's ongoing efforts and encourages NOAA to include 
up to $20,000,000 for agency-wide data acquisition from 
commercial uncrewed maritime systems in support of relevant 
research and operational missions including hurricane intensity 
forecasting, ocean carbon monitoring, fishery surveys, ocean 
exploration, and hydrographic surveys.
    Atmospheric Rivers Monitoring.--An increased understanding 
of atmospheric rivers is critical to prepare for concentrated 
rainstorms and flooding across the U.S. The recommendation 
includes $4,000,000 for atmospheric rivers monitoring.

               PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

    The recommendation includes $1,390,200,000 in direct 
obligations for NOAA Procurement, Acquisition and Construction 
(PAC), of which $1,378,200,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund and $12,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year 
obligations. The following narrative and table identify the 
specific activities and funding levels included in this Act:

                PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Ocean Service:
    National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction.             10,000
    Marine Sanctuaries Construction..................              8,500
                                                      ------------------
        Total, NOS--PAC..............................             18,500
                                                      ==================
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:
    Research Supercomputing/CCRI.....................             50,000
    Research Acquisitions and Management.............             18,500
                                                      ------------------
        Total, OAR--PAC..............................             68,500
                                                      ==================
National Weather Service:
    Observations.....................................             16,200
    Central Processing...............................             68,000
    Dissemination....................................             10,000
    Facilities Construction and Major Repairs........             10,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total, NWS--PAC..............................            104,200
                                                      ==================
National Environmental Satellite, Data and
 Information Service:
    Geostationary Systems--R.........................             83,005
    Polar Weather Satellites.........................            342,410
    Space Weather Follow On..........................             39,735
    Geostationary Earth Orbit........................            150,000
    Low Earth Orbit..................................             66,400
    Space Weather Next...............................            150,000
    Systems/Services Architecture and Engineering....             48,000
    Common Ground Services...........................            120,000
    Satellite CDA Facility...........................              2,450
                                                      ------------------
        Total, NESDIS--PAC...........................            995,000
                                                      ==================
Mission Support:
    NOAA Construction................................             64,000
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
    Fleet Capital Improvements and Technology                     28,000
     Infusion........................................
    Vessel Recapitalization and Construction.........             93,000
    Aircraft Recapitalization and Construction.......              7,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total, OMAO--PAC.............................            128,000
                                                      ==================
            Total, Procurement, Acquisition and                1,378,200
             Construction............................
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    Phased Array Radar Research and Development.--The 
recommendation includes $35,000,000 for the procurement of a 
phased array radar test article.
    Joint Venture Partnerships.--The Committee applauds NOAA's 
use of Broad Agency Announcements to investigate new 
technologies for weather forecast improvement. The 
recommendation includes up to $5,000,000 for NOAA to transition 
its ongoing research with the private sector into a 
competitively awarded demonstration for hyperspectral microwave 
sounder technologies and data.
    Vessel Construction.--The recommendation includes 
$18,000,000 to be made available in the NOAA Vessel 
Recapitalization and Construction line for the cost to complete 
the Class A vessels based on revised economic assumptions.
    Research Supercomputing.--The Committee recognizes the 
high-performance computing needs of NOAA research and the 
expanded computational resources necessary to maintain this 
critical mission to the overall research needs of the Agency. 
The recommendation includes $15,000,000 to continue to develop 
a dedicated high performance computing facility consistent with 
prior year direction.

                    PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

    The recommendation includes $65,000,000 for the Pacific 
Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF).

                     FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

    The recommendation includes $300,000 for necessary expenses 
of administering the fishery disaster assistance programs 
authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Public Law 94-265) and the Interjurisdictional 
Fisheries Act (title III of Public Law 99-659).

                      FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND

    The recommendation includes $349,000 for the Fishermen's 
Contingency Fund. This funding is available to compensate U.S. 
commercial fishermen for damage or loss caused by obstructions 
related to oil and gas exploration and is derived from fees 
collected by the Secretary of the Interior.

                   FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, during fiscal year 2025, obligations of direct loans may 
not exceed $12,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and 
not to exceed $150,000,000 for traditional direct loans as 
authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.

                     RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND

    For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the 
Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of 
division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public 
Law 117-328)), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration may assess and collect fees pursuant to such 
section, which shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for the purposes specified in 
subsection (b) of such section, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes.

                        Departmental Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $90,000,000 for Departmental 
Management (DM) salaries and expenses, which is $4,500,000 
below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $22,238,000 below 
the request.
    Office of Native American Business Development.--The 
recommendation includes not less than $5,000,000 for the Office 
of Native American Business Development.
    Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act.--The Committee 
supports the Department's and the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's (USDA) Memorandum of Understanding and joint 
commitment to enforcing the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The 
Department is directed to continue coordinating and 
collaborating with USDA on AWA enforcement cases to ensure the 
Department receives necessary information regarding AWA 
violators, who have multiple citations that seriously or 
adversely affect the health or well-being of an animal, in a 
timely manner. The Department shall report to the Committee no 
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on its AWA 
enforcement actions.
    Internship Program Reports.--The Committee directs the 
Department to provide a report, no later than 270 days after 
the enactment of this Act, specifying the number of unpaid 
interns and volunteers who have worked at the Department 
between fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2024, and to disclose 
whether the agency needs authorization from Congress to pay 
these individuals.
    National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.--The Committee 
directs the Department to continue supporting the National 
Strategy to Combat Antisemitism released on May 25, 2023.
    Essential Medical Devices.--The Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication in November 
2023 warning consumers, health care providers, and health care 
facilities to avoid syringes that are manufactured in China due 
to quality and patient safety concerns around leaks, breakage, 
and other problems. However, foreign needles and syringes, 
particularly from China, continue to be imported into the U.S. 
These products are being widely used throughout the U.S. 
healthcare system despite the serious risks to patients and the 
resulting erosion of the domestic manufacturing base. The 
Committee strongly supports efforts to protect patient safety, 
national security, and vulnerable domestic supply chains for 
critical industries, like essential medical devices. The 
Committee directs the Department to provide a report no later 
than 360 days after the enactment of this Act, analyzing the 
trends and amounts of essential medical devices imported from 
China into the U.S. over the last five years, as well as 
comparing it to the U.S. industrial base supply over that same 
timeframe. The analysis should specifically address products 
needed for immediate medical response, including needles, 
syringes, blood collection, and personal protective equipment.

                      RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

    The recommendation includes $1,142,000 for the DM 
Renovation and Modernization account, which is equal to the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and the request.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The recommendation includes $50,450,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General (OIG), which is equal to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $2,900,000 below the request. The 
recommendation is comprised of $48,000,000 in direct 
appropriations and a $2,450,000 transfer from USPTO.
    The Committee directs the OIG to continue its oversight 
work on cybersecurity, telework, patent quality, the decennial 
census, contract and grant fraud, and the business application 
system modernization.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes the following general 
provisions for the Department of Commerce:
    Section 101 makes funds available for advanced payments 
only upon certification of officials, designated by the 
Secretary, that such payments are considered to be in the 
public interest.
    Section 102 makes appropriations for Department of Commerce 
salaries and expenses available for hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, for services, and for uniforms or allowances as 
authorized by law.
    Section 103 provides the authority to transfer funds 
between Department of Commerce appropriation accounts and 
requires 15 days advance notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations for certain actions.
    Section 104 provides congressional notification 
requirements for NOAA satellite programs and includes life 
cycle cost estimates for certain weather satellite programs.
    Section 105 provides for reimbursement for services within 
Department of Commerce buildings.
    Section 106 clarifies that grant recipients under the 
Department of Commerce may deter child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over their 
networks.
    Section 107 provides the NOAA Administrator with the 
authority to avail NOAA of resources, with the consent of those 
supplying the resources, to carry out responsibilities of any 
statute administered by NOAA.
    Section 108 prohibits the National Technical Information 
Service from charging for certain services.
    Section 109 allows NOAA to be reimbursed by Federal and 
non-Federal entities for performing certain activities.
    Section 110 provides the Economics and Statistics 
Administration with certain authority to enter into cooperative 
agreements.
    Section 111 sets limitations on the Department's ability to 
obligate unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
transferred to the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.
    Section 112 allows the NOAA Administrator to establish an 
alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, including 
permanent change of station allowance.

                                TITLE II


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


           Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $113,000,000 for Justice 
Operations, Management, and Accountability, Salaries and 
Expenses, which is $29,000,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$50,905,000 below the request.
    Timely Responses to Committee Inquiries and Reporting 
Deadlines.--The Committee directs the Department to respond to 
all Questions for the Record and requests for reports or 
briefings described in this report by the designated deadline 
with all required information.
    McGirt v. Oklahoma.--The Committee recognizes the workload 
increases for Federal agencies resulting from the Supreme 
Court's McGirt v. Oklahoma decision in 2020. The Federal 
responsibility for prosecuting many serious offenses involving 
Indian offenders or victims in eastern Oklahoma increased 
personnel needs of the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO), Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Marshal Service (USMS), 
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and the Bureau of 
Prisons (BOP). While the Department outlined funding requests 
specifically for McGirt-related needs in its fiscal year 2023 
budget submissions, the fiscal year budget submissions for 
fiscal year 2024 and 2025 make no such mention of McGirt-
related needs. Fortunately, upon request, the Department was 
finally able to share figures reflecting the need for McGirt-
related increases for fiscal year 2025. The Committee directs 
the Department to ensure all McGirt-related needs are met in 
fiscal year 2025, and further directs the Department to 
allocate no less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted levels for 
McGirt-related activities, by component. The Department is 
directed to keep the Committees apprised of any additional 
resources or needs relating to McGirt, and, no later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Department shall 
update and submit the report required under this heading in the 
Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 117-328.
    American-Made Drones.--Law enforcement agencies around the 
country are wisely deploying non-lethal drone technology to 
improve their response to emerging and ongoing threats and the 
Committee supports Federal law enforcement in their efforts to 
do the same. The Committee directs the Department to acquire 
non-lethal, American-made drones, and to do so in compliance 
with section 848 of Public Law 116-92 and section 817 of Public 
Law 117-263. The Committee urges the Department to acquire such 
technology that allows for two-way communication, daytime and 
night vision capabilities, thermal and LiDAR sensors, and mesh 
networking capabilities to support Federal law enforcement 
activities.
    Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.--The Organized 
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) is a critical 
element of the Department's efforts to combat illicit narcotics 
by using a prosecutor-led, multi-agency approach to counter-
drug and counter-transnational-crime enforcement. The status 
quo with the border crisis due to the administration's 
irresponsible policies will only continue to further empower 
cartels and transnational crime organizations, and OCDETF must 
continue to have adequate support in their investigative and 
prosecutorial operations. The Committee encourages all current 
participating Department agencies to contribute the maximum 
available to OCDETF efforts, within resources provided.
    Small Business Contracting.--The Committee acknowledges the 
pivotal role qualified small businesses play in bolstering 
local economies and their ability to operate in underserved 
regions across the Nation. For aircraft support engagements 
involving ground repairs, and the management of maintenance, 
repair, and overhaul services, the Committee encourages the 
Department to prioritize contracting with small businesses. 
Furthermore, recognizing the paramount importance of aviation 
safety, the Committee encourages the Department to ensure that 
any vendor providing these services be a Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) Section 145 compliant entity. By fostering 
opportunities for small businesses while upholding stringent 
safety regulations, the Committee aims to strike a balance 
between economic growth and unwavering commitment to aircraft 
safety. This approach not only supports local economies and job 
creation but also maintains the highest standards of 
operational excellence.
    Animal Welfare Act Coordination.--The Committee supports 
the Department's efforts to coordinate with the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture (USDA) regarding enforcement of the Animal 
Welfare Act (AWA). The Department is directed to continue 
coordinating and collaborating, in a timely manner, with USDA 
on AWA enforcement cases to ensure the Department receives 
necessary information regarding AWA violators who have multiple 
citations that seriously or adversely affect the health or 
well-being of an animal. The Committee directs the Department 
to report to the Committee no later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act on its AWA enforcement actions.
    Digital Evidence.--The Department is directed to brief the 
Committee, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, regarding the use of evidence from digital devices in the 
course of investigations conducted by the Department and its 
law enforcement components. The briefing should address 
opportunities and challenges the Department is currently facing 
within the following areas: current backlog of processing 
digital evidence, training requirements for digital forensic 
examiners and agents that use digital evidence in criminal 
investigations, any barriers or other impediments, technical, 
legal or otherwise, to sharing digital evidence between 
components or between Federal, State and local governments, and 
State and local law enforcement partners, including any gaps in 
resources, or other related topics.
    Opioid Reduction Task Force.--The Committee directs the 
Department to enter into agreements with the Department of the 
Interior to reinstitute the Opioid Reduction Task Force created 
in March 2018, by the Department of the Interior. The task 
force's goal will be to dismantle and disrupt opioid and heroin 
distribution networks in Indian Country by identifying 
individuals involved in the transportation, sale, distribution 
and use of illegal opioids based on intelligence obtained from 
cooperating sources, law enforcement interdiction activities, 
and current and historical drug trends, and to use that 
obtained information to further complex drug investigations 
targeting those identified opioid distribution networks. The 
Committee directs the Department to submit a report on the 
revival of the task force no later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act.
    Agency-Wide Review.--The Committee directs the Department 
to conduct an agency-wide review and submit a report, no later 
than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, detailing their 
efforts to better fulfill the Department's Federal trust 
responsibilities to preventing and combating crimes, including 
illegal drug operations, on Tribal land. The Committee further 
directs the Department to examine, as part of the agency-wide 
review, staffing at agency field offices, shortages of field 
offices, and response times regarding crimes on Tribal lands.
    Advanced Analytics.--The Department's law enforcement 
components increasingly rely on the analysis of a large volume 
of information, including open source information, in the 
conduct of investigations and the execution of their public 
safety missions. Within the funding recommendations for each 
relevant agency, the Committee directs the Department to 
implement software using advanced analytics to correlate open 
source, commercial, and native agency data. Advanced analytics 
and data correlation can act as a force multiplier for each 
agency, supplementing and providing investigative leads and 
increasing the velocity of investigations. The Committee 
directs each agency to implement software using advanced 
analytics consistent with constitutional protections.
    Combating Counterfeit Goods.--The Committee is concerned 
with the illegal trade in counterfeit and pirated goods 
globally. The sale of counterfeit goods reduces incentives for 
businesses to enter the marketplace, increases the risk to 
public safety by potentially introducing banned or harmful 
substances into the marketplace, supports illegal labor 
practices, and is a threat to the U.S. economy. Moreover, the 
sale of counterfeit goods often funds other illegal or illicit 
activity. The Committee directs the Attorney General's 
Subcommittee on Cyber and Intellectual Property and the 
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to coordinate 
with the Department of Homeland Security. This coordination 
would increase awareness across the government on the threat 
posed by trafficking in counterfeit goods through e-commerce. 
The Committee directs the Department to provide a report, no 
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, outlining 
efforts taken by the Department to combat the illegal trade in 
counterfeit and pirated goods globally and any resource 
limitations the Department may face.
    Office of Legal Counsel Opinions.--The Committee encourages 
the Attorney General to publish all legal opinions and other 
materials of the Office of Legal Counsel that are appropriate 
for publication, in particular those materials which are the 
subject of repeated requests or which may be of public or 
historical interest.
    Employee Misconduct.--The Committee is concerned that some 
current Department of Justice employees are not adhering to the 
high ethical standards implemented by the Department and that 
the Department has not provided adequate reprimand of 
misconduct by employees. TheCommittee directs the Department to 
provide a report, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act, on how many Department employees have been charged with or 
convicted of a felony since January 1, 2021, and (1) remain employed by 
the Department, (2) maintain an active security clearance at any level, 
(3) continue to work on investigations, or (4) have been terminated by 
the Department.
    Settlement Agreement Oversight.--The Committee directs the 
Department to provide to the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on the Judiciary, no later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, all documents and communications between 
or among employees of the Department referring or relating to 
the decision to provide social services to illegal aliens and 
limit prosecution of certain illegal aliens as part of the 
settlement agreement filed on October 16, 2023, in the case of 
Ms. L., et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et 
al., Case No. 18-10 cv-00428 (S.D. Cal.).
    Security Clearance Procedures.--The Committee directs the 
Department to, no later than 30 days after the enactment of 
this Act, submit a report to the House Committee on 
Appropriations and the House Committee on the Judiciary 
certifying that all relevant Department of Justice policies and 
procedures, including DOJ Instruction 1700.00.01 (March 2018), 
are in compliance with section 3341 of title 50, United States 
Code, and Security Executive Agent Directive 9 (May 28, 2022), 
and that all recommendations made by the Department's Office of 
Inspector General's Management Advisory Memorandum 24-067 (May 
9, 2024), have been adopted.
    Federal Law Enforcement Operations in the U.S. Caribbean.--
The Committee remains deeply troubled by the pervasively high 
homicide rates in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and 
is concerned that such crime is linked to illegal narcotics 
trafficking in the U.S. Caribbean. The Committee expects OCDETF 
to continue prioritizing resources and joint operations of the 
DEA, FBI, and USMS to identify, dismantle, and prosecute drug 
trafficking and money laundering organizations in the region, 
including through the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force, the 
OCDETF co-located strike force in Puerto Rico.
    Recusal Policies.--The Committee directs the Department to 
submit, no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, 
a report regarding the number of instances of recusal with 
respect to officers or employees of the Department since 
January 1, 2020. The Committee directs the Department to 
include in the report the reason for any recusal, and a 
description and summary of any instance in which an officer or 
employee did not recuse in matters involving a former client, 
or where recusal was recommended but the officer or employee 
was not recused. In submitting this report, the Committee 
directs the Department to comply with Privacy Act (Public Law 
93-579) requirements and redact details, as necessary, to 
protect the fair and impartial administration of justice.
    Office of Inspector General Referrals.--The Committee 
directs the Department to work with the Office of Inspector 
General to improve transparency on the number of OIG referrals 
declined for prosecution. For each OIG semiannual reporting 
period, the Committee further directs the Department to review 
the data provided by the OIG under section 5 U.S.C. Sec.  
405(b)(17) of the Inspector General Act, and in its 
transmission of the semiannual report under section 405(c) of 
such Act, to provide a statistical table showing the number of 
OIG referrals that were declined for prosecution, including, if 
practicable, an explanation of why cases were declined for 
prosecution.
    Antisemitism.--The Committee directs the Department, no 
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to release 
a public report detailing its plans to implement the National 
Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
    Pregnancy Center Vandalism.--The Committee recognizes that 
pregnancy centers are community-based, non-profit organizations 
that provide compassionate support and resources to women and 
couples facing unexpected pregnancy and offer life-affirming 
alternatives to abortion. The Committee understands that, 
according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, in 2019, 
approximately 2,700 pregnancy centers across the U.S. served 
nearly 2 million individuals, providing support services and 
materials with an estimated value of nearly $270,000,000. The 
Committee directs the Department to submit, no later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act, a report providing the 
following information:
    1. Any definition of the term ``domestic violent 
extremism'' used within the Department;
    2. Any terms similar to ``domestic violent extremism'' and 
a definition for each such term that the Inspector General 
finds to be used by within the Department;
    3. A list of nongovernmental organizations that were 
consulted in identification of terms under paragraphs (1) and 
(2);
    4. The criteria for opening, managing, and closing 
investigations related to domestic violent extremism;
    5. Standard operating procedures or policies and practices 
at the Department with respect to the review, prioritization, 
and mitigation of threats related to domestic violent extremism 
in the United States;
    6. The extent to which information relating to domestic 
violent extremism is shared within and between the Federal 
Government, State, local, Tribal, territorial and foreign 
governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private 
sector;
    7. Documented examples of compliance by the Department with 
privacy, constitutional, and civil rights with respect to 
pregnancy care centers' ability to operate;
    8. A list of documented incidents of domestic violent 
extremism against pregnancy centers during the period beginning 
May 1, 2022, and ending on the date of the enactment of this 
Act;
    9. To the extent practicable, any information on each group 
that has claimed responsibility for, or has otherwise been 
identified by law enforcement as suspected of, defacing, 
violating, or damaging pregnancy centers, including a list of 
all pregnancy center-related crimes for which a group has 
claimed responsibility;
    10. The Department's response to, and assessment of, 
pregnancy center-related crimes (with a classified annex, if 
necessary), including the Department's role in monitoring these 
events, the Department's determination as to whether the 
perpetrators meet the definition of ``domestic violent 
extremists'' used by the Department, and whether a prosecution 
was initiated; and
    11. An assessment of current Department programs under 
which funding could potentially be awarded to protect pregnancy 
centers from criminal activity.
    Department of Justice Firearms and Ammunition.--The 
Committee directs the Department to report to the Committee on 
the number of firearms and the amount of ammunition in the 
possession of the Department of Justice, by component, no later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. In the case of 
firearms data, the Committee directs the Department to 
disaggregate such data by manufacturer, model, caliber, and 
type, and include serial numbers. In the case of ammunition 
data, the Committee directs the Department to disaggregate such 
data by caliber and quantity.
    Customer Experience.--The Committee continues to support 
efforts to improve agency customer experience. The Committee 
directs the Department to develop standards to improve customer 
experience and incorporate the standards into the performance 
plans required under 31 U.S.C. 1115. The Committee further 
directs the Department to report on its implementation plans 
regarding this subject no later than 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act.
    Funding Impact.--The Committee directs the Department to 
submit a report, no later than 60 days after the enactment of 
this Act, detailing the impact on the Three Percent Fund if the 
category of cases allowed under such fund were expanded to 
include proceeds from fines or penalties associated with any 
litigation or action taken against any person or business that 
manufacturers, sells, imports, or distributes electronic 
nicotine vaping products not authorized by the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) for legal sale in the United States.
    Illegal Vape Products from China.--The Committee is 
concerned that over the past three years, a drastic increase in 
illegal flavor vape products have flooded into the United 
States, almost exclusively from China. The Committee instructs 
the Department of Justice, in coordination with U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, the FDA, and other relevant agencies, to 
report every six months on enforcement actions taken to halt, 
reduce, and prevent illegal electronic nicotine delivery system 
(ENDS) products from entering the stream of commerce within the 
United States, including: (1) any and all civil or criminal 
actions filed in Federal court, including actions seeking 
injunctions, seizures, or forfeitures of ENDS products, as well 
as the brands subject to any such injunction, seizure, or 
forfeiture; (2) the volume of ENDS products seized at ports of 
entry; (3) civil monetary penalties imposed on ENDS product 
manufacturers, distributers, or retailers and whether such 
civil monetary penalties were assessed at maximum levels; and 
(4) all other ENDS enforcement actions.
    Next Generation Digital Service to Meet Investigative 
Demands.--At a time when criminal organizations are employing 
increasingly sophisticated technologies to evade detection, the 
Committee believes the Justice Department must be equipped with 
innovative technologies to keep pace. Image recognition 
services, used by the FBI and the USMS, have achieved higher 
levels of accuracy thanks to AI-enabled training programs and 
are an important example. Components within the Department may 
be employing these technologies to cope with the increasing 
complexity of modern criminal activity. No later than 120 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Department is directed to 
report to the Committee on the Department's utilization of 
image recognition technology. This report shall include a list 
of agencies within the Department that are using image 
recognition systems, the extent to which these systems are 
improving their ability to complete their mission, policies and 
procedures each agency follows for the use of such systems, and 
the Department's evaluation of the accuracy of the algorithms 
employed.
    U.S. Coordinator of Caribbean Firearms Prosecutions 
Oversight.--The Committee recognizes that in June 2023, the 
Department announced a new Coordinator for Caribbean Firearms 
Prosecutions as part of a bilateral partnership to prioritize 
the disruption of illicit firearms trafficking. No later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs 
the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State, and any other agency determined necessary by the 
Attorney General, to submit a report to the Committee that 
includes a comprehensive review of the actions taken by the 
U.S. Coordinator for Caribbean Firearms Prosecutions of the 
Department of Justice, including any coordination efforts with 
domestic and international law enforcement agencies. The 
Committee also directs that the report identify the resources 
committed to this effort in fiscal year 2025.
    Data Collection on Prison Transfers and Assaults.--The 
Committee directs the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and any 
recipient of grant funds for the purposes of maintaining, 
improving, or providing services for a prison, to maintain data 
on the number of transfer requests from a facility housing one 
biological sex to the opposite biological sex, including how 
many requests have been approved or denied by BOP or the grant 
recipient, and the number of assaults committed by transgender 
inmates on female inmates in custody. No later than 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs the 
Department to submit a report detailing this information.
    FACE Act Enforcement.--The Committee is concerned about the 
Department's failure to enforce the Freedom of Access to Clinic 
Entrances Act (FACE Act) (Public Law 103-259) for targeted 
attacks against religious organizations and pro-life pregnancy 
centers, while actively using authority under the FACE Act to 
prosecute individuals who protest outside abortion clinics. The 
Committee notes that the Department has failed to prosecute 
violations of the FACE Act committed against places of 
religious worship and has prosecuted few violations of the FACE 
Act committed against pro-life health facilities. The Committee 
directs the Department to submit, no later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act, on how many arrests meet the 
criteria under the FACE Act, whether arrests resulted in a 
prosecution, the venue the offense occurred, and what standards 
the DOJ uses to make the decision to pursue charges under the 
FACE Act.
    Workforce Wellness and Suicide Prevention.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of workforce wellness and suicide 
prevention efforts for our frontline personnel and is concerned 
that there is a lack of data that tracks trends within the 
Department to best understand the issue as a whole. The 
Committee directs the Department to assess the number of 
employee wellness services utilized across the Department over 
the last five years and to report on the number of employee 
suicides in that same timeframe by component. The Department is 
urged to work with other Federal law enforcement partners such 
as the Department of Homeland Security who have already 
explored wellness programs and suicide prevention services. 
Further, the Department should explore opportunities to 
establish partnerships with other Federal agencies and State, 
local, tribal, and territorial entities, especially within the 
law enforcement and first responder communities, to improve and 
expand service offerings.
    Hamas Arrest and Extradition.--The Committee directs the 
Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), no 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, to report on 
efforts to indict, extradite and arrest members of Hamas, 
including Hamas leadership, who were involved in the October 7, 
2023 terrorist attack in Israel. The Committee directs the 
Department and FBI to utilize funds made available under this 
act to forcefully engage with the State of Qatar to begin the 
process of arrest and extradition of Hamas' external leadership 
to be prosecuted in the United States for their crimes.
    Illegal Streaming.--Streaming has fast become a dominant 
distribution medium for copyrighted works--both through legally 
licensed means and illegal piracy services. In response to 
requests from the Department, Congress passed strong 
protections against unauthorized streaming as part of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260). The 
Committee directs the Department to prioritize streaming piracy 
cases and to detail within existing reports on copyright 
enforcement activities the actions it brings under section 
2319C of title 18, United States Code.

                 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $38,000,000 for Justice 
Information Sharing Technology, which is $8,000,000 above 
fiscal year 2024 and $164,395,000 below the request.

                Executive Office for Immigration Review


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $760,000,000 for the Executive 
Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), of which $4,000,000 is 
derived by transfer from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services Immigration Examinations Fee Account. The 
recommendation is $84,000,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$221,133,000 below the request.
    Immigration Case Backlog.--EOIR's current, untenable 
immigration case backlog surpassed 3 million cases in November 
2023, a 135 percent increase from March 2021. Such an extreme 
backlog delays justice and due process--for years, in many 
instances--for those who have a valid claim to immigration 
benefits. The Committee directs the Department to implement 
performance metrics for Immigration Judges, Assistant Chief 
Immigration Judges, and Appellate Immigration Judges that are 
linked to the performance appraisal program directive contained 
in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 118-
42 under the heading ``Immigration Case Backlog.''
    Disposition of EOIR Adjudications.--The Committee directs 
EOIR, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS), to brief the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Judiciary, no later than 120 days after the enactment of this 
Act, on the steps that DHS and the Department are taking to 
effectuate and enforce final orders of removal made by EOIR 
immigration judges and any challenges EOIR and DHS face in this 
process. Additionally, the Committee directs EOIR, in 
collaboration with DHS, to provide, no later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter throughout 
fiscal year 2025, a report with metrics on the number of final 
orders of removal issued by EOIR that have resulted in actual 
removals by DHS during the previous month. The Committee 
further directs EOIR to include in the report a description of 
instances in which removals have not been effectuated due to 
external circumstances, including recalcitrant countries, visa 
sanctions, stays of removal, grants of withholding of removal 
under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
grants of withholding of removal under the regulations 
implementing the Convention Against Torture, grants of deferral 
of removal under the regulations implementing the Convention 
Against Torture, and court orders. The report should include 
data on the number of cases that fit within, at a minimum, each 
category of cases described above in which final orders have 
not been effectuated due to such external circumstances. The 
Committee further directs EOIR to report to the Committees, 
monthly throughout fiscal year 2025, the number of cases, 
disaggregated by category, that have been terminated, 
administratively closed, or dismissed.
    Remote Work Policy.--The Committee directs EOIR to 
implement a policy, no later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this Act, requiring the EOIR Director, Deputy Director, 
Chief Immigration Judge, and any officials acting in such 
roles, to spend 95 percent of their working hours working from 
the physical headquarters of either EOIR or the Office of the 
Chief Immigration Judge. The Committee directs EOIR to 
implement and submit, no later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act, a remote work policy for all remaining employees 
of the office.
    Immigration Performance Dashboard.--The Committee Directs 
EOIR to submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Judiciary, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, all data from the immigration judge performance dashboard.
    Immigration Judge Performance.--The Committee directs EOIR 
to provide the Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary, 
on a monthly basis, the number of immigration judges who did 
not hear cases during the previous month.
    Children's Cases.--The Committee directs EOIR to submit a 
report, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, 
detailing the implementation status of EOIR's Memorandum on 
Children's Cases in Immigration Court. The report shall address 
the name and number of immigration courts implementing juvenile 
dockets, and training that has been provided to juvenile docket 
judges.
    Terminated Immigration Judges.--The Committee directs EOIR 
to provide to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Judiciary a report, no later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this Act, including all documents and communications 
referring or relating to the hiring and termination procedures 
for immigration judges for the period of January 20, 2021, to 
the date of the enactment of this Act. The report should also 
include all documents and communications referring or relating 
to the decisions to terminate the employment of each 
immigration judge whose employment was terminated during or at 
the end of their probationary period, or whose position was not 
converted to a permanent position, between January 20, 2021, 
and the date of the enactment of this Act, sent or received by 
any of the following individuals:
          1. Attorney General Merrick Garland;
          2. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco;
          3. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian 
        Boynton;
          4. Former Director of the Executive Office for 
        Immigration Review David Neal;
          5. Former Deputy Director and Current Acting Director 
        of the Executive Office for Immigration Review Mary 
        Cheng;
          6. Former Chief Immigration Judge Tracy Short;
          7. Regional Deputy Chief Immigration Judge Daniel 
        Weiss;
          8. Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General 
        Margy O'Herron;
          9. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Rebecca Walters;
          10. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge David Cheng;
          11. Former Acting Deputy Director of the Executive 
        Office for Immigration Review Charles Adkins-Blanch; 
        and
          12. Chief Immigration Judge Sheila McNulty.
    Video Teleconferencing.--EOIR shall continue to follow the 
directives in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying 
Public Law 116-260 related to Video Teleconferencing, 
Interpretation Transparency, and EOIR Immigration Judge Hiring 
and Financial Accountability. EOIR is further directed to 
continue to follow the provisions of House Report 116-455 
requiring the agency to break out data on its Workload and 
Adjudication Statistics into Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) 
and non-MPP statistics. The Committee directs EOIR to provide 
an update on its plans to follow the mandates in House Report 
116-455 to track the appearance rates of individuals placed 
into removal proceedings, by determining the percent of 
individuals who attended scheduled hearings in any given 
quarter, regardless of whether the hearing resulted in a 
completion.

                      Office of Inspector General

    The recommendation includes $144,000,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General (OIG), which is $5,000,000 above fiscal year 
2024 and $22,590,000 below the request.
    Audits of Grant Programs.--The Committee directs the OIG to 
thoroughly audit the Department's grantmaking components and 
provide quarterly reports to the Committee regarding the 
Department's implementation of grant programs.
    Crime Victims Fund Oversight.--In addition to the transfer 
included in section 510 of the bill, the recommendation 
includes $5,000,000 for the OIG to perform oversight and 
auditing of the Crime Victims Fund.

                    United States Parole Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $14,000,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the United States Parole Commission, which is 
equal to fiscal year 2024 and $1,530,000 below the request.

                            Legal Activities


            SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $988,500,000 for General Legal 
Activities, which is $101,500,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$205,993,000 below the request. Of the amounts made available 
under this heading, no less than $6,000,000 shall be allocated 
to INTERPOL Washington to support the International Child 
Sexual Exploitation Database (ICSE) and INTERPOL's victim 
identification efforts globally; no less than $20,000,000 shall 
be allocated to the Trade Fraud Task Force, within the Criminal 
Division, to carry out Task Force activities, including 
prosecuting entities found to be in violation of the Uyghur 
Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) particularly in high-
priority sectors, transshipment of goods, evasion of tariffs, 
trade-based money laundering, and other trade-related crimes; 
no less than $19,200,000 shall be allocated to the Criminal 
Division to combat child exploitation; and no less than 
$2,500,000 shall be allocated to the Computer Crime and 
Intellectual Property Section, within the Criminal Division. 
The Committee has provided separate funding recommendations by 
office and decision unit as follows:

 
 
 
Office of the Solicitor General.......................       $12,000,000
Tax Division..........................................      $106,000,000
Criminal Division.....................................      $237,700,000
Civil Division........................................      $316,000,000
Environment and Natural Resources Division............      $102,650,000
Office of Legal Counsel...............................        $8,000,000
Civil Rights Division.................................      $146,650,000
Office of Access to Justice...........................                $0
INTERPOL..............................................       $55,000,000
Office of Pardon Attorney.............................        $4,500,000
                                                       -----------------
  Total, General Legal Activities.....................      $988,500,000
 

    Deinstitutionalization.--The Committee notes the nationwide 
displacement of vulnerable persons from institutional programs 
caused by litigation or the threat of litigation. The Committee 
also notes that in Olmstead v. L.C., a majority of the Supreme 
Court held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 
101-336) does not condone or require removing individuals from 
institutional settings when they are unable to handle or 
benefit from a community-based setting, and that Federal law 
does not require the imposition of community-based treatment on 
patients who do not desire it. The Committee directs the 
Department to initiate a comprehensive investigation into 
deaths that followed settlement-ordered transitions from 
licensed intermediate care facilities for persons with 
intellectual and developmental disabilities (ICFs/IDD). The 
Committee further directs the Department to suspend activities 
aimed at displacing fragile Americans from intermediate care 
facilities for persons with ICFs/IDD which are in compliance 
with Federal and State licensure requirements. The Committee 
remains concerned that the deinstitutionalization stance taken 
by both Federally-supported Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance Act (Public Law 106-402) programs, and the 
Department in its related prosecutorial discretion, impact 
individuals who may be unable to handle or benefit from 
community integration and do not desire such care. The 
Committee strongly urges the Department to ensure that the 
Civil Rights Division properly accounts for the needs and 
desires of ICFs/IDD patients, their families, caregivers and 
legal representatives, andthe importance of affording patients 
the proper setting for their care, in the enforcement of Public Law 
101-336 and the Olmstead decision.
    INTERPOL Database.--The Committee expresses concern that 
over 2.6 million images of ``unknown'' victims of child sexual 
abuse material (CSAM) reside in INTERPOL's ICSE database. Of 
the 2.6 million unknown images, more than 57,000 children wait 
to be identified and safeguarded. The Committee directs the 
Department to support modernization of the ICSE database, and 
to support training and operations for victim identification 
efforts.
    Litigation Strike Team.--The Committee directs the 
Department to create a litigation strike team to address 
litigation against national forest restoration projects in U.S. 
Forest Service Region One. This strike team shall be composed 
of four litigators from the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division: two litigators from the Natural Resources Section and 
two litigators from the Wildlife Section to focus specifically 
on litigation against national forest restoration projects in 
U.S. Forest Service Region One. Such litigators should have 
extensive experience with litigation in Region One or 
litigation against national forest restoration projects. The 
Committee expects the litigation strike team to consult with 
U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the General Counsel 
and relevant U.S. Forest Service staff in Region One on pending 
litigation and planned national forest restoration projects no 
less than six times per year beginning 30 days after the 
enactment of this Act.
    International Trade Crimes.--The Committee is concerned 
with increases in international trade crimes and directs the 
Department to utilize the Criminal Division to increase the 
Department's investigative capabilities with respect to the 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of trade-related 
crimes, including violations of law undertaken in furtherance 
of the evasion of duties, tariffs, restrictions, or 
requirements imposed by the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, 
the Tariff Act of 1930, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and 
the Trade Act of 1974. The focus shall be on enhancing 
nationwide responses to transshipment and other trade-related 
crimes, including assisting other Federal agencies and State, 
local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies with trade-related 
prosecutions; and collaborating with international and private 
sector partners to detect, investigate, and prosecute 
transshipment and trade-related crimes. The Committee further 
directs the Criminal Division to brief the Committee, no later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, on the progress 
made to carry out this directive.
    Report on Department of Justice Settlements.--The Committee 
directs the Department to submit a report no later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act, including any and all 
information, communications, records, publications, or 
decisions related to settlements made or offered with regard to 
any penalties, fines, or payments since January 1, 2009. The 
Committee further directs the Department to submit such report 
to the Committee on the Judiciary on a quarterly basis and make 
it available on a publicly accessible website.

                 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND

    The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $31,738,000 for 
Department expenses associated with litigating cases under the 
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
660), which is $9,038,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and $5,000,000 below the request.

               SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

    The recommendation includes $192,776,000 for the Antitrust 
Division (ATR). This appropriation is offset by estimated pre-
merger filing fee collections. The recommendation is 
$40,224,000 below fiscal year 2024 and $95,224,000 below the 
request.

             SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

    The recommendation includes $2,312,000,000 for the 
Executive Office for United States Attorneys and the 94 United 
States Attorneys' offices, of which $40,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended. The recommendation is $299,000,000 
below fiscal year 2024 and $514,433,000 below the request.
    Cargo Theft Prosecution.--The Committee directs the 
Department to allocate no less than $2,000,000 for the purpose 
of prosecuting crimes involving cargo theft (including crimes 
under section 659 of title 18, United States Code; section 1991 
of title 18, United States Code; and section 2117 of title 18, 
United State Code) in the United States Attorney's Office for 
the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Attorney's 
Office for the Central District of California, and the United 
States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee. 
The Committee directs each such United States Attorneys' 
Offices to assign at least one attorney to prioritize cargo 
theft prosecutions.
    Illegal Vapor Prosecution.--The Committee directs the 
Department to allocate no less than $1,000,000 for the purpose 
of prosecuting manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors of 
illicit vapor in the United States Attorney's Office for the 
Central District of California. The Committee further directs 
such Office to assign at least one attorney to prioritize such 
prosecutions.
    District of Columbia Crime Statistics.--The Committee 
directs the Department to submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations and Oversight and Reform, and make public no 
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a report 
with data regarding prosecution rates and arrests for the 
offenses of homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, 
burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, carjackings, and arson 
in the District of Columbia. Such data must include numbers for 
cases in which the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of 
Columbia declines to file a charging document, cases for which 
a charging document has been filed in court but which are 
dismissed at a later time by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the 
District of Columbia or the court, convictions by plea, jury 
trial and non-jury trial, not guilty verdicts and hung juries, 
total dispositions, and cases with no disposition reported. The 
Committee directs the Department to provide data for years 2016 
through 2024, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, and share all data on the Department's website, 
disaggregated by crime and by year.
    Elder Abuse Justice.--The Committee encourages the 
Department to more robustly carry out their authorities under 
the Grassley-Blumenthal Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution 
Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-70).

                   UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

    The recommendation includes $245,000,000 for the United 
States Trustee Program, which is equal to fiscal year 2024 and 
$18,514,000 below the request.

      SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

    The recommendation includes $2,504,000 for the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, which is equal to fiscal year 
2024 and $152,000 below the request.

                     FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

    The Committee recommends $320,000,000 for Fees and Expenses 
of Witnesses, which is $50,000,000 above fiscal year 2024 and 
equal to the request. The Department is expected not to 
obligate funds for expert witness services, including the 
payment of fees and expenses of expert witnesses, from any 
other Department accounts other than Fees and Expenses of 
Witnesses.

                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

    The recommendation includes $20,514,000 for the Assets 
Forfeiture Fund, which is equal to the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and the request.

                     United States Marshals Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $1,715,700,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the United States Marshals Service (USMS), 
which is $23,700,000 above fiscal year 2024 and $149,930,000 
below the request.
    Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities.--The 
Committee disagrees with Executive Order 14006 of January 26, 
2021, which prohibited the Department from contracting with 
privately operated criminal detention facilities. The Committee 
understands that the Department's OIG reviewed the impact of 
the Executive Order on the USMS. The OIG review found that in 
one example, to replace an expiring contract with a private 
contractor, the USMS entered into an intergovernmental 
agreement (IGA) with a local government entity, which then 
contracted with the same contractor to continue to house 
detainees at the same facility. The Committee further 
understands that this IGA increased the Marshals Service's 
costs--potentially by as much as $6,000,000 per year--and 
provided the USMS with less direct oversight of the facility 
than when the agency contracted with them directly. The 
Committee's recommendation restores the Department's ability to 
utilize contract detention facilities.
    Picketing or Parading.--The Committee recognizes the 
expanded role the USMS serves in protecting the Nation's 
judiciary, including Supreme Court justices. Among other 
things, section 1507 of title 18 in the United States Code 
prohibits the interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the 
administration of justice, with the intent to influence a 
judge, by picketing, parading, using a sound-truck, or 
resorting to any other demonstration near a judge's residence. 
The Committee's recommendation ensures the USMS enforces this 
authority to provide for the appropriate protection of the 
Federal judiciary.
    Judicial Security and Protective Operations.--The 
recommendation includes $13,700,000 for judicial security and 
protective operations. The Committee further directs the USMS 
to allocate sufficient funding as necessary to begin 
transitioning full time protective services for the Supreme 
Court to the United States Supreme Court.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    The recommendation includes $15,000,000 for construction 
and related expenses in space controlled, occupied, or utilized 
by the USMS for prisoner holding and related support. The 
recommendation is equal to fiscal year 2024 and $3,000,000 
below the request.

                       FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

    The recommendation includes $2,125,000,000 for Federal 
Prisoner Detention (FPD), which is $25,000,000 above fiscal 
year 2024 and $15,697,000 below the request.
    Accurate Budgeting.--The Department and USMS are expected 
to anticipate funding needs for the FPD account in order to 
avoid funding shortfalls and emergency reprogramming. The 
Committee directs USMS to submit a monthly report to the 
Committee on individuals in the detention system. The report 
should include information on the current and projected number 
of detained individuals, offense categories, the population 
change from the prior month to the current month, the 
population change from the prior year to the current year, and 
associated annualized costs. The Committee directs the 
Department to provide these reports in a timely manner.

                       National Security Division


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $120,681,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the National Security Division, which is 
$7,319,000 below fiscal year 2024 and $22,859,000 below the 
request.
    Countering Espionage by the People's Republic of China.--
The Committee believes it was deeply irresponsible for the 
Department to end its China Initiative. The Committee 
understands that the Department established the China 
Initiative in 2018 in response to troubling trends indicating 
80 percent of all economic espionage prosecutions brought by 
the Department allege conduct that would benefit the Chinese 
state, and that there was at least some nexus to China in 
around 60 percent of all trade secret theft cases. The 
initiative's goal was to identify and prosecute those engaged 
in trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage as well 
as protecting our critical infrastructure against external 
threats through foreign direct investment and supply chain 
compromises. Additionally, the initiative aimed to combat 
covert Chinese efforts to influence the American public and 
policymakers. Within funds provided, the Committee directs the 
National Security Division to reestablish an office dedicated 
to countering espionage and influence efforts against American 
businesses, research institutions, and academia emanating from 
the PRC.
    Report on China Initiative.--The Committee directs the 
National Security Division to report to the Committee, no later 
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, on how resources 
initially allocated to the now terminated ``China Initiative'' 
were reallocated or invested in dealing with Chinese Communist 
Party operations or influence within the United States.
    Third Party Litigation Funding.--The Committee is concerned 
about the lack of a uniform requirement requiring parties to 
civil litigation to disclose non-party funding agreements. This 
lack of a uniform requirement may present an opportunity for 
our foreign adversaries to use third-party legal financing by 
government-controlled companies or sovereign wealth funds to 
further commercial and military goals by funding lawsuits 
against their U.S. competitors or allow them access to 
sensitive intellectual property. To gain a better understanding 
of these risks, the Committee directs the Attorney General, no 
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to 
complete a threat assessment of the influence of sovereign 
wealth funds and other entities controlled by foreign 
adversaries in American third-party financed litigation, 
including threats posed to American national security as they 
exploit such agreements to exert undue influence on or access 
sensitive information from American individuals and companies. 
The Department is further directed, no later than 30 days after 
completion of the threat assessment, to share the assessment 
with the Committee in unclassified form with a classified annex 
included as needed.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


              ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCES

    The recommendation includes $547,000,000 for the Organized 
Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), which is equal 
to fiscal year 2024 and $3,458,000 below the request.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee recommends $10,276,000,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 
which is $367,713,000 below fiscal year 2024 and $996,944,000 
below the request.
    Cyber Assistant Legal Attaches.--The Committee strongly 
supports the FBI's Cyber Assistant Legal Attache (cyber ALAT) 
Program, which facilitates intelligence sharing and helps 
coordinate joint law enforcement investigations in the U.S. and 
working at key overseas missions. Eliminating safe havens for 
cyber criminals is a key priority, and international 
cooperation is essential to holding bad actors accountable. 
Accordingly, the Committee supports the use of this funding to 
grow the cyber ALAT program in support of the Bureau's mission 
as the lead agency for cyber threat response.
    Oil Theft.--The Committee remains concerned that oil theft 
and crime are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Permian 
Basin. The Committee continues to support the FBI-led task 
forces to combat oil theft and directs the Bureau, no later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit a 
report to the Committee on its current effort to address oil 
theft in the Permian Basin, past resource allocation of funds 
toward combating oil theft initiatives, statistics that provide 
for how many cases were investigated related to oil theft and 
other related assets, and how they can further enhance the FBI-
led Oil Field Theft Task Force and other FBI-involved task 
force operations that address oil theft.
    Cargo Theft.--The Committee is concerned with the alarming 
rise in supply chain fraud and cargo theft throughout the 
railroad, commercial motor vehicle, and intermodal 
transportation systems, and recognizes that cargo theft 
offenses are often components of organized crime rings, drug 
trafficking, and funding for illicit activities. Due to the 
significant economic impact cargo theft has on the United 
States economy, and the potential for use by organized crime 
syndicates, the Committee directs the FBI to provide a briefing 
no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act on plans 
to establish regional task forces, led by the FBI and in 
partnership with Homeland Security Investigations, the 
Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, and local, State, and Federal 
law enforcement agencies to investigate and refer related cases 
for prosecution.
    University Assisted Data Analytics.--The proliferation of 
digital services has resulted in vast amounts of data being 
collected concerning virtually every aspect of life. As a 
result, the FBI now finds itself with overwhelming amounts of 
digital data to process as part of conducting investigations. 
This can often lead to delays as large data sets are dissected 
in an effort to find the right information. While the field of 
data analytics has made tremendous strides in industry, these 
efforts have not translated well to law enforcement. In order 
to better advance law enforcement specific data analytics, the 
Committee encourages the FBI in partnership with universities 
to develop research focused on developing and advancing tools 
and technologies that will provide data solutions to quickly 
and accurately acquire and analyze digital data sets, 
overcoming the lengthy obstacles that currently face law 
enforcement.
    FBI Drug Control Funding.--The recommendation includes no 
less than $228,400,000 for drug control funding to support a 
comprehensive, multi-pronged criminal enterprise strategy to 
target fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the Dark Web, enhance 
intelligence activities and money laundering, and support 
investigations that focus on identifying, targeting, 
disrupting, degrading, and dismantling Transnational Criminal 
Organizations (TCOs).
    Conflicts of Interest.--The Committee directs the Attorney 
General to submit a report to the Committee, no later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act, detailing:
          1. Any Department of Justice employees who have run 
        for public office over the last five years;
          2. A list of Department of Justice employees 
        currently running for office, or who have stated an 
        intent to run for office in the future;
          3. Information on instances where any individuals 
        have used official resources to support their prior, 
        present, or future campaign(s); and
          4. What measures the Department is taking to prevent 
        employees from using official resources to campaign for 
        public office.
    Interview Recording.--The Committee understands that, 
presently, FBI witness interviews are conducted without any 
video recording and instead rely solely on special agent 
summaries. The Committee further understands that, in the case 
against Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, the released text 
messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page revealed 
that Strzok heavily edited Special Agent Joe Pientka's summary 
of his interview with Flynn. The Committee believes that 
requiring FBI agents to record witness interviews would provide 
an objective basis of the facts for both parties involved. 
Accordingly, the bill restricts funds made available for the 
Department from being used to conduct an interview in 
connection with an investigation of a Federal offense, or an 
investigation in which the agency is assisting a State, local 
or Tribal law enforcement agency, unless such interview is 
recorded using electronic audio recording equipment.
    Field Integration Study.--The Committee remains concerned 
about the growing politicization of operations emanating from 
FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Committee believes such 
politicization has led to duplication of activity best left to 
the field, contributed to reduced autonomy in field offices, 
and led to political influence spilling over into legitimate 
law enforcement investigations and activity. The Committee 
directs the FBI to conduct a study and provide a report to the 
Committee, no later than 270 days after the enactment of this 
Act, on the feasibility of decentralizing the FBI operations 
from the National Capital Region by establishing regional 
offices around the country, with seven of the regions anchored 
by the following branches currently residing at headquarters: 
National Security Branch (NSB), Intelligence Branch (IB), 
Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch (CCRSB), Science 
and Technology Branch (STB), Information and Technology Branch 
(ITB), Human Resources Branch (HRB), and Administrative and 
Financial Management Support. Such study should also examine 
the existing resources and infrastructure of FBI facilities 
with the capacity for expansion throughout the U.S. The 
Committee directs the FBI to include in the report an 
assessment of the utility and costs associated with such 
reallocation of resources and personnel.
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System.--Within 
amounts provided, the Committee expects the FBI to allocate the 
full amount of resources necessary for all statutorily required 
firearm background checks through its National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System (NICS) before allocating any funds to 
new initiatives.
    Targeting Fentanyl.--The Committee directs the FBI to 
allocate the maximum amount of available resources, as 
practicable, to support a comprehensive, multi-pronged criminal 
enterprise strategy to target fentanyl and opioid trafficking 
on Darknet and Clearnet, enhance intelligence activities and 
money laundering, and support investigations that focus on 
identifying, targeting, disrupting, degrading, and dismantling 
TCOs.
    Transnational Criminal Organizations and Counternarcotics 
Investigations.--The Committee recognizes the ongoing threat of 
transnational criminal organizations on communities across the 
country and urges the FBI to continue its efforts to address 
TCOs and counternarcotics investigations in Central America.
    National Virtual Translation Center Foreign Language AI 
Technology.--The Committee applauds the ongoing efforts at the 
FBI Foreign Language Program and National Virtual Translation 
Center (NVTC) to incorporate multimodal generative AI 
technologies to bolster their foreign language processing 
capabilities. The FBI and NVTC are directed to continue to 
invest in commercially available custom AI technologies to 
support existing intelligence analysts and linguists and report 
to the Committee, no later than 60 days after the enactment of 
this Act, on a long-term procurement strategy to continue 
growing these capabilities.
    Truck Theft.--The Nation's trucking industry and other 
supply chain stakeholders urgently need coordinated action to 
reduce theft and fraud. Leveraging the investigative 
capabilities of the FBI, in partnership with resources 
available to the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland 
Security Investigations and Transportation Security 
Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, and State and local law enforcement, presents 
an opportunity to reverse these trends and ensure the security 
of domestic supply chains. Considering its broad investigative 
authorities and cyber capabilities, the Committee encourages 
the FBI to leverage the unique ways the Bureau can engage to 
mitigate and investigate these crimes.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    The recommendation includes $30,000,000 for FBI 
Construction, which is equal to fiscal year 2024 and 
$31,895,000 below the request.
    FBI Headquarters Building.--Consistent with the field 
integration feasibility study directed above, the 
recommendation includes no funds for a new FBI headquarters in 
the National Capital Region and restricts the use of 
unobligated prior-year balances to purposes associated with 
sustainment of the J. Edgar Hoover Building while such 
feasibility study is undertaken.
    Department of Homeland Security-Related DNA Collections.--
The Committee notes that, in April 2020, the Department amended 
the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005's implementing rule, halting 
the Department of Homeland Security's practice of waiving DNA 
collections with respect to non-United States persons detained 
under the authority of the United States. As a result of the 
DHS DNA collection expansion, the FBI Laboratory began 
receiving for processing an average of 92,000 DNA samples per 
month (over 10 times the historical sample volume). The 
Committee understands that prior to the ending of the Title 42 
emergency health authority policy at the border, a backlog of 
approximately 650,000 samples had developed. The Committee 
agrees with the FBI that investment in additional DNA 
laboratory processing capabilities and technology is critical 
to maintaining and enhancing the FBI's ability to address 
emerging threats and help mission critical information reach 
partners and investigators in an expeditious manner. To address 
the substantial capacity and storage challenges incurred by the 
FBI, and to increase border security, the Committee recommends 
the construction of additional DNA lab capacity outside the 
National Capital Region. The Committee directs the Bureau to 
explore the feasibility of additional DNA lab capacity and 
report to the Committee, no later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, on potential locations for additional 
capacity.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes a direct appropriation of 
$2,760,924,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration (DEA). In addition, DEA expects to 
derive $650,000,000 from fees deposited in the Diversion 
Control Fund to carry out the Diversion Control Program, 
resulting in $3,410,924,000 in total spending authority for 
DEA. The recommendation is $193,924,000 above fiscal year 2024 
and $73,924,000 above the request.
    Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Partnership.--
The Committee directs the Administrator to prioritize funding 
through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces 
(OCDETF) for efforts to combat illegal cartel activity in 
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
    Advanced Analytics and Information Sharing in Opioid and 
Fentanyl Investigations.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of removing barriers to sharing digital evidence 
collected across the DEA and enabling agents and investigators 
to collaborate across offices to surface relevant leads and 
identify connections that might be missed. The recommendation 
includes $3,500,000 to implement an efficient data sharing 
mechanism for digital evidence collected across the agency and 
a digital evidence analytics platform that enables agents and 
investigators conducting opioid and fentanyl trafficking 
investigations to work collaboratively to find connections, 
generate new insights into narcotics trafficking patterns, and 
reduce investigator workload.
    Fentanyl and Fentanyl Precursors Trafficked From the 
People's Republic of China.--The Committee understands that 
United States counternarcotics policy regarding China has 
shifted toward preventing Chinese-sourced fentanyl precursors 
from entering the U.S.-bound fentanyl supply chain via third 
countries. The Committee further understands that Mexican drug 
cartels are largely responsible for the production of U.S.-
consumed illicit fentanyl and that the cartels utilize Chinese-
sourced primary materials to produce much of that illicit 
fentanyl. Given the worsening opioid epidemic, the 
recommendation exceeds the fiscal year 2024 level, and the 
administration's request, to continue progress toward efforts 
to stem the flow of China's illicit export of fentanyl and 
fentanyl precursors.
    Digital Evidence.--The Committee recognizes the critical 
role of digital evidence collected from mobile devices by the 
DEA, drug task forces, and State and local partners. With 
digital intelligence technology deployed, DEA can exponentially 
improve the identification of known and, more importantly, 
unknown targets to disrupt criminal syndicates that traffic 
narcotics and precursor chemicals across our borders to 
distribute within the United States. Advanced digital evidence 
collection, research, and sharing software technologies can 
automate the processing of millions of data points from 
multiple sources of digital evidence from mobile devices to 
reveal insights that would take months and years to accomplish 
manually. The Committee directs DEA to establish and formalize 
a tiered digital evidence enterprise program encompassing the 
entire digital evidence workflow from the collection and review 
to the analysis conducted by field agents and analysts to the 
forensic examiners in the lab. The DEA program personnel would 
uniformly deploy digital evidence technical capabilities and 
training across all 23 DEA Divisions. Digital evidence 
technology enables the adherence to standardized, secure 
operating procedures required to legally collect, forensically 
review, and efficiently analyze digital evidence with similar 
rigor and consistency as wiretaps, DNA, and fingerprint 
evidence.
    Insomnia.--The Committee supports the work DEA has done 
with FDA related to non-addictive treatments for insomnia to 
ensure these treatments are available, particularly for high-
risk populations like servicemembers, veterans, and first 
responders. The Committee encourages DEA to allow FDA to begin 
its required Eight-Factor Analysis to run concurrently with 
DEA's own analysis. A concurrent analysis would allow DEA, with 
FDA, to reach a conclusion sooner. No later than 60 days after 
the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs DEA to brief 
the Committee on the status of any scientific and medical 
evaluation that may be in progress under the provisions of 
section 811 of title 21, United States Code.
    International Partners.--The Committee recognizes the 
effort to combat illegal drug trafficking requires cooperation 
with international partners. The DEA has encountered 
significant challenges when attempting to work alongside 
international counterparts in countries such as Mexico. In 
addition to failing to honor arrest warrants and extradition 
requests in a timely manner, the current government of Mexico 
has created bureaucratic hurdles which have delayed visa 
issuances to DEA agents attempting to work to combat illegal 
drug trafficking. The Committee directs the DEA to report to 
the Committee, no later than 30 days after the enactment of 
this Act and every 30 days thereafter, an assessment of the 
level of cooperation received from the government of Mexico. 
This assessment should include, but should not be limited to, 
the number of outstanding arrest warrants and extradition 
requests which have not been acted upon and the length of the 
delay in action, the number of DEA employee visas pending 
approval and the length of delay, the number of formal 
communications between the DEA and the government of Mexico 
related to a specific challenge, and the number of formal 
communications between the DEA and Department leadership 
related to a specific challenge.
    Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications.--The 
timely and effective implementation of the Protecting Patient 
Access to Emergency Medications (PPAEM) Act of 2017 is critical 
for enabling emergency medical services practitioners to 
administer necessary controlled substances in a manner that is 
safe, regulated, and responsive to the urgent needs of patients 
across the United States. The Committee directs the ATF, no 
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to finalize 
the rulemaking process for the PPAEM Act of 2017, which was 
initially promulgated on October 5, 2020. Finalization of the 
rulemaking process includes the solicitation and incorporation 
of stakeholder input.

          Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee recommends $1,436,500,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives (ATF), which is $188,500,000 below fiscal year 2024 
and $515,500,000 below the request.
    Enhancing Capacity of Ballistic Matches.--Within the funds 
provided, ATF is directed to prioritize the development and 
implementation of automated ballistics imaging triage 
technology to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of ballistics 
imaging triage. This includes reducing turnaround times for the 
analysis of ballistics evidence and improving the sharing of 
information and data among law enforcement agencies. The ATF is 
directed to implement existing technologies that improve the 
efficiency and accuracy of bullet imaging comparisons. This 
effort must support the National Integrated Ballistic 
Information Network (NIBIN) and Crime Gun Intelligence Center 
(CGIC) initiatives to effectively address gun violence. 
Furthermore, the ATF is directed to coordinate with State and 
local law enforcement agencies to ensure the adoption of 
technology that meets their specific needs. Finally, the 
Committee directs the ATF to report no later than 360 days 
after the enactment of this Act on the availability and 
viability of such technology, including its effectiveness in 
providing real-time forensic-based intelligence to law 
enforcement, challenges associated with its adoption, and 
recommendations for improvements.
    ATF Beta Testing eForms.--The Committee is aware that ATF's 
eForms program regularly undergoes system updates that have 
generated unforeseen technical issues and system failures, 
including a recent case in which an update unintentionally 
broke the user interface and prevented users with dual-
citizenship from accurately completing their electronic forms. 
These updates also routinely cause compatibility issues with 
private eForms service providers because ATF does not offer 
industry access to its beta testing environment. Other agencies 
with e-filing systems, such as the Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS), provide access to their beta testing environment so 
stakeholders can adapt their software to updates, prior to 
their launch, as well as provide early feedback to reduce 
technical issues. ATF previously provided access to the eForms 
beta testing environment, at which time stakeholders provided 
valuable feedback and reported numerous errors for resolution, 
but ATF later closed its beta access without adequate 
explanation. The Committee therefore directs ATF, no later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act, to open and allow 
continuous access to its eForms beta environment for authorized 
industry stakeholders, and to provide notice to those 
stakeholders when updates or changes are made in this 
environment.
    Asynchronous eForms Certification.--The Committee applauds 
the Department and ATF for facilitating remote certification 
through its eForms system. However, the eForms system currently 
requires both the transferor and the transferee on an eForm 4 
to participate simultaneously in the certification process, 
even though they may be remotely accessing the system from two 
separate locations. This requirement provides no additional 
security and is not necessary to fully authenticate the users. 
The Committee is concerned that the simultaneous certification 
procedure, while currently inefficient, will be entirely 
unmanageable if ATF proceeds with its stated intention to 
incorporate electronic certification of the Form 5320.23, 
Responsible Person Questionnaire (Form 23), into the eForms 
system. In such case, trust and corporation registrants would 
need to coordinate for the simultaneous participation of 
numerous Responsible Persons at one time--all connected to the 
same eForms session--to certify their eForm 4. The system 
currently allows for upload of a PDF copy of multiple separate 
Form 23s, which can be signed and certified efficiently at 
different times. The Committee directs the Department to 
refrain from incorporating electronic certification of the Form 
23 into eForms until the system has been updated to allow 
asynchronous certification, whereby each responsible person may 
certify their respective Form 23 separately. The eForm 4 should 
be able to be saved as a draft after each certification step so 
that subsequent certifications may occur at a later time. The 
Committee directs ATF to provide a report, no later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act, stating whether it 
intends to incorporate electronic certification of the Form 23 
into the eForms system and, if so, how it will ensure multiple 
Responsible Persons associated with the form will be able to 
separately certify their respective Form 23, independently.
    Third-Party eForms Service Providers.--The Committee 
believes third-party eForms service providers offer valuable 
benefits both to the public and to ATF by minimizing erroneous 
submissions, reducing customer service burdens on the agency, 
and introducing efficiency through private innovation. The 
Committee directs ATF to ensure future updates to its eForms 
system facilitate use of privately developed processing tools 
for eForms users, such as those that facilitate data population 
and remote certification. The Committee cautions ATF against 
taking steps intended to preclude or obstruct such private 
service providers.
    Prevent Firearm Straw Purchases.--Through its existing 
partnerships, ATF's public awareness and education campaign 
assists firearm retailers in the detection and possible 
deterrence of ``straw purchases.'' The Department of Justice's 
Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative supplements this effort 
by providing funding to raise public awareness of the 
criminality involved in purchasing a firearm for a prohibited 
person. The Committee is supportive of these efforts and 
includes $1,000,000 for such purposes.
    Transfer Mechanism.--The Committee is aware that certain 
firearms controlled by the Gun Control Act, but not the 
National Firearms Act, require Attorney General authorization 
for transfer. The Committee is further aware that ATF lacks a 
form or other mechanism to process these transfers. The 
Committee directs ATF to implement such a mechanism, and, to 
prepare a report to the Committee, no later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act, on how ATF plans to implement such 
mechanism.
    Inconsistent Guidance.--The Committee is deeply concerned 
about ATF's increasing practice of rescinding or ignoring 
longstanding guidance documents that American individuals and 
companies rely on to ensure they are not at risk of criminal 
prosecution. This growing trend on the part of ATF makes it 
extremely difficult for the regulated community to do business. 
The Committee directs ATF to maintain consistent application of 
previous guidance documents and letter rulings. The Committee 
directs the ATF to report to the Committee 30-days prior to the 
change in, or departure from, previous guidance documents, 
letter rulings, or policies. Further, the Committee directs ATF 
to report to the Committee, no later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, on how ATF plans to ensure it adheres to 
previous guidance documents and private letter rulings.
    National Firearms Act Application Processing Times.--The 
Committee has repeatedly expressed concerns about the process 
for consideration of National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms 
license applications and provided the resources requested to 
modernize the processing system and automate the application 
process. The Committee is aware that the NFA Division and 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) 
Section are collaborating to improve the process for 
consideration of applications to address ongoing delays in 
processing times. The Committee encourages ATF and FBI NICS to 
continue this collaboration and directs the Director of ATF, in 
coordination and consultation with FBI NICS, to provide a 
report on plans to improve processing times, and any resources 
required to implement supporting activities, no later than 60 
days after the enactment of this Act.
    Unconstitutional Regulations.--This Committee and the 
Committee on the Judiciary have closely examined the Biden 
administration's attacks on fundamental Second Amendment 
rights. Accordingly, the bill prohibits taxpayer funds from 
being used to implement the ATF's radical regulations 
concerning pistol braces and privately made firearms and 
restores the Second Amendment rights of Americans to possess 
such firearms without the interference of the Federal 
Government.
    Privately Made Firearms.--The Committee believes the ATF 
abused its rulemaking authority by wrongfully redefining 
privately made firearm kits as traditional firearms. In May 
2021, the ATF published a notice in the Federal Register 
entitled, ``Definition of `Frame or Receiver' and 
Identification of Firearms.'' The rule, which was finalized in 
April 2022, expanded the definitions of several terms 
associated with firearms, thereby making certain parts subject 
to regulation by the ATF with the goal of preventing 
procurement of firearm component parts for gun owners who wish 
to assemble their own firearm. The rule also imposed new 
marking and recordkeeping requirements necessary to implement 
the new definitions. The Committee is concerned that instead of 
targeting actual violent criminals, the administration would 
rather target and punish lawful gun owners and businesses by 
regulating tools and kits used in a very small number of 
crimes. For these reasons, the bill prohibits the ATF from 
using funds appropriated by this Act to implement, administer, 
apply, or enforce the final rule entitled, ``Definition of 
`Frame or Receiver' and Identification of Firearms.''
    Pistol Brace Rule.--On January 31, 2023, the ATF issued a 
final rule redefining a firearm with an attached stabilizing 
brace as a short-barreled rifle controlled under the Gun 
Control Act of 1968 and the National Firearms Act of 1934. The 
rule effectively bans pistol stabilizing braces. The Committee 
understands the ATF's decision contradicts a prior 
determination, made during the Obama administration and on 
which law-abiding firearm owners relied on for a decade, that a 
firearm equipped with a stabilizing brace ``would not be 
subject to [National Firearms Act] controls.'' Under the new 
rule, owners of firearms with stabilizing braces were required 
to obtain a special registration or surrender or destroy their 
brace by May 31, 2023. Owners who did not take these steps may 
face severe criminal penalties merely as a result of this 
regulatory change. The Committee believes the ATF's actions 
illustrate the dangers of an unchecked administrative state 
that is willing to make policy even when it is not authorized 
by Congress. The pistol brace rule exceeds the ATF's statutory 
authority, as Congress has neither criminalized the use of 
pistol braces under the Gun Control Act nor authorized their 
regulation under the National Firearms Act. For these reasons, 
the bill prohibits the ATF from using funds appropriated by 
this Act to implement, administer, apply, or enforce the final 
rule entitled, ``Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 
Stabilizing Braces.''
    Zero-Tolerance Policy.--The Committee is concerned that the 
administration is targeting firearm businesses for undue 
scrutiny and harassment. For example, in June 2021, President 
Biden directed the Justice Department to adopt a zero-tolerance 
policy and to revoke Federal firearms licenses from those who 
committed ``willful'' violations of the law. In June 2021, ATF 
updated its Federal Firearms Licensee Quick Reference and Best 
Practices Guide to state, ``ATF will, absent extraordinary 
circumstances, initiate proceedings to revoke the license of 
any dealer that has committed a willful regulatory violation of 
the Gun Control Act (GCA) for specified violations.'' These 
willful violations now include ``falsifying records'' and 
``failing to maintain records needed for successful firearms 
tracing.'' The new classifications are vague and broad, and 
allow the ATF to revoke the licenses of Federal firearms 
licensees (FFLs) for technical and non-material paperwork 
violations. The Committee is aware that the ATF's zero-
tolerance policy is resulting in the closure of small 
businesses and diverting resources away from holding criminals 
accountable. The Committee believes this is counterproductive, 
because firearms dealers are on the front lines of efforts to 
ensure guns do not end up in the hands of criminals. The 
Committee urges the ATF to work in tandem with FFLs to capture 
violent criminals rather than targeting small businesses for 
minor violations of complex regulatory requirements. Therefore, 
the Committee directs the ATF to halt the overzealous 
enforcement of paperwork infractions under its zero-tolerance 
policy and refrain from revoking or suspending a Federal 
firearms license for initial violations without at least first 
issuing a warning letter, working with cooperative licensees to 
rectify violations in a reasonable time frame, and holding a 
final warning conference--in all but the most extraordinary 
circumstances.
    Unauthorized Release of Trace Data.--Federal law restricts 
the release of firearm trace data. Although the ATF has 
informed the Committee it understands the critical importance 
of safeguarding firearms trace data to protect ongoing law 
enforcement investigations, concerns exist regarding the 
adequacy of ATF's safeguards. The Committee notes that the 
National Tracing Center is authorized to trace a firearm that 
has been used, or is suspected of being used, in a crime for a 
law enforcement agency only in the course of a bona fide 
criminal investigation. Trace data, which is both critical and 
sensitive information, can be used lawfully by law enforcement 
entities for agency licensing proceedings and for criminal 
investigative purposes. The Committee further notes that the 
circumstances under which trace data may be shared are clearly 
delineated in Federal law, and sharing trace data for purposes 
other than those defined by law with unauthorized individuals 
or groups is a violation of Federal law and could jeopardize 
criminal investigations, agency proceedings, and put the safety 
of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers and 
Federal firearms licensees at risk. The Committee directs the 
ATF to update agency guidance to reaffirm Federal law 
concerning the public release of firearm trace data, make such 
guidance available in prominent locations on the ATF website, 
require acknowledgement of dissemination restrictions on all 
forms both electronic and paper related to trace requests, 
investigate violations of this law, and consider deeming 
violators ineligible for the receipt of trace data in the 
future.
    Self-Reporting.--The Committee recognizes that clarity in 
the firearm classification process is critical to the public 
understanding the scope of their rights under the law. The 
Committee directs ATF, no later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the Committee 
outlining the feasibility of enacting a self-reporting 
mechanism where individuals can submit a request for 
classification to the ATF, certify the item in question is 
permissible under the law, and avoid potential agency adverse 
action until the ATF issues a classification in writing. The 
report should discuss the value of a system that encourages 
individuals to take affirmative action to ensure their firearm 
is within the bounds of current law and any limitations the 
agency may face in enacting such system.
    Firearms Trace Requests.--The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
and Firearms (ATF) is directed to provide a report to the 
Committee on the number of firearm trace requests received in 
the last three years, disaggregated by requesting agency or 
entity.
    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) is 
directed to provide a report to the Committee on the following:
          a) The number of records maintained by the ATF's Out-
        of-Business Records Center (OOB),
          b) The percentage of such records which have been 
        processed into a digitalized format, and
          c) A detailed explanation for why ATF believes its 
        proposed changes to ATF-2021R-05 does not violate the 
        statutory restriction on a federal gun or gun owner 
        registry codified by 18 U.S. Code Sec. 926.

                         Federal Prison System


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $8,392,588,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the Federal Prison System, which is equal to 
fiscal year 2024 and $164,751,000 below the request, Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, no less 
than $45,500,000 shall be used for land mobile radio (LMR) 
communication and video security upgrades.
    Improving Staffing.--The Committee directs the Bureau of 
Prisons (BOP) to continue to improve staffing beyond mission-
critical levels within all departments.
    Hiring, Staffing, and Inmate-to-Officer Ratios.--The 
Committee instructs BOP to continue submitting quarterly 
reports on the inmate-to-correctional officer ratio at each BOP 
facility, using the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) 
definition of a corrections officer, broken out by security 
level and shift, and to publish such reports on the BOP 
website. Separately, the Committee directs BOP to submit a 
report to the Committee detailing any incident involving the 
use of deadly force at a BOP institution with a staffing ratio 
greater than 15 to 1, explaining any role staffing levels may 
have played in the incident, and describing a detailed plan to 
prevent recurrence of such incidents.
    Vacancies.--BOP remains understaffed, exacerbated from the 
reduction of over 5,000 positions in 2017 and the continued 
reduction of staff each year. Staffing numbers have plummeted 
from over 43,000 to just over 34,000 staff members, drastically 
below mission critical staffing requirements and the 2016 BOP 
Staffing Guidelines. In recent years, BOP explored a 25 percent 
incentive option at certain hard-to-staff locations. This 25 
percent increase in salary has been successful in stabilizing 
the freefall in staffing and increased hiring in all 
disciplines, specifically Correctional Services. The Committee 
directs BOP to implement a 25 percent salary increase retention 
bonus for all non-supervisory primary law enforcement 
positions. This salary increase should remain in place until 
BOP establishes and fills its staffing compliment to the 
January 2016 levels. This increase will not include staff 
working within its Central Office, Regional Offices, Training 
Facilities, and any other location that does not directly 
supervise inmates.
    Sufficient Officer Coverage.--The Committee directs BOP to 
continue ensuring that at least two correctional officers 
remain on duty within each housing unit throughout all shifts 
at every high-security institution, including the United States 
penitentiaries, administrative and Federal detention centers, 
and United States Federal witness protection program units. The 
Committee directs BOP to continue submitting quarterly reports 
showing compliance with this directive. Additionally, the 
Committee instructs BOP to include in the report a cost 
estimate and strategic plan for implementation at medium-
security institutions that currently do not have at least two 
correctional officers on duty for all three shifts.
    Staffing at Medium Security Institutions.--The Committee 
encourages BOP to increase the number of correctional officers 
at medium-security institutions. Specifically, the Committee 
encourages BOP to add one additional officer per two housing 
units, per shift, per day, at all medium-security institutions 
and institutions housing female inmates. The Committee further 
encourages BOP to supplement, not supplant, current staffing 
numbers. The Committee encourages BOP to staff all housing 
units or occupied parts of the housing units. The Committee 
condemns the practice of vacating housing units after-hours, 
while offenders are secured in cells, which could endanger 
human life, and urges BOP to cease this practice immediately.
    Augmentation.--Overcrowding in Federal prisons remains a 
serious threat to Correctional Officer safety--particularly at 
medium- and high-security facilities. BOP reports that there is 
a higher incidence of serious assaults by inmates on staff at 
high and medium security institutions than at the lower 
security facilities, yet to meet staffing needs, BOP routinely 
uses a process called ``augmentation'' whereby a non-custodial 
employee is assigned custodial responsibilities. The continued 
use of augmentation stretches correctional facility staff too 
thin, leading to unsafe conditions for both staff and inmates. 
The Committee has expressed its concerns about the practice of 
augmentation since fiscal year 2017 and once again directs BOP 
to curtail its overreliance on augmentation, particularly in 
housing units, a directive issued again as part of Senate 
Report 116-127 and adopted by Public Law 116-93. BOP should 
focus on hiring additional full-time correctional staff before 
continuing to augment existing staff. The Committee also 
directs the BOP to improve staffing beyond mission-critical 
levels in custody and all other departments. BOP is further 
directed to submit quarterly reports to the Committee on the 
use of augmentation broken out by region, institution, and 
security level each time this practice is employed. As part of 
the quarterly report, BOP is required to also submit the number 
of hours, and subsequent cost, of overtime recorded at each 
institution. In addition, for each Federal correctional 
facility at which two or more Federal inmates have died in one 
calendar year, BOP shall submit, no later than 60 days after 
the enactment of this Act, a detailed report describing each 
incident and the role augmentation may have played in 
exacerbating the inherent dangers present at those locations. 
In addition to officer and inmate safety concerns, the 
Committee also notes that augmenting staff means that critical 
programs and services required for inmates under the First Step 
Act (FSA) are imperiled when those who provide counseling, 
education, and other programs to inmates are being pulled from 
their original duties to work in the cellblock. BOP is directed 
to ensure that non-custody correctional employees must spend at 
least 90 percent of their work week or pay period in their 
primary positions.
    Correctional Officer Pay.--The Committee acknowledges that 
the current pay structure within BOP is lower than that of 
other Federal law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. 
Marshals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. 
Border Patrol. Such pay deficiencies present great challenges 
to BOP at Federal prisons across the country. The Committee 
directs the department to submit, no later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act, a comprehensive report on how the 
pay structure affects staffing challenges, attrition, and the 
safety and security at Federal prisons and offer potential 
solutions to address staffing crisis within BOP.
    Faith-Based Recidivism Reduction Programming.--The 
Committee reminds the Department that the FSA directs the 
Attorney General to develop policies which allow the warden of 
each BOP facility to enter into partnerships with ``nonprofit 
and other private organizations, including faith-based, art, 
and community-based organizations that will deliver recidivism 
reduction programming on a paid or volunteer basis.'' Public 
Law 115-391 further requires the Attorney General to ``direct 
the Bureau of Prisons regarding the ability for faith-based 
organizations to function as a provider of educational 
evidence-based programs outside of the religious classes and 
services provided through the Chaplaincy.'' Therefore, the 
Committee directs BOP to immediately take steps to ensure 
compliance with such directives, and to ensure that all those 
incarcerated in BOP facilities have access to robust 
programming opportunities, including third-party faith-based 
programs. The Committee further directs BOP to submit a report, 
no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, on such 
efforts.
    Contraband Cell Phones in Federal Prison Facilities.--The 
Committee directs BOP to report to the Committee, no later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act, on its experience 
deploying micro-jamming and managed access technology systems 
at six BOP facilities to test its efficacy in cellphone 
detection. The report should describe the number of contraband 
devices confiscated in this effort, the comparative efficacy 
and cost effectiveness of such technologies in detecting and 
capturing devices, and, for those technologies found to be 
effective, the resources that would be required to expand or 
further deploy such technology.
    Inmate Phone Calls.--The Committee is concerned that BOP is 
not adequately monitoring the phone calls of BOP inmates for 
investigative purposes and urges BOP to utilize technological 
solutions, where appropriate, to increase intelligence-
gathering capabilities for crimes occurring inside and outside 
BOP facilities. The Committee directs BOP to submit a report, 
no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, on the 
number of phone calls initiated and received by BOP inmates in 
the previous fiscal year and how many such calls were monitored 
for investigative purposes.
    Camera and Radio Systems in Federal Prison Facilities.--The 
Committee directs BOP to submit to the Committee, no later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act, a three-year plan to 
upgrade its security camera, LMR communication, and public 
address (PA) systems at all BOP correctional facilities. Such 
plan should address current system deficiencies, including a 
lack of functioning systems, blind spots, or radios lacking a 
``man down'' function; the need for, and cost of, planned 
system maintenance and upgrades, including analog-to-digital 
system conversion; needed upgrades to ensure storage, logging, 
preservation, and accessibility of records for investigators or 
courts; and any other enterprise-wide considerations for such 
technology and systems. Additionally, the Committee directs BOP 
to incorporate into the plan a cost projection and 
prioritization of facilities for security camera, LMR, and PA 
system upgrades.
    Government Identification.--A recent report by the 
Government Accountability Office found that BOP does not 
collect ID-related data from inmates once they are transferred 
to Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs). The Committee directs 
BOP to amend the Statement of Work for RRCs to ensure that in 
future or renegotiated contracts, the RRCs are required to 
collect and regularly report data to BOP on the number of 
people obtaining ID documents while residing at RRCs. The 
Committee further directs BOP to brief the Committee on these 
efforts no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
    Inmate Deaths.--The Committee is alarmed by the high number 
of inmate deaths and BOP's response, as outlined in the Office 
of Inspector General's report, ``Evaluation of Issues 
Surrounding Inmate Deaths in Federal Bureau of Prisons 
Institutions.'' The report found that many of the inmate deaths 
were partially the result of BOP's failure to implement 
policies that ensure all inmates receive accurate, consistent, 
and timely mental health designations. The Committee directs 
BOP to submit, no later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, a report outlining what steps it has taken to develop 
strategies to ensure that staff assign accurate, consistent, 
and timely mental health care level designations to inmates in 
its custody.
    Retention Incentive.--The Committee directs BOP to explore 
the feasibility of a retention incentive, not to exceed 10 
percent, for non-supervisory law enforcement employees nearing 
retirement.
    Naloxone.--The Committee is concerned about the rising 
number of opioid-related deaths of inmates in BOP custody. To 
combat the increase in overdoses, the Committee directs BOP to 
develop policies and procedures to train all staff in 
administering naloxone. The Committee directs BOP to provide a 
report, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, 
detailing all efforts to train BOP employees to administer 
naloxone, how many BOP employees carry naloxone, how many times 
naloxone has been administered in BOP facilities during the 
previous 12 months, and how many overdoses occurred in BOP 
facilities during the previous 12 months.
    Medication-assisted Treatment.--The Committee encourages 
BOP to make abstinence-based relapse prevention treatment 
options available to inmates with a history of opioid 
dependence.
    Employee Firearms.--Public Law 115-391 requires that each 
Federal penal or correctional institution provide a secure 
storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the 
institution for employees to store firearms or allow employees 
to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox. The Committee 
understands that as of the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, 
BOP has completed all outstanding locker installations. The 
Committee commends BOP's efforts in this area and encourages 
BOP to continue to explore opportunities to improve 
correctional officer safety.
    Correctional Officer Funding.--The Committee directs BOP to 
submit, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, 
a report detailing where appropriated funds for hiring 
correctional officers is being expended, if the number of 
correctional officers enacted in the budget is not achieved.
    GAO Recommendations.--The Committee notes that a recent GAO 
Report, ``Bureau of Prisons: Additional Actions Needed to 
Improve Restrictive Housing Practices'' (GAO-24-105737), found 
that the Bureau of Prisons has failed to implement 54 of the 87 
recommendations from two prior studies in 2014 and 2016 on 
improving restrictive housing practices. The Committee urges 
the Director of the BOP to fully implement all the 2014 and 
2016 restrictive housing reports recommendations.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The recommendation includes $273,000,000 for the 
construction, acquisition, modernization, maintenance, and 
repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal 
inmates. The Committee directs BOP to expedite new construction 
efforts to meet projected capacity requirements, as identified 
in its status of construction reports to the Committee. The 
Committee further directs BOP to continue to provide such 
reports monthly, along with notifications and explanations of 
any deviation from construction and activation schedules, and 
any planned adjustments or corrective actions. The 
recommendation is $93,238,000 above fiscal year 2024 and 
$191,785,000 above the request.
    Modernization and Repair of Existing Facilities.--The 
Committee expects BOP to apply funds provided in fiscal year 
2025 to reduce its longstanding Modernization and Repair (M&R) 
backlog and directs BOP to prioritize funding for repairs that 
protect life and safety. The Committee directs BOP to submit, 
no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a 
detailed report documenting which of its facilities are in need 
of greatest repair to provide safety and security or basic 
fundamentals to maintain human life and the cost to complete 
M&R. The Committee further directs BOP to provide, as part of 
this report, a study regarding the feasibility of continuing to 
maintain an outdated facility versus replacing the facility 
with new construction.
    Taft, California.--The Committee directs the Department to 
immediately submit the detailed timeline required under this 
heading in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompany Public Law 
118-42.
    Jesup, Georgia.--The Committee directs the BOP Director to, 
no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, submit 
to the Committee a study on the feasibility of upgrades to the 
Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Jesup, Georgia (FCI 
Jesup), including the feasibility of expansion to a Federal 
Correctional Complex (FCC) given that FCI Jesup is a multi-
security-level facility including a Medium FCI, Satellite Low, 
and Satellite Camp. The report must include specific 
qualifications and requirements for a BOP facility to be 
considered an FCC, what an upgraded designation would mean for 
the facility's budget and staffing, and what steps FCI Jesup 
can take to become an FCC.
    Utah Feasibility Study.--The Committee directs BOP to 
complete a feasibility study no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act. The study must analyze the options for 
housing Federal inmates in the State of Utah and make a 
recommendation to the Committee on the best course of action. 
The study should include a consideration of constructing a 
Federal detention facility in Utah, contracting with county 
detention facilities, a joint facility between the U.S. 
Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and any other 
options that might reduce the costs of housing and transporting 
Federal inmates.
    Deferred Maintenance and First Step Act Needs.--The 
Committee recognizes that BOP has a deferred facilities 
maintenance backlog of $2,000,000,000. The Committee directs 
BOP to provide, no later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, a facilities investment plan to address BOP's current 
facility requirements. The Committee directs BOP to include in 
such plan an assessment of the condition of all BOP facilities, 
any BOP plans to address deferred maintenance backlogs with 
repair estimates broken out by priority categories, 
explanations of how appropriated funding will be applied in 
fiscal year 2025 to address the backlog, and a multiyear 
outlook on investment in its current facilities. The Committee 
encourages BOP to also include details on how Public Law 115-
391 impacts building and facility requirements and reentry 
program implementation.
    Proposed Facility in Letcher County, Kentucky.--The 
Committee strongly supports the long awaited-construction of 
the proposed BOP facility in Letcher County, Kentucky. 
Accordingly, the bill, once again, rejects the President's 
request to rescind funding for this facility. The Committee 
notes this facility will meet BOP's ongoing need for modern 
Federal correctional facilities and infrastructure, as well as 
the need for a new facility in the Mid-Atlantic Region. 
Additionally, development of the facility will significantly 
stimulate the local and regional economy, which has declined 
with the loss of the coal industry, and a strong regional 
workforce exists to fill the positions necessary for the 
facility.
    Moreover, strong local and regional infrastructure, such as 
law enforcement, fire protection, medical services, public 
education, labor, and transportation, exists to support the 
operation of the facility. As the BOP itself recently stated in 
its Draft Environmental Impact Statement published on March 1, 
2024:
           ``There is no reason to expect that [the] 
        construction activities [of the Federal Correctional 
        Institution and Federal Prison Camp] would place an 
        undue burden upon law enforcement agencies serving the 
        residents, businesses, and public institutions in the 
        county. Significant adverse impacts to law enforcement 
        services are not anticipated during [. . .] 
        construction.''
           ``The [Bureau of Prisons] anticipates 
        establishing mutual aid agreements for emergency back-
        up fire protection assistance as needs may arise. 
        However, there is no reason to expect situations to 
        arise that would place an undue burden upon outside 
        resources or agencies or result in a significant 
        adverse impact to fire departments serving the Roxana 
        community and broader Letcher County region.''
           ``Existing health care facilities and 
        providers are expected to continue serving the medical 
        needs of area residents and their families without 
        interruption or adverse impacts.''
           ``[The] potential impacts directly 
        attributable to [the Federal Correctional Institution 
        and Federal Prison Camp] workforce and their families 
        would be small and not enough to result in significant 
        adverse impacts to emergency medical and health care 
        facilities and service providers serving Letcher 
        County.''
           ``Recent census data for southeastern 
        Kentucky and western Virginia involving working age 
        populations, labor force participation, unemployment 
        rates, and educational attainment reveals a labor pool 
        within the region sufficient to support in-direct 
        demand with any resulting induced population impacts 
        expected to benefit the region as a whole.''
           ``While potential impacts to Letcher County 
        or other single jurisdiction attributable to [the 
        Federal Correctional Institution and Federal Prison 
        Camp] operation would be small, the impact would be 
        considered beneficial and help offset the decline in 
        population experienced throughout the region.''
           ``With approximately 250 miles of designated 
        Kentucky highways (primary and secondary system and 
        rural secondary system), the roadway network connects 
        the county's population enclaves and is sufficiently 
        well developed to serve the ground transportation needs 
        of local residents and travelers passing through the 
        county on their way to final destinations.''
    The Committee directs BOP to give proper weight to their 
recent statements and utilize all resources necessary to 
expeditiously complete site acquisition, design, and 
construction of the proposed BOP facility in Letcher County, 
Kentucky.

   LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
                              INCORPORATED

    The Committee recommends a limitation on administrative 
expenses of $2,700,000 for Federal Prison Industries, 
Incorporated, which is equal to fiscal year 2024 and the 
request.
    Small Business Contracting.--The Committee acknowledges 
that many apparel and textile small businesses in the United 
States produce uniforms for the United States Armed Forces and 
is concerned that many such businesses are going out of 
business or leaving the United States, potentially due to the 
fact that the Department of Defense is encouraged to purchase 
Federal Prison Industries (FPI) supplies and services, pursuant 
to the Federal Acquisition Regulations. The Committee directs 
FPI to submit a report, no later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this act, disclosing all FPI contracts with the 
Department of Defense for the past three fiscal years, the 
contract award process, steps FPI has taken to conduct outreach 
to small businesses that have the products apparel and textile 
products available for production, and FPI's work to transition 
BOP inmates who have been trained to work in the apparel and 
textile industry. FPI is directed to identify the contracts in 
which it was determined that FPI had a significant market 
share, as defined under section 3905 of title 10, United States 
Code, for the item that was the subject of the contract.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

    Management and Administration Expenses.--The Committee 
directs the Department, in preparing its fiscal year 2025 
spending plan, to assess management and administration (M&A) 
expenses compared to program funding. The Committee directs the 
Department to ensure that its assessment methodology is 
equitable, and that the assessment reflects a fair 
representation of the share of each program devoted to common 
M&A costs. The Committee further directs grant offices to 
minimize administrative spending to maximize the amount of 
funding that can be used for grants. The Committee reiterates 
the direction provided in Senate Report 113-78 that the 
Department shall detail, as part of its budget submission for 
fiscal year 2025 and future years, the actual costs for each 
grantmaking component with respect to training, technical 
assistance, research and statistics, and peer review for the 
prior fiscal year, along with estimates of planned expenditures 
by each grantmaking component in each of these categories for 
the current year and the budget year.
    Grant Programs Crosswalks.--The Committee directs the 
Department to provide the Committee, no later than 60 days 
after the enactment of this Act, a crosswalk of the Office on 
Violence Against Women (OVW), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), 
and Community Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS) grant 
program solicitations. The Committee directs the Department to 
include in such crosswalks the same level of information and 
detail as was provided to the Committee with respect to the 
solicitations of the Department's grant program offices in 
fiscal year 2024.
    Set-Aside for Office of Inspector General Audits.--The 
Committee includes language requiring the Department to 
transfer not less than 0.4 percent of the total amount made 
available for administration by OVW, OJP, and COPS to the OIG 
for oversight and auditing purposes.
    Byrne Justice Assistance Grant and COPS Hiring Program.--
The Committee directs the Department to prioritize applications 
supporting law enforcement hiring programs under the Byrne 
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and COPS Hiring Program.
    Rural Law Enforcement Staffing.--The Committee recognizes 
certain State and local law enforcement agencies in rural and 
low-populated counties are critically underfunded and 
understaffed, and that some distressed departments have as few 
as two law enforcement officers on payroll to patrol a 
jurisdiction at a given time. The Committee also notes that the 
remote, isolated nature of some rural towns further challenges 
the ability of many departments to ensure enough officers are 
trained and certified as necessary to maintain readiness. The 
Committee directs the Department to prioritize grant funding 
for critically understaffed law enforcement agencies under the 
Byrne JAG and COPS Hiring Program and to provide a report on 
these efforts no later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act.
    Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence 
Act.--The Committee supports the efforts of the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance (BJA) and COPS to make awards to improve 
security at schools and on school grounds under the Student, 
Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act. 
The Committee notes that these grants can be challenging to 
access for some applicants due to the short grant application 
window and quick deadlines during busy time periods for many 
school districts that are under-resourced. The Committee 
directs the Department to report, no later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act, on a plan to improve the timing and 
duration of the grant period to enable the improved quality of 
applications and increased participation in the application 
process. The Committee further directs BJA and COPS to work 
with other Federal agencies to notify States, localities, 
Tribes, and school districts of the availability of funding in 
the STOP grant solicitation upon release, and to provide 
microgrants for school districts, including rural, Tribal, and 
low-resourced schools.

                    Office on Violence Against Women


       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $667,000,000 for the Office on 
Violence Against Women (OVW). These funds are distributed as 
follows:

                    OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STOP Formula Grants.....................................         255,000
Transitional Housing Assistance.........................          48,000
Consolidated Youth Oriented Program.....................          17,000
    Engaging Men & Youth in Prevention..................         (3,500)
Grants to Encourage Arrest..............................          55,000
    Homicide Reduction Imitative........................         (6,000)
     Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse               (1,000)
     Initiative.........................................
Sexual Assault Services Program.........................          78,500
National Deaf Services Line.............................           2,000
Rural Domestic Violence.................................          50,000
Violence on College Campuses............................          25,000
    HBCU, HSI and Tribal Colleges.......................        (12,500)
Legal Assistance for Victims............................          55,000
Abuse Later in Life Program.............................           9,000
Justice for Families Program............................          22,000
Disabilities Program....................................          12,000
Research--Violence Against Women........................           1,500
Research--Violence Against Indian Women.................           3,000
National Center on Workplace Responses..................           1,000
Sex Assault in Indian Country Clearinghouse.............             500
Tribal Special Criminal Jurisdiction....................          15,000
    Tribal Prosecutors (Special AUSAs)..................         (5,000)
Rape Survivor Custody Act...............................           2,500
Abby Honold Act.........................................           5,000
Protective Order Implementation Pilot Program (Sec 1506            5,000
 of VAWA Reauth)........................................
Cybercrime Enforcement (1401 and 1402 of VAWA)..........           5,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total, Violence Against Women Prevention and                 667,000
     Prosecution Programs...............................
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    To minimize fraud, waste, and abuse in these programs, OVW 
is encouraged to implement any open recommendations of the OIG 
with respect to the recipients of grants under these programs.
    Abby Honold Act.--The Committee recognizes the importance 
of ensuring OVW has the resources it needs to expeditiously 
help law enforcement agencies implement evidence-based, trauma-
informed policies as they seek to bring justice to victims and 
includes $5,000,000 for the purposes of this Act.
    Rural Victims.--The Committee understands that victims of 
sexual assault living in rural communities are often reluctant 
to report to law enforcement for fear of being exposed. The 
Committee encourages OVW to implement projects that reduce 
barriers to reporting crime in rural areas, colonias, and 
persistent poverty counties and report to the Committee, no 
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on the 
progress made since its previous report to the Committee on 
this matter.
    Training on Religious Communities.--The Committee 
encourages OVW to provide training to judicial, court-based, 
and court-related personnel on the unique challenges faced by 
survivors in religious communities. OVW is directed to report 
to the Committee no later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act with an update on these activities.

                       Office of Justice Programs


                  RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

    The recommendation includes $55,000,000 for Research, 
Evaluation and Statistics, which is $10,000,000 below the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $22,000,000 below the 
request. Funds are distributed as follows:

                   RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau of Justice Statistics............................         $33,000
National Institute of Justice...........................          22,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total, Research, Evaluation and Statistics..........         $55,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Study on Animal Cruelty and Future Violence.--The Committee 
remains concerned about the link between animal cruelty and 
future acts of interpersonal violence, and notes that Public 
Law 118-42 directed the Department to study this link. The 
Committee looks forward to reviewing the findings of this 
research and encourages the Department to keep the Committee 
apprised of its progress and any interim findings during its 
assessment.
    Interoperability of Automated Biometric Identification 
Systems.--The Committee is concerned about the lack of a 
solution to the interoperability of various automated biometric 
identification systems, and notes that unlike DNA there is no 
single Federal database or repository to search for latent 
prints. The Committee understands that the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institute 
of Justice (NIJ) have spent a significant amount of time 
working to address this issue, but no solution has been found. 
No later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Committee directs NIJ, in coordination with NIST, to provide an 
update on work done to date to resolve this matter, the 
barriers to creating a Federal database, and a path forward.
    Medical Examiner and Coroner Research Needs.--The Committee 
understands that there is a lack of research and development 
being conducted to assist medical examiners and coroners in 
identifying and classifying trends of new and emerging drugs. 
The Committee strongly supports NIJ including the toxicology of 
emerging drugs in its research priorities.
    Deepfake Research.--The Committee is alarmed by the 
increased threat posed by technology-assisted sexual violence 
and encourages NIJ to fund research efforts that evaluate the 
impact of artificial intelligence technologies on sexual 
violence. Specifically, the Committee directs NIJ to increase 
support for research of the nonconsensual disclosure of 
digitally manipulated images, or deepfakes, and encourages NIJ 
to partner with academic institutions to evaluate the true 
extent of the threat posed by the nonconsensual disclosure of 
deepfake images.
    Financial Exploitation of Retirement Community Residents.--
The Committee commends the Department's work combating 
financial fraud and abuse against senior citizens, and notes 
that these crimes are increasingly taking place at large 
retirement communities related to home services and disputes 
with contractors. The Committee encourages NIJ to partner with 
academic institutions to study financial exploitation crimes at 
large retirement communities, the risk and protective factors, 
and to draw comparisons between retirement community and non-
retirement community senior citizens.
    Rural Criminal Justice Data Pilot Program.--The 
recommendation includes $33,000,000 for the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS). Of these funds, the Committee directs BJS to 
use $5,000,000 for the establishment of a pilot program which 
specializes in high performance computing research on rural 
indigent defense to improve America's rural criminal and 
juvenile courts. The Committee encourages BJS to utilize this 
pilot program to develop tools and methods to assess justice 
activities in rural jurisdictions, with emphasis on agency 
performance, capabilities, defendant utilization of rights and 
resources, and other challenges relevant to the administration 
of justice.
    Study on Online Crimes Against Children.--The Committee is 
concerned about the rise in online crimes against children and 
encourages NIJ to study the range of challenges victims of 
online crimes against children and their families face in 
reporting crimes, and to consider potential changes to the 
system that would improve the response to online crimes against 
children.
    National Criminal History Improvement Program.--The 
Committee is aware that many State laws and policies provide 
for the expungement or sealing of certain criminal records, but 
many States do not have the resources for appropriate 
technology to effectively implement such policies. The 
Committee reminds the Department that funds available under the 
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) are 
available for supporting the implementation of such policies, 
and directs the Department, no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, to provide a report on how funds are 
being used for this purpose.

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $2,210,110,000 for State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance programs, which is 
$264,951,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$201,110,000 above the request. Funds are distributed as 
follows:

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants................        $847,810
    Officer Robert Wilson III VALOR Initiative..........        (13,000)
    Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution..............        (15,500)
    Kevin and Avonte's Law..............................         (2,000)
    Project Safe Neighborhoods..........................        (20,000)
    Capital Litigation and Wrongful Conviction Review...        (15,000)
    Ashanti Alert Network...............................         (1,000)
    Rural Violent Crime Initiative......................         (5,000)
    Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant            (30,000)
     Program............................................
        Transfer to NIST/OLES...........................         (1,500)
    Body Worn Camera Partnership Program................        (20,000)
    Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding.......       (380,240)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.................         234,000
Victims of Trafficking Grants...........................          88,000
Intellectual Property Enforcement Program...............           4,800
Adam Walsh Implementation...............................          18,000
    National Sex Offender Public Website................         (1,000)
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)          88,000
 Initiative.............................................
    NICS Acts Record Improvement Program................        (25,000)
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science.........................          28,000
    Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System...         (2,500)
DNA Initiative..........................................         153,000
    Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grants.....................       (121,000)
    Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grants.        (14,000)
    Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Grants................         (9,000)
    NamUs...............................................         (6,000)
    Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act........         (3,000)
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)....................          51,500
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)................          15,000
Tribal Assistance.......................................          50,000
Second Chance Act/Offender Re-entry.....................         115,000
    Children of Incarcerated Parents Demo Grants........         (5,000)
    Crisis Stabilization and Community Re-entry.........        (10,000)
    Justice Reinvestment Initiative.....................        (19,000)
Anti-Opioid and Substance Abuse Initiative..............         420,000
    Drug Courts.........................................        (89,000)
    Mentally Ill Offender Act...........................        (40,000)
    Residential Substance Drug Treatment................        (35,000)
    Veterans Treatment Courts...........................        (32,000)
    Prescription Drug Monitoring........................        (35,000)
    Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use         (189,000)
     Disorder Program...................................
Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018....................           2,000
STOP School Violence Act................................          82,000
Emmett Till Act Grants..................................           3,000
Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act.........          10,000
                                                         ---------------
    Total, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance...      $2,210,110
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Funds for Treatment 
and Recovery Programs.--The Committee is concerned about the 
impact of the growing epidemic of opioid and synthetic drug 
abuse and misuse on the law enforcement community and notes 
that Byrne JAG funds may be used for the implementation of 
treatment and recovery programs to maintain abstinence from all 
abused or misused drugs.
    Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Funds for Trauma 
Recovery Centers.--The Committee reminds the Department that 
crime victim services, such as trauma recovery centers, are an 
allowable use of Byrne JAG formula grant funding.
    Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Funds for Hate Crime 
Prevention.--The Committee reminds the Department that Byrne 
JAG funds may be used by State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement to combat and prevent hate crimes.
    Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Funds for Cybercrime 
Grants.--The Committee supports the use of Byrne JAG program 
funds to hire and retain cybercrime personnel, including 
cybercrime analysts and investigators. The Committee also 
supports the use of Byrne JAG funds for the training of law 
enforcement and emergency dispatch personnel in the area of 
cybercrime.
    Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Funds for Drug 
Trafficking.--The Committee acknowledges that one of the 
strengths of the Byrne JAG program is its flexibility to 
support a variety of multi-jurisdictional law enforcement 
efforts and criminal justice innovations, including drug-
trafficking. The Committee encourages the Department to remind 
local law enforcement that funds may be used for this purpose.
    Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Funds for Combating 
Gang Violence.--The Committee notes that Byrne JAG funds may be 
used to assist State and local law enforcement efforts to 
combat gang violence.
    Prison Rape Elimination Act Audits.--The Committee 
recognizes that Federal prison facility audits are an important 
part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and encourages 
the Department to prioritize such audits.
    Victim Services for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual 
Abuse.--The Committee is aware of support for victim services 
for incarcerated individuals and encourages the Department to 
make recommendations on this issue to further meaningful PREA 
compliance.
    Missing Americans Alert Program.--The Committee directs the 
Department to provide a report no later than 30 days after the 
enactment of this Act on the Missing Americans Alert Program, 
as required by Public Law 115-141.
    Improving Gun Crime Arrest Rates.--The recommendation 
includes $20,000,000 for the Project Safe Neighborhoods 
program. Of this amount, no less than $5,000,000 is for grants 
for the implementation and development of automated ballistics 
imaging triage technology, to improve gun crime arrest rates by 
enabling law enforcement entities to immediately scan 
ballistics evidence, more quickly access crime gun 
intelligence, and streamline evidence submission to NIBIN.
    Capital Litigation Improvement and Wrongful Conviction 
Review.--The Committee recognizes the need for legal 
representation and investigation services for individuals with 
post-conviction claims of innocence. Given the urgent need to 
identify and remediate wrongful convictions, the recommendation 
instructs the Department to award Capital Litigation 
Improvement and Wrongful Conviction Review program grants to 
applicants that provide high quality and efficient post-
conviction representation for defendants with post-conviction 
claims of innocence. The Committee notes that Capital 
Litigation Improvement and Wrongful Conviction Review grantees 
may be non-profit organizations, institutions of higher 
education, or State or local public defender offices with in-
house post-conviction representation programs with demonstrable 
experience and competence in litigating post-conviction claims 
of innocence. The Committee further notes that funds may 
support the following activities: grantee provision of post-
conviction legal representation of innocence claims, the 
evaluation, review, and management of cases, expert review and 
testimony, potentially exonerative forensic testing, and 
investigation services related to supporting these post-
conviction innocence claims.
    Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program.--The 
recommendation includes $20,000,000 for body-worn cameras and 
directs the Department to prioritize funds for agencies serving 
rural and small communities, particularly in jurisdictions with 
populations of less than 50,000.
    State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The 
recommendation includes $234,000,000 for the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). The Committee rejects the 
administration's assertion that SCAAP is not a ``useful tool 
for promoting the implementation of a fair and reasonable 
national immigration policy'' and emphasizes the importance of 
SCAAP in assisting local law enforcement with the costly burden 
of incarcerating criminal aliens.
    Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Grants.--The recommendation 
includes $9,000,000 for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner 
(SANE) program which includes forensic exams and SANE training 
program grants. The Committee directs the Department to 
establish regional SANE training programs to establish a level 
of excellence in forensic nursing, and to prepare current and 
future nurse examiners to be profession-ready and meet the 
applicable State certification and licensure requirements. The 
Committee directs the Department to ensure that these programs 
provide training and supervision to nurses with the purpose of 
increasing sexual assault forensic nurse capacity in rural 
areas, and in support of population-specific programs and 
hospitals including, but not limited to, underserved or 
historically underfunded communities. The Committee encourages 
the Department to prioritize rural, Tribal, and underserved 
communities, and urban areas without full-time coverage for 
this program, and directs the Department to ensure fund 
recipients promote best practices in forensic nursing 
throughout a region, while continuing to research and develop 
the highest standards of care.
    National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.--The 
recommendation includes no less than $6,000,000 for the 
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), of 
which $2,000,000 is directed exclusively for high-density 
sequencing. The Committee understands that modern scientific 
advancements in DNA standards and genetic genealogy have 
enabled law enforcement agencies to solve previously unsolvable 
cases, and the importance of timeliness given the degradation 
of forensic evidence over time. The Committee encourages the 
Department to continue its support for such technologies.
    Forensic Genetic Genealogy for Missing Murdered Indigenous 
Women Cases.--The Committee understands that forensic evidence 
degrades over time, and many Missing Murdered Indigenous Women 
cases can be solved using forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) 
technology. The Committee urges the Department to use FGG for 
these purposes.
    Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis 2019 Policy.--
The Committee notes that in 2019 the Department promulgated an 
interim policy regulating FGG DNA analysis, but since that time 
numerous cases have been solved using FGG technology including 
multiple cases involving the unidentified human remains of 
victims. The Committee understands that the 2019 interim policy 
authorizes investigative agencies to use FGG when a case 
involves an unsolved violent crime and the candidate forensic 
sample is from a putative perpetrator, or when a case involves 
what is reasonably believed by investigators to be the 
unidentified remains of a suspected homicide victim. The 
Committee recognizes there is not always enough evidence at a 
crime scene to establish a death as a suspected homicide, and 
it is not uncommon for the manner of death to be revised or 
updated once a deceased person is identified. Given this, the 
Committee directs the Department to allow grant funds to be 
used for FGG DNA analysis and searching on unidentified human 
remains, regardless of the suspected manner of death.
    Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis.--The Committee 
understands that, although FGG is often associated with cold 
case investigations in which DNA samples submitted to the 
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) did not produce a hit, 
increasingly, contemporary cases are being solved using this 
tool. The Committee recognizes local law enforcement agencies' 
interest in this technology and acknowledges that resource 
challenges often impede the use of FGG to solve cold cases and 
prevent future crimes. Within the amount included for the 
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), the Committee directs the 
Department to allocate no less than $5,000,000 in support of 
efforts to use FGG to investigate unsolved violent crimes, 
without regard to the status of an applicant agency's sexual 
assault kit inventory. The Committee directs the Department to 
track and report on the number of FGG samples analyzed, the 
types of DNA technology deployed, and the number of 
perpetrators or human remains identified as a result. Further, 
the Committee directs the Department to fund additional grants 
for the use of FGG technology under other appropriate programs 
including, but not limited to, NamUs. No later than 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs the 
Department to provide a report detailing the number of FGG 
samples analyzed, the types of DNA technology deployed, and the 
number of perpetrators or human remains identified as a result.
    Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.--The Committee encourages 
the Department to maximize the results of investments in sexual 
assault kit (SAK) testing by identifying best practices for 
addressing issues that arise following suspect identification, 
such as victim notification, investigation, prosecution, 
documentation, forensic advancements, inter-jurisdiction 
sharing, and tracking. The Committee also supports the 
Department's efforts to assist cross-jurisdictional and cross-
platform data sharing to identify and pursue repeat offenders 
operating in multiple jurisdictions. Further, the Committee 
supports efforts to estimate cost savings that result from the 
prevention of future offenses due to SAK testing. The Committee 
instructs BJA to provide an update on the number of kits tested 
solely for serology or with technologies prior to short tandem 
repeat analysis.
    Sexual Assault Kit Tracking.--In coordination with NIST and 
no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Committee directs the Department to provide a report detailing 
State adherence to the draft standards for collecting physical 
evidence from victims of sexual assault as established by the 
Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic 
Science. In forming this report, the Committee directs the 
Department to consider the usefulness of a public-private 
partnership for sexual assault kit tracking.
    Court Appointed Special Advocates.--The recommendation 
includes $15,000,000 for the Court Appointed Special Advocates 
(CASA) Program. The Committee notes that CASA programs assist 
child victims of abuse nationwide helping to ensure that the 
best interest of the child is represented in court, and 
supports State and local programs to recruit, screen, and train 
volunteers. CASA subgrants support the expansion, enhancement, 
and development of programs and support meeting national 
program standards, receiving national training, as well as 
targeted technical assistance, and in-kind resources that 
utilize evidence-based and trauma informed practices.
    Crime Victims Fund.--The Committee accepts the 
recommendation of the Department and caps Crime Victims Fund 
obligations at $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. The 
Committee urges the Department to implement policies and 
recommend statutory modifications designed to increase Crime 
Victims Fund receipts.
    Crime Victims Fund Deposits.--The Committee recognizes that 
deposits into the Crime Victims Fund have decreased in recent 
years, resulting in less stability for Victims of Crime Act 
(VOCA) grants. The Committee directs the Department to submit a 
report that outlines the causes of this decrease in deposits 
and includes recommendations for ensuring the long-term 
stability and sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund no later 
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
    Tribal Access to the Crime Victims Fund.--The 
recommendation includes a 5-percent set-aside for Tribal 
victims' assistance within amounts available in fiscal year 
2025 from the Crime Victims Fund. The Committee instructs the 
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to consult closely with 
Tribal stakeholders to improve services for Tribal victims of 
crime. The Committee encourages the Department to provide 
Tribes with maximum flexibility in the use of funds to best 
meet the unique needs of victims in Tribal communities. 
Additionally, the Committee encourages the Department to 
streamline administrative requirements as much as possible to 
increase accessibility for communities most in need in Indian 
Country.
    Local Law Enforcement Drug Trafficking Coordination.--The 
Committee notes the importance of coordination between Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement in combating fentanyl 
trafficking. The Committee encourages the Department to 
coordinate with relevant agencies, including the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and directs the 
Department to provide a report detailing these efforts and 
outlining any potential legislative actions that could help 
further this coordination no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act.
    Mentally Ill Offender Act.--The Committee is aware that 
there can be a correlation between those suffering from mental 
health disturbances and repeat criminal offenders. The 
Committee supports justice and mental health collaborations and 
recognizes that these collaborations can provide support in 
mental health courts and jails, peer learning programs, and the 
juvenile justice system.
    Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners 
Program.--The recommendation includes $35,000,000 for the 
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners 
(RSAT) program. The Committee encourages the Department to 
leverage coordination between the RSAT program and other grant 
programs that offer mental health and mental illness services, 
as appropriate.
    Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs.--The Committee 
supports the goals of the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug 
Monitoring Program (PDMP) and allowing States to choose and 
operate the PDMP and data sharing hubs of their choice.
    Forensic Support for Opioid and Synthetic Drug 
Investigations.--The recommendation includes $189,000,000 for 
the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Disorder 
Program (COSSUP) and of these funds, the recommendation 
includes $17,000,000 for grants to assist State and local crime 
labs and medical examiner and coroner offices' efforts to 
analyze evidence related to opioid and synthetic drug 
poisonings, among other purposes.
    Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use 
Program.--The recommendation includes $20,000,000 within COSSUP 
for grants to local and regional non-profits preventing 
substance use and misuse. The Committee directs BJA to provide 
awards to local and regional non-profits working with law 
enforcement and community coalitions to educate youth in 
schools and in extracurricular programing on drug prevention. 
The Committee further directs BJA to prioritize non-profit 
organizations with comprehensive approaches to combating 
substance use, including investigations, treatment, and 
education.
    STOP School Violence Act.--The recommendation includes 
$82,000,000 for evidence-based school safety programs 
administered by BJA under the STOP School Violence Act, and the 
Committee notes that an additional $40,000,000 was made 
available for this program for fiscal year 2025 under Public 
Law 117-159. The Committee directs BJA to work with other 
Federal agencies to notify States, localities, Tribes, and 
school districts of funding availability upon release, to 
prioritize evidence-based programming for training students and 
school personnel on the warning signs of interpersonal violence 
and suicide, and on mental health crisis intervention as 
authorized by the Act, and to support applications that 
prioritize the use of mental health professionals and resources 
in school safety plans and protect the mental and emotional 
health of students in high-risk communities. Finally, the 
Committee encourages BJA to prioritize applicants from rural, 
Tribal, and low-resourced school districts through microgrants 
and to prioritize applicants that incorporate crisis centers, 
evidence-based training for students and staff, and anonymous 
reporting systems in their school safety plans.
    Non-Lethal Drone Technology.--The Committee shares the 
Department's concern about acquisition and application of 
foreign made UAS technology and notes that the domestic 
manufacturing of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 
compliant, non-lethal UAS technology has evolved rapidly in 
recent years and are in use by State and local law enforcement 
agencies across the country. The Committee directs the 
Department to assess the use of American-made, non-lethal UAS 
technology among State and local law enforcement agencies, and 
to report to the Committee no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act on the feasibility of permitting the use 
of BJA grant funds for the purchase of NDAA-compliant, 
American-made drones.
    Oversight of Grantee Technical Assistance.--The Committee 
directs the Department to include within the annual report 
directed by section 12003 of Public Law 117-159 any training 
and technical assistance provided to grant recipients no later 
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
    Byrne Justice Community Project Grants.--The recommendation 
includes $380,240,000 for Byrne Justice community projects to 
assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement efforts to 
enforce laws, address violent crime, increase prosecutions, 
improve the criminal justice system (including the correctional 
system), provide victims' services, and other related 
activities.

                       JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

    The recommendation includes $325,000,000 for Juvenile 
Justice programs which is $50,000,000 less than the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level and $82,000,000 less than the request. The 
funds are distributed as follows:

                        JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part B--State Formula Grants............................         $40,000
Youth Mentoring Grants..................................         104,000
Prevention of Trafficking of Girls......................           4,000
Tribal Youth............................................          14,000
Girls in the Justice System.............................           4,500
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative........................           7,500
Children Exposed to Violence............................           4,500
Victims of Child Abuse Programs.........................          41,000
Missing and Exploited Children Programs.................         103,000
Training for Judicial Personnel.........................           2,500
                                                         ---------------
    Total, Juvenile Justice Programs....................        $325,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Competitive Grants Focusing on Preventing the Trafficking 
of Girls.--The Committee understands that girls in the United 
States with a history of sexual and physical abuse, school 
failure, substance dependency, and involvement in the child 
welfare system, as well as those who live in impoverished 
communities or are experiencing homelessness, are at an 
increased risk of becoming victims of domestic trafficking. The 
Committee encourages the Department to make competitive grants 
to non-profits and other non-governmental entities that have 
undergone rigorous evaluation and have a successful track 
record of administering research-based prevention and early 
intervention programs for girls who are vulnerable to 
trafficking, at a State level, and to scale up and replicate 
these programs.
    Competitive Grants Focusing on Preventing Girls from 
Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System.--The Committee 
understands that exposure to community violence, domestic 
violence, and violence in school can impact the behavior and 
well-being of girls, including increasing the likelihood of 
dropping out of school, physical and mental illness, and 
involvement in the juvenile justice system. The Committee 
encourages the Department to make competitive grants to non-
profits and other non-governmental entities that have undergone 
rigorous evaluation and have a successful track record of 
administering research-based prevention and early intervention 
programs for girls who are at risk of contact with the juvenile 
justice system to scale up and replicate these programs.
    Missing and Exploited Children Programs.--The 
recommendation includes $103,000,000 for Missing and Exploited 
Children programs, to fund the Internet Crimes Against Children 
(ICAC) Task Force grants, missing and exploited children 
activities as authorized by sections 404(b) and 406(a) of 
Public Law 115-267, and the Amber Alert program. The Committee 
directs the Department not to assess any management and 
administration costs to programs funded by the Missing and 
Exploited Children programs' line.
    Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.--The 
Committee encourages the Department to include in its ICAC Task 
Force grant solicitation a prioritization of proactive 
investigations of suspects possessing, distributing, or 
producing violent and sadistic child sexual abuse imagery. The 
Committee supports the Department's efforts to encourage ICAC 
grantees to dedicate increased resources and efforts to 
proactive investigations, which have demonstrated potential to 
rescue children.
    Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Policies within the Olympic 
Movement.--The Committee encourages the Department to provide 
options to evaluate and improve child sexual abuse prevention 
policies within the Olympic movement.
    National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training for 
Juvenile Justice Professionals.--The recommendation includes up 
to $2,000,000 for the Department to initiate the development of 
a training curriculum to be disseminated to juvenile justice 
professionals that routinely interact with and serve children 
who are in foster care, adopted, or in kinship care to ensure 
that mental health needs are considered in decisions related to 
legal proceedings. In developing the training, the Committee 
encourages the Department to consider building on existing 
trainings developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services.

                     PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes a total of $280,800,000 for the 
Public Safety Officer Benefits program, which is $72,000,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the 
request. Of the funds provided, $246,000,000 is for death 
benefits for survivors, an amount estimated by the 
Congressional Budget Office and considered mandatory for 
scorekeeping purposes. In addition, $34,800,000 is recommended 
for disability benefits for public safety officers who are 
permanently and totally disabled as a result of a catastrophic 
injury sustained in the line of duty, and for education 
benefits for the spouses and children of officers who are 
killed in the line of duty or who are permanently and totally 
disabled as a result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the 
line of duty.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services


             COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $670,000,000 for Community 
Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs, which is $5,484,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $136,000,000 above 
the request. The funds are distributed as follows:

                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COPS Hiring Program.....................................        $297,423
    Tribal Resources Grant Program......................        (34,000)
    Regional Information Sharing Activities.............        (44,000)
    Tribal Access Program...............................         (4,000)
    Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act......        (10,000)
POLICE Act..............................................          12,890
Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces........................          16,000
Anti-Heroin Task Forces.................................          35,000
STOP School Violence Act................................          53,000
COPS Technology and Equipment Community Projects........         255,687
                                                         ---------------
    Total, Community Oriented Policing Services.........        $670,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    COPS Grant Solicitations.--The Committee strongly disagrees 
with the Department unilaterally adding new priority 
considerations to COPS solicitations, including criteria based 
on Executive Order 14074 on Advancing Effective, Accountable 
Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust 
and Public Safety. The Committee directs the COPS office that 
this criterion shall not be considered when making awards.
    Small and Rural Police Departments.--The Committee directs 
the Department to prioritize assisting small and rural law 
enforcement agencies regarding all aspects of law enforcement 
policies, procedures, practices, and operations, and federal 
grant opportunities.
    Limits on Management and Administration Fees.--The 
Department shall assess no more than 4 percent of the total 
appropriation for the Regional Information Sharing Systems 
(RISS) program for management and administration purposes, to 
ensure sufficient funding is available for law enforcement. The 
Committee further directs the Department to continue to 
administer the funding as grants.
    POLICE Act.--The Committee notes the importance of training 
partnerships that offer nationwide, dynamic scenario-based 
training. The Committee understands training supported by the 
POLICE Act has been adopted by numerous States and agencies as 
the standard active shooter training and that the FBI has 
adopted this program as its national training standard for 
active shooter response. The Committee encourages the 
Department to ensure that grants authorized by the POLICE Act 
may be made available for primary schools, secondary schools, 
and college campuses, and that training is an integrated 
training model that involves both campus police officers and 
local law enforcement officers. The Committee also encourages 
the Department to support the development of e-learning 
resources to supplement in-person training under the POLICE 
Act. The Committee directs the Department to report to the 
Committee, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act, on the number of schools that have received active shooter 
training and the number of schools' campus police officer units 
that have received active shooter training in connection with 
this program over the last three fiscal years. The Committee 
also directs the Department to continue to comply with the 
directives and reporting requirements specified in House Report 
117-395.
    STOP School Violence Act.--The recommendation includes 
$53,000,000 for the STOP School Violence program administered 
by the COPS office and continues to support funding for 
evidence-based school hardening measures including metal 
detectors, locks, lighting, ballistic glass, and other 
deterrent measures, in coordination with law enforcement, as 
well as training for local law enforcement officers to prevent 
student violence, technology for expedited notification of 
local law enforcement during an emergency, and other measures 
determined to provide significant improvement in physical 
security of schools. The Committee further encourages the 
Department to provide technical assistance in support of 
grantee capacity. The Committee notes concern about the lack of 
school hardening measures available for all schools, including 
private and religious schools.
    Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and 
Equipment Community Projects.--The recommendation includes 
$255,687,000 to support State, local, Tribal law enforcement 
efforts to develop and procure the technology and equipment 
needed to respond more quickly and effectively, improve officer 
safety, increase transparency, and enhance community relations. 
Equipment funded under this program should meet any applicable 
requirements of NIST's Office of Law Enforcement Standards.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The Committee has included the following general provisions 
for the Department of Justice:
    Section 201 makes available additional reception and 
representation funding for the Attorney General from the 
amounts provided in this title.
    Section 202 prohibits the use of funds to pay for an 
abortion, except in the case of rape or incest, or to preserve 
the life of the mother.
    Section 203 prohibits the use of funds to require any 
person to perform or facilitate the performance of an abortion.
    Section 204 establishes that the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons is obliged to provide escort services to an inmate 
receiving an abortion outside of a Federal facility, except 
where this obligation conflicts with the preceding section.
    Section 205 establishes requirements and procedures for 
transfer proposals.
    Section 206 prohibits the use of funds for transporting 
prisoners classified as maximum or high security, other than to 
a facility certified by the BOP as appropriately secure.
    Section 207 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase or 
rental by Federal prisons of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment, services and materials used primarily for 
recreational purposes, except for those items and services 
needed for inmate training, religious, or educational purposes.
    Section 208 requires review by the Deputy Attorney General 
and the Department Investment Review Board prior to the 
obligation or expenditure of funds for major information 
technology projects.
    Section 209 requires the Department to follow reprogramming 
procedures prior to any deviation from the program amounts 
specified in this title or the reuse of specified deobligated 
funds provided in previous years.
    Section 210 prohibits the use of funds for A-76 
competitions for work performed by employees of BOP or Federal 
Prison Industries, Inc.
    Section 211 prohibits U.S. Attorneys from holding 
additional responsibilities that exempt U.S. Attorneys from 
statutory residency requirements.
    Section 212 permits up to 1 percent of grant funds made 
available to be used for criminal justice research, evaluation, 
and statistics by the National Institute of Justice and the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics and designates not less than one 
quarter percent of grant funds made available to be transferred 
to the Office of Inspector General.
    Section 213 provides cost-share waivers for certain grant 
programs.
    Section 214 waives the requirement that the Attorney 
General reserve certain funds from amounts provided.
    Section 215 prohibits funds, other than funds for the 
national instant criminal background check system established 
under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, from being 
used to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to a 
known or suspected agent of a drug cartel where law enforcement 
personnel do not continuously monitor or control such firearm.
    Section 216 places limitations on the obligation of funds 
from certain Department of Justice accounts and funding 
sources.
    Section 217 establishes reporting requirements for the 
Department's Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the 
Three Percent Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund.
    Section 218 places limitations on the Department's 
performance of live tissue training.
    Section 219 prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department to target or investigate parents who peacefully 
protest at school board meetings.
    Section 220 prohibits funds from being used to investigate 
or prosecute religious institutions on the basis of their 
religious beliefs.
    Section 221 prohibits funds from being used by the 
Antitrust Division for certain premerger actions.
    Section 222 prohibits funds from being used by any employee 
of the Department to engage in certain merger activity with 
foreign governments.
    Section 223 establishes requirements for judicial review 
related to a proposed Federal Bureau of Prisons facility.
    Section 224 prohibits funds from being used to staff or 
operate the Foreign Influence Task Force for the purpose of 
monitoring or labeling constitutionally protected speech by a 
United States person as misinformation, disinformation, or 
malinformation.

                               TITLE III


                                SCIENCE


                Office of Science and Technology Policy

    The recommendation includes $5,544,000 for the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which is $2,421,000 below 
fiscal year 2024 and $2,421,000 below the request.
    Federally Funded Research.--The Committee is concerned that 
under OSTP's direction in implementing the August 2022 memo 
entitled ``Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to 
Federally Funded Research'' agencies may be violating this 
principle. OSTP shall clarify its guidance to agencies and 
instruct them not to limit grant recipients' ability to 
copyright, freely license, or control their works. Agencies 
shall not exert broad ``Federal purpose'' authority over peer 
reviewed articles or other written material reporting on 
Federally funded research under 2 Fed. Reg. 200, or future 
guidance, or otherwise force use of an open license. 
Researchers should have the right to choose how and where they 
publish or communicate their research and should not be forced 
to disseminate their research in ways or under licenses that 
could harm its integrity or lead to its modification without 
their express consent.
    Extreme Weather Events.--The Committee continues to note 
that extreme weather events are complex, crosscutting problems 
that pose risks to agriculture, infrastructure, commerce, and 
human health while presenting a significant financial risk to 
the Federal Government. The Committee acknowledges existing 
efforts within the Federal agencies to reduce their fiscal 
exposure and urges OSTP to ensure that those efforts constitute 
a cohesive, strategic approach to manage risks across Federal 
activities.
    Nucleic Acids.--The Committee supports OSTP working with 
the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to 
coordinate the development of policies for all agencies that 
fund life science research to require, as a condition of 
Federal funding for research, that synthetic nucleic acid 
procurement is conducted through providers or manufacturers 
that adhere to OSTP's coming biosecurity screening framework. 
The Committee finds that this work is critical for promoting 
responsible research. However, the Committee is also concerned 
that the procurement of synthetic nucleic acids from foreign 
adversaries poses considerable national security risks given 
that sensitive and/or proprietary information is shared. The 
Committee urges OSTP to assist in the development of Federal 
procurement policies that require that synthetic nucleic acids 
be purchased from providers that manufacture such products in 
the United States or allied nations.
    Quadrennial Review and National Science and Technology 
Strategy.--The CHIPS and Science Act (Public Law 117-167) 
directed OSTP to complete a comprehensive quadrennial review 
that will provide an overview of the Nation's innovation 
landscape and provide policymakers, industry, researchers, and 
other stakeholders with unbiased data and analysis to identify 
the future needs, barriers, and opportunities for U.S. science 
and technology. It also directs OSTP to take this analysis and 
develop a national science and technology strategy to provide 
recommendations for maintaining global leadership in science 
and technology. The Committee believes that for this process to 
be successful, OSTP must ensure that it is done in an open, 
transparent manner that engages stakeholders outside of the 
Federal research enterprise. OSTP is directed to report to the 
House Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology no later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, on the status of completing the 
quadrennial review and a plan to engage stakeholders.
    Soil Carbon Interagency Coordination.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of research on soil carbon 
sequestration in agricultural lands, which provides economic, 
environmental, and resilience benefits to U.S. farmers and 
ranchers. The Committee also recognizes the need to coordinate 
existing and new Federal efforts around soil carbon 
sequestration. The Committee directs OSTP to report to the 
Committee, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, on the feasibility of establishing an interagency Soil 
Carbon Research Committee to coordinate with the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Energy, Department of Interior, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and National 
Science Foundation--to develop a cross-agency strategic plan 
for Federal research, development, and deployment for soil 
carbon research, sampling, and measurement methodologies.

                         National Space Council

    The recommendation includes $1,865,000 for the activities 
of the National Space Council, which is $100,000 below fiscal 
year 2024 and $100,000 below the request.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    The recommendation includes $25,178,640,000 for the 
activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), which is $303,640,000 above fiscal year 2024 and 
$204,100,000 below the request.
    Quarterly Launch Schedule.--The Committee directs NASA to 
continue providing the Committee with a quarterly launch 
schedule, by mission, which describes the risks associated with 
any launch delays, the impacts of launch delays to other 
missions in the launch queue, a budget estimate of the 
anticipated carrying costs for missed launch windows, as well 
as any adjustments to launch windows for delayed missions.
    Oversight and Accountability.--The Committee understands 
that NASA acquisition management remains on the Government 
Accountability Office's (GAO) ``high risk'' list. Therefore, 
the Committee directs NASA to continue to cooperate fully with 
GAO and provide timely program analysis, evaluation data, and 
other relevant information so GAO can report to Congress 
shortly after the annual budget submission, and semiannually 
thereafter, on the status of large-scale NASA programs, 
projects, and activities. The Committee further directs NASA to 
brief the Committee no later than 30 days after the submission 
of its annual budget submission on the reserves, along with 
confidence level, if appropriate, assumed in the proposed 
funding level for each directorate, theme, program, project, or 
activity.

              NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Program                           Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Science:
    Earth Science....................................         $2,000,000
    Planetary Science................................          2,930,250
    Astrophysics.....................................          1,532,250
    Heliophysics.....................................            786,700
    Biological and Physical Sciences.................             85,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Science...............................          7,334,200
                                                      ==================
Aeronautics..........................................            965,800
Space Technology.....................................          1,181,800
Exploration..........................................          7,618,200
Space Operations.....................................          4,473,500
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics                 89,000
 (STEM)..............................................
Safety, Security, and Mission Services...............          3,044,440
Construction and Environmental Compliance and                    424,100
 Restoration.........................................
Office of Inspector General..........................             47,600
                                                      ==================
    TOTAL, NASA......................................        $25,178,640
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                SCIENCE

    The recommendation includes $7,334,200,000 for Science 
which is equal to fiscal year 2024 and $231,500,000 below the 
request. The Committee directs NASA to allocate funding as 
described in the table above and text below, and to continue 
its progress toward implementing the recommendations within the 
Earth Science, Planetary Science, Astrophysics, Heliophysics, 
and Biological and Physical Sciences decadal surveys.
    Support for Technological Solutions.--The recommendation 
supports NASA programs to test technological solutions to 
reduce part count, cost, and risk for future missions within 
the Science Mission Directorate. The Committee encourages NASA 
to support industry partnerships that advance research and 
development, test activities to mature technological solutions 
for optimization, and the creation of performance-enhancing 
hardware designs at reduced cost and risk to future NASA 
science missions.
    University Small Satellite Missions.--The Committee 
supports NASA's collaborative efforts with U.S. colleges and 
universities to conduct research through small spacecraft 
missions. The Committee believes these competitively selected 
projects help train the next generation of scientists and 
provide much-needed research. The recommendation includes no 
less than $30,000,000 for these missions.
    Earth Science.--The recommendation includes $2,000,000,000 
for Earth Science.
    Commercial Small Satellite Data Acquisition.--The Committee 
supports the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) 
program and includes $85,000,000 for the CSDA which identifies, 
evaluates, and acquires data from commercial sources to support 
NASA's earth science research and application goals. The 
Committee directs NASA to utilize, to the greatest extent 
practicable, open contracting mechanisms that allow for the 
testing and evaluation of commercial data for research 
purposes, on a continual rolling basis, regardless of 
constellation size. The Committee encourages NASA to consider 
on-demand tasking of various data types, quantities, and 
qualities to meet research requirements especially in 
augmenting or advancing existing research programs.
    Remote Observations of the Stratosphere.--The Committee 
supports NASA's work on airborne science platforms for 
observing atmospheric stratospheric conditions and the Earth's 
radiation budget, including the impacts of the introduction of 
material into the stratosphere from changes in natural systems, 
increased air and space traffic, solar interventions, and solar 
radiation modification to enhance the value of NASA's satellite 
and Earth Science programs. The Committee supports the 
maintenance and operations of the WB-57 aircraft fleet, the 
modification of equipment necessary to conduct measurements in 
support of NASA satellites and models, and long-range heavy-
lift unmanned platforms for scientific observations in the 
stratosphere and remote troposphere. The Committee also 
supports the maintenance of non-satellite-based observations 
necessary to monitor and improve the understanding of the upper 
atmosphere. The Committee encourages NASA to coordinate with 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on a 
plan for sustained observations of the stratosphere.
    Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory.--The Committee is 
aware that the NASA Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory 
(GeoCarb) evaluation team is currently evaluating the hardware 
and documentation delivered by the GeoCarb Principal 
Investigator (PI) team and its industry partner, and that NASA 
anticipates this evaluation to be completed by late summer or 
early fall of 2024. The Committee notes that after this 
evaluation, NASA will have a better understanding of a 
potential launch path for the instrument and understands that 
the fiscal year 2023 funds for GeoCarb were a two-year 
appropriation which will not be available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2025. The Committee directs NASA to expeditiously 
complete the assessment of the instrument to enable the 
earliest possible launch at minimal cost to the Federal 
Government, and to work with the PI team to pursue possible 
future public-private partnerships. The Committee further 
directs NASA to provide a report, no later than 30 days after 
the completion of the evaluation, on the path forward for the 
instrument, including plans for a potential instrument launch 
and associated costs. The recommendation includes up to 
$20,000,000 for any calibration and characterization of the 
GeoCarb instrument in fiscal year 2025 following the completion 
of the NASA evaluation.
    Wildfire Early Detection.--The Committee supports the Earth 
Science Technology Office's work to develop, demonstrate, and 
operate an affordable and scalable space-based thermal/infrared 
(IR) sensor for early detection and warning of wildland fires. 
The recommendation includes up to $50,000,000 to support the 
aerial testing and launch of IR sensors on a demonstration-
scale SmallSat constellation.
    Harmful Algal Blooms.--The Committee acknowledges the 
importance of agency coordination, as mandated by Public Law 
115-423, to enhance the understanding of the underlying impacts 
of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and to safeguard ecosystems. The 
Committee recognizes that NASA's science mission offers 
essential imaging technologies, such as satellite multispectral 
imagery, airborne hyperspectral imagers, and automated surface 
spectral radiometry, which can be used for the detection and 
modeling of HABs. The Committee acknowledges that NASA has 
unique capabilities and experience in using aerial vehicles to 
conduct remote sensing of HABs to measure toxicity in algal 
blooms. The Committee supports NASA's role in freshwater HAB 
monitoring and detection and urges NASA to continue using 
manned and unmanned aircraft to monitor HABs.
    Landsat and Landsat Next.--The recommendation supports 
Landsat Next and directs NASA to submit a report, no later than 
120 days after the enactment of this Act, that includes a plan 
to ensure the transition from the current Landsat spacecraft to 
the Landsat Next spacecraft remains on schedule and there is no 
disruption to the Landsat data record.
    Planetary Science.--The recommendation includes 
$2,930,250,000 for Planetary Science. The Committee recognizes 
that continued investments in the Planetary Science key 
technology areas enable future missions, including projects in 
Lunar Development and Exploration, Planetary Defense, Discovery 
and New Frontiers, Radioisotope Power Systems, Mars 
Exploration, Outer Planets and Ocean Worlds, and Planetary 
Science Research. These programs provide valuable research 
through missions to planets across the solar system.
    Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission.--The recommendation 
includes no less than $235,600,000 and up to $296,700,000 for 
the Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEO Surveyor). The Committee 
urges NASA to maintain launch readiness for this mission.
    Apophis Reconnaissance Mission.--The Committee notes the 
importance of the OSIRIS-APEX mission and is concerned that 
NASA may miss a unique opportunity presented by the asteroid 
Apophis's close approach to the Earth in 2029. The 
recommendation includes $5,000,000 for NASA to develop a plan 
for a public-private partnership reconnaissance mission to 
Apophis prior to its 2029 flyby. No later than 120 days after 
the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs NASA to 
provide a briefing on how the agency's investments in the New 
Frontiers program will advance this mission, including NASA's 
plans to execute the funds, key milestones, and deliverables. 
The Committee directs NASA that this briefing shall include 
updates on any partnerships formed, technological innovations 
employed, scientific findings generated, and the impact of this 
mission on advancing U.S. asteroid research and planetary 
defense capabilities. The Committee emphasizes the importance 
of prioritizing resources effectively to ensure the success of 
this mission and encourages NASA to explore funding mechanisms 
that balance the need for scientific exploration with budgetary 
constraints, including new and innovative approaches that 
leverage the expertise of small companies, non-traditional 
partners, and private sector resource exploration potential 
benefits.
    Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program.--The 
recommendation supports no less than $458,300,000 and up to 
$533,300,000 for the Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program 
(LDEP). The Committee urges NASA to ensure LDEP missions remain 
on schedule and do not cause delay to Artemis.
    Commercial Lunar Payload Services.--The recommendation 
includes the request for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services 
(CLPS) program. The Committee notes the importance of CLPS 
funding remaining at no less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level, to grow the space economy and to create lasting, 
affordable commercial operations on the Moon. The Committee 
strongly supports NASA's partnerships and leveraging of the 
space industry through the CLPS program. The Committee 
emphasizes the importance of the CLPS program in maintaining 
American leadership in space, developing a domestic space 
industrial base for the U.S.'s return to the Moon, and 
increasing lunar operations.
    Dragonfly.--The Committee supports the Dragonfly mission 
and encourages NASA to work to ensure launch readiness.
    Mars Sample Return.--The Committee remains committed to the 
prioritization process as set by the Planetary Sciences Decadal 
Survey. While the Committee supports NASA's efforts to evaluate 
additional industry solutions for the Mars Sample Return 
mission, the Committee remains concerned that the agency's 
decisions have led to serious losses to NASA's high-skilled 
workforce and leadership in areas critical to planetary 
sciences as well as future NASA missions. As such, the 
recommendation includes no less than $650,000,000 to advance 
the Mars Sample Return mission. In accordance with the 
Independent Review Board's conclusions regarding the critical 
importance of this mission, and considering the existing 
architecture committed to successfully returning samples to 
Earth, the Committee directs NASA to ensure that its fiscal 
year 2026 budget request includes the funding necessary to 
complete the mission launch no later than 2031.
    Mars Sample Return Innovation.--The Committee is encouraged 
by NASA's recent solicitation for industry proposals on 
innovative and alternative architectures and elements for the 
Mars Sample Return mission. Additionally, the Committee is 
interested in seeing how commercial applicant involvement could 
change how Science Mission Directorate missions are conducted. 
The Committee notes the potential for incoming proposals to 
include lower life-cycle cost, lower annual cost, provide 
earlier sample return, and lower mission complexity and risk. 
The Committee notes that NASA has not announced a process by 
which these proposals will be evaluated and directs NASA to 
submit a report, no later than 30 days after the enactment of 
this Act, detailing any criteria it plans to utilize in the 
assessment of the proposals.
    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission.--The Committee directs 
NASA to increase support for imaging at the Moon and Mars to 
support future human exploration missions. The recommendation 
supports the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, to preserve 
its unique capabilities, such as high-resolution imaging of the 
Martian surface, and develop plans for continued high-
resolution imaging of Mars. Further, the Committee directs NASA 
to advance the Lunar Exploration and Science Orbiter (LExSO) 
mission to carry an openly competed, high-resolution camera to 
the Moon.
    Astrophysics.--The recommendation includes $1,532,250,000 
for Astrophysics.
    Lunar-Based Gravitational Wave Astronomy.--Within the 
amount for Astrophysics, the recommendation includes $1,000,000 
for a study on the feasibility of a U.S.-led lunar-based 
gravitational wave observatory, focused on investigating laser 
interferometry on the Moon to broaden the spectrum of 
gravitational waves. The Committee acknowledges NASA's 
engagement in space-based gravitational wave astronomy through 
its involvement in the European Space Agency-led Laser 
Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission but is concerned 
that NASA is not appropriately prioritizing this emerging 
research area. The Committee notes that the decadal survey 
Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 
2020s recognizes space-based gravitational wave detectors as 
new windows into the universe. The Committee also notes that 
NASA's plans to return astronauts to the Moon present a new 
opportunity to ensure the U.S. will be at the forefront of 
space-based gravitational wave astronomy with a lunar-based 
facility.
    Chandra X-Ray Observatory.--The Committee supports 
continued funding for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which 
continues to deliver discoveries addressing a wide range of 
questions across astrophysics.
    Dark Sky Research.--The recommendation includes $1,250,000 
to continue NASA's competitively-awarded university partnership 
to expand research and STEM activities focused on research and 
education programs about the understanding of the Nation's 
designated dark sky areas, such as the Central Idaho Dark Sky 
Reserve.
    Heliophysics.--The recommendation includes $786,700,000 for 
Heliophysics.
    Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission.--The recommendation 
includes $26,000,000 for the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission 
(MMS) which will increase the understanding of the behavior of 
the sun and its interaction with Earth's magnetic field.
    Biological and Physical Sciences.--The recommendation 
includes $85,000,000 for Biological and Physical Sciences.
    Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.--Within the funds 
provided for Biological and Physical Sciences, the Committee 
supports the development and demonstration of in-situ analysis, 
sample preparation and handling, and equipment for the next 
generation of micro-gravity science for future Commercial Low 
Earth Orbit (LEO) destinations. The Committee encourages NASA 
to partner with industry and, to the extent practicable, 
leverage Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) investments, 
when developing and operating space-based capabilities for 
transformational microgravity science that advances U.S. 
leadership in space, including in fluid and combustion science, 
crop science, and biological research.
    Human Spaceflight Research.--Within the funds provided for 
Biological and Physical Sciences, the Committee directs NASA to 
coordinate with industry to conduct a research and development 
initiative focused on the safe and efficient processing of 
human bio-waste during spaceflight.

                              AERONAUTICS

    The recommendation includes $965,800,000 for Aeronautics, 
which is $30,800,000 above fiscal year 2024 and equal to the 
request.
    Autonomous Support Systems for Advanced Air Mobility.--The 
Committee notes the need to validate safe autonomous support 
systems' architectures and develop industry standards for new 
advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle concepts. The Committee 
encourages NASA to develop an aircraft test platform used to 
validate the scalability of emerging, autonomous capabilities 
and lead to the definition of open industry standards needed 
for certification and safe deployment of these technologies. 
The Committee notes that this development has the potential to 
increase capacity of existing airspace, increase safety, 
improve critical infrastructure resilience against threats and 
adverse weather conditions, increase operational efficiency by 
allowing more precise and fuel-efficient trajectories, and 
drive the adoption of new supersonic and AAM vehicles.
    Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations.--
The recommendation includes up to $11,800,000 for the Advanced 
Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) to 
conduct an initial demonstration of local information sharing, 
airspace management, and aircraft deconfliction to enable 
shared situational awareness necessary for emergency wildland 
fire operations.
    Safe Autonomous Flight Enabling Infrastructure.--The 
Committee continues to support NASA's work to support flight 
testing of autonomous vehicles in an integrated airspace that 
enables Beyond Visual Line of Sight flights in a controlled 
airspace and includes up to the request level for the Airspace 
Operations and Safety Program and the Air Mobility Pathfinders 
Project, including no less than $5,000,000 for safe autonomous 
flight enabling infrastructure.
    Advanced Air Vehicles Program.--The Committee supports 
NASA's efforts to develop advanced propulsion technologies, 
including the electric powertrain flight demonstrator and 
compact core, to help the aviation industry obtain efficiency 
improvements and reduce overall aviation emissions. The 
Committee directs NASA to continue research and work toward the 
technology maturation of new propulsion architectures and to 
facilitate propulsion airframe integration for flight test 
demonstration. The Committee encourages NASA to utilize cost 
share opportunities with industry in furthering these efforts.
    Superconducting Technologies for Electric and Liquid-
Hydrogen Powered Aircraft.-- The recommendation includes 
$10,000,000 for NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program to support 
research, development, and testing of superconducting 
technologies for electrified and liquid-hydrogen (LH2) powered 
aircraft. The Committee recognizes the need to invest in 
hydrogen fuel technologies for utilization in the aviation 
sector, specifically in hydrogen-capable and cryogenic-capable 
propulsion engine fuel systems, and hydrogen-based aircraft 
systems such as fuel cells; auxiliary power units; and 
cryogenic electrical system and superconducting technologies 
for electrified and LH2 powered aircraft. The Committee directs 
NASA to focus on research and technology maturation in the 
areas of superconducting materials, propulsion power train, 
power distribution, and storage. No later than 120 days after 
the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs NASA to 
provide a report summarizing any recent or current investments 
in aeronautics hydrogen research and development, as well as an 
assessment of key technology areas for prioritization and 
investment within the Aeronautics Mission Directorate.
    Hypersonic Technology Program.--The recommendation supports 
the Hypersonic Technology program and NASA's continued work 
conducting research and development on High-Mach turbine 
engines.
    Automated Manufacturing Technologies for Reusable 
Hypersonic Hot Structures.--The recommendation includes 
$5,000,000 to develop and mature automation of high temperature 
ceramic matrix composites for reusable commercial hypersonic 
vehicles. The Committee encourages NASA to collaborate with 
industry partners experienced in high-rate, large-scale 
aerostructure design and manufacturing to provide unique 
process development for large hypersonic aerostructures.
    Making Advancements in Commercial Hypersonics Program.--The 
Committee supports NASA's efforts to collaborate with the 
commercial hypersonic industry to advance hypersonic endeavors. 
The recommendation includes $15,000,000 for the Making 
Advancements in Commercial Hypersonics (MACH) program as 
directed to be established by the Joint Explanatory Statement 
accompanying Public Law 118-42. The Committee directs NASA to 
focus on flight testing and to provide a briefing on the MACH 
program's advancement of the hypersonic industry's flight-
testing efforts no later than 60 days after the enactment of 
this Act.
    High-Performance Chase Aircraft.--The Committee understands 
the value of high-performance chase aircraft, such as the F/A-
18 and F-15, that enhance NASA's unique research capabilities, 
and recognizes the ongoing concern that some current chase 
aircraft are nearing end-of-life and resulting in increasing 
maintenance costs. The Committee directs NASA to continue 
providing updates to the Committee on its chase aircraft fleet, 
as necessary, and to engage in regular consultations with the 
Department of Defense on strategies to improve the fleet 
(including through aircraft transfers), and evaluate 
administrative and legislative steps, as appropriate, to 
facilitate such actions.
    Integrated Aviation Systems Program.--The recommendation 
includes $264,400,000 for the Integrated Aviation Systems 
Program. The Committee supports NASA's continued work on the X-
66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) program and X-59 Low 
Boom Flight Demonstrator program (LBFD). The Committee strongly 
supports NASA's continued partnerships with U.S. industry 
through development and flight demonstrations to develop 
capabilities that balance human-machine interactions for safer, 
more efficient flight.
    Assured Autonomy Research.--The recommendation includes no 
less than $12,000,000 for the continued development and flight 
testing of technologies necessary to support an assured, semi-
autonomous aircraft architecture with in-time aviation safety 
management system capabilities.
    High-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing.--The 
recommendation includes up to $33,000,000 for the High-Rate 
Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project, to accelerate 
industry's development of critical fuselage and wing concepts 
through technology and manufacturing readiness. The Committee 
encourages NASA to bolster the global competitiveness of the 
U.S. aerospace industry by leveraging existing academic and 
industry expertise to develop mature, affordable, high-rate 
composite manufacturing and assembly technologies, enabling a 
faster, more cost-effective production cycle for lightweight 
airframe structures. The Committee directs NASA to utilize up 
to 75 percent of these funds to support public-private 
partnerships with at least a 50 percent Government cost share.
    Hi-Rate Ceramic Matrix Composites.--The Committee provides 
no less than $35,000,000 for Hi-Rate Ceramic Matrix Composites 
(CMC) and notes that there is a growing need for improved 
development and affordability of composite-based engine 
components that require a cost-effective manufacturing path as 
more efficient engines that incorporate higher temperatures and 
pressures are developed for civil and commercial aviation, 
supersonic, hypersonic, and other defense programs. The 
Committee recognizes that investment in CMCs has the potential 
to provide weight savings and durability from high temperature 
composites that are necessary for the future of the aerospace 
industry. Additionally, the Committee notes that CMCs could 
enable a significant decrease in turbine weight, resulting in 
less fuel consumption, lower lifecycle cost, and improved 
system thrust-to-weight. However, technical challenges exist in 
cost-effective high-volume production before the predicted 
benefits of CMCs are extended to propulsion system design and 
the benefits are fully realized. The Committee notes the 
importance of the U.S. advanced propulsion system design, and 
that continued investment in this area is critical for 
preserving U.S. leadership.
    Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core.--The Committee supports 
NASA's continued work, in collaboration with industry, on the 
Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) program which supports 
innovative small core gas turbine engines that aim to improve 
the efficiency of future engines. The recommendation includes 
no less than $20,000,000 for the launch of a second Phase 2 
demonstration program with a targeted focus on high-temperature 
and pressure durable engine core technology without 
compromising efficiency or operability. No later than 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs NASA to 
provide a report on the HyTEC program and milestones associated 
with both Phase 2 demonstration programs.
    Metal Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing.--The Committee notes 
that the commercial aerospace sector uses additive 
manufacturing for innovative, large-scale metal wire arc 
additive manufacturing, including to manufacture orbital launch 
vehicles. The Committee notes that additive manufacturing 
allows for an optimized build of aerospace structures, which 
often translates into weight reduction leading to higher fuel 
efficiency. The Committee encourages NASA to prioritize large-
scale metal wire arc additive manufacturing capabilities to 
enable rapid and efficient prototyping of new and more 
efficient aerospace vehicles.
    Advanced Air Mobility and Unmanned Aerial Systems Test 
Site.--The Committee notes that an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)/
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) test site could improve the 
safety and efficiency of AAM and UAS operations by serving as a 
comprehensive proving ground for AAM and UAS development, 
including Beyond Visual Line of Sight, ground-based radar, 
telemetry data collection, datalinks, electromagnetic 
interference, and Detect-and-Avoid concepts. The Committee 
directs NASA to provide a report, no later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this Act, on the feasibility of developing 
such a test site, including at an existing NASA facility.

                            SPACE TECHNOLOGY

    The recommendation includes $1,181,800,000 for Space 
Technology, which is $81,800,000 above fiscal year 2024 and 
equal to the request.
    Lunar Power Systems.--The recommendation includes 
$120,000,000 for the development of lunar power systems for 
anticipated surface missions in the mid-2020s.
    Fission Surface Power.--The recommendation includes 
$50,000,000 for the advancement of Fission Surface Power, if 
NASA determines that fission can supply power for ten years in 
the lunar environment.
    Nuclear Thermal Propulsion.--Nuclear Thermal Propulsion 
(NTP) is a critical space propulsion technology that will 
enable a host of exploration, scientific, national security, 
and commercial applications. The recommendation includes 
$110,000,000 for the Space Nuclear Propulsion, for the 
development and demonstration of operational nuclear propulsion 
systems. Subsequent NASA budget submissions and future year 
projections should reflect how nuclear propulsion objectives 
and goals are rated in the shortfall prioritization process. In 
addition, NASA is directed to provide a detailed spending plan 
for NTP as well as a plan for the design.
    Nuclear Electric Propulsion.--The recommendation includes 
up to $20,000,000 to begin a systematic approach to developing 
Nuclear Electric Propulsion technologies and systems capable of 
ferrying astronauts to Mars or deep space science missions.
    Space Nuclear Propulsion Program Office.--The Committee 
notes the intent of the Space Technology Mission Directorate to 
establish a Space Nuclear Propulsion Technology Program Office, 
to coordinate the development and demonstration of NTP and 
capabilities. The Committee encourages the Space Technology 
Mission Directorate to expedite the establishment of this 
important Program Office.
    Orbital Debris Inspection Mission.--The recommendation 
includes up to $25,000,000 for the Small Spacecraft Technology 
program for the development of an Orbital Debris Inspection 
Mission. The funding provided for this program continues its 
innovative approach by leveraging the commercial sector to 
demonstrate technologies on-orbit. The Committee supports a 
technology demonstration that tracks, characterizes, and 
inspects multiple objects in space.
    Next Generation Commercial Space Station.--The Committee 
supports maintaining International Space Station (ISS) 
operations through 2030. The continued infrastructural damages 
to the ISS and current geopolitical realities of ISS partners 
provide for the increased need for viable, independent, 
continuous, alternatives to support the future of America's 
sustained presence in LEO and provide microgravity 
capabilities.
    Space Nuclear Fuels Technologies.--The Committee continues 
to support development of operational system capability for 
nuclear propulsion beyond the NASA and Demonstration Rocket for 
Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. New fuel types that 
can operate at high temperatures and in extreme environments 
are critical to future operational capability for space nuclear 
propulsion and power reactors.
    Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology 
Project.--The Committee is encouraged by the collaborative 
approach between NASA and industry in developing new materials 
and manufacturing methods to improve the performance and reduce 
costs of rocket thrust chamber assemblies through the Rapid 
Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology (RAMPT) 
project and its follow-on projects the Refractory Alloy 
Additive Manufacturing Build Optimization (RAAMBO) and 
Optimized and Repeatable Components in Additive Manufacturing 
(ORCA). The Committee notes the success of these investments in 
developing new materials and directs NASA to continue such 
funding.
    Intellectual Property Protections.--The Committee supports 
NASA working with the commercial space industry to review and 
update as necessary agency guidelines for technology transfer 
licensing and space technology intellectual property 
protections.
    Additive Manufacturing.--The Committee supports the use of 
Additive manufacturing to reduce time and costs associated with 
manufacturing and recommends that efficiency-producing 
advancements in this type of technology be aggressively 
pursued.
    EXTREME Center.--The recommendation includes $20,000,0000 
for the Extra-Terrestrial Resource and Manufacturing 
Engineering (EXTREME) Center's vision is to develop convergent 
research in engineering for materials, processes, automation, 
recycling, in situ resource refinement/utilization, advanced 
materials properties, advanced power systems for propulsion and 
surface supply, and advanced structural engineering concepts 
specifically focused on establishing prototype capabilities in 
extra-terrestrial applications of digital engineering, advanced 
robotics, and additive manufacturing processes reaching at 
least a Technical Readiness Level of 3 (TRL 3). Objectives in 
the near term will be to demonstrate proof of concept 
capabilities in processes for space-based applications, both 
orbital and surface. With the foundational capabilities and 
consortium established, the EXTREME Center will seek to 
establish a world class Manufacturing USA Engineering Research 
Institute (ERI) to conduct applied research leading from the 
laboratory to flight-capable systems demonstrating the ability 
to deliver systems prototypes in the space environment (TRL 4-
7). Research focus areas will include characterizing materials 
from the atomic scale to hundreds of meters in three 
dimensions. The practical use case for these experiments will 
be to understand the engineering properties of recycled and 
locally resourced materials required to build, repair, and 
maintain systems in space, both orbital and on the lunar and 
Martian surface. In parallel with the ERI and Manufacturing USA 
efforts, the EXTREME Center collaboration will partner with 
government and industrial customers to build the engineering 
and support networks that will deliver U.S. leadership and 
competitiveness in the advent of the new space economy, Space 
2.0.
    Regional Economic Development.--The recommendation includes 
up to $10,000,000 to focus on partnership with State and 
regional economic development organizations as they expand 
space-related commercial opportunities designed to address NASA 
mission needs.
    On-orbit Servicing Assembly and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1).--
Consistent with the direction provided in the Joint Explanatory 
Statement accompanying the Public Law 118-42, NASA is currently 
assessing the ability to meet a 2026 launch date and will 
provide an update to the Committees upon completion. The 
Committee awaits the plan assessing project utilization, 
including potential uses by other government agencies or 
commercial entities for satellite servicing, orbital debris 
removal or other aspects of space traffic management.
    CAPSTONE Mission Extension.--The Committee notes that the 
CAPSTONE mission has reduced risk for future spacecraft and the 
Artemis Program by validating innovative navigation 
technologies and verifying the dynamics of the Near Rectilinear 
Halo Orbit (NRHO). The CAPSTONE mission extension will 
facilitate additional development of the underlying 
technologies informed by the mission data and the dissemination 
of the model to support other missions-of-opportunity programs. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Small Spacecraft 
Technology program to provide mission of opportunity funding 
for the CAPSTONE mission extension.
    Cislunar Communications and Navigation.--The Committee 
supports the continued development and implementation of the 
LunaNet architecture and LCRNS project to provide cislunar 
communications and navigation. The Committee encourages the 
Administrator to leverage prior investments of the United 
States Government and U.S. commercial sector, to the maximum 
extent possible, to support rapid demonstration of key 
technologies both in space and associated with the 
corresponding ground segment. Furthermore, the Administrator 
should prioritize domestic United States capabilities to ensure 
a resilient and secure architecture that may be augmented by 
foreign capabilities if necessary.

                              EXPLORATION

    The recommendation includes $7,618,200,000 for Exploration, 
which is $48,000,000 below fiscal year 2024 and equal to the 
request.
    Launch Systems.--The Space Launch System (SLS), Orion 
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Orion), and Exploration Ground 
System (EGS) are all critical infrastructure for the 
development and sustainment of the Nation's human exploration 
goals. These investments are critical to human exploration of 
space beyond Low Earth Orbit and provide flexibility for a 
variety of missions and destinations including the Moon and 
Mars. The recommendation includes $2,600,000,000 for SLS; 
$1,338,700,000 for Orion; and $799,150,000 for EGS. These 
funding levels ensure the earliest possible crewed launch of 
SLS, as well as prepare for the development of future science 
and crewed missions.
    Human Landing System.--The recommendation includes no less 
than $1,864,000,000 for the Human Landing System (HLS).
    Advanced Environmental Control and Life Support System.--
The recommendation includes up to $25,000,000 for public-
private partnerships to develop the critical Moon to Mars 
Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) closed 
mission systems capabilities that will be necessary for 
successful and safe missions in the deep space environment, 
including closed mission system ECLSS architectures, highly 
resilient and redundant systems, small and lightweight form 
factors, regenerative capabilities, and in situ repair 
capabilities assuming a deep space mission in which no cargo or 
spares are available. To the maximum extent practicable, NASA 
is encouraged to leverage proven ECLSS systems used and with 
spaceflight and duration heritage from the ISS to ensure 
systems developed for deep space missions draw on the flight 
proven heritage of ISS capabilities but upgraded with latest 
technology and designed for deep space environment. No later 
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, NASA is directed 
to identify the key technologies necessary for development, 
test and certification for long duration Moon and Mars crewed 
missions and how this program can help accelerate development 
and testing of these critical capabilities.
    Block 1B Development.--The Committee is supportive of 
NASA's plans to fully develop SLS capabilities and directs NASA 
to continue the simultaneous development of the authorized 
activities under section 302(c)(1)(a) and (b) of Public Law 
111-267. Enabling the evolution of SLS from the vehicle used in 
Artemis I to the Block 1B variant and eventually the 130 metric 
ton variant, requires the continued development of the interim 
Block 1B variation of SLS, including the continued development 
of Exploration Upper Stage. It also requires modifications to 
SLS, the continued construction of an ML-2 as a Block 1B 
compatible mobile launch platform, and development of any 
additional processing and launch capabilities. To further 
enable NASA's goals for the Artemis program, the recommendation 
includes no less than $235,800,000 and up to $600,000,000 for 
Block 1B development for Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) engine 
development and associated stage adapter work from within the 
amounts provided for SLS.
    Fabrication Laboratory In-Space Manufacturing 
Demonstration.--Of the funds made available for Exploration 
Capabilities of the Mars Campaign Development program in the 
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, no less 
than $10,000,000 shall be for a fabrication laboratory (FabLab) 
demonstration of metal and electronic manufacturing in space.
    Exploration Extravehicular Activity Service.--The Committee 
supports NASA's efforts to award two task orders to multiple 
industry providers to advance the development, testing, 
certification, and mission readiness of next generation 
extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits for the International 
Space Station (ISS) and future Low Earth Orbit platforms as 
well as the Artemis III mission and beyond. The Committee 
believes having two providers funded and providing capability 
for these missions will ensure continued competition on cost, 
schedule, and capability while providing NASA with redundancy 
for Artemis and Mars missions. The recommendation includes no 
less than $494,900,000 for the Exploration Extravehicular 
Activity Service (XEVAS) and Human Surface Mobility program in 
fiscal year 2025 to ensure that all task orders necessary to 
maintain schedule for the ISS demonstration and missions and 
Artemis missions to the Moon and later Mars are fulfilled. The 
Committee directs NASA to support competition and redundancy 
for future Artemis missions starting with Artemis IV by 
providing the Committee with a plan, including a task order and 
funding roadmap, to have both EVA spacesuits developed and 
certified for lunar surface missions in time for the selection 
of the EVA spacesuit for the Artemis IV mission.
    Human Landing System Program Initiative.--The Committee 
directs NASA to fund the development and crewed demonstration 
of a second commercial human landing system through the 
Sustaining Lunar Development Program initiative in the Human 
Landing System Program initiative.

                            SPACE OPERATIONS

    The recommendation includes $4,473,500,000 for Space 
Operations, which is $253,500,000 above fiscal year 2024 and 
$83,800,000 above the request.
    Commercial Crew and Cargo.--The Committee strongly supports 
continued, regular access to the International Space Station 
and notes that this access supports national capabilities in 
Earth orbit and is vital to retaining U.S. leadership in space. 
The Committee also recognizes that U.S. commercial providers 
have enabled significant additional scientific capability at 
reduced costs for NASA. NASA shall maintain a regular cadence 
of not less than two crew rotation missions per year and five 
cargo missions per year on U.S. vehicle systems while the 
International Space Station is operational. The recommendation 
includes not less than $1,890,000,000 for the Crew and Cargo 
Program.
    Small Satellite Cross-Link Systems.--The recommendation 
includes $25,000,000 to align NASA's relay networks to transmit 
large volumes of science and Earth remote sensing data to users 
via high-speed (V-band), low latency links. The Committee 
anticipates that this initiative will provide an expanded 
educational opportunity for individuals studying SmallSat 
Cross-Link Systems.
    Bermuda Tracking and Telemetry Station.--The recommendation 
includes up to $6,000,000 to upgrade the Bermuda Tracking and 
Telemetry Station to support remote operation for Government 
and commercial launch users.
    Commercial LEO Destinations.--The Committee is aware that 
NASA plans two phases for Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD), 
which is a deviation from the phasing and timelines used 
successfully in NASA's Commercial Cargo and Crew Programs. The 
Committee seeks to understand NASA's plans to take full 
advantage of potential CLD providers, while addressing the 
technical risks of the planned two-phase program compared to 
alternative approaches. NASA is directed to brief the Committee 
no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on its 
plans to achieve rapid and cost-effective CLD capabilities. 
This briefing shall include an assessment of: (i) the benefits 
of NASA's CLD requirements being met by a mix of different 
services from CLD contractor teams instead of requiring nearly 
identical services from providers; and (ii) the benefits of the 
CLD program taking incremental steps toward more advanced CLD 
capabilities over time.
    International Space Station.--The Committee supports 
continued access to and supply of the International Space 
Station (ISS) in order to maintain our national capabilities in 
Earth orbit and retain the current measure of U.S. leadership 
in space and space-based research.
    21st Century Space Launch Complex.--The recommendation 
includes up to $20,000,000 for the 21st Century Space Launch 
Complex. The Committee continues to encourage NASA to take into 
consideration the full potential of all NASA-owned launch 
complexes in awarding the balance of funds made available and 
in planning for future funding requests for this critical space 
infrastructure program.

      SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

    The recommendation includes $89,000,000 for Science, 
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement (STEM), 
which is $54,000,000 below fiscal year 2024 and $54,500,000 
below the request.
    Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.--The 
recommendation includes $29,000,000 for the Established Program 
to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Within the amount 
provided, the Committee directs NASA to allocate no more than 
10 percent of EPSCoR funding for administration and other 
overhead costs. The Committee acknowledges the important role 
EPSCoR plays in spurring innovation, bolstering research 
capabilities at institutions that are historically underserved 
by Federal research and development funding, and strengthening 
the STEM workforce.
    Space Grant Program.--The recommendation includes 
$60,000,000 for the Space Grant program and directs NASA to 
allocate these funds to State consortia for competitively 
awarded grants in support of local, regional, and national STEM 
needs and to support all 52 participating jurisdictions at no 
less than $860,000 each.

                 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

    The recommendation includes $3,044,440,000 for Safety, 
Security and Mission Services, which is $84,560,000 below the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the request.
    Management of Digital Media Content.--The Committee notes 
the importance of maintaining the public confidence in the 
integrity of digital media content produced and published by 
NASA. The Committee urges NASA to continue to improve and 
evolve its standards of maintenance and use of its images, 
videos, audio files, and other content from its aeronautic, 
orbital, space travel, space operations, deep space 
observation, and other critical missions. No later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs 
NASA to evaluate and report on the feasibility and advisability 
of implementing additional data protection technology for 
digital media content including images, videos, audio files, 
and content.
    Intellectual Property Oversight.--The Committee recognizes 
the importance of protecting intellectual property (IP), 
particularly in regard to sophisticated space technologies. The 
Committee encourages NASA to establish greater oversight of IP 
protection and management including for programs and missions 
supported by prime contractors with teams of subcontractors. 
The Committee directs NASA to undertake a review of the current 
IP environment and to set clear policies on IP protection to 
ensure that contractors are not taking advantage of or 
appropriating the IP of other program participants. No later 
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee 
directs NASA to provide a report on NASA's policies for the 
protection of IP among vendors and suppliers working jointly or 
as teams on NASA programs and missions. The Committee directs 
that the report shall include descriptions of training provided 
to NASA program and contract personnel, current regulatory 
guidance, current oversight mechanisms, processes for dispute 
resolution, and any identified challenges or proposed solutions 
to enhance oversight of contractor IP.
    Small Business Proprietary Information Protection.--The 
Committee notes the importance of small businesses supporting 
government contracts and programs. The Committee also notes 
that some small businesses have expressed concern that 
proprietary data disclosure requirements may provide an unduly 
competitive advantage to other contractors. No later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs 
NASA to provide a report on the agency's oversight of 
contractors including current contracting proposal guidance and 
parameters, mitigation processes within NASA for preventing 
unnecessary or abusive practices, and NASA's standards for 
private small business subcontractor disclosures to other 
contractors for evaluation and reporting.
    NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement VI.--The 
Committee directs NASA to utilize a vendor-agnostic, multi-
cloud approach for the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide 
Procurement VI, that drives competition and innovation to 
create a more accessible and secure environment.
    NASA Safety, Security and Mission Services Community 
Projects.--The recommendation includes $57,828,000 for NASA 
community projects. The Committee directs NASA to perform the 
same level of oversight and due diligence as with any other 
external partners.

       CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

    The recommendation includes $424,100,000 for Construction 
and Environmental Compliance and Restoration (CECR), which is 
$124,100,000 above fiscal year 2024 and equal to the request.
    Spaceport Infrastructure Investment.--Within available 
funds and existing authorities, NASA is encouraged to 
prioritize investment in its spaceport infrastructure.
    Space Infrastructure Modernization.--The Committee 
encourages NASA to consider a pilot program, with qualified 
entities that hold the requisite expertise and capability in 
modernizing, operating, and maintaining physical assets through 
Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated (GOCO) contracts that 
support NASA's mission.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The recommendation includes $47,600,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General, which is equal to fiscal year 2024 and 
$2,900,000 below the request.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The Committee has included the following administrative 
provisions for NASA:
    The bill includes a provision that makes funds for any 
announced prize available without fiscal year limitation until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
    The bill includes a provision that establishes terms and 
conditions for the transfer of funds.
    The bill includes provisions that require NASA to submit a 
spending plan at the activity level and subject both the 
spending plan and specified changes to that plan to 
reprogramming procedures under section 505 of this Act.
    The bill allows for certain transfers of funds.
    The bill includes a provision providing NASA the authority 
to combine amounts from one or more of its Science, 
Aeronautics, Space Technology, Exploration, and Space 
Operations appropriations with amounts from the STEM Engagement 
appropriation to jointly fund discrete projects or activities, 
through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, that 
serve these purposes. NASA is directed to provide notification 
of the agency's intent to award a contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement that would be jointly funded under this 
authority, no less than 15 days prior to award.
    The bill permits a transfer of funds into NASA's Working 
Capital Fund.
    The bill includes two provisions to extend the period of 
availability for certain funds.

                      National Science Foundation

    The recommendation includes $9,258,640,000 for the National 
Science Foundation (NSF), which is $198,640,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level, and $924,360,000 below the 
request.

                    RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

    The recommendation includes $7,546,630,000 for Research and 
Related Activities (R&RA), which is $370,130,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level, and $498,690,000 below the 
request.
    Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.--The 
Committee supports EPSCoR and notes its important role in 
spurring innovation, bolstering research capabilities at 
institutions that have historically received less Federal 
research and development funding, and strengthening the STEM 
workforce. The recommendation includes no less than 
$250,000,000 for EPSCoR and directs that no more than 5 percent 
of these funds may be allocated for administration and other 
overhead costs. The Committee is looking forward to reviewing 
more data on the impact of the pilot projects in addressing 
research competitiveness in EPSCoR States in the coming years. 
The Committee directs NSF to continue accepting applications 
for the jurisdiction-wide Track 1 Research Infrastructure 
Improvement Program. Additionally, the Committee directs NSF to 
work with EPSCoR jurisdictions to ensure there is statewide 
collaboration on Track 1, E-CORE, and E-RISE award applications 
and award management. Furthermore, the Committee directs NSF to 
allow Track 1 participants to apply for the E-CORE and E-RISE 
awards as part of the pilot program.
    Regional Innovation Engines.--The recommendation includes 
$205,000,000 for the Regional Innovation Engines, as authorized 
by section 10388 of Public Law 117-167.
    Office of Research Security Strategy and Policy.--The 
Committee commends NSF's continued focus on research security 
and provides up to $15,520,000 for the Office of Research 
Security Strategy and Policy.
    National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.--
The Committee supports the work of the National Center for 
Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and encourages it 
to identify, compile, and analyze existing nationwide data and 
conduct survey research to better understand the national cyber 
workforce, as well as support other related statistical 
activities outlined in Public Law 117-167. Noting the already 
low ratio of personnel-to-budget at NCSES relative to other 
Federal statistical agencies, the Committee encourages support 
for additional personnel, which may include statisticians, 
economists, research scientists, and other statistical and 
support staff as needed, to ensure adequate staffing for this 
research.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey Priority 
Facilities.--The Committee understands that the Decadal Survey 
on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (Astro2020) has developed a 
comprehensive research strategy and vision for the future of 
astronomy and astrophysics, particularly as it relates to 
ground-based instruments and observatories, including the U.S. 
Extremely Large Telescope Program (USELT) and the Next 
Generation Very Large Array. The recommendation includes 
$30,000,000 for design-related funding. The Committee 
acknowledges NSF has announced a process by which it will 
decide how best to advance the USELT and strongly encourages 
NSF to ensure that the USELT includes a two-observatory 
footprint with a mechanism to guarantee robust community 
access. The Committee notes that advancing these projects will 
ensure that the U.S. can maintain world leadership in astronomy 
for the benefit of U.S. innovation, STEM careers, and national 
security. The Committee directs NSF to provide regular 
briefings on the status of the USELT and encourages NSF to 
minimize delays and reduce risks to cost growth on the highest 
ranked large-scale, ground-based projects that have submitted 
plans to the agency review process and which are already beyond 
the planning and preliminary design phases.
    Astronomy Current Facilities.--The Committee directs NSF to 
ensure there is adequate support for operational costs and 
maintenance at its current astronomy facilities, as it 
considers new astronomy investments.
    U.S. Sub-Seafloor Sampling Program.--The recommendation 
includes $60,000,000 for the U.S. Sub-Seafloor Sampling 
Program, a follow-on program to the International Ocean 
Discovery Program (IODP). The Committee understands that NSF 
wants to meet the current and future needs of the earth science 
community with the capabilities provided by the scientific 
research vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR), and directs NSF to 
utilize those resources to plan for and execute a program that 
will utilize a portfolio of sub-seafloor sampling approaches 
and expeditions, including by engaging in conversations 
regarding an extension of the current management contract, 
continuing scientific ocean drilling missions with the JR for 
no less than three missions in fiscal year 2025, and to support 
the continued operation of the JR until the expiration of the 
vessel's Environmental Impact Statement. Given the growing 
threat from China, the Committee emphasizes that retaining U.S. 
leadership in this space is critical to national security 
interests and directs NSF to brief the Committee no later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act on its plan to 
implement this direction, as well as the strategy for meeting 
the breadth of sub-seafloor sampling needs, which could include 
plans for a new scientific ocean drilling vessel. Additionally, 
the Committee directs NSF to develop a strategy to maximize the 
scientific utilization of current and future earth core 
samples, including working with the current U.S. repository for 
scientific ocean drilling cores on a long-term plan to build 
out analytical capabilities and educational outreach for the 
earth science community.
    Earth and Planetary Material Characterization Laboratory.--
The Committee recognizes that as NSF prepares to transition the 
IODP to a model that more heavily funds research on existing 
earth core samples, a national academic lab housing current and 
future earth core samples, specialized equipment and data, and 
scientific expertise is needed to support research, education, 
and workforce development at the frontier of geosciences. The 
Committee encourages NSF to collaborate with an academic 
institution with specific expertise in managing and handling 
earth core samples and directs NSF to assess the viability and 
cost of consolidating samples located in other countries into 
this lab.
    Intense, Ultrafast Lasers.--The Committee commends NSF for 
starting to implement the recommendations from the Brightest 
Light Initiative Workshop, including research and 
infrastructure investments. The Committee encourages NSF to 
continue moving forward with the planning and design to build 
next generation cutting-edge facilities needed to advance 
ultrafast and high-power laser technologies and stay ahead of 
international competition.
    Artificial Intelligence.--The Committee believes it is 
important to maintain leadership in AI and commends NSF for its 
significant investments in this area. The Committee encourages 
NSF to continue its efforts in workforce development for AI and 
other emerging technologies to widen the workforce pipeline of 
students graduating with AI and data literacy. In addition, the 
Committee encourages NSF, as it implements partnerships and 
cooperative agreements, to support research on AI's 
implications on society.
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities--Excellence in 
Research.--The recommendation includes $24,850,000 for the 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities--Excellence in 
Research program.
    Neutrino Observatory.--The Committee is aware of the many 
important scientific contributions being made by the South Pole 
neutrino observatory IceCube, the current upgrade underway, and 
the initial planning for the next generation facility IceCube-
Gen2 as recommended in Astro2020 and the Particle Physics 
Project Prioritization Panel (P5). The Committee encourages NSF 
to consider development activities for IceCube-Gen2 and to 
ensure an appropriate transition between the IceCube upgrade 
and IceCube-Gen2 construction projects to leverage lessons 
learned and knowledge transfer from one project to another.
    Grants for Air Quality and Wildfire Research.--The 
Committee recognizes the need for additional research into air 
quality and wildfires and encourages NSF to continue its 
investments in this area.
    Ethical and Societal Considerations Report.--The Committee 
notes that section 10343 of Public Law 117-167 directed NSF to 
intake stakeholder support to revise proposal instructions to 
require that ethical and societal considerations be included in 
funding proposals, prior to making awards. No later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs NSF 
to provide a briefing detailing the status of this requirement.
    Harmful Algal Blooms.--The Committee supports the work of 
the Oceans and Human Health program to support research into 
the human health impacts of HABs in marine coastal regions, the 
Great Lakes Basin, and freshwater systems. The Committee 
further encourages research to better understand how the influx 
of nutrients, including dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus, and 
the effects of soil amendments, pesticides, and herbicides on 
soil absorption of nutrients contribute to HAB outbreaks.
    Center for High Energy X-Ray Science.--The Committee 
acknowledges the importance of the Center for High Energy X-Ray 
Science (CHEXS) as a multi-disciplinary user facility to the 
scientific research community and directs NSF to provide 
$12,000,000 to fully fund CHEXS at maximum operating capacity.
    Spectrum Innovation.--The Committee supports NSF's work to 
create a national center for wireless spectrum research and 
collaboration that can serve as an inclusive, 
interdisciplinary, and innovative community for all radio 
spectrum stakeholders across industry, government, and 
academia. The Committee encourages NSF to continue to support 
the center's consortium and its research and workforce 
development initiatives.
    Arecibo Observatory.--The Committee continues to recognize 
the scientific and educational contributions made by the 
Arecibo Observatory (AO) and the 305-meter legacy radio 
telescope. The Committee understands the AO will undergo a 
transition from a primarily scientific mission to STEM 
education and workforce development. The Committee further 
understands there is additional scientific instrumentation at 
the site that could be utilized to retain a scientific mission 
in this facility. No later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, the Committee directs NSF to provide a briefing on a 
plan to utilize these instruments at AO in support of active 
science and scientific research alongside education and 
workforce development.
    Arctic Research.--The Committee supports the continued 
investments in Polar Programs research funding pursuant to 
Federal priorities set forth in the Arctic Research Plan and 
National Strategy for the Arctic Region. Recognizing the 
relevance of Arctic research for national mitigation responses, 
the Committee encourages NSF to fund Arctic research that 
prioritizes Arctic observations, processes, and feedback 
through model development.
    National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot 
Program.--The recommendation includes $30,000,000 for the 
National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) 
pilot program. The Committee commends NSF on the launch of the 
NAIRR and notes the importance of maintaining American 
leadership in AI. The Committee looks forward to seeing the 
evolution of the NAIRR as a tool to provide access to 
computing, data, model, software, and training resources to 
researchers. No later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Committee directs NSF to provide a briefing on the 
progress of the pilot, planning and resources required for full 
realization of the NAIRR, and budget expectations for out 
years.
    Open Access.--When considering existing or future open or 
public access policies, the Committee directs NSF to refrain 
from issuing guidance, restrictions, or otherwise limiting the 
ability of extramural grant recipients to freely license or 
control their written works, including under 2 Fed. Reg. 200 or 
guidance on ``federal purpose'' from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB).
    Combating Sexual Harassment in Science.--The recommendation 
supports the activities authorized in section 10539 of Public 
Law 117-167 and encourages NSF to work in partnership with 
stakeholders from across the science ecosystem with experience 
in field safety and the prevention of sexual harassment in 
science.
    High-Performance Computing.--The Committee commends NSF on 
its continued commitment to its high-performance computing and 
data analysis capabilities and urges NSF to make timely and 
significant investments in high-performance computing. The 
Committee emphasizes the importance of NSF's commitment to 
developing and supporting systems that facilitate tremendous 
leaps in computational simulation including AI, quantum 
computing, and data analysis. The Committee highlights the 
importance of leading-edge high-performance computing 
infrastructure for continued U.S. leadership and international 
scientific competitiveness, particularly given computational 
investments and technical achievements in high-performance 
computing by China.
    Dyslexia.--The Committee encourages NSF to continue 
research on the science of dyslexia, and to support multi-
directorate, merit reviewed, and competitively awarded research 
on the science of specific learning disabilities, including 
dyslexia, such as research on the early identification of 
children and students with dyslexia, professional development 
for teachers and administrators of students with dyslexia, 
curricula and educational tools needed for children with 
dyslexia, and the implementation and scaling of successful 
models of dyslexia intervention.
    Accessible Microelectronics Lab Facilities.--The Committee 
understands that an accessible microelectronics lab is a user 
facility designed to bring hands-on experience to electronics 
prototyping--a physical factory where students and engineers 
from anywhere in the U.S. can design electronics systems. The 
Committee recognizes that accessible microelectronics labs 
designed to facilitate electronics prototyping can enable the 
full participation of researchers at community colleges, 
emerging research institutions, and other under-resourced 
research institutions by affording them the same access to 
materials and equipment as top research institutions. The 
Committee encourages NSF to invest up to $10,000,000 in 
microelectronics labs with robotic workstations, a warehouse of 
electronic components, and a robotic transport system.
    Entrepreneurial Fellowships.--The Committee supports the 
expansion of the Entrepreneurial Fellowships program toward the 
scale authorized under section 10392 of Public Law 117-167 and 
notes that these immersive fellowships provide scientists with 
training, lab space, industry connections, and other resources 
to translate emerging technologies from the lab to the market 
in areas key to global competitiveness.
    Programs Not Supported.--The recommendation does not 
support the NSF U.S. Global Change Research program or the NSF 
Clean Energy Technology program.

          MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

    The recommendation includes $235,000,000 for Major Research 
Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC), which is 
$1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level, and 
$65,000,000 below the request. The Committee directs GAO to 
continue its annual reviews and semiannual updates of programs 
funded within MREFC and report to Congress on the status of 
large-scale NSF projects and activities based on its review. 
The recommendation supports the Antarctic Infrastructure 
Recapitalization, the Mid-scale Research Infrastructure 
program, and the Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF).
    Leadership-Class Computing Facility.--The Committee 
supports the LCCF, including the acquisition, construction, and 
commissioning of major facilities and larger mid-scale research 
infrastructure that provide unique capabilities at the 
frontiers of science and engineering, and notes that the LCCF 
will represent an enormous step forward in both the scale and 
the long-term sustainability of advanced computing resources 
available to the open science community.
    Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Projects.--The 
recommendation supports the Mid-scale Research Infrastructure 
program as authorized by Public Law 117-167. The Committee 
urges NSF to take a balanced approach to awarding rigorous and 
transformative Mid-scale Research Infrastructure projects, and 
to meet the various scientific needs identified by major 
community reports such as Astro2020. The Committee also 
encourages NSF to award at least one Mid-scale Research 
Infrastructure project to an institution in an EPSCoR State.
    United States Extremely Large Telescope Program.--The 
Committee directs NSF to report to the Committee regularly on 
the status of the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter 
Telescope, including an anticipated timeline of when such 
projects will be moved into the MREFC account.

                             STEM EDUCATION

    The recommendation includes $1,000,000,000 for Science, 
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, 
which is $172,000,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level 
and $300,000,000 below the request.
    Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.--The 
recommendation includes $26,000,000 for the Tribal Colleges and 
Universities Program and encourages NSF to continue to increase 
the number of Native Americans in STEM careers.
    Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions.--The recommendation supports the Improving 
Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institution 
(IUSE:HSI) program. The Committee notes the importance of 
increasing the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of 
Hispanic students pursuing STEM degrees, particularly at 
institutions of higher education that typically do not receive 
high levels of NSF funding.
    Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and 
Engineering Program.--The recommendation supports the Expanding 
Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering 
(ExpandQISE) program, which aims to increase research capacity 
in quantum disciplines by supporting research and education 
initiatives to advance scientific, engineering, and 
technological breakthroughs, while securing a talent pipeline 
to meet workforce needs in industry, academia, and government.
    Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.--The 
recommendation supports the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship 
Program which encourages talented STEM majors and professionals 
to become mathematics and science teachers.
    Advanced Technological Education Program.--The 
recommendation supports the Advanced Technological Education 
(ATE) program, which focuses on the education of technicians 
for the high-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.
    CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service.--The recommendation 
includes up to $74,000,000 for the CyberCorps: Scholarship for 
Service program, which focuses on the need to provide 
scholarships to students in the critical fields of 
cybersecurity and AI security. The Committee encourages NSF to 
include AI in activities funded by the program to maximize the 
learning potential in both fields, including for capacity 
building efforts when working with schools designated as 
National Security Agency (NSA) National Centers of Academic 
Excellence in Cybersecurity. Additionally, the Committee 
encourages NSF to leverage resources to increase the number of 
scholarships awarded at participating institutions and to 
increase the number of institutions that receive grants to 
participate in the program.
    Centers for Transformative Education Research and 
Translation.--The recommendation supports the Centers for 
Transformative Education Research and Translation program as 
authorized by section 10395 of Public Law 117-167. Through this 
program, the Committee encourages NSF to consider supporting 
the instrumentation of large-scale digital learning platforms 
and enabling multi-stakeholder partnerships to support 
collaborative research and translation education innovation. 
The Committee encourages NSF to collaborate with the Department 
of Education to consider how these centers could help address 
learning recovery and foster the benefits of technology.
    Enhancing Graduate Education and Training.--The Committee 
supports measures that improve graduate student advising and 
mentorship as well as funding mechanisms. The Committee 
recognizes the importance of these matters to increase talent 
retention and international competitiveness, and encourages NSF 
to develop best practices that enhance graduate education, to 
study the impact of funding models on graduate student 
productivity and outcomes, and to set clear mentorship 
standards in Federally funded projects, including ensuring 
positive, productive, and learning-focused relationships 
between mentors and mentees, professional growth, ethics, and 
assessment practices.
    Microelectronics Workforce Development.--The Committee 
recognizes the growing need to boost domestic competitiveness, 
innovation, and national security efforts in the semiconductor 
sector. The Committee encourages NSF, in coordination with the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to 
consider partnering with a consortium of community colleges, 
master's degree level institutions, and undergraduate 
institutions to develop an initiative that will increase the 
number of industry-ready graduates. The Committee also 
encourages NSF to identify and consider funding for existing 
workforce development collaborations between manufacturers and 
institutions of higher education that can be scaled 
appropriately to meet regional workforce demand.
    Microelectronics Workforce Credentialing.--The 
recommendation includes up to $20,000,000 for the Experiential 
Learning in Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) program 
which supports experiential learning in key technologies. The 
Committee directs NSF when making awards under this program to 
consider industry-recognized, transferable, and modular digital 
stackable credentials for semiconductor manufacturing, new 
learning technologies such as simulation technology built for 
extended reality (XR/AR/VR) based training for semiconductor 
manufacturing, and regions where significant microelectronics 
manufacturing facilities and workforce development investments 
are being made by both industry and the Federal Government.
    Artificial Intelligence Workforce Development.--The 
Committee acknowledges the importance of maintaining global 
leadership in AI and commends NSF for continuing to prioritize 
investments in this area. The Committee encourages NSF to 
prioritize workforce development for AI and other emerging 
technologies, including education programs at community 
colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and 
Universities, Minority Serving Institutions, institutions that 
serve rural populations, and institutions located in EPSCoR 
States.
    Programs Not Supported.--The recommendation does not 
support the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program and 
the Analytics for Equity Initiative.

 National Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year
                                  2025
                        (In thousands of dollars)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Account--Project and Activity                Amount ($000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors            $50,000
 (CHIPS) for America Workforce and Education Fund.......
    Research and Related Activities.....................        (25,000)
    STEM Education......................................        (25,000)
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................          50,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

    The recommendation includes $448,000,000 for Agency 
Operations and Award Management (AOAM), which is equal to the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $56,000,000 below the 
request.

                  OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

    The recommendation includes $4,600,000 for the National 
Science Board, which is $490,000 below the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $620,000 below the request.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The recommendation includes $24,410,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General, which is equal to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $4,050,000 below request.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes two administrative provisions. The first 
provision establishes thresholds for the transfer of funds. The 
second provision is regarding notification prior to acquisition 
or disposal of certain assets.

                                TITLE IV


                            RELATED AGENCIES


                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for the Commission on 
Civil Rights, which is $1,350,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$1,850,000 below the request.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee recommends $420,000,000 for the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is $35,000,000 
below fiscal year 2024 and $68,221,000 below the request.
    Remote Work.--The Committee directs EEOC to submit, no 
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, and every 
30 days thereafter, a list of all EEOC personnel that have work 
agreements that allow them to work remotely, whether part of 
the time or full time, on a permanent basis.
    Official Time.--The Committee directs EEOC to submit, no 
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, and on an 
annual basis thereafter, a list of all EEOC personnel who 
utilize ``official time'' that allows Federal employees to 
perform union business during work hours instead of public 
service, as well as the amount of official time each EEOC 
employee uses and the cost.

                     International Trade Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $115,000,000 for the 
International Trade Commission (ITC), which is $7,000,000 below 
fiscal year 2024 and $11,100,000 below the request.
    Litigation Transparency.--The Committee believes that 
transparency of the real parties of interest in ITC cases could 
aid the Commission in fairly evaluating these disputes. 
Moreover, a lack of routine disclosure of the real parties of 
interest may raise concerns when determining whether ethical 
conflicts exist during ITC proceedings. The Committee directs 
the ITC to consider promulgating a rule that would require each 
party to disclose the real parties in interest in all Section 
337 litigation at the ITC, and be adequate to ensure, among 
other things, disclosure of any and all beneficial owners and 
investors.
    Section 337 Investigations.--Under Section 337 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, the Commission must consider the impact on 
the public interest before issuing any remedial order. The 
Committee directs the ITC to provide a report to the Committee, 
no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, 
outlining the ways in which ITC develops its factual record on 
which a public interest determination is predicated.
    Trade Enforcement Analysis.--The Committee directs the ITC 
to complete, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act, an investigation and prospective economic analysis of 
revoking permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) treatment of 
all products of the People's Republic of China on the U.S. 
economy, U.S. industry, and product sourcing over a six-year 
period. The Commission is further directed to provide this 
report to the Committee within 30 days of completion. The 
report should include the results of the Commission's 
investigation and analysis including detailed information, to 
the extent practicable, on U.S. trade, production, and prices 
in the industries that would be directly and most affected by 
the imposition of rates of duty in Column 2 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (19 U.S.C. 1202) on products from China. The 
report should also examine an alternative scenario where 
Congress revokes PNTR with a five-year phase-in of tariffs on a 
subset of national security products.

                       Legal Services Corporation


               PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

    The Committee recommends $489,000,000 for the Legal 
Services Corporation (LSC), which is $71,000,000 below fiscal 
year 2024 and $77,000,000 below the request.

         ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

    The bill continues certain restrictions on the uses of LSC 
funding and contains language permitting LSC grantees to 
operate with boards of directors composed of no less than 33 
percent attorneys without requiring appointment by bar 
associations.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $4,200,000 for the Marine 
Mammal Commission, which is $300,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$840,000 below the request.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

    The recommendation includes a total of $68,000,000 for the 
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), which is 
$6,000,000 below fiscal year 2024 and $8,000,000 below the 
request.
    Congressional Approval of Trade Agreements.--The Committee 
is alarmed that USTR does not intend to seek congressional 
approval for the trade agreements it is negotiating. The U.S. 
Constitution gives Congress plenary power to ``regulate 
commerce with foreign nations.'' Although the President can 
negotiate agreements, this enumerated power makes clear only 
Congress can bring those agreements into force. However, USTR 
continues to negotiate binding international trade agreements 
with Kenya and countries party to the Indo-Pacific Economic 
Framework, while indicating that it does not intend to submit 
any resulting agreements to Congress for approval. In response 
to similar concerns regarding trade negotiations with Taiwan, 
Congress passed the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st 
Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 
118-13), which approved the first agreement under the United 
States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade and requires any 
further agreement under the initiative--including the agreement 
presently under negotiation--to receive approval from Congress 
before it can take effect. This legislation also included a 
finding that ``The President lacks the authority to enter into 
binding trade agreements absent approval from Congress.'' 
Accordingly, the Committee directs USTR to submit, no later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, a list of the 
agreements for which it plans to seek congressional approval as 
well as an explanation of the reasons for excluding any 
agreements containing binding commitments from the list.
    United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Enforcement.--The 
Committee notes the importance of the United States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the economic benefit of fair and 
reciprocal trade. Accordingly, the Committee encourages USTR to 
actively monitor Mexico's commitments under the USMCA and 
fulfill all enforcement-related mandates under U.S. law, 
including the use of USMCA's dispute settlement process when 
necessary.
    USTR Trade Agenda.--The Committee directs USTR to submit a 
report, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, 
detailing a USTR trade agenda for the United States and any 
foreign country the Ambassador or her staff has traveled to or 
held official meetings with between October 1, 2023, and the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    Protection of U.S. Innovation in the Domestic and Global 
Marketplace.--The Committee is concerned with the degradation 
of protections for intellectual property (IP) both globally and 
within the United States. Failure to protect and enforce IP 
rights would weaken America's global competitiveness and 
undermine the American businesses and workers who brought those 
technologies to market. Strong U.S. innovation and 
manufacturing depends on strong IP protections. Accordingly, 
the Committee directs USTR to pursue and advance IP protections 
and enforcement for U.S. innovation through bilateral and 
multilateral engagements and through the negotiation and 
implementation of trade agreements to prevent foreign 
competitors from disregarding IP protections for U.S. made 
products, especially biomedical technologies.
    Sanitary and Phytosanitary Report.--Pursuant to USTR's 
stated goal of promoting U.S. food and agricultural exports, 
the Committee directs USTR to resume publishing, no later than 
60 days after the enactment of this Act, its annual Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary (SPS) report. Additionally, the Committee 
requests that the SPS report include an expanded review of 
current and pending policies globally that would effectively 
restrict or negatively impact the ability of U.S. food and 
agriculture companies to do business in or sell products in 
overseas markets. This report should outline where effective 
regulatory environment differences between U.S. and overseas 
markets pose additional challenges to U.S. companies and offer 
recommendations to protect market access and continued growth 
in the food and agriculture sectors. USTR should affirm its 
commitment to engaging in all available bilateral, regional, 
and multilateral fora to dismantle these barriers to U.S. food 
and agriculture and strengthen the rules-based trading system 
to ensure a level playing field abroad for U.S. products.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The recommendation includes $53,000,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of USTR, which is $6,000,000 below fiscal year 
2024 and $8,000,000 below the request.

                      TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The recommendation includes $15,000,000, which is to be 
derived from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund, for trade 
enforcement activities and transfers authorized by the Trade 
Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.

                        State Justice Institute


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee recommends $5,971,000 for the State Justice 
Institute (SJI), which is $1,669,000 below fiscal year 2024 and 
$1,669,000 below the request.

                                TITLE V


                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Section 501 prohibits the use of funds for publicity or 
propaganda purposes unless expressly authorized by law.
    Section 502 prohibits any appropriation contained in this 
Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly provided.
    Section 503 provides that the expenditure of any 
appropriation contained in this Act for any consulting service 
through procurement contracts 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 existing executive order issued 
pursuant to existing law.
    Section 504 provides that if any provision of this Act or 
the application of such provision to any person or circumstance 
shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the 
application of other provisions shall not be affected.
    Section 505 prohibits a reprogramming of funds that: (1) 
creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity; (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 employee; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or 
activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any function or 
activity presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments 
funds for existing programs, projects, or activities in excess 
of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 
percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, 
or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any 
general savings, including savings from a reduction in 
personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, 
projects, or activities as approved by Congress; unless the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Section 506 provides that if it is determined that any 
person intentionally affixes a ``Made in America'' label to any 
product that was not made in America, that person shall not be 
eligible to receive any contract or subcontract with funds made 
available in this Act. The section further provides that to the 
extent practicable, with respect to purchases of promotional 
items, funds made available under this Act shall be used to 
purchase items manufactured, produced, or assembled in the 
United States or its territories or possessions.
    Section 507 requires quarterly reporting to Congress on the 
status of balances of appropriations.
    Section 508 provides that any costs incurred by a 
department or agency funded under this Act resulting from, or 
to prevent, personnel actions taken in response to funding 
reductions in this Act, or, for the Department of Commerce, 
from actions taken for the care and protection of loan 
collateral or grant property, shall be absorbed within the 
budgetary resources available to the department or agency, and 
provides transfer authority between appropriation accounts to 
carry out this provision, subject to reprogramming procedures.
    Section 509 prohibits funds made available by this Act from 
being used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco 
products or to seek the reduction or removal of foreign 
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco products, except for 
restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or 
tobacco products of the same type. This provision is not 
intended to impact routine international trade services to all 
U.S. citizens, including the processing of applications to 
establish foreign trade zones.
    Section 510 stipulates the obligations of certain receipts 
deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.
    Section 511 prohibits the use of Department of Justice 
funds for programs that discriminate against or denigrate the 
religious or moral beliefs of students participating in such 
programs.
    Section 512 prohibits the transfer of funds in this Act to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government, except for transfers made by, or pursuant to 
authorities provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
act.
    Section 513 requires certain timetables of audits performed 
by Inspectors General of the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation 
and sets limits and restrictions on the awarding and use of 
grants or contracts funded by amounts appropriated by this Act.
    Section 514 prohibits funds for acquisition of certain 
information systems unless the acquiring department or agency 
has reviewed and assessed certain risks.
    Section 515 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to support or justify the use of torture by any 
official or contract employee of the United States Government.
    Section 516 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to include certain language in trade agreements.
    Section 517 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to authorize or issue a National Security Letter (NSL) 
in contravention of certain laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to issue NSLs.
    Section 518 requires congressional notification for any 
project within the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the 
National Science Foundation, or the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration totaling more than $75,000,000 that has 
cost increases of 10 percent or more.
    Section 519 deems funds for intelligence or intelligence-
related activities as authorized by Congress until the 
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2025.
    Section 520 prohibits contracts or grant awards in excess 
of $5,000,000 unless the prospective contractor or grantee 
certifies that the organization has filed all Federal tax 
returns, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has no unpaid Federal tax 
assessment.

                             (RESCISSIONS)

    Section 521 provides for rescissions of unobligated 
balances. Subsection (d) requires the Departments of Commerce 
and Justice to submit a report on the amount of each 
rescission. These reports shall include the distribution of 
such rescissions among decision units, or, in the case of 
rescissions from grant accounts, the distribution of such 
rescissions among specific grant programs, and whether such 
rescissions were taken from recoveries and deobligations, or 
from funds that were never obligated. Rescissions shall be 
applied to discretionary budget authority balances that were 
not appropriated with emergency or disaster relief 
designations. The Committee directs the Department of Justice 
to ensure that amounts for Joint Law Enforcement Operations are 
preserved at no less than the fiscal year 2024 level and that 
those amounts and amounts for victim compensation are 
prioritized.
    Section 522 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to purchase first class or premium air travel in 
contravention of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Section 523 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to pay for the attendance of more than 50 department 
or agency employees, who are stationed in the United States, at 
any single conference outside the United States, unless the 
conference is: (1) a law enforcement training or operational 
event where the majority of Federal attendees are law 
enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States; or 
(2) a scientific conference for which the department or agency 
head has notified the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that such attendance is in the national 
interest, along with the basis for such determination.
    Section 524 requires any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government receiving funds 
appropriated under this Act to track and report on undisbursed 
balances in expired grant accounts.
    Section 525 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to move a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives facility.
    Section 526 prohibits the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 
and the National Space Council from using funds made available 
by this Act by to engage in bilateral activities with China or 
a Chinese-owned company or effectuate the hosting of official 
Chinese visitors at certain facilities, with certain 
exceptions.
    Section 527 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to establish or maintain a computer network that does 
not block pornography, except for law enforcement and victim 
assistance purposes.
    Section 528 requires the departments and agencies funded in 
this Act to submit spending plans.
    Section 529 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to pay award or incentive fees for contractors with 
below satisfactory performance or performance that fails to 
meet the basic requirements of the contract. The heads of 
executive branch departments, agencies, boards, and commissions 
funded by this Act are directed to require that all contracts 
within their purview that provide award fees link such fees to 
successful acquisition outcomes, specifying the terms of cost, 
schedule, and performance.
    Section 530 prohibits the use of funds by the Department of 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration in contravention 
of a certain section of the Agricultural Act of 2014.
    Section 531 prohibits the Department of Justice from 
preventing certain States from implementing State laws 
regarding the use of medical marijuana. The provision also 
provides an exception for the Department of Justice to enforce 
Federal law prohibiting the distribution or manufacturing of a 
controlled substance near schools and colleges.
    Section 532 requires quarterly reports from the Department 
of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
and the National Science Foundation of travel to China.
    Section 533 requires 10 percent of the funds for certain 
programs be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 
counties.
    Section 534 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to require certain export licenses.
    Section 535 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to deny, or fail to act on, certain import 
applications regarding ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or 
ammunition.
    Section 536 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to deny the importation of shotgun models if no 
application for the importation of such models, in the same 
configuration, had been denied prior to January 1, 2011, on the 
basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or 
readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
    Section 537 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to require a person licensed under section 923 of 
title 18, United States Code, to report information to the 
Department of Justice regarding the sale of multiple rifles or 
shotguns to the same person.
    Section 538 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate 
approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
    Section 539 includes language regarding detainees held at 
Guantanamo Bay.
    Section 540 includes language regarding facilities for 
housing detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
    Section 541 sets certain requirements for the allocations 
of funds related to the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-167).
    Section 542 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement a rule regarding area or time closures in 
the South Atlantic.
    Section 543 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement or enforce Executive Order 14006, which 
prohibits the use of private detention facilities.
    Section 544 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to implement or enforce the ATF's rule 
entitled, ``Definition of `Frame or Receiver' and 
Identification of Firearms.''
    Section 545 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to implement or enforce Executive Order 
14092, ``Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities 
Safer.''
    Section 546 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement or defend the joint Departments of 
Justice and Homeland Security rule that allows U.S. Customs and 
Border Patrol officers to adjudicate asylum claims 
(``Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of 
Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by 
Asylum Officers'').
    Section 547 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to promulgate, develop, or implement any regulation, 
policy, or practice regarding certain actions in immigration 
court.
    Section 548 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement section 19 or section 20 of Executive 
Order 14074, ``Advancing Effective, Accountable, Policing and 
Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public 
Safety.''
    Section 549 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement any regulation issued or finalized by ATF 
after January 21, 2021.
    Section 550 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to implement or defend the ATF's pistol 
brace rule (``Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 
`Stabilizing Braces''').
    Section 551 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement the Attorney General's school boards memo 
(``Partnership Among Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and 
Territorial Law Enforcement to Address Threats Against School 
Administrators, Board Members, Teachers, and Staff'').
    Section 552 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to implement or enforce the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy's August 25, 2022, Memorandum, 
``Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally 
Funded Research.''
    Section 553 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for certain offices and programs.
    Section 554 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for certain offices and programs.
    Section 555 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for implementation of Executive Order 14072, relating 
to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services and 
natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making.
    Section 556 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for legal representation of aliens in removal 
proceedings.
    Section 557 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to close or dismiss immigration cases without 
adjudicating the merits of the case.
    Section 558 prohibits the use of State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program (SCAAP) grants in violation of Federal 
immigration law.
    Section 559 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to include aliens who are unlawfully 
present in the United States in Decennial Census apportionment 
determinations.
    Section 560 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to pay any settlements related to civil actions 
brought by illegal aliens against the United States.
    Section 561 removes the limit on overtime pay for Federal 
law enforcement officers combating illegal marijuana grows.
    Section 562 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to review, process, or approve grants and other 
agreements for any individual or organization that trains 
Federal employees on diversity, equity, inclusion, critical 
race theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally 
relevant teachings.
    Section 563 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for any activity that promotes or advances critical 
race theory.
    Section 564 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for the promotion of or any contributions to 
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments.
    Section 565 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to discriminate against individuals who 
define sex to mean biological sex as determined by the type of 
gamete an individual produces.
    Section 566 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for any gun buyback or relinquishment programs.
    Section 567 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to confiscate a firearm without providing the gun 
owner notice and opportunity to participate in a hearing.
    Section 568 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to fund or implement red flag laws or extreme risk 
protection orders.
    Section 569 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to restrict the production, purchase, 
sale, or transfer of any firearm unless authorized by Congress.
    Section 570 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act from being used for a firearms registry.
    Section 571 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to advise, promote, or otherwise support any civil 
actions to which the ATF is not a named party against any 
person purported to be subject to the regulation and oversight 
of the ATF.
    Section 572 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for the Demand 2 program unless the ATF modifies the 
reporting thresholds.
    Section 573 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to classify, tax, or register any firearm 
with an attached stabilizing brace.
    Section 574 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for any activity related to the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology or any laboratory located in a country determined to 
be a foreign adversary.
    Section 575 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to engage in formal or informal 
negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
    Section 576 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to employ a person who has been convicted 
of a child pornography charge, sexual assault charge, or who 
has been disciplined for using Federal resources to access, 
use, or sell child pornography.
    Section 577 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to hire a person based on the person's 
race, national origin, sex, or religion.
    Section 578 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act for sex-altering surgeries.
    Section 579 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for the Department of Justice's Reproductive Rights 
Task Force.
    Section 580 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to sue a State or local government over laws that 
restrict or limit abortion.
    Section 581 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to sue a State or local government over laws relating 
to transgender issues.
    Section 582 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to sue a State or local government over 
its redistricting plans.
    Section 583 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to discriminate against anyone with a sincerely held 
religious belief or moral conviction that marriage should be 
recognized as a union of one man and one woman.
    Section 584 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to license exports to any officer of the Cuban 
military or intelligence service, or an immediate family member 
thereof.
    Section 585 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act for an Office of Environmental Justice.
    Section 586 prohibits the use of funds to enforce 
Presidential Proclamation 10414 relating to the suspension of 
duties on solar panels from the People's Republic of China.
    Section 587 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for settlements that require the defendants to donate 
or contribute funds to an organization or individual.
    Section 588 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this or any other Act to pay the salary of any Federal employee 
who fails to comply with congressional subpoena.
    Section 589 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to pay the salary of a Department of Justice employee 
who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower or 
suppressed another Federal employee's constitutional rights 
under the First Amendment.
    Section 590 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to conduct an interview in connection with an 
investigation of a Federal offense unless that interview is 
recorded.
    Section 591 prohibits funds made available by this Act from 
being used by the Department of Justice to implement a policy 
that discourages United States Marshals Service employees or 
personnel from fully enforcing section 1507 of title 18, United 
States Code.
    Section 592 prohibits funds made available by this Act from 
being used in furtherance of or in support of the European 
Commission's Digital Markets Act.
    Section 593 prohibits funds made available by this Act from 
being used for Federal employee union activities.
    Section 594 prohibits funds made available by this Act from 
being used to classify or facilitate the classification of any 
communications by a United States person as misinformation, 
disinformation, or malinformation or to partner with any entity 
to censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 
United States persons.
    Section 595 prohibits funds made available by this Act to 
enforce any COVID-19 vaccine mandates or passports.
    Section 596 prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department to award grants to a grant recipient under 
investigation for misuse of grant funds.
    Section 597 prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from using 
funds to travel until funds for Secure Enclave have been 
obligated and expended as directed by Public Law 118-42.
    Section 598 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the interim final 
rule entitled ``Revision of Firearms License Requirements,'' 
which was published on April 30, 2024, or any similar future 
rule.
    Section 599. Prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act for algorithmic justice.

                                TITLE VI


                             OTHER MATTERS

    Section 601 prohibits funds from being used by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to take certain action 
regarding offshore wind energy development.
    Section 602 prohibits funds from being used to include 
certain information related to veterans in the National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
    Section 603 prohibits funds from being used to implement a 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives proposed 
rule regarding the definition of ``engaged in the business'' as 
a dealer in firearms.
    Section 604 prohibits funds from being used to enforce the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' zero 
tolerance policy.
    Section 605 prohibits funds from being used to bring suit 
against a State for violating the Rivers and Harbor Act.
    Section 606 prohibits funds from being used by the BOP to 
assign an individual to a facility that does not correspond to 
such individual's biological sex.
    Section 607 prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14043 
or Executive Order 14042.
    Section 608 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement guidance related to the Billions Project.
    Section 609 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to administer or enforce a requirement for Atlantic 
pelagic longline vessel electronic monitoring.
    Section 610 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to enforce a speed restriction related to the Rice's 
Whale.
    Section 611 prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of 50 U.S.C. 3341 and Security Executive Agent 
Directive 9, relating to whistleblower retaliation and 
protection.
    Section 612 prohibits funds from being used by the 
Executive Office for Immigration Review until they post all 
immigration judge hiring procedures on their website.
    Section 613 prohibits funds from being used to pay for the 
costs and fees incurred by an alien associated with civil 
actions and agency adjudications, including costs and fees 
authorized under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
    Section 614 prohibits funds from being used to implement 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) final rule 
of April 19, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29096).
    Section 615 prohibits funds from being used to enact any 
withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the 
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights unless the President obtains explicit authorization from 
Congress.
    Section 616 prohibits funds from being used by the EEOC to 
finalize the ``Proposed Guidance on Harassment in the 
Workplace'' regulations.
    Section 617 prohibits funds from being used by the EEOC to 
finalize, implement, or enforce the ``Joint Memorandum from the 
EEOC and the NLRB's General Counsel on Civility Rules, 
Confidentiality in Internal Investigations, and Employee 
Conduct in the Course of Protected Concerted Activity.''
    Section 618 amends the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of 
foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent 
recruitment restriction.
    Section 619 prohibits funds from being used to implement 
the draft guidance on March-In rights.
    Section 620 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to enforce a speed restriction related to the North 
Atlantic Right Whale.
    Section 621 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to enforce compliance with the U.S. Census Survey.
    Section 622 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to implement a critical habitat designation for the 
Rice's Whale.
    Section 623 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to reschedule or deschedule marijuana. Also, prohibits 
the use of funds to modify any employee responsibilities under 
the Drug Free Workplace executive order.
    Section 624 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to relocate FBI headquarter functions outside of the 
current FBI headquarters.
    Section 625 prohibits the use of funds made available by 
this Act to pay the salary of the ATF Director until details 
regarding the execution of a search warrant on Bryan 
Malinowski's home and vehicle are provided to the Committee.
    Section 626 prohibits the use of funds to record, or 
maintain any recording of, any records delivered to the 
Department of Justice pursuant to section 923(g)(4) of title 
18, United States Code.
    Section 627 reduces the Attorney General's salary to $1.00 
until the Attorney General transmits to certain Congressional 
Committees materials related to the investigation carried out 
by Special Counsel Robert Hur.

                       SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

    Section 628 includes language regarding the Spending 
Reduction Account.

            House of Representatives Reporting Requirements

    The following materials are submitted in accordance with 
various requirements of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives:


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         Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is a statement of 
general performance goals and objectives for which this measure 
authorizes funding: The Committee on Appropriations considers 
program performance, including a program's success in 
developing and attaining outcome-related goals and objectives, 
in developing funding recommendations.

                              Rescissions

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table is submitted 
describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying 
bill:

 
 
 
Department of Commerce:
  Economic Development Assistance Programs............       $30,000,000
Department of Justice:
  Office on Violence Against Women....................        15,000,000
  Office of Justice Programs..........................       125,000,000
  Community Oriented Policing Services................        20,000,000
  Working Capital Fund................................       340,000,000
  Assets Forfeiture Fund..............................      $250,000,000
 

   Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending Items

    The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 
9 of rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined 
in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this 
report. Neither the bill nor this report contains any limited 
tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in 
paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule XXI.

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          Compliance With Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)

  In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change 
is proposed is shown in roman):

       RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION ACT

DIVISION B--RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

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TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROVISIONS

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Subtitle D--Research Security

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SEC. 10638. DEFINITIONS.

  In this subtitle:
          (1) Covered individual.--The term ``covered 
        individual'' means an individual who--
                  (A) contributes in a substantive, meaningful 
                way to the scientific development or execution 
                of a research and development project proposed 
                to be carried out with a research and 
                development award from a Federal research 
                agency; and
                  (B) is designated as a covered individual by 
                the Federal research agency concerned.
          (2) Foreign country of concern.--The term ``foreign 
        country of concern'' means the People's Republic of 
        China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the 
        Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or 
        any other country determined to be a country of concern 
        by the Secretary of State.
          (3) Foreign entity of concern.--The term ``foreign 
        entity of concern'' means a foreign entity that is--
                  (A) designated as a foreign terrorist 
                organization by the Secretary of State under 
                section 219(a) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a));
                  (B) included on the list of specially 
                designated nationals and blocked persons 
                maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets 
                Control of the Department of the Treasury 
                (commonly known as the SDN list);
                  (C) owned by, controlled by, or subject to 
                the jurisdiction or direction of a government 
                of a foreign country that is a covered nation 
                (as such term is defined in section 4872 of 
                title 10, United States Code);
                  (D) alleged by the Attorney General to have 
                been involved in activities for which a 
                conviction was obtained under--
                          (i) chapter 37 of title 18, United 
                        States Code (commonly known as the 
                        Espionage Act);
                          (ii) section 951 or 1030 of title 18, 
                        United States Code;
                          (iii) chapter 90 of title 18, United 
                        States Code (commonly known as the 
                        Economic Espionage Act of 1996);
                          (iv) the Arms Export Control Act (22 
                        U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
                          (v) section 224, 225, 226, 227, or 
                        236 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
                        (42 U.S.C. 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, and 
                        2284);
                          (vi) the Export Control Reform Act of 
                        2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.); or
                          (vii) the International Emergency 
                        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
                        seq.); or
                  (E) determined by the Secretary of Commerce, 
                in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
                and the Director of National Intelligence, to 
                be engaged in unauthorized conduct that is 
                detrimental to the national security or foreign 
                policy of the United States.
          (4) Malign foreign talent recruitment program.--The 
        term ``malign foreign talent recruitment program'' 
        [means--]
                  [(A) any program, position, or activity] 
                means any program, position, or activity that 
                includes compensation in the form of cash, in-
                kind compensation, including research funding, 
                promised future compensation, complimentary 
                foreign travel, things of non de minimis value, 
                honorific titles, career advancement 
                opportunities, or other types of remuneration 
                or consideration [directly provided] whether 
                directly or indirectly provided by a foreign 
                country of concern at any level (national, 
                provincial, or local) or their designee, or an 
                entity based in, funded by, or affiliated with 
                a foreign country of concern, whether or not 
                directly sponsored by the foreign country of 
                concern, to the targeted individual, whether 
                directly or indirectly stated in the 
                arrangement, contract, or other documentation 
                at issue, in exchange for the individual--
                  [(i)] (A) engaging in the unauthorized 
                transfer of intellectual property, materials, 
                data products, or other nonpublic information 
                owned by a United States entity or developed 
                with a Federal research and development award 
                to the government of a foreign country of 
                concern or an entity based in, funded by, or 
                affiliated with a foreign country of concern 
                regardless of whether that government or entity 
                provided support for the development of the 
                intellectual property, materials, or data 
                products;
                  [(ii)] (B) being required to recruit trainees 
                or researchers to enroll in such program, 
                position, or activity;
                  [(iii)] (C) establishing a laboratory or 
                company, accepting a faculty position, or 
                undertaking any other employment or appointment 
                in a foreign country of concern or with an 
                entity based in, funded by, or affiliated with 
                a foreign country of concern if such activities 
                are in violation of the standard terms and 
                conditions of a Federal research and 
                development award;
                  [(iv)] (D) being unable to terminate the 
                foreign talent recruitment program contract or 
                agreement except in extraordinary 
                circumstances;
                  [(v)] (E) through funding or effort related 
                to the foreign talent recruitment program, 
                being limited in the capacity to carry out a 
                research and development award or required to 
                engage in work that would result in substantial 
                overlap or duplication with a Federal research 
                and development award;
                  [(vi)] (F) being required to apply for and 
                successfully receive funding from the 
                sponsoring foreign government's funding 
                agencies with the sponsoring foreign 
                organization as the recipient;
                  [(vii)] (G) being required to omit 
                acknowledgment of the recipient institution 
                with which the individual is affiliated, or the 
                Federal research agency sponsoring the research 
                and development award, contrary to the 
                institutional policies or standard terms and 
                conditions of the Federal research and 
                development award;
                  [(viii)] (H) being required to not disclose 
                to the Federal research agency or employing 
                institution the participation of such 
                individual in such program, position, or 
                activity; or
                  [(ix)] (I) having a conflict of interest or 
                conflict of commitment contrary to the standard 
                terms and conditions of the Federal research 
                and development award[; and].
                  [(B) a program that is sponsored by--
                          [(i) a foreign country of concern or 
                        an entity based in a foreign country of 
                        concern, whether or not directly 
                        sponsored by the foreign country of 
                        concern;
                          [(ii) an academic institution on the 
                        list developed under section 1286(c)(8) 
                        of the John S. McCain National Defense 
                        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
                        (10 U.S.C. 2358 note; Public Law 115-
                        232); or
                          [(iii) a foreign talent recruitment 
                        program on the list developed under 
                        section 1286(c)(9) of the John S. 
                        McCain National Defense Authorization 
                        Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 
                        2358 note; Public Law 115-232).]

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                           Transfers of Funds

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing 
the transfers of funds provided in the accompanying bill:
    In title I, under U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 
Salaries and Expenses, language is included to transfer funds 
to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the 
Federal Employees Health Benefit Fund, and the Federal 
Employees Group Life Insurance Fund.
    Under U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included to transfer funds to the Office 
of Inspector General.
    Under National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Scientific and Technical Research and Services, language is 
included allowing for transfers to the Working Capital Fund.
    Under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Operations, Research, and Facilities, language is included to 
transfer funds from the Promote and Develop Fishery Products 
and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries fund.
    Section 103 provides language for the transfer of funds 
between Department of Commerce appropriations in certain 
circumstances.
    In title II, under Justice Operations, Management, and 
Accountability and Justice Information Sharing Technology, 
language is included allowing for the transfer of funds.
    Under Executive Office for Immigration Review, language is 
included to transfer funds to the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review from fees deposited in the Immigration 
Examinations Fee account.
    Under Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General 
Legal Activities, language is included allowing for the 
transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
    Under National Security Division, Salaries and Expenses, 
language is included to allow the transfer of funds in certain 
circumstances.
    Under Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses, 
language is included to allow the transfer of funds to the 
Department of Health and Human Services.
    Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on 
Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and 
Prosecution Programs, language is included to allow the 
transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
    Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance, language is included to allow 
the transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
    Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Public 
Safety Officer Benefits, language is included to allow the 
transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
    Under Community Oriented Policing Services, Community 
Oriented Policing Services Programs, language is included to 
allow the transfer of funds to the Office of Justice Programs.
    Section 205 provides language for the transfer of funds 
between Department of Justice appropriations in certain 
circumstances.
    Section 212 provides language for the transfer of funds 
between certain grant funds and the National Institute of 
Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Office of 
Inspector General.
    In title III, under National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, Administrative Provisions, language is included 
allowing for the transfer of funds between appropriations.
    Under National Science Foundation, Administrative 
Provisions, language is included allowing for the transfer of 
funds among appropriations.
    Under United States Trade Representative, Trade Enforcement 
Trust Fund, language is included providing for the transfer of 
funds.
    Under General Provisions, section 508 provides for the 
transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
    Under General Provisions, section 510 provides for the 
transfer of funds to the Department of Justice, Office of 
Inspector General.

               Changes in the Application of Existing Law

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, the following statements are 
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the 
accompanying bill that directly or indirectly change the 
application of existing law.
    Language is included for a number of accounts placing 
limitations on representation and reception allowances in order 
to restrict the amount of money that would otherwise be spent 
on these activities. The bill also provides that a number of 
appropriations shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year. While these provisions are not 
specifically authorized for all of the items, it is deemed 
desirable to include such language for certain programs in 
order to provide for orderly administration and effective use 
of funds.

                    Title I--Department of Commerce

    In title I, Department of Commerce, under International 
Trade Administration, Operations and Administration, language 
is included providing that funds may be used for engaging in 
trade promotion activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 
of United States firms. Language is also provided allowing for 
full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas and employees 
temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 
employees of the International Trade Administration; employment 
of Americans and aliens by contract for services; rental of 
space abroad and expenses of alteration, repair, or 
improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable 
exhibition structures for use abroad; and payment of tort 
claims. In addition, language is included regarding official 
representation expenses abroad, purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use abroad, obtaining insurance on 
official motor vehicles, and rental of tie lines. Language is 
also recommended deriving a portion of available funds from 
fees. Furthermore, language is included designating funding for 
China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 
compliance activities. Finally, language is included regarding 
the contributions under the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961.
    Under Bureau of Industry and Security, Operations and 
Administration, the language provides an annual carveout for 
salaries and expenses and provides no-year availability of 
funds for non-personnel requirements. Language is included 
regarding the costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and abroad; 
full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas; employment of 
Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment 
of tort claims; official representation expenses abroad; awards 
of compensation to informers; and purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law 
enforcement use without regard to any price limitation 
established by law. In addition, language is included regarding 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. 
Finally, language is recommended providing that payments and 
contributions collected and accepted for materials or services 
may be retained for use in covering the cost of those 
activities and other communications.
    Under Economic Development Administration, Economic 
Development Assistance Programs, the language provides for no-
year availability of funds.
    Also, under Salaries and Expenses, language is included 
regarding the monitoring of approved projects.
    Under Minority Business Development Agency, Minority 
Business Development, language is included making funds 
available for fostering, promoting, and developing minority 
business enterprises, including expenses of grants, contracts 
and other agreements.
    Under Economic and Statistical Analysis, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included providing for two-year 
availability of funds.
    Under Bureau of the Census, Current Surveys and Programs, 
language is included providing that funds may be used for 
collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing 
statistics and for promotion, outreach and marketing 
activities.
    Also, under Periodic Censuses and Programs, language is 
included providing two-year availability of funds. Language is 
also included providing that funds may be used for collecting, 
compiling, analyzing, preparing and publishing statistics and 
for promotion, outreach and marketing activities.
    Under National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA), Salaries and Expenses, language is 
included permitting the Secretary of Commerce to charge Federal 
agencies for costs in spectrum management, analysis, 
operations, and related services; and to use such collections 
in telecommunications research. The language also allows the 
Secretary to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds 
transferred, or previously transferred for telecommunications 
research, engineering and activities by the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA. Finally, language is 
included providing that funds so transferred shall remain 
available until expended.
    Also, under Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning 
and Construction, language is included allowing recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated to be 
available for the administration of all open grants until their 
expiration.
    Under United States Patent and Trademark Office, Salaries 
and Expenses, language is included providing that appropriated 
funds be reduced as offsetting collections are assessed and 
collected. Language is including making funds available until 
expended and providing that funds received in excess of 
appropriations be deposited in a Patent and Trademark Fee 
Reserve Fund, to be available until expended pursuant to the 
Director submitting a spending plan subject to section 505 of 
this Act, after which the funds shall be transferred to the 
Salaries and Expenses account. In addition, language is 
included limiting representation expenses. Language is also 
included regarding basic pay and certain retirement benefits. 
Additional language is included regarding USPTO's financial 
statements. Furthermore, language is included providing that 
fees and surcharges charged are available to USPTO pursuant to 
section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code.
    Under National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), Scientific and Technical Research and Services, 
language is included providing for no-year availability of 
funds. In addition, language is included allowing transfers to 
the Working Capital Fund Language is also included to provide 
for certain specified uses of funding within Scientific and 
Technical Research Services for Community Projects. Language is 
included limiting funds for official reception and 
representation expenses. Finally, language is included allowing 
NIST to provide local transportation for a certain fellowship 
program.
    Also, under Industrial Technology Services, language is 
included providing no-year availability of funds. The language 
also designates an amount for the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership and the Manufacturing USA Program.
    In addition, under Construction of Research Facilities, 
language is included providing for no- year availability of 
funds. Language is also included regarding the submission of 
certain materials in support of construction budget requests.
    Under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), Operations, Research, and Facilities, language is 
included allowing for two-year availability for funds. Language 
is also included allowing maintenance, operation, and hire of 
aircraft and vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to 
nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting 
activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation 
of facilities. Language is included allowing fees and donations 
received by a particular office to be retained and used for 
expenses related to certain activities. In addition, language 
is included that provides that certain funds be derived from 
various sources and restricting their use to certain 
activities. Moreover, language is included specifying that 
deviations from amounts included in the report accompanying the 
Act shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. Finally, 
language is included providing for retired pay expenses.
    Also, under Procurement, Acquisition and Construction, 
language is included providing for three-year availability for 
funds, except for construction funds, which are available until 
expended. Language is also included providing that certain 
funds be derived from various sources. In addition, language is 
included specifying that deviations from amounts included in 
the report accompanying the Act shall be subject to section 505 
of this Act. Language is included regarding the submission of 
certain materials in support of construction budget requests.
    In addition, under Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, 
language is included providing for two-year availability of 
funds. Language is also included allowing the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue grants to specific States and Federally 
recognized tribes for conservation projects for listed 
endangered or threatened salmon and steelhead populations, 
populations at risk to be so listed, and for maintaining 
populations necessary for the exercise of tribal treaty fishing 
rights, and for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and 
steelhead habitat, to be allocated under scientific and merit 
principles and not available for marketing activities; and 
requiring a State match.
    Furthermore, under Fishermen's Contingency Fund, language 
is included providing for the appropriation of funds to be 
derived from receipts collected pursuant to Title IV of Public 
Law 95-372 and provides that these funds are available until 
expended.
    Additionally, under Fishery Disaster Assistance language is 
included providing two-year availability of funds.
    Moreover, under Fisheries Finance Program Account, language 
is included placing limitations on individual fishing quota 
loans and traditional direct loans.
    Under Recreational Quota Entity Fund, language is included 
to carry out the provisions of Section 106 of the Driftnet 
Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (Public Law 117-328).
    Under Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, 
language is included limiting funds for official reception and 
representation expenses. Further, language is included 
requiring reimbursement for Commerce employees detailed to 
offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of 
Commerce for more than 180 days. Finally, language is included 
that limits the Department of Commerce's ability to transfer 
funds into Salaries and Expenses except in certain 
circumstances.
    In addition, under Renovation and Modernization, language 
is included making available funds for expenses towards 
Department of Commerce facilities renovation and modernization.
    Moreover, under the Office of Inspector General, language 
is included making funds available for purposes of carrying out 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978.
    In addition, the bill provides the following administrative 
provisions:
    Section 101. Language is included that makes funds 
available for advanced payments only upon certification of 
officials, designated by the Secretary, that such payments are 
considered to be in the public interest.
    Section 102. Language is included that makes appropriations 
for Department of Commerce salaries and expenses available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, for services, and for 
uniforms or allowances as authorized by law.
    Section 103. Language is included that provides the 
authority to transfer funds between Department of Commerce 
appropriation accounts and requires 15 days advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations for certain 
actions.
    Section 104. Language is included that provides 
congressional notification requirements for NOAA satellite 
programs and includes life cycle cost estimates for certain 
weather satellite programs.
    Section 105. Language is included that provides for 
reimbursement for services within Department of Commerce 
buildings.
    Section 106. Language is included that clarifies that grant 
recipients under the Department of Commerce may deter child 
pornography, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful 
activity over their networks.
    Section 107. Language is included that provides the NOAA 
Administrator with the authority to avail NOAA of resources, 
with the consent of those supplying the resources, to carry out 
responsibilities of any statute administered by NOAA.
    Section 108. Language is included that prohibits the 
National Technical Information Service from charging for 
certain services.
    Section 109. Language is included that allows NOAA to be 
reimbursed by Federal and non- Federal entities for performing 
certain activities.
    Section 110. Language is included that provides the 
Economics and Statistics Administration with certain authority 
to enter into cooperative agreements.
    Section 111. Language is included that sets limitations on 
the Department's ability to obligate unobligated balances of 
expired discretionary funds transferred to the Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund.
    Section 112. Language is included that allows the NOAA 
Administrator to establish an alternative or fixed rate for 
relocation allowance, including permanent change of station 
allowance.

                    Title II--Department of Justice

    In title II, Department of Justice, under Justice 
Operations, Management, and Accountability, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included providing for an amount for 
security and construction of Department of Justice facilities, 
which shall remain available until expended.
    Also, under Justice Information Sharing Technology, 
language is included providing that funds be available until 
expended. Language is also included allowing transfers up to a 
certain amount to this account for information technology 
initiatives, and that these funds may be transferred subject to 
requirements in this Act and shall be available until expended.
    In addition, under Executive Office for Immigration Review, 
language is included providing that an amount shall be derived 
by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review 
fees deposited in the ``Immigration Examinations Fee'' account. 
Language is also included requiring implementation of 
immigration judge performance metrics.
    Moreover, under Office of Inspector General, language is 
included providing for not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character. Language is also 
included making certain funds available for two years.
    Under United States Parole Commission, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included providing that upon the 
expiration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the 
Commissioner may continue to act until a successor has been 
appointed.
    Under Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General 
Legal Activities, language is included providing not to exceed 
a certain amount for expenses of collecting evidence, to be 
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely 
under the certificate of, the Attorney General. Language is 
also included providing for the administration of pardons and 
clemency petitions. Language is also included providing for 
rental of space in the District of Columbia. Language is 
included making an amount available until expended for 
litigation support and information technology contracts. In 
addition, language is included making certain funds available 
to INTERPOL available until expended. Language is also included 
limiting the amount of funds for official representation and 
reception expenses available to INTERPOL Washington and to the 
Criminal Division. Furthermore, language is included providing 
funds to the Civil Rights Division for expenses associated with 
election monitoring, authority to reimburse the Office of 
Personnel Management for such expenses, and availability of 
such funds until expended. Language is also included regarding 
the transfer of funds for Civil Division litigation activities, 
which shall be subject to the provisions of section 505 of this 
Act. Finally, language is included for expenses associated with 
processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury 
Act of 1986.
    Also, under Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division, 
language is included providing for no-year availability of 
funds and the use of offsetting collections, and limiting the 
amount of funds for official representation and reception 
expenses. The language also provides that fees collected for 
premerger notification filings, regardless of the year of 
collection, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 
in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended. Finally, language is included providing that no funds 
credited to this account as offsetting collections shall become 
available for obligation in any fiscal year, with exceptions.
    In addition, under Salaries and Expenses, United States 
Attorneys, language is included regarding inter-governmental 
and cooperative agreements, and limiting the amount of funds 
for official reception and representation expenses. Language is 
also included extending the availability of certain funds. 
Finally, language is included requiring each United States 
Attorney to establish or participate in a task force on human 
trafficking.
    Furthermore, under United States Trustee System Fund, 
language is included regarding refunds due depositors. Language 
is also included regarding the extended availability of certain 
funds and the use of offsetting collections.
    Moreover, under Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, language is 
included regarding contracts for the procurement and 
supervision of expert witnesses. In addition, language is 
included regarding funds for construction of buildings for 
safesites, armored and other vehicles, and telecommunication 
equipment. The language also provides for no-year availability 
of funds.
    Under United States Marshals Service, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included limiting official reception and 
representation expenses, and providing for no-year availability 
for part of the appropriation.
    Also, under United States Marshals Service, Construction, 
language is included providing for no-year availability of 
funds. In addition, under Federal Prisoner Detention, language 
is included providing for no-year availability of funds. 
Language is included limiting the amount of funds considered 
``funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement 
assistance''. Language is also included providing that the 
United States Marshals Service shall be responsible for 
managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.
    Under National Security Division, Salaries and Expenses, 
language is included providing for the no-year availability of 
funds for IT systems. Language is also included providing that 
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for the activities of 
the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available 
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances. The language provides that such a transfer shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act.
    Under Interagency Law Enforcement, Interagency Crime and 
Drug Enforcement, language is included providing for no-year 
availability for some of the funds. Language is also included 
regarding authorities under which funds may be used.
    Under Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included providing for no-year 
availability of certain funds. Language is included providing 
for a limitation on official reception and representation 
expenses.
    Under Federal Bureau of Investigation, Construction, 
language is included specifying the purpose of the 
appropriation and making it available until expended. Language 
is also included limiting the use of unobligatd balances from 
prior year appropriations for the sole purpose of sustaining 
the J. Edgar Hoover building.
    Under Drug Enforcement Administration, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included providing for funds to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. Language is 
also included allowing conduct of drug education and training 
programs, including travel and related expenses for 
participants in such programs and the distribution of items of 
token value that promote the goals of such programs. In 
addition, language is included providing for no-year 
availability of certain funds. Language is included providing 
for a limitation on official reception and representation 
expenses. Finally, language is included permitting use of some 
of the appropriation to reimburse expenses incurred to clean up 
and safely dispose of certain substances which may present a 
danger to public health or the environment.
    Under Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 
Salaries and Expenses, language is included allowing training 
of State and local law enforcement agencies with or without 
reimbursement, including training in connection with the 
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection, and allowing provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement. Language is also included limiting 
official reception and representation expenses. In addition, 
language is included providing funds for the payment of 
attorneys' fees. Language is included providing for no-year 
availability of certain funds. Language is included that 
prohibits funds to transfer the functions, missions or 
activities of ATF to other agencies or departments. Finally, 
language is included allowing for no more than forty percent of 
funds be made available to the agency unless processing times 
for National Firearms Applications do not exceed 120 days for 
paper applications and 60 days for electronic applications.
    Under Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses, 
language is included making certain funds available for the 
First Step Act of 2018, and for transfer of some of that 
funding to the National Institute of Justice for evaluations of 
programs and activities related to that Act. Language also 
provides for the transfer to the Department of Health and Human 
Services funds necessary for medical relief for inmates. 
Language is also included that provides authority to the 
Director to enter into contracts to furnish health care. In 
addition, language is included placing a limitation on funds 
for reception and representation expenses. Furthermore, 
language is included extending the availability of certain 
funds. Language is included providing authority for the Federal 
Prison System to accept donated property and services. Finally, 
language is included prohibiting transfers of funds to the 
Department of Labor.
    Also, in Federal Prison System, Building and Facilities, 
language is included providing for no-year availability of 
funds. Language is also included stating labor of prisoners may 
be used for work under this heading.
    Additionally, under Federal Prison Industries, 
Incorporated, language is included authorizing Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and in 
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation.
    Furthermore, under Limitation on Administrative Expenses, 
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, language is included 
making available funds for its administrative expenses, and for 
certain services, to be computed on an accrual basis to be 
determined in accordance with the corporation's current 
prescribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be 
exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures 
that such accounting system requires to be capitalized or 
charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including 
selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with 
acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 
belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.
    Under State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office on 
Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and 
Prosecution Programs, language is included making funds 
available until expended. Language is also included placing a 
limitation on funds to be made available for expenses related 
to evaluation, training, and technical assistance. In addition, 
language is included providing for specific appropriations for 
various programs within the Office on Violence Against Women. 
The language also applies certain conditions to specified 
grants. It provides for certain funds to be transferred to 
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by 
the Office of Justice Programs.
    Under Office of Justice Programs, Research, Evaluation and 
Statistics, language is included to provide for no-year 
availability of funds. Language is also included to provide for 
specific appropriations for various programs within the Office 
of Justice Programs.
    Also, under State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, 
language is included to provide for no-year availability of 
funds. Language is also included to provide for certain 
specified uses of funding within Byrne Justice Assistance 
Grants including Byrne Discretionary Community Projects. In 
addition, language is included regarding local government use 
of funds to increase the number of law enforcement officers and 
language is included regarding a submission of changes to grant 
program administration.
    In addition, under Juvenile Justice Programs, language is 
included providing for no-year availability of funds. Language 
is also included waiving a provision of law with respect to 
funding for missing and exploited children programs. The 
language also provides for certain funds to be transferred to 
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics''.
    Furthermore, under Public Safety Officer Benefits, language 
is included providing for no-year availability of funds. 
Language is also included providing for the transfers of funds 
in emergent circumstances, which shall be subject to the 
provisions of section 505 of this Act.
    Within the COPS Hiring program, language is included 
regarding the Tribal Resources grant program, Tribal Access 
Program, the Regional Information Sharing System, and Law 
Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act. In addition, the 
language includes POLICE Act grants, Anti-Methamphetamine and 
Anti-Heroin Task Forces, STOP School Violence Act and COPS 
Technology and Equipment Community Projects.
    Under Department of Justice, General Provisions, the 
following general provisions that fall within the rule are 
recommended:
    In addition, the bill provides the following administrative 
provisions:
    Section 201. Language is included that makes available 
additional reception and representation funding for the 
Attorney General from the amounts provided in this title.
    Section 202. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds to pay for an abortion, except in the case of rape or 
incest, or to preserve the life of the mother.
    Section 203. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds to require any person to perform or facilitate the 
performance of an abortion.
    Section 204. Language is included that establishes that the 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons is obliged to provide escort 
services to an inmate receiving an abortion outside of a 
Federal facility, except where this obligation conflicts with 
the preceding section.
    Section 205. Language is included that establishes 
requirements and procedures for transfer proposals.
    Section 206. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds for transporting prisoners classified as maximum or high 
security, other than to a facility certified by the BOP as 
appropriately secure.
    Section 207. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds for the purchase or rental by Federal prisons of 
audiovisual or electronic media or equipment, services and 
materials used primarily for recreational purposes, except for 
those items and services needed for inmate training, religious, 
or educational purposes.
    Section 208. Language is included that requires review by 
the Deputy Attorney General and the Department Investment 
Review Board prior to the obligation or expenditure of funds 
for major information technology projects.
    Section 209. Language is included that requires the 
Department to follow reprogramming procedures prior to any 
deviation from the program amounts specified in this title or 
the reuse of specified deobligated funds provided in previous 
years.
    Section 210. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds for A-76 competitions for work performed by employees of 
BOP or Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
    Section 211. Language is included that prohibits U.S. 
Attorneys from holding additional responsibilities that exempt 
U.S. Attorneys from statutory residency requirements.
    Section 212. Language is included that permits up to 1 
percent of grant funds made available to be used for criminal 
justice research, evaluation, and statistics by the National 
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics and 
designates not less than one quarter percent of grant funds 
made available to be transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General.
    Section 213. Language is included that provides cost-share 
waivers for certain grant programs.
    Section 214. Language is included that waives the 
requirement that the Attorney General reserve certain funds 
from amounts provided.
    Section 215. Language is included that prohibits funds, 
other than funds for the national instant criminal background 
check system established under the Brady Handgun Violence 
Prevention Act, from being used to facilitate the transfer of 
an operable firearm to a known or suspected agent of a drug 
cartel where law enforcement personnel do not continuously 
monitor or control such firearm.
    Section 216. Language is included that places limitations 
on the obligation of funds from certain Department of Justice 
accounts and funding sources.
    Section 217. Language is included that establishes 
reporting requirements for the Department's Crime Victims Fund, 
the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent Fund, and the Asset 
Forfeiture Fund.
    Section 218. Language is included that places limitations 
on the Department's performance of live tissue training.
    Section 219. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the Department to target or investigate parents 
who peacefully protest at school board meetings.
    Section 220. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to investigate or prosecute religious institutions 
on the basis of their religious beliefs.
    Section 221. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the Antitrust Division for certain premerger 
actions.
    Section 222. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by any employee of the Department to engage in 
certain merger activity with foreign governments.
    Section 223. Language is included that establishes 
requirements for judicial review related to a proposed Federal 
Bureau of Prisons facility.
    Section 224. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to staff or operate the Foreign Influence Task Force 
for the purpose of monitoring or labeling constitutionally 
protected speech by a United States person as misinformation, 
disinformation, or malinformation.

                           Title III--Science

    In title III, Science, under Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, language is included providing that certain 
funds be available for reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms.
    Under National Space Council, language is included 
providing that certain funds be available for reception and 
representation expenses.
    Under National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
Science, language is included providing for the two-year 
availability of funds.
    Also, under Aeronautics, language is included providing for 
the two-year availability of funds.
    In addition, under Space Technology, language is included 
providing for the two-year availability of funds.
    Under Deep Space Exploration Systems, language is included 
providing for the two-year availability of funds. Language is 
also included that delineates amounts for program components.
    In Space Operations, language is included providing for the 
two- year availability of funds.
    Additionally, under Science, Technology, Engineering, and 
Mathematics Engagement, language is included providing for the 
two-year availability of funds. Language is also included 
delineating amounts for program components.
    Under Safety, Security and Mission Services, language is 
included providing for the two-year availability of funds. 
Language is also included to limit official reception and 
representation expenses and providing for the transfer of funds 
to meet grant disbursements. Language is including regarding 
NASA Safety, Security and Mission Services Community Projects.
    Under Construction and Environmental Compliance and 
Restoration, language is included providing for the multi-year 
availability of funds. Language is also included restricting 
receipts and expenditures made pursuant to enhanced use of 
lease arrangements and requiring the inclusion of estimates in 
future budget requests.
    Under Office of Inspector General, language is included 
providing for the two-year availability of certain funds.
    In the Administrative Provisions, language is included 
regarding: availability of funds for announced prizes; 
establishes terms and conditions for the transfer of funds 
among NASA accounts; the submission of a spending plan; 
language allowing the joint funding of projects through 
multiple accounts; permits transfers to the Working Capital 
Fund; and extends the period of availability for certain funds.
    Under National Science Foundation, Research and Related 
Activities, language is included that provides for the multi-
year availability of funds. Language is also included that 
governs funding availability for polar research and operation 
support. In addition, language is included providing that 
certain receipts may be credited to this appropriation.
    Also, under Major Research Equipment and Facilities 
Construction, language is included providing for no-year 
availability of funds.
    In addition, under Education and Human Resources, language 
is included providing for the two- year availability of funds.
    Furthermore, under Agency Operations and Award Management, 
language is included regarding contracts for maintenance and 
operation of facilities and other services. Language is also 
included limiting representation expenses.
    Under Office of the National Science Board, language is 
included limiting funds for official reception and 
representation.
    Under Office of Inspector General, language is included 
providing for the multi-year availability of certain funds.
    Under Administrative Provision, language is included 
regarding transfers of funds. Also, language is included 
requiring the Director to submit notification of certain 
activities 30 days in advance.

                       Title IV--Related Agencies

    In title IV, Related Agencies, under Commission on Civil 
Rights, Salaries and Expenses, language is included prohibiting 
expenses to employ in excess of a specific level of full-time 
individuals or to reimburse Commissioners for certain billable 
days. Language is also included prohibiting certain 
unauthorized activities. Finally, language is included 
authorizing the Chair to accept donations or gifts to carry out 
the work of the Commission.
    Under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included designating an amount for 
payments to State and local enforcement agencies. Language is 
also included limiting funds for official reception and 
representation expenses. Finally, language is included 
authorizing the Chair to accept donations or gifts to carry out 
the work of the Commission.
    Under International Trade Commission, Salaries and 
Expenses, language is included limiting funds for official 
reception and representation expenses. Language is also 
included providing for no- year availability of funds.
    Under Legal Services Corporation, Payment to the Legal 
Services Corporation, language is included designating an 
amount for basic field programs and required independent 
audits, the Office of Inspector General, management and grants 
oversight, client self-help and information technology, and a 
Pro Bono Innovation Fund. Language is also included regarding 
pay for officers and employees. Language is also included 
delineating amounts for specific programs and regarding 
authorities to transfer funds. In addition, language is 
included designating the Legal Services Corporation as an 
agency of the Federal Government for the purposes of 
reprogramming.
    Under Administrative Provision, Legal Services Corporation, 
language is included that prohibits the use of funds for 
certain activities. Language is also included permitting Legal 
Services Corporation grantees to operate with boards of 
directors composed of no less than 33 percent attorneys without 
requiring appointment by bar associations.
    Under Office of the United States Trade Representative, 
Salaries and Expenses, language is included providing for the 
no-year availability of some funds. Language is also included 
limiting funds for official reception and representation 
expenses.
    Also, under Trade Enforcement Trust Fund, language is 
included regarding certain notifications.
    Under State Justice Institute, Salaries and Expenses, 
language is included limiting funds for reception and 
representation expenses. Language is also included providing 
for multi-year availability of certain funds. In addition, 
language is included designating the State Justice Institute as 
an agency of the Federal Government for the purposes of 
reprogramming.

                      Title V--General Provisions

    In title V, General Provisions, the following general 
provisions that fall within the rule are recommended:
    In addition, the bill provides the following provisions 
under this title:
    Section 501. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds for publicity or propaganda purposes unless expressly 
authorized by law.
    Section 502. Language is included that prohibits any 
appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly 
provided.
    Section 503. Language is included that provides that the 
expenditure of any appropriation contained in this Act for any 
consulting service through procurement contracts 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 existing 
executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Section 504. Language is included that provides that if any 
provision of this Act or the application of such provision to 
any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder 
of this Act and the application of other provisions shall not 
be affected.
    Section 505. Language is included that prohibits a 
reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity; (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 employee; (5) 
reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or activities; (6) 
contracts out or privatizes any function or activity presently 
performed by Federal employees; (7) augments funds for existing 
programs, projects, or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of 
personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any general 
savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which 
would result in a change in existing programs, projects, or 
activities as approved by Congress; unless the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming of funds.
    Section 506. Language is included that provides that if it 
is determined that any person intentionally affixes a ``Made in 
America'' label to any product that was not made in America, 
that person shall not be eligible to receive any contract or 
subcontract with funds made available in this Act. The section 
further provides that to the extent practicable, with respect 
to purchases of promotional items, funds made available under 
this Act shall be used to purchase items manufactured, 
produced, or assembled in the United States or its territories 
or possessions.
    Section 507. Language is included that requires quarterly 
reporting to Congress on the status of balances of 
appropriations.
    Section 508. Language is included that provides that any 
costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act 
resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken in 
response to funding reductions in this Act, or, for the 
Department of Commerce, from actions taken for the care and 
protection of loan collateral or grant property, shall be 
absorbed within the budgetary resources available to the 
department or agency, and provides transfer authority between 
appropriation accounts to carry out this provision, subject to 
reprogramming procedures.
    Section 509. Language is included that prohibits funds made 
available by this Act from being used to promote the sale or 
export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction 
or removal of foreign restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally 
to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. This 
provision is not intended to impact routine international trade 
services to all U.S. citizens, including the processing of 
applications to establish foreign trade zones.
    Section 510. Language is included that stipulates the 
obligations of certain receipts deposited into the Crime 
Victims Fund.
    Section 511. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
Department of Justice funds for programs that discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students 
participating in such programs.
    Section 512. Language is included that prohibits the 
transfer of funds in this Act to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except for 
transfers made by, or pursuant to authorities provided in, this 
Act or any other appropriations act.
    Section 513. Language is included that requires certain 
timetables of audits performed by Inspectors General of the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and 
the Legal Services Corporation and sets limits and restrictions 
on the awarding and use of grants or contracts funded by 
amounts appropriated by this Act.
    Section 514. Language is included that prohibits funds for 
acquisition of certain information systems unless the acquiring 
department or agency has reviewed and assessed certain risks.
    Section 515. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to support or justify the use 
of torture by any official or contract employee of the United 
States Government.
    Section 516. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to include certain language in 
trade agreements.
    Section 517. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to authorize or issue a 
National Security Letter (NSL) in contravention of certain laws 
authorizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue NSLs.
    Section 518. Language is included that requires 
congressional notification for any project within the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Science 
Foundation, or the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration totaling more than $75,000,000 that has cost 
increases of 10 percent or more.
    Section 519. Language is included that deems funds for 
intelligence or intelligence-related activities as authorized 
by Congress until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025.
    Section 520. Language is included that prohibits contracts 
or grant awards in excess of $5,000,000 unless the prospective 
contractor or grantee certifies that the organization has filed 
all Federal tax returns, has not been convicted of a criminal 
offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has no 
unpaid Federal tax assessment.
    Section 521. Language is included that provides for 
rescissions of unobligated balances. Subsection (d) requires 
the Departments of Commerce and Justice to submit a report on 
the amount of each rescission. These reports shall include the 
distribution of such rescissions among decision units, or, in 
the case of rescissions from grant accounts, the distribution 
of such rescissions among specific grant programs, and whether 
such rescissions were taken from recoveries and deobligations, 
or from funds that were never obligated. Rescissions shall be 
applied to discretionary budget authority balances that were 
not appropriated with emergency or disaster relief 
designations. The Committee directs the Department of Justice 
to ensure that amounts for Joint Law Enforcement Operations are 
preserved at no less than the fiscal year 2024 level and that 
those amounts and amounts for victim compensation are 
prioritized.
    Section 522. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to purchase first class or 
premium air travel in contravention of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    Section 523. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to pay for the attendance of 
more than 50 department or agency employees, who are stationed 
in the United States, at any single conference outside the 
United States, unless the conference is: (1) a law enforcement 
training or operational event where the majority of Federal 
attendees are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 
United States; or (2) a scientific conference for which the 
department or agency head has notified the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that such attendance is in the 
national interest, along with the basis for such determination.
    Section 524. Language is included that requires any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track 
and report on undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts.
    Section 525. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to move a Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facility.
    Section 526. Language is included that prohibits the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, and the National Space Council 
from using funds made available by this Act by to engage in 
bilateral activities with China or a Chinese-owned company or 
effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at certain 
facilities, with certain exceptions.
    Section 527. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to establish or maintain a 
computer network that does not block pornography, except for 
law enforcement and victim assistance purposes.
    Section 528. Language is included that requires the 
departments and agencies funded in this Act to submit spending 
plans.
    Section 529. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to pay award or incentive fees 
for contractors with below satisfactory performance or 
performance that fails to meet the basic requirements of the 
contract. The heads of executive branch departments, agencies, 
boards, and commissions funded by this Act are directed to 
require that all contracts within their purview that provide 
award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 
specifying the terms of cost, schedule, and performance.
    Section 530. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement 
Administration in contravention of a certain section of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014.
    Section 531. Language is included that prohibits the 
Department of Justice from preventing certain States from 
implementing State laws regarding the use of medical marijuana. 
The provision also provides an exception for the Department of 
Justice to enforce Federal law prohibiting the distribution or 
manufacturing of a controlled substance near schools and 
colleges.
    Section 532. Language is included that requires quarterly 
reports from the Department of Commerce, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science 
Foundation of travel to China.
    Section 533. Language is included that requires 10 percent 
of the funds for certain programs be allocated for assistance 
in persistent poverty counties.
    Section 534. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to require 
certain licenses.
    Section 535. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to deny, or fail to act on, 
certain import applications regarding ``curios or relics'' 
firearms, parts, or ammunition.
    Section 536. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to deny the importation of 
shotgun models if no application for the importation of such 
models, in the same configuration, had been denied prior to 
January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting 
purposes.
    Section 537. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to require a person licensed 
under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report 
information to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of 
multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.
    Section 538. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement the Arms Trade 
Tready until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification 
for the Treaty.
    Section 539. Language is included regarding detainees held 
at Guantanamo Bay.
    Section 540. Language is included regarding facilities for 
housing detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
    Section 541. Language is included that sets certain 
requirements for the allocation of funds related to the CHIPS 
Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-167).
    Section 542. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement a rule regarding 
area or time closures in the South Atlantic.
    Section 543. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement or enforce 
Executive Order 14006, which prohibits the use of private 
detention facilities.
    Section 544. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to implement or 
enforce the ATF's rule entitled, ``Definition of `Frame or 
Receiver' and Identification of Firearms.''
    Section 545. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to implement or 
enforce Executive Order 14092, ``Reducing Gun Violence and 
Making Our Communities Safer.''
    Section 546. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement or defend the 
joint Departments of Justice and Homeland Security rule that 
allows U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers to adjudicate 
asylum claims (``Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and 
Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT 
Protection Claims by Asylum Officers'').
    Section 547. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to promulgate, develop, or 
implement any regulation, policy, or practice regarding certain 
actions in immigration court.
    Section 548. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement Section 19 or 
section 20 of Executive Order 14074, ``Advancing Effective, 
Accountable, Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance 
Public Trust and Public Safety.''
    Section 549. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement any regulation 
issued or finalized by ATF after January 21, 2021.
    Section 550. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to implement or 
defend the ATF's pistol brace rule (``Factoring Criteria for 
Firearms with Attached `Stabilizing Braces'').
    Section 551. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement the Attorney 
General's school boards memo (``Partnership Among Federal, 
State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to 
Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board Members, 
Teachers, and Staff'').
    Section 552. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to implement or 
enforce the Office of Science and Technology Policy's August 
25, 2022, Memorandum, ``Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable 
Access to Federally Funded Research.''
    Section 553. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for certain offices and 
programs.
    Section 554. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for certain offices and 
programs.
    Section 555. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for implementation of 
Executive Order 14072, relating to the valuation of ecosystem 
and environmental services and natural assets in Federal 
regulatory decision-making.
    Section 556. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for legal representation of 
aliens in removal proceedings.
    Section 557. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to close or dismiss 
immigration cases without adjudicating the merits of the case.
    Section 558. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grants in 
violation of Federal immigration law.
    Section 559. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to include aliens 
who are unlawfully present in the United States in Decennial 
Census apportionment determinations.
    Section 560. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to pay any settlements related 
to civil actions brought by illegal aliens against the United 
States.
    Section 561. Language is included that removes the limit on 
overtime pay for Federal law enforcement officers combating 
illegal marijuana grows.
    Section 562. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to review, process, or approve 
grants and other agreements for any individual or organization 
that trains Federal employees on diversity, equity, inclusion, 
critical race theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or 
culturally relevant teachings.
    Section 563. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for any activity that promotes 
or advances critical race theory.
    Section 564. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for the promotion of or any 
contributions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) 
investments.
    Section 565. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to discriminate 
against individuals who define sex to mean biological sex as 
determined by the type of gamete an individual produces.
    Section 566. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for any gun buyback or 
relinquishment programs.
    Section 567. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to confiscate a firearm 
without providing the gun owner notice and opportunity to 
participate in a hearing.
    Section 568. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to fund or implement red flag 
laws or extreme risk protection orders.
    Section 569. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to restrict the 
production, purchase, sale, or transfer of any firearm unless 
authorized by Congress.
    Section 570. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act from being used 
for a firearms registry.
    Section 571. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to advise, promote, or 
otherwise support any civil actions to which the ATF is not a 
named party against any person purported to be subject to the 
regulation and oversight of the ATF.
    Section 572. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for the Demand 2 program 
unless the ATF modifies the reporting thresholds.
    Section 573. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to classify, tax, 
or register any firearm with an attached stabilizing brace.
    Section 574. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for any activity related to 
the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any laboratory located in a 
country determined to be a foreign adversary.
    Section 575. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to engage in 
formal or informal negotiations with the Islamic Republic of 
Iran.
    Section 576. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to employ a 
person who has been convicted of a child pornography charge, 
sexual assault charge, or who has been disciplined for using 
Federal resources to access, use, or sell child pornography.
    Section 577. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to hire a person 
based on the person's race, national origin, sex, or religion.
    Section 578. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act for sex-altering 
surgeries.
    Section 579. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for the Department of 
Justice's Reproductive Rights Task Force.
    Section 580. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to sue a State or local 
government over laws that restrict or limit abortion.
    Section 581. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to sue a State or local 
government over laws relating to transgender issues.
    Section 582. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to sue a State or 
local government over its redistricting plans.
    Section 583. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to discriminate against anyone 
with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that 
marriage should be recognized as a union of one man and one 
woman.
    Section 584. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to license exports to any 
officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, or an 
immediate family member thereof.
    Section 585. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act for an Office of 
Environmental Justice.
    Section 586. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds to enforce Presidential Proclamation 10414 relating to 
the suspension of duties on solar panels from the People's 
Republic of China.
    Section 587. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act for settlements that require 
the defendants to donate or contribute funds to an organization 
or individual.
    Section 588. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this or any other Act to pay the salary 
of any Federal employee who fails to comply with congressional 
subpoena.
    Section 589. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to pay the salary of a 
Department of Justice employee who is found to have retaliated 
against a whistleblower or suppressed another Federal 
employee's constitutional rights under the First Amendment.
    Section 590. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to conduct an interview in 
connection with an investigation of a Federal offense unless 
that interview is recorded.
    Section 591. Language is included that prohibits funds made 
available by this Act from being used by the Department of 
Justice to implement a policy that discourages United States 
Marshals Service employees or personnel from fully enforcing 
Section 1507 of title 18, United States Code.
    Section 592. Language is included that prohibits funds made 
available by this Act from being used in furtherance of or in 
support of the European Commission's Digital Markets Act.
    Section 593. Language is included that prohibits funds made 
available by this Act from being used for Federal employee 
union activities.
    Section 594. Language is included that prohibits funds made 
available by this Act from being used to classify or facilitate 
the classification of any communications by a United States 
person as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation or 
to partner with any entity to censor lawful and 
constitutionally protected speech of United States persons.
    Section 595. Language is included that prohibits funds made 
available by this Act to enforce any COVID-19 vaccine mandates 
or passports.
    Section 596. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the Department to award grants to a grant 
recipient under investigation for misuse of grant funds.
    Section 597. Language is included that prohibits the 
Secretary of Commerce from using funds to travel until funds 
for Secure Enclave have been obligated and expended as directed 
by Public Law 118-42.
    Section 598. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, or 
enforce the interim final rule entitled ``Revision of Firearms 
License Requirements,'' which was published on April 30, 2024, 
or any similar future rule.
    Section 599. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to be used for algorithmic 
justice.

                        Title VI--Other Matters

    In addition, the bill provides the following provisions 
under this title:
    Section 601. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to take certain action regarding offshore wind 
energy development.
    Section 602. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to include certain information related to veterans 
in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System 
(NICS).
    Section 603. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to implement a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives proposed rule regarding the definition of 
``engaged in the business'' as a dealer in firearms.
    Section 604. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to enforce the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives' zero tolerance policy.
    Section 605. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to bring suit against a State for violating the 
Rivers and Harbor Act.
    Section 606. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the BOP to assign an individual to a facility 
that does not correspond to such individual's biological sex.
    Section 607. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry 
out Executive Order 14043 or Executive Order 14042.
    Section 608. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement guidance related 
to the Billions Project.
    Section 609. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to administer or enforce a 
requirement for Atlantic pelagic longline vessel electronic 
monitoring.
    Section 610. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to enforce a speed restriction 
related to the Rice's Whale.
    Section 611. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used in contravention of 50 U.S.C. 3341 and Security 
Executive Agent Directive 9, relating to whistleblower 
retaliation and protection.
    Section 612. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the Executive Office for Immigration Review until 
they post all immigration judge hiring procedures on their 
website.
    Section 613. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to pay for the costs and fees incurred by an alien 
associated with civil actions and agency adjudications, 
including costs and fees authorized under the Equal Access to 
Justice Act.
    Section 614. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to implement the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission's (EEOC) final rule of April 19, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 
29096).
    Section 615. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to enact any withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or 
modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights unless the President obtains 
explicit authorization from Congress.
    Section 616. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the EEOC to finalize the ``Proposed Guidance on 
Harassment in the Workplace'' regulations.
    Section 617. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used by the EEOC to finalize, implement, or enforce the 
``Joint Memorandum from the EEOC and the NLRB's General Counsel 
on Civility Rules, Confidentiality in Internal Investigations, 
and Employee Conduct in the Course of Protected Concerted 
Activity.''
    Section 618. Language is included that amends the Research 
and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the 
definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign 
talent recruitment restriction.
    Section 619. Language is included that prohibits funds from 
being used to implement the draft guidance on March-In rights.
    Section 620. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to enforce a speed restriction 
related to the North Atlantic Right Whale.
    Section 621. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to enforce compliance with the 
U.S. Census Survey.
    Section 622. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to implement a critical 
habitat designation for the Rice's Whale.
    Section 623. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to reschedule or deschedule 
marijuana. Also, prohibits the use of funds to modify any 
employee responsibilities under the Drug Free Workplace 
executive order.
    Section 624. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to relocate FBI headquarter 
functions outside of the current FBI headquarters.
    Section 625. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds made available by this Act to pay the salary of the ATF 
Director until details regarding the execution of a search 
warrant on Bryan Malinowski's home and vehicle are provided to 
the Committee.
    Section 626. Language is included that prohibits the use of 
funds to record, or maintain any recording of, any records 
delivered to the Department of Justice pursuant to section 
923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code.
    Section 627. Language is included that reduces the Attorney 
General's salary to $1.00 until the Attorney General transmits 
to certain Congressional Committees materials related to the 
investigation carried out by Special Counsel Robert Hur.
    Section 628. Language is included regarding the Spending 
Reduction Account.

                  Appropriations Not Authorized by Law

    The Committee, in a number of instances, has found it 
necessary to recommend funding for ongoing activities and 
programs for which authorizations have not been enacted to 
date. Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, the following table lists the 
appropriations in the accompanying bill that are not authorized 
by law for the period concerned:

                                                               UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                (in thousands of dollars)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Last year of                                    Appropriation in last    Appropriations  in
                         Account                            authorization      Authorized  appropriation    year of authorization        this bill
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Department of Commerce:
  International Trade Administration:
    Operations and Administration                                      n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                570,000
      Export Promotion Activities.......................              1996  Indefinite....................                264,885                      *
  Bureau of Industry and Security:
    Operations and Administration.......................              1994  Indefinite....................                 34,747                 47,500
  Economic Development Administration:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2008  Such sums.....................                 30,832                680,100
    Economic Development Assistance.....................              2008  500,000.......................                    n/a                256,500
  Economic and Statistics Administration:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                116,000
  National Telecommunications and Information
   Administration:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              1993  19,400........................                 17,900                 55,000
    Facilities Management and Construction..............              1994  42,000........................  .....................                  1,500
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
    Operations, Research, and Facilities:...............  ................  ..............................  .....................              4,210,951
      National Ocean Service............................              1993  121,183.......................             (1150,864)              (583,666)
      Coastal Zone Management...........................              1999  55,300........................               (52,700)               (80,000)
      National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund.........              2019  Indefinite....................               (30,000)               (15,000)
      Coral Reef Program................................              2004  16,000........................               (26,100)               (31,469)
      Marine Protection, Research, Preservation &                     2005  (40,000)......................               (58,700)               (40,000)
       Sanctuaries.
    National Marine Fisheries Service:..................  ................  ..............................  .....................                865,000
      Marine Mammal Protection..........................              1999  ..............................  .....................               (68,000)
      Species Recovery Grants...........................              1992  ..............................  .....................                (5,000)
      Interjurisdictional Fisheries.....................              2012  5,900.........................                (3,400)                (3,377)
    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:...................  ................  ..............................  .....................                645,729
      Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institute....              1993  103,877.......................  .....................              (104,102)
    National Weather Service............................              1993  394,687.......................  .....................              1,263,176
  Procurement, Acquisition and construction:............  ................  ..............................  .....................              1,378,200
    National Environmental Satellite, Data, and                       2023  5,000.........................  .....................                995,000
     Informative Service.
  Mision Support:                                         ................  ..............................  .....................                 64,000
      NOAA Construction.................................              1993  94,500........................                 64,500               (64,000)
Department of Justice:
  Gerneral Administration
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2009  181,561.......................                105,805                113,000
    Justice Information Sharing Technology..............              2009  204,152.......................                 80,000                 38,000
    Executive Office for Immigration Review.............         2009para.  n/a...........................                    n/a                760,000
    Office of Inspector General.........................              2009  81,922........................                 78,681                144,000
  United States Parole Commission:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2009  12,711........................                 12,570                 14,000
  Legal Activities:
    Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities.....              2009  764,526.......................                805,655                988,500
    Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division...........              2009  162,488.......................                157,788                192,776
    Salaries and Expense, United States Attorneys.......              2009  1,829,194.....................              1,851,336              2,312,000
    Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement                  2009  1,429.........................                  1,823                  2,504
     Commission.
    Fee and Expenses of Witnesses.......................              2009  203,755.......................                168,300                320,000
    Assets Forfeiture Fund (discretionary)..............              2009  22,000........................                 20,990                 20,514
  United States Marshals Service........................              2009  900,178.......................                964,000              3,855,700
    Salaries and Expenses...............................  ................  Sec. .........................              (960,000)              1,715,700
    Construction........................................  ................  Sec. .........................                (4,000)                 15,000
    Federal Prison Detention............................              2009  1,858,509.....................              1,355,319              2,125,000
  National Security Division:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                120,681
  Interagency Law Enforcement
    Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement..............              2009  744,593.......................                515,000                547,000
  Federal Bureau of Investigation.......................              2009  6,480,608.....................              7,253,591             10,306,000
    Salaries and Expenses...............................             Sec.   (7,100,000)...................           (10,676,000)             10,276,000
    Construction........................................  ................  Sec. .........................              (153,491)                 30,000
  Drug Enforcement Administration:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2009  1,930,462.....................              1,959,084              3,104,924
  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:..  ................  1,038,939.....................              1,068,215              1,436,500
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2009  Sec. .........................  .....................              1,436,500
    Construction........................................              2009  Sec. .........................  .....................  .....................
  Federal Prison System.................................              2009  5,698,292.....................              6,176,599              8,668,288
    Salaries and Expenses...............................  ................  Sec. .........................            (5,600,792)            (8,392,588)
    Building and Facilities.............................             Sec.   (575,807).....................              (300,000)              (273,000)
  Office on Violence Against Women......................              2009  16,837........................  .....................                667,000
  Office of Justice Programs:
  Research, Evaluation, and Statistics:
    National Institute of Justice.......................              1995  33,000........................                 32,335                 22,000
    Bureau of Justice Statistics........................              1995  33,000........................                 58,879                 33,000
  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance:
    Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants............              2012  1,095,000.....................                470,000                847,810
      Officer Robert Wilson III VALOR Initiative........               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a               (13,000)
      Prison Rape Elimination Act.......................              2010  40,000........................                 15,000               (15,500)
      Missing Americans Alert...........................              2022  2,000.........................                  3,000                (2,000)
      Project Safe Neighborhoods........................              2021  50,000........................                 20,000               (20,000)
      Capital Litigation and Wrongful Conviction Review.              2021  22,500........................                  7,000               (15,000)
      Ashanti Alert Network.............................              2022  3,000.........................                  1,000                (1,000)
      Rural Violent Crime Initiative....................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                (5,000)
      Body-worn Camera Partnership......................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a               (20,000)
    State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.............              2011  950,000.......................                    n/a                234,000
    Victims of Trafficking..............................              2021  77,000........................                 85,000                 88,000
    Intellectual Property Enforcement...................              2022  13,000........................                  2,500                  4,800
    Adam Walsh Act......................................              2009  Such sums.....................                 18,000                 18,000
    NICS Improvement Amendment Act of 2007..............              2013  125,000.......................                 12,000                 88,000
    Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement.........              2021  23,000........................                 33,000                 28,000
    DNA Initiative
      Debbie Smith DNA Analysis Backlog.................              2024  151,000.......................                120,000                121,000
      Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing......              2021  10,000........................                  8,000                 14,000
      NamUS.............................................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  6,000
      Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains..........               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  3,000
    Second Chance Act
      Children of Incarcerated Parents Demo Grants......               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  5,000
      Justice Reinvestment Initiative...................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                 19,000
    Anti-Opiod Initiative
      Drug Courts.......................................              2023  75,000........................                 95,000                 89,000
    Mentally Ill Offender Act...........................              2021  50,000........................                 35,000                 40,000
    Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State                   2000  72,000........................                 63,000                 35,000
     Prisoners.
    Veterans Treatment Center...........................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                 32,000
    Prescription Drug Monitoring........................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                 35,000
    Comprehensive Opiod, Stimulant, and Substance Use                 2023  330,000.......................                190,000                189,000
     Program.
  Keep Young Athletes Safe Act..........................              2020  2,500.........................                  2,500                  2,000
  Juvenile Justice Programs:
    Youth Mentoring Grants..............................              2007  Such sums.....................                  4,000                104,000
    Prevention of Trafficking of Girls..................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  4,000
    Tribal Youth........................................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                 14,000
    Girls in Justice System.............................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  4,500
    Opioid Affected Youth Initiative....................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  7,500
    Children Exposed to Violence........................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                  4,500
  COPS Program:
    COPS Hiring Grants..................................              2009  1,047,119.....................              1,000,000                297,423
    Regional Information Sharing Activities.............              2003  100,000.......................                 28,812               (44,000)
    Tribal Access Program...............................              2027  6,000.........................                  4,000                (4,000)
      Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces..................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                 16,000
      Anti-Heroin Task Forces...........................               n/a  n/a...........................                    n/a                 35,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
    Science.............................................              2017  5,500,000.....................              5,764,900              7,334,200
    Aeronautics.........................................              2017  640,000.......................                660,000                965,800
    Space Technology....................................              2017  686,000.......................                686,500              1,181,800
    Exploration.........................................              2017  4,330,000.....................              4,324,000              7,618,200
    Space Operations....................................              2017  5,023,000.....................              4,950,700              4,473,500
    STEM Engagement.....................................              2017  115,000.......................                100,000                 89,000
    Safety, Security and Mission Services...............              2017  2,788,600.....................              2,768,600              3,044,440
    Construction and Environmental Compliance and                     2017  388,000.......................                360,700                424,100
     Restoration.
    Office of Inspector General.........................              2017  37,400........................                 37,900                 47,600
Related Agencies:
    Commision on Civil Rights:..........................
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              1995  9,500.........................                  8,904                 13,000
    International Trade Commission......................
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2004  57,240........................                 58,295                115,000
  Payment to the Legal Services Corporation:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              1980  Such Sums.....................                300,000                489,000
  Marine Mammal Commission:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              1999  1,750.........................  .....................                  4,200
  Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2004  33,108........................                 41,944                 53,000
  State Justice Institute:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................              2008  7,000.........................                  3,760                  5,971
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BUDGETARY IMPACT OF THE FY 2025 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE 
     CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 308(A) OF THE 
                    CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974

                        [In millions of dollars]


                   Comparison With Budget Resolution

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares 
the levels of new budget authority provided in the bill with 
the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget 
Act.

                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                         302(b) Allocation                   This Bill
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Budget                          Budget
                                                     Authority        Outlays        Authority        Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
 allocations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee
 on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
 Agencies
    Discretionary...............................          78,288          46,655          78,288       \1\46,655
    Mandatory...................................             489             580             489          \1\580
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                      Five-Year Outlay Projections

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII and section 
308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
following table contains five-year projections associated with 
the budget authority provided in the accompanying bill as 
provided to the Committee by the Congressional Budget Office.

                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Outlays
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Projection of outlays associated with the
 recommendation:
    2025................................................       \1\46,937
    2026................................................          19,323
    2027................................................           6,643
    2028................................................           3,139
    2029 and future years...............................           3,239
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

          Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII and section 
308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Congressional Budget Office has provided the following 
estimates of new budget authority and outlays provided by the 
accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and local 
governments.

                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Budget
                                             Authority        Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Financial assistance to State and local            1,762        \1\-215
 governments for 2025...................
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                          Program Duplication

    No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a 
program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of 
another Federal program, a program that was included in any 
report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 
pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139, or a program 
related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance.

                           Committee Hearings

    Pursuant to clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following hearings were used to 
develop or consider the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025:
    The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on April 11, 2024, entitled ``Budget 
Hearing--Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation''. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    The Honorable Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice
    The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on April 16, 2024, entitled ``Budget 
Hearing--Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of 
Justice''.
    The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    The Honorable Merrick Garland, Attorney General, Department 
of Justice
    The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on April 17, 2024, entitled ``Budget 
Hearing--Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration''. The Subcommittee received testimony 
from:
    The Honorable Bill Nelson, Administrator, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration
    The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on May 7, 2024, entitled ``Budget 
Hearing--Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Drug Enforcement 
Administration''. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    The Honorable Anne Milgram, Administrator, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Department of Justice
    The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on May 8, 2024, entitled ``Budget 
Hearing--Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of 
Commerce''. The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary, Department of 
Commerce

                  Comparative Statement of New Budget
                         (Obligatory) Authority

    The following table provides a detailed summary, for each 
department and agency, comparing the amounts recommended in the 
bill with amounts enacted for fiscal year 2024 and budget 
estimates presented for fiscal year 2025:



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                             MINORITY VIEWS

    We appreciate all of Chairman Rogers's efforts this year as 
chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
(CJS) subcommittee, including all the hard work that has gone 
into the subcommittee's hearings and the crafting of this 
appropriations bill. However, the harsh reality is that this 
bill simply does not fulfill the needs of the American people 
across a wide range of critical areas, including crime 
prevention and prosecution, job creation in distressed 
communities, efforts to ensure fair trade and fight price 
gouging, support for civil rights, advancing climate science 
research, bolstering our national security, and much, much 
more. Therefore, we must vehemently oppose this bill in its 
current form.
    This bill defunds Federal law enforcement. It significantly 
slashes funding for the Department of Justice (DOJ), including 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Federal 
prosecutors, which will result in thousands fewer FBI personnel 
helping to solve and prevent crimes, and fewer Federal 
prosecutors working to put dangerous criminals behind bars.
    These and other cuts included in this bill are also 
completely contrary to the Majority's false claim that this 
bill helps counter threats to the United States from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC). In addition to the cuts to 
the FBI and Federal prosecutors, the bill also slashes funding 
for the DOJ's National Security Division and the Commerce 
Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. We note that both 
of these agencies are currently heavily involved in countering 
cyberthreats, attempts to acquire dual-use technologies, and 
other threats emanating from the PRC, and these cuts will 
substantially weaken these efforts to protect Americans.
    The bill would effectively cut the number of U.S. Marshals 
enforcing Federal law and apprehending violent fugitives. 
Furthermore, it guts the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives (ATF) and includes numerous harmful policy 
riders aimed at handcuffing the ATF and stopping its efforts to 
fight gun violence--including a rider that completely shuts 
down the enforcement of all new ATF measures, regulations, or 
guidance issued since January 2021. This will inevitably result 
in more firearms trafficking, more guns falling into the hands 
of dangerous criminals, and more victims of gun violence in 
both large and small communities all across the country.
    Handicapping these Federal law enforcement agencies will 
only further stress our State and local law enforcement 
partners, who rely on their Federal partners to supplement 
their efforts to keep their communities safe.
     In addition, the bill greatly harms our ability to fight 
price gouging and other anticompetitive practices of 
corporations by slashing funding for the DOJ's Antitrust 
Division by more than 17 percent below the current level, as 
well as by blocking DOJ from both implementing recent antitrust 
law changes as well as working with regulatory authorities in 
other countries on any merger review, investigation, or 
enforcement actions.
    The bill also thwarts the efforts of the Federal Government 
to ensure fairer trade by China and other nations by cutting 
funding for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the 
International Trade Administration, and the International Trade 
Commission. This will inevitably weaken the ability of the 
United States to monitor and enforce trade compliance by other 
countries, including our efforts to preserve American jobs by 
fighting the illegal dumping of subsidized imports into the 
United States.
     In so many ways, this bill also very irresponsibly ignores 
the reality of global warming and the need for the United 
States to lead efforts to advance humanity's scientific 
understanding of climate change. Such scientific research is 
essential to helping us better prepare for, respond to, and 
mitigate the impacts of climate change. As noted in a September 
2023 report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, ``climate 
change already imposes substantial financial costs on 
communities across the United States.'' According to the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 
2023, the cost of climate and weather disasters in the United 
States totaled more than $94 billion. In every decade since the 
1980s, the average annual cost of these disasters has increased 
substantially. Climate change has a measurable cost to our 
economy, as increasing extreme weather events disrupt crop 
yields, displace people from their homes, increase the burden 
on emergency service systems, and destroy critical 
infrastructure. However, the funding cuts and policy 
restrictions in this bill turn a blind eye to this reality.
    Among other threats to the environment and climate science, 
this bill:
            substantially cuts funding for both NOAA 
        Climate Research and NASA Earth Science;
            prohibits funding for the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center of 
        Excellence in Climate Change;
            prohibits Commerce Department funding from 
        being used for climate change fisheries research;
            prohibits funding in this or any other Act 
        from being used for an Office of Environmental Justice;
            prohibits National Science Foundation 
        funding from being used for either the Global Change 
        Research Program or the Clean Energy Technology 
        Program;
            prohibits funding for enforcement of 
        Executive Order 14008, entitled, ``Tackling the Climate 
        Crisis at Home and Abroad''; and
            prohibits funding for implementation of 
        provisions of Executive Order 14072 related to the 
        valuation of ecosystem and environmental services and 
        natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making.
    These provisions are all very bad public policy. The 
funding cuts and policy restrictions in this bill will damage 
our capacity to improve the scientific understanding of our 
planet and its changes. This, in turn, will weaken our ability 
to protect the health and safety of Americans, and will only 
allow the costs associated with climate change to continue to 
grow in the years to come.
    While the bill level-funds the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership program, the bill turns its back on our most 
economically distressed communities by gutting funding for 
Economic Development Administration grants by more than 35 
percent below the current level. These grants help create jobs 
and economic opportunity, improve public infrastructure, and 
ultimately help revitalize communities facing decline and 
disinvestment throughout our nation, particularly in rural 
areas. These areas will be greatly shortchanged by this massive 
cut.
    The bill also undermines efforts to promote justice and 
opportunity for all persons. Besides slashing funding for the 
Legal Services Corporation, which provides critical basic civil 
legal aid to the poorest American families, seniors, and 
veterans, the bill also drastically cuts funding for the 
Minority Business Development Agency, DOJ's Civil Rights 
Division, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
Funding is also eliminated for the Community Relations Service 
as well as grant programs aimed at preventing and prosecuting 
hate crimes. Furthermore, the bill prohibits funding for agency 
programs focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well 
as funding for Federal legal challenges to State and local 
redistricting plans.
    The bill continues the Majority's attacks on women's health 
and safety by barring funding for: (1) DOJ's Reproductive 
Rights Task Force, (2) enforcement of certain protections for 
women in the workplace, and (3) litigation against States or 
local governments regarding abortion laws.
    There are dozens of other irresponsible and harmful policy 
riders in this bill that would exacerbate immigration case 
backlogs, block the construction of a pressingly needed new FBI 
headquarters, implement an unconstitutional change to Census 
Bureau apportionment count procedures, and much, much more.
    These and other defects must be fixed before this bill is 
enacted into law, and we stand ready to help produce a greatly 
improved CJS appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025 in 
conference.

                                   Rosa DeLauro.
                                   Matt Cartwright.

                                  [all]