[Senate Report 118-198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                      Calendar No. 444
118th Congress      }                                    {      Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session         }                                    {     118-198

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

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                 July 25, 2024.--Ordered to be printed

          Mrs. Shaheen, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                                 REPORT

                         [To accompany S. 4795]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports an original bill 
(S. 4795) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 
and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, reports 
favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the 
bill do pass.

Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2025

Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $76,207,000,000
Amount of 2024 appropriations...........................  69,866,398,000
Amount of 2025 budget estimate..........................  77,183,938,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
    2024 appropriations.................................  +6,340,602,000
    2025 budget estimate................................    -976,938,000















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                                CONTENTS

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Purpose of the Bill..............................................     4
Summary of the Bill..............................................     4
Fighting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.................................     6
Reprogrammings, Reorganizations, and Relocations.................     7
Congressional Budget Justifications..............................     8
Reporting Requirements...........................................     9
Reductions-in-Force..............................................     9
Appropriations Liaisons..........................................     9
Access to High-Quality Affordable Child Care for Federal 
  Employees......................................................     9
Federal Trust and Treaty Responsibilities........................     9
Title I: Department of Commerce..................................    11
    International Trade Administration...........................    11
    Bureau of Industry and Security..............................    14
    Economic Development Administration..........................    17
    Minority Business Development Agency.........................    22
    Economic and Statistical Analysis............................    22
    Bureau of the Census.........................................    23
    National Telecommunications and Information Administration...    24
    United States Patent and Trademark Office....................    26
    National Institute of Standards and Techology................    27
    Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration................    35
    Departmental Management......................................    73
    General Provisions--Department of Commerce...................    77
Title II: Department of Justice..................................    79
    Office of Inspector General..................................    93
    United States Parole Commission..............................    95
    Legal Activites..............................................    95
    United States Marshals Service...............................   100
    National Security Division...................................   101
    Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces.................   102
    Federal Bureau of Investigation..............................   102
    Drug Enforcement Administration..............................   108
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives..........   111
    Federal Prison System........................................   113
    State and Local Law Enforcement Activities...................   120
    Office on Violence Against Women.............................   124
    Office of Justice Programs...................................   126
    Community Oriented Policing Services.........................   144
    General Provisions--Department of Justice....................   147
Title III: Science...............................................   149
    Office of Science and Technology Policy......................   149
    National Space Council.......................................   150
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration................   150
    National Science Foundation..................................   170
Title IV: Related Agencies.......................................   185
    Commission on Civil Rights...................................   185
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission......................   185
    International Trade Commission...............................   186
    Legal Services Corporation...................................   186
    Marine Mammal Commission.....................................   187
    Office of the United States Trade Representative.............   187
    State Justice Institute......................................   190
Title V: General Provisions......................................   192
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the 
  Senate.........................................................   194
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c) Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   197
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   198
Budgetary Impact of Bill.........................................   199
Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items............   200
Comparative Statement of Budget Authority........................   220
































                          Purpose of the Bill

    The bill provides funding for (1) the Department of 
Commerce [DOC]; (2) the Department of Justice [DOJ]; (3) 
several independent science agencies: the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy [OSTP], the National Space Council; the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], and the 
National Science Foundation [NSF]; and (4) several related 
commissions and agencies: the Commission on Civil Rights, the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC], the United 
States International Trade Commission [ITC], the Legal Services 
Corporation [LSC], the Marine Mammal Commission, the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative [USTR], and the State 
Justice Institute [SJI].

                          Summary of the Bill

    The total amount of regular discretionary budget authority 
recommended by the Committee for fiscal year 2025 is 
$73,735,000,000, which is $5,197,602,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level for regular discretionary amounts. 
Additionally, the Committee makes available $1,900,000,000 
through the Crime Victims Fund [CVF] for victim compensation 
and victim services. This is $400,000,000 above the President's 
Request and restores the CVF to the fiscal year 2023 enacted 
level. The Committee remains concerned about the health of the 
CVF and its ability to continue to support compensation to and 
services for survivors of crime in future years. Therefore, the 
Committee directs the DOJ to continue to advise litigating 
components of the availability of the CVF as a repository for 
fines, fees, and other penalties.
    The Committee's recommendation is consistent with the 
allocation for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies appropriations bill. The Committee has made difficult 
but necessary decisions to craft a bill that meets strict 
fiscal limitations established by the Fiscal Responsibility Act 
of 2023 (Public Law 118-5). Within these boundaries, the 
Committee has strived to achieve a careful balance between the 
competing priorities of law enforcement, national security, 
economic development, scientific research, and space 
exploration, while having limited resources. As a result, this 
bill represents responsible spending at a time when the United 
States is living within a constrained Federal budget.
    The DOC is charged with addressing and executing several 
critical functions, which include ensuring the effective 
operation of our Nation's world class weather satellites and 
forecasting severe storms; enforcing trade laws to ensure 
American businesses can compete on a level playing field; 
collecting economic and population data; working with 
distressed communities to spur economic development; and 
properly managing our Nation's fisheries.
    The Committee has made a concerted effort to spur U.S. 
economic growth both domestically and abroad through targeted 
investments in the Economic Development Administration [EDA] 
and our Nation's trade agencies such as the USTR and the ITC, 
as well as the International Trade Administration [ITA] and the 
Bureau of Industry and Security [BIS] within DOC. Together, 
these agencies help businesses get started, compete 
internationally, and grow.
    Additionally, the changing landscape of criminal activity 
and national security both at home and abroad continues to test 
the DOJ's ability to deal with and adapt to emerging threats. 
The Committee believes that our Federal law enforcement 
agencies must work collaboratively to focus and streamline 
limited resources in a manner that safeguards taxpayer dollars 
while preserving public safety. The fiscal year 2025 bill 
provides funding for grants to help State, local, and Tribal 
law enforcement responsibly and safely protect our Nation's 
communities, help survivors of domestic violence and sexual 
assault, and respond to substance use disorder, including 
opioids, and fentanyl, and drug trafficking. The Committee also 
provides the necessary funding for the Bureau of Prisons to 
continue implementation of criminal justice reforms and 
programming created by the First Step Act (Public Law 115-391).
    For the science agencies, the Committee provides targeted 
investments to enable progress toward the goal of returning 
Americans to the Moon and enhancing the United States' 
leadership in space and science. Within NSF, the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], and the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST], the Committee 
recommendation supports initiatives to enhance American 
competitiveness through research in climate science and 
resiliency, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and 
other strategic fields. The bill also makes targeted 
investments in NSF to continue its core research, develop the 
scientific workforce, and fund programs in the Directorate of 
Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships [TIP].
    CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 Implementation.--The 
Committee provides $11,194,844,000 to continue implementing the 
bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-167). 
The CHIPS and Science Act sets out an ambitious goal of 
doubling funding for science and technology programs by 2027 to 
help drive U.S. economic competitiveness. Continuing these 
investments will allow the United States to keep pace with the 
People's Republic of China and other competitors in scientific 
discoveries that can power the economy in fields like 
artificial intelligence, quantum computing, microelectronics, 
clean energy, and advanced communications.
    The Committee provides $9,550,000,000 for NSF, including 
$7,528,280,000 for the NSF Research and Related Activities 
account to implement the CHIPS and Science Act, including 
significant support for the new Technology, Innovation, and 
Partnerships [TIP] Directorate. The Committee provides 
$1,225,000,000 for NSF's education and training programs to 
build tomorrow's innovation workforce.
    The Committee provides $1,644,844,000 for DOC programs 
reauthorized or newly created by the CHIPS and Science Act. 
This includes: $100,000,000 for the EDA Regional Technology and 
Innovation Hub Program, to provide grants to create 
geographically-distributed ``regional technology hubs,'' 
focusing on technology development, job creation, and expanding 
U.S. innovation capacity; $175,000,000 for the NIST 
Manufacturing Extension Program to improve competitiveness of 
domestic manufacturers and strengthen domestic supply chains; 
$50,000,000 for the Manufacturing USA program; and $110,000,000 
for NIST Construction of Research Facilities to prioritize 
addressing the comprehensive capital needs of the NIST campuses 
and facilities.

                    Fighting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

    The departments, agencies, boards, offices, and commissions 
funded in this bill can and should continue to reduce operating 
expenses by placing greater scrutiny on overhead costs. Savings 
can and should be achieved by reducing non-essential travel, 
office supply, rent, and utility costs. The Committee also 
calls on departments, agencies, boards, offices, and 
commissions funded in this bill to continue to achieve savings 
by lowering travel contractor costs related to air fares. The 
Committee continues longstanding restrictions on first class 
travel.
    The Committee is extremely concerned about the persistent 
pattern of cost overruns and schedule slippages on major 
projects and missions carried out by the agencies within this 
bill. In addition, reports have exposed a culture within many 
agencies that exhibits a lack of accountability and oversight 
of grant funding. Therefore, the Committee continues bill-wide 
provisions to ensure greater oversight and fiscal 
responsibility of taxpayer dollars.
    First, the bill requires each agency to notify the 
Committee immediately upon identification of program cost 
overruns greater than 10 percent.
    Second, the bill requires the Inspectors General of the 
DOC, DOJ, NASA, NSF, and LSC to conduct reviews of grant and 
contract funds to ensure funds are being spent appropriately. 
In addition, the Government Accountability Office [GAO] will 
review a random sample of Congressionally Directed Spending 
projects.
    Third, the bill requires all departments and agencies to 
link all contracts that provide award fees to successful 
acquisition outcomes, and prohibits funds to pay for award or 
incentive fees for contractors with below satisfactory 
performance.
    The Committee also supports long-standing provisions that 
were once solely included in this bill but have since become 
government-wide provisions. These include requiring each 
department, agency, board, and commission funded in this bill 
to report spending on large conferences to the Inspectors 
General for audit; requiring all departments and agencies 
funded in this bill to provide full access to documents and 
data for their respective Inspectors General to conduct 
investigations and audits; and prohibiting funds from being 
used for contracts, memoranda of understanding, cooperative 
agreements, grants, or loan activities if the proposed 
recipient has unpaid Federal tax liabilities or was convicted 
of a felony criminal violation.
    Finally, the Committee intends to continue to work with the 
GAO to expand the review of selected large-scale acquisition 
and construction projects. Specifically, the Committee directs 
ongoing GAO reviews of large NASA projects, major research 
equipment and facilities construction at the NSF, with reports 
to the Committee on a semiannual basis. The Committee 
recommendation includes funding for agencies' Offices of 
Inspectors General [OIG] to ensure strong accountability and 
oversight of Federal programs in this bill.
    Agencies shall provide access to all necessary data, as 
determined by GAO, in order for these reviews to be completed 
and provided to the Committee in a timely manner. The Committee 
believes that these project status reports are valuable in 
identifying cost overrun and schedule slippage problems early 
so they can be addressed immediately and has used information 
in the reviews to develop this recommendation.
    Federal Vehicle Fleet Management.--The General Services 
Administration [GSA] issues guidance on Federal fleet 
management, but the Federal vehicle fleet is decentralized, 
with each agency maintaining flexibility to manage vehicle 
utilization as appropriate. In order to provide better 
transparency and accountability of funding for Federal 
vehicles, the Committee directs agencies funded in this bill to 
conduct an annual review of fleet utilization during the third 
quarter of each fiscal year and provide their corresponding 
OIGs with supporting documentation on the method used for 
determining optimal fleet inventories and justification for any 
deviation from GSA's Federal Property Management Regulations. 
OIGs shall be responsible for conducting annual audits of fleet 
management practices and make the subsequent results for non-
law enforcement sensitive agencies publicly available.
    Reducing Duplication and Improving Efficiencies.--The 
Committee directs each agency funded in this bill to report to 
the Committee, within 1 year of enactment of this act, on all 
efforts made to address the duplication of Federal programs 
identified by annual GAO reports along with identifying 
substantive challenges and legal barriers to implementing GAO's 
recommendations and suggested legislative recommendations that 
could help the agency to further reduce duplication.

            Reprogrammings, Reorganizations, and Relocations

    Section 505, contained in the General Provisions of Title V 
of the bill, provides procedures for the reprogramming of 
funds. To reprogram is to change the use of funds from the 
specific purposes provided for in the bill and the accompanying 
explanatory statement or, in the absence of direction from the 
Committee, from the specific purposes provided for in the 
administration's budget request. Each title of the bill has 
also traditionally included separate provisions that define 
permissible transfers of resources between appropriation 
accounts. These transfer authority provisions are also pursuant 
to section 505 and were initiated in the early 1990s to provide 
additional flexibility to the agencies under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction.
    The Committee expects each department and agency to closely 
follow the reprogramming procedures listed in section 505. 
These procedures apply to funds provided under this bill, 
provided under previous appropriations acts that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury available to the 
agencies funded by this bill. Section 505 requires that the 
Committee be notified by letter, at least 15 days prior to 
reprogramming of funds, whether permanent or temporary, in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, between 
programs, projects, or activities. Section 505 of this act is 
also applicable in cases where funding for an activity is 
reduced by 10 percent. In addition, the Committee is to be 
notified of reprogramming actions which are less than these 
amounts if such actions would have the effect of committing the 
agency to significant funding requirements in future years; 
increasing funds or personnel by any means for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been previously 
denied or restricted by Congress; creating new programs, 
offices, agencies, or commissions or substantially augmenting 
existing programs, offices, agencies, or commissions; 
relocating offices or employees; or reorganizing offices, 
programs, or activities.
    The Committee also expects that any items that are subject 
to interpretation will be reported. The Committee expects that 
each department and agency funded in the bill will follow these 
notification policies precisely and will not reallocate 
resources or reorganize activities prior to submitting the 
required notifications to the Committee. Reprogramming or 
transfer requests shall be submitted only in the case of an 
unforeseen emergency or situation that could not have been 
anticipated when formulating the budget request for the current 
fiscal year.

                  Congressional Budget Justifications

    The Committee directs that all departments and agencies 
funded within this bill shall submit all of their fiscal year 
2026 budget justifications concurrently with the official 
submission of the administration's budget to Congress. Further, 
all departments and agencies with classified programs funded 
within this act are directed to submit their classified budget 
justification documents to the Committee, through appropriate 
means, at the same time the unclassified budget justifications 
are transmitted.
    These justifications shall include a sufficient level of 
detailed data, exhibits, and explanatory statements to support 
the appropriations requests, including tables that outline each 
agency's programs, projects, and activities for fiscal years 
2025 and 2026. For example, when requesting an enhancement of 
resources, the justification should detail the existing program 
and what the new resources would buy. The Committee directs the 
chief financial officer of each department or agency funded in 
this act's jurisdiction to ensure that adequate justification 
is given to each increase, decrease, and staffing and function 
change proposed in the fiscal year 2026 budget, particularly 
within the departmental operations and management accounts.
    The Committee expects that the fiscal year 2026 submissions 
will include sufficient detail to justify all programs, 
projects, and activities contained in each department, agency, 
office, or commission budget request. Budget justifications are 
prepared not for the use of the agencies but are the primary 
tool the Committee uses to evaluate the resource requirements 
and proposals requested by the administration.

                         Reporting Requirements

    The Committee directs the departments and agencies funded 
in this bill to submit reports by the deadlines detailed herein 
or to provide advance notification if there is sufficient 
reason why deadlines cannot be met, along with the expected 
date of submission.
    The Committee also recognizes that some enduring reporting 
requirements from previous appropriations laws may no longer be 
necessary for congressional oversight purposes. In the interest 
of reducing government waste and expediting responses to 
current report mandates, each department or agency is invited 
to submit a list of reporting requirements that it considers 
outdated or no longer relevant for the review of the Committees 
on Appropriations. Any list submitted for review shall cite the 
original authority, as well as a justification for eliminating 
each reporting requirement.

                          Reductions-in-Force

    The Committee directs departments or agencies funded in the 
accompanying bill that are planning to conduct a reduction-in-
force to notify the Committee in writing 30 days in advance of 
the date of the proposed personnel action.

                        Appropriations Liaisons

    The Committee prefers to channel the majority of its 
inquiries and requests for information and assistance through 
the budget offices or comptroller offices of the departments 
and agencies which it oversees but reserves the right to call 
upon any individual or organization in any agency under its 
jurisdiction.

   Access to High-Quality Affordable Child Care for Federal Employees

    The Committee directs the departments and agencies funded 
in this bill to report to the Committee, within 180 days of the 
date of enactment of this act, and include in annual budget 
justifications thereafter, on their efforts to help provide 
access to high-quality affordable child care for the children 
of those Federal employees. The reports shall detail all 
current programs or efforts that assist department or agency 
employees with child care, identify programs-including for 
recruitment and retention-that assist with child care, provide 
the number of employees utilizing such programs, and detail 
associated costs. Additionally, departments and agencies shall 
survey employees on the level of interest in such programs or 
efforts if they are not currently provided by a department or 
agency. Where possible, departments and agencies shall identify 
whether access to child care hinders recruitment or retention 
efforts, provide the geographical locations where such 
hindrance occurs, and identify targeted solutions for such 
hindrances.

               Federal Trust and Treaty Responsibilities

    The Committee reminds agencies funded by this act of their 
obligation to uphold the federal trust and treaty 
responsibilities to Tribes and Federal obligations to the 
Native Hawaiian Community. This includes upholding treaty and 
reserved rights, and any other rights and obligations under 
Federal law; supporting self-determination efforts by Native 
communities; fulfilling obligations under Presidential 
Memoranda and Executive Orders; and conducting early and robust 
government-to-government consultation with Tribes, and 
meaningful outreach and engagement with Native Hawaiians.

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

    The Committee recommends a total of $11,544,569,000 for the 
Department of Commerce [DOC]. The recommendation is 
$717,177,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$79,837,000 above the budget request.
    The DOC is responsible for a variety of activities critical 
to our Nation's well-being, including economic development, 
intellectual property protection, standards and measurements, 
trade enforcement, weather forecasting, and fisheries 
management. Our Nation relies on the Department to maintain 
America's competitiveness within today's foreign markets while 
promoting and expanding international trade opportunities. The 
Department brings together a diverse set of bureaus, 
specialized experts, research laboratories, and applied 
technology programs to support and expand opportunities for 
growth in the private sector. Few departments have such 
potential to directly impact the strength and sustainability of 
our communities and local businesses.

                   International Trade Administration

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $623,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     657,500,000
Committee recommendation................................     648,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $648,000,000 for 
the International Trade Administration [ITA]. The 
recommendation is $25,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $9,500,000 below the budget request. The 
discretionary appropriation is offset by $12,000,000 in fee 
collections.
    Offsetting Fee Collections.--ITA shall continue to identify 
and include an accurate assessment of expected fee collections 
and corresponding expenditures.
    Travel and Tourism.--The Committee notes the importance of 
travel and tourism as economic engines for communities across 
the country. The Committee provides up to $3,500,000 for ITA to 
continue implementing the ``Visit America Act.''
    Staffing Levels at Foreign and Domestic Offices.--The 
Committee is concerned that Global Markets [GM] staff vacancies 
within client-facing positions are hindering opportunities for 
U.S. businesses to compete in international markets and 
compromising foreign direct investment opportunities within the 
U.S. The Committee directs ITA to brief the Committee, within 
180 days of enactment of this act, on its strategy to ensure 
client-facing staff vacancies are addressed so that GM services 
are not degraded.
    Improving Customer Experience [CX].--The Committee applauds 
ITA's work to improve its CX practices and commends the recent 
re-design of its Export Solutions on-line presence. This re-
design showcased the integration of CX and digital experience 
practices enabling high-value interactions and long-lasting 
positive impact on how ITA serves its customers. The Committee 
also encourages the ongoing collaboration between GM and ITA's 
Organizational Excellence & Strategic Delivery team as they 
work to integrate best practices into other customer focused 
workstreams.
    Supply Chain Center.--The Committee requests a briefing, 
within 180 days of enactment of this act, on the status of the 
Commerce Supply Chain Center and efforts to analyze supply 
chain risks, develop supply chain policy recommendations, and 
collaborate with private sector and interagency stakeholders. 
The briefing should include a breakdown of funding requests to 
support those efforts and articulate how those funds would be 
utilized to fulfill the intent of the agency's supply chain 
resiliency and competitiveness efforts, across different 
internal teams and functions and help advance U.S. 
competitiveness. 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 
briefing.
    Essential Medical Devices.--The Food and Drug 
Administration issued a safety communication in November 2023 
warning consumers, healthcare providers, and healthcare 
facilities to avoid syringes that are manufactured in the 
People's Republic of China [PRC] due to quality concerns. 
However, foreign needles and syringes, particularly from the 
PRC, 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 directs the 
Department of Commerce, in consultation with relevant 
departments and agencies, as necessary, to provide a report, 
within 1 year after enactment of this act, identifying and 
assessing the most vulnerable priority essential medical 
devices with respect to imports from the PRC. The report shall 
also address U.S. domestic manufacturing capability, providing 
policy recommendations to support a secure and resilient U.S. 
supply chain and raise any other relevant issues identified 
during the analysis. The study should also cover priority 
essential medical devices identified by the Department of 
Health and Human Services such as products needed for immediate 
medical response, including personal protective equipment.
    Critical and Emerging Technology Supply Chains.--The 
Committee is concerned about efforts by the PRC to use non-
market policies and practices, including state subsidization, 
to develop semiconductors and optical components that are 
essential for telecommunications infrastructure, quantum 
computing, hypersonics, space communications, and other 
critical applications. The Committee directs ITA to brief the 
Committee, within one year after the enactment of this act, on 
analysis of critical and emerging technology supply chains and 
how the U.S. Government can make the supply chain analysis and 
action more proactive and strategic. The briefing should 
identify and make recommendations to address any challenges, 
including data gaps, to secure related supply chains and U.S. 
domestic manufacturing of these inputs.
    United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement [USMCA] 
Secretariat.--The Committee provides not less than the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level for ITA to continue to support the U.S. 
Section of the Secretariat, authorized by the USMCA 
Implementation Act (Public Law 116-113).
    PRC Solar Panel Stockpiling.--The Committee is concerned 
that PRC-based solar companies are circumventing necessary 
tariffs on panels by sending components through Southeast Asian 
countries before importation to the United States. The 
Committee directs the Department to enforce 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 FR 57419. 
Within 120 days of enactment of this act, ITA shall update the 
Committee on this issue, detailing compliance efforts in 
coordination with Customs and Border Protection to enforce the 
Utilization Requirements and duty collection efforts.
    Budget and Staffing Oversight.--The Committee directs ITA 
to continue to submit, no later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, an update on the previous quarter's 
accomplishments, upcoming activity, milestones, and budget and 
staffing updates. Furthermore, the update shall contain recent 
hiring activity within GM's U.S. Commercial Service.
    Silane.--The Committee recognizes the importance of silane 
gas in building a competitive domestic advanced semiconductor 
supply chain. The limited number of domestic sources for 
silane, along with the potential export of available silane for 
foreign use, represent risks to national security. Multiple 
domestic sources of silane are needed to maintain the country's 
leadership in advanced semiconductors and to support job 
creation through building a robust domestic battery industry. 
Within 180 days of enactment of this act, ITA is directed to 
coordinate with the Department of Energy's Office of 
Electricity to provide a report to the Committee on anticipated 
silane demand growth over the next decade, existing efforts to 
diversify and increase domestic production of silane, and risks 
to semiconductor, battery, and solar panel supply chains posed 
by our reliance on imported silane.
    Increased International Commercial Engagement and Export 
Promotion.--The Committee is concerned by the continuing 
erosion of the U.S. share of the global export market and 
believes that the Department must prioritize ITA's commercial 
engagement efforts to level the international playing field for 
U.S. exporters. In particular, the Committee remains concerned 
that the Federal Government does not have adequate resourcing 
in place to significantly increase exports to Africa, Latin 
America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific region. The Committee 
is pleased that the request articulates these same concerns and 
proposes increased investment areas with a focus on increasing 
U.S. export competitiveness and countering unfair trade 
practices and economic coercion by the PRC. Prior to obligating 
funds to open any new international office and hire additional 
staff, ITA shall provide the Committee with a detailed spending 
plan, which shall include a staffing plan and a justification 
for the establishment of any new office.
    General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR].--The Committee 
urges ITA to continue its efforts to educate small businesses 
about the GDPR. The Committee is concerned that small 
businesses may be unaware of compliance obligations as a result 
of GDPR and could be vulnerable to fines and significant 
financial risk. The Committee encourages ITA to work with 
Federal, State, and local partners to raise awareness about 
GDPR obligations on American small businesses.
    Rural Export Assistance.--The Committee encourages the 
Secretary to prioritize expanding international trade 
opportunities for rural businesses. The Committee provides not 
less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for rural export 
centers [REC] and not less than $1,500,000 for the national 
rural export center. Prior to obligating funds to open any new 
REC, hire additional staff based at such new centers, and 
modify existing rural export centers, ITA shall submit a 
detailed spending plan, which shall include a staffing plan and 
a justification for the establishment of any new center or 
modification of an existing center.
    Post-conflict Support for Ukraine.--The Committee 
encourages ITA to engage in post-conflict reconstruction 
planning for Ukraine, including the expansion of U.S. 
activities to strengthen economic engagement with Ukraine.
    Outbound Investments.--The Committee supports ITA's efforts 
to gather and analyze information regarding certain outbound 
investments from the United States into critical sectors. The 
Committee provides up to the requested level for this purpose.
    United Kingdom [UK] Tariff Rate Quota [TRQ] Attestation.--
The Committee is appreciative of the work that DOC and ITA have 
done to protect domestic steel and aluminum producers, 
including its work in establishing the 2022 TRQ with the UK 
However, the Committee is concerned with the UK's seeming lack 
of transparency with parts of the TRQ, specifically as it 
pertains to the verification of the results of the audits 
conducted on British steel producers that are owned or 
controlled by PRC stakeholders. The Committee urges ITA to 
continue working with the UK to publish data and audit 
information used to make the determination in the UK's 
attestation.
    U.S.-European Union [EU] Trade and Technology Council 
[TTC].--The Committee recognizes the importance of the TTC as a 
forum for promoting U.S. and EU competitiveness and prosperity 
through increasing transatlantic trade, investment, and 
engagement on matters related to critical and emerging 
technology. The Committee awaits receipt of the joint report on 
the U.S.-EU TTC, as directed by the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 118-42.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $191,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     223,392,000
Committee recommendation................................     206,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $206,000,000 for 
the Bureau of Industry and Security [BIS]. The recommendation 
is $15,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$17,392,000 below the budget request.
    BIS is the principal agency involved in the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of export controls for 
commercial technologies and for many military technologies as a 
result of export control reform. The Export Enforcement 
Division detects, prevents, investigates, and assists in the 
sanctioning of illegal exports of such items.
    Export Control Regulatory Compliance Assistance.--The 
Committee directs BIS to continue its exporter outreach program 
to educate companies of all sizes on their obligations related 
to export controls. In this effort, BIS, working with ITA U.S. 
Export Assistance Centers, should continue targeting small- and 
medium-sized businesses and working with State and local trade 
and export associations, in addition to working with national 
industry groups, to ensure that small- and medium-sized 
businesses have clear, easy-to-understand information about 
complying with export control regulations.
    Enforcement of Russia Export Controls.--The Committee 
continues to support BIS' aggressive enforcement of Russian and 
Belarussian export controls and other BIS efforts to counter 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Committee recommendation 
fully supports the efforts articulated in the request to 
forcefully respond to Russia's aggression.
    Revision of Firearms License Requirements.--To understand 
the impact BIS's interim final rule [IFR] (89 FR 34680) has on 
U.S. manufacturers and their suppliers and national security 
interests, the Committee directs BIS to provide a report, 
within 120 days of enactment of this act, that details the 
national security and economic impacts of the IFR.
    Export Controls and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 
[Huawei].--In 2019, the Department of Commerce placed Huawei on 
the BIS Entity List because of the U.S.'s indictment of Huawei 
for violating U.S. restrictions on trade with Iran. The 
company's presence in telecommunications infrastructure in the 
U.S. and abroad raises national security concerns. Beginning in 
2019, the interagency review process administered by BIS has 
approved multiple export licenses of low-level semiconductor 
technology for Huawei since its addition to the Entity List. 
These decisions may warrant reconsideration in light of 
Huawei's ongoing efforts to develop and produce advanced chips. 
The Committee directs the Secretary of Commerce, within 90 days 
of enactment of this act, to certify to the Committee that BIS 
has reviewed all licenses issued to entities to export, 
reexport, or transfer (in-country) to Huawei or any of its 
subsidiaries listed on the Entity List and, through the 
interagency license review process, rescind licenses, as 
appropriate.
    Review of Entity List Application to Subsidiaries and 
Affiliates.--The Committee is concerned that foreign 
adversaries are exploiting U.S. export control policy through a 
web of subsidiary and shell companies. Therefore, the Committee 
directs BIS to review all parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or 
successor entities of Entity-listed companies to determine 
whether they meet regulatory standards for addition to BIS' 
Entity List within 180 days of the enactment of this act and 
for every new entity added to the Entity List thereafter.
    Report on Countries of Diversion Concern.--The Committee is 
concerned about the diversion of sensitive U.S. technology 
through third party countries. Therefore, the Committee directs 
BIS to submit to the Committee a report containing a list of 
countries that: 1) receive U.S. exports, and 2) have a history 
or high risk of diversion of sensitive technologies to the PRC 
or Russia.
    Transparency Over Sensitive Exports to China.--The 
Committee directs BIS to submit a report within 180 days of the 
enactment of this act and annually thereafter on the number of 
export licenses that are approved during the preceding year for 
exports to PRC entities currently on the BIS entity list.
    Restrictions on Advanced GPUs to Countries that Host PRC 
Military Bases.--The Committee is concerned by the United Arab 
Emirates' [UAE] growing ties to the PRC in artificial 
intelligence, and directs BIS to reevaluate its export 
licensing review posture for Export Control Classification 
Numbers 3A090 and 4A090--high-performance integrated circuits--
to any person based in the UAE with the goal of preventing the 
reexport of or access to such GPUs by persons located or 
headquartered in the PRC.
    Preventing Malign Investments in the United States.--The 
Committee supports BIS efforts to prevent foreign adversaries 
from investing in U.S. emerging and foundational technologies. 
Within 180 days of enactment of this act, BIS shall provide a 
report to the Committee on the feasibility of adding 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.
    Investigation on PRC-based Light Detection and Ranging 
[LIDAR] Companies.--The Committee is concerned about the 
potential national security threat posed by PRC-based LIDAR 
companies. The Committee directs BIS to investigate PRC-based 
LIDAR companies to evaluate whether they meet the requirements 
to be added to the Entity List.
    Report on BIS Export Control Execution.--The Committee 
directs BIS to conduct a review of the execution of its export 
controls program. The Department is directed to provide a 
report, within 180 days of enactment of this act, on instances 
of evasion of export controls and identify gaps in the export 
control regime that have allowed controlled U.S. technology, 
especially controlled semiconductor technology, to flow to 
entities in the PRC without a license. In addition, the 
Department is directed to provide a list of recommendations 
that would increase BIS' ability to: process export control 
licenses; enforce restrictions on already covered entities; 
identify and respond to any evasion of export controls; 
integrate data analytics, artificial intelligence, and other 
technologies as needed; and increase coordination for export 
control enforcement across the Federal Government.
    Feasibility of On-chip Mechanisms for Export Control.--The 
Committee encourages the Department to study the feasibility of 
on-chip mechanisms for export-controlled semiconductors that 
are used in the development of advanced artificial 
intelligence, including the research and development necessary 
to address tampering with on-chip mechanisms, advance 
commitments to update export controls that would incentivize 
firms to develop secure on-chip mechanisms, and resulting 
benefits for hardware security and the safety of artificial 
intelligence. Within 180 days of enactment of this act, the 
Committee directs the Department to report to the Committee 
regarding the feasibility of future steps in this area.
    Trade Restrictions on Electric Vehicles [EVs] from the 
PRC.--The Committee is concerned about the potential for 
heavily subsidized, EVs flooding the U.S. market from the PRC 
in the near future, threatening U.S. automotive manufacturing 
jobs and our national security. The Committee supports the 
potential regulatory action related to Information and 
Communications Technology and Services [ICTS] that are integral 
to PRC-connected vehicles announced by BIS under Executive 
Order 13873, and urges BIS to take necessary action, as 
appropriate. The Committee is also concerned by reports that 
PRC-based electric vehicle manufacturers may be seeking to 
enter the U.S. market by opening manufacturing plants in 
Mexico. The Committee directs BIS to brief the Committee, 
within 90 days of enactment of this act, with regard to its 
work to prevent PRC-based companies from circumventing 
prohibitions to gain a foothold in the U.S. market.

                  Economic Development Administration

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $468,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     522,864,000
Committee recommendation................................     483,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $483,000,000 for 
the Economic Development Administration [EDA]. The 
recommendation is $15,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $39,864,000 below the budget request.
    EDA provides assistance to local governments and nonprofit 
agencies for public works, planning, and other projects 
designed to facilitate economic development. This assistance 
could come in the form of grants, contracts for research and 
technical assistance, or prize competitions that incentivize 
entities beyond EDA's usual set of eligible recipients to think 
through and address broad economic development issues. The 
Committee directs EDA to coordinate with regional development 
organizations to support projects that will address some of the 
pressing issues that challenge rural economic development.

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $400,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     437,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     410,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $410,000,000 for 
Economic Development Assistance Programs. The recommendation is 
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$27,000,000 below the budget request. The Committee directs EDA 
to focus on its core programs and mission to aid the most 
distressed communities across the country. The Committee 
expects EDA to use all available carryover and prior year 
recoveries to the maximum extent possible. EDA shall consider 
geographic equity in making all award decisions and shall 
ensure that rural projects are adequately represented among 
those selected for funding. Of the amounts provided, funds are 
to be distributed as follows, and any deviation shall be 
subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this act:

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                                                          Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Works............................................         100,000
Economic Adjustment Assistance..........................          51,000
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms...................          13,500
Regional Innovation Program.............................          50,000
Partnership Planning....................................          35,500
Technical Assistance....................................          15,500
Research and Evaluation.................................           2,000
Recompete Pilot Program.................................          10,000
STEM Apprenticeships....................................           2,500
Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs.................         100,000
Good Jobs Challenge.....................................          25,000
Assistance to Indigenous Communities....................           5,000
                                                         ---------------
      Total.............................................         410,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outdoor Recreation Projects.--The Committee notes that 
projects supporting outdoor recreation are a catalyst for 
economic development and should be eligible for EDA funding. 
EDA is encouraged to consider such projects when consistent 
with a region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.
    Economic Development Representatives.--The Committee 
strongly supports EDA's effort to promote access to its 
economic development assistance programs through the use of 
Economic Development Representatives in under-resourced 
communities. Accordingly, the Committee directs EDA to 
maintain, or restore as is necessary, all State-level Economic 
Development Representative positions occupied as of the 
beginning of fiscal year 2024. The Committee expects that each 
State with an Economic Development Representative position 
within its borders at the start of fiscal year 2024 will 
continue to have such coverage from an Economic Development 
Representative who is located within that State. The Committee 
directs EDA to submit a report within 180 days of the enactment 
of this act demonstrating its compliance with this directive.
    EDA Grant Award Equity.--The Committee notes that Congress 
has recently authorized and appropriated several large-scale 
grant programs through EDA, including the Build Back Better 
Regional Challenge, the Regional Technology and Innovation 
Hubs, and the Recompete Pilot program. For future large-scale 
EDA grant programs or subsequent rounds of competitions for the 
aforementioned programs, the Committee encourages EDA to 
prioritize making awards to States that did not receive these 
awards in the past.
    Prize Competitions.--The Committee encourages EDA to use 
prize competitions, where appropriate, to help find innovative 
answers to challenging, long-standing economic development 
issues. Prize competitions have the potential to spur 
innovation and surface the solutions needed to unlock economic 
opportunity.
    Economic Adjustment Assistance [EAA].--EAA is EDA's most 
flexible economic development program, providing funding for 
projects ranging from disaster recovery to business 
accelerators and incubators. Within funding for EAA, the 
Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level to support EDA's collaborations with the Delta Regional 
Authority, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the 
Northern Border Regional Commission to assist distressed 
communities. Additionally, EDA is directed to begin 
collaboration with the Southwest Border Regional Commission.
    The Committee also notes that EAA can assist communities 
dealing with the closures of energy plants, resulting in job 
losses and dramatic reductions to local tax bases. The 
Committee appreciates the work EDA has undertaken in prior 
years to assist communities impacted by recent or scheduled 
plant closures, including communities addressing nuclear power 
plant closures and coal-fired power plant closures. The 
Committee directs EDA to consider the needs of these 
communities in awarding EAA grants. Within the funding provided 
for EAA, $4,500,000 shall be for assistance to biomass power 
plant closure communities.
    Assistance to Manufacturing Communities and Distressed 
Communities.--The Committee encourages EDA to invest in public-
private partnerships that target distressed areas seeking to 
diversify their local workforce through advanced manufacturing 
operations. When working with distressed communities, EDA shall 
work to identify the best funding sources to meet community 
needs and to assist with the technical requirements that must 
be included in each grant proposal. The Committee reminds EDA 
that distressed communities most in need of funding are often 
poorly positioned to produce a technical and sophisticated 
proposal required for agency funding.
    Regional Innovation Program [RIP].--The Committee provides 
$50,000,000 for the RIP program and directs EDA to invest in 
university based, high-tech business incubators that encourage 
entrepreneurship and patent creation, grow the workforce, and 
promote technology commercialization, particularly for 
distressed manufacturing and legacy communities, and support 
the development of regional innovation clusters that focus on 
clean and renewable energy technologies. EDA shall continue to 
ensure that RIP awards go to multiple grantees in multiple and 
diverse geographic areas, including an increased focus on 
organizations and States that have not previously received 
funding from the program. Furthermore, within funds provided 
for RIP, EDA shall award not less than 40 percent of grants to 
support rural communities.
    Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs [Tech Hubs].--The 
Committee provides $100,000,000 for the Tech Hubs program. The 
agreement encourages EDA to support consortia that have 
developed proven regional strategies that bridge urban and 
rural economies to deliver innovative solutions in partnership 
with rural areas.
    Working Waterfronts.--Working waterfronts have long been an 
important component of the U.S. economy, supporting commercial 
and recreational activities. The Committee provides not less 
than $7,000,000 for projects to revitalize, expand, and upgrade 
the physical infrastructure of working waterfronts to attract 
new industry, encourage business expansion, diversify local 
economies, and generate or retain long-term private sector jobs 
and investment.
    New Forest Products.--The Committee notes that many forest-
based economies have experienced disruption and decline in 
recent years. EDA is encouraged to work, including through RIP, 
with communities and regions that have been adversely impacted 
by rapid changes in the timber and pulp marketplaces and to 
support projects that help these communities develop related 
industries, including commercialization of new forest products 
using low-grade wood. This work may include the coordination of 
economic development efforts across multiple States or Economic 
Development Districts. Additionally, the Committee reiterates 
that communities facing job losses are eligible for all EDA 
programs.
    Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math [STEM] 
Apprenticeships and Workforce Development.--The Committee notes 
the recent growth of STEM-related industries across the 
country. Given this trend, the Committee provides $2,500,000 to 
create and expand STEM apprenticeship and other workforce 
training models to help workers develop the skills necessary to 
join this growing industry. Within the funds provided, the 
Committee directs EDA to prioritize implementation grants, to 
the extent practicable.
    Rural Economic Development.--The Committee recognizes the 
economic development challenges rural communities face and 
encourages EDA, in coordination with regional development 
organizations, including regional councils, to continue to 
support projects that address these challenges.
    Prioritizing Housing Supply.--The Committee is encouraged 
by EDA's inclusion of housing density in its investment 
priorities, in recognition that economic development can only 
benefit all residents if housing is abundant. The Committee 
encourages EDA to provide guidance for the inclusion of a 
component of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies 
related to housing supply and address land use and zoning 
barriers to housing. The Committee also encourages EDA to 
ensure projects funded through its Planning and Local Technical 
Assistance programs include such a component if they are to be 
funded in accordance with EDA investment priority six. Within 
90 days of enactment of this act, the Committee directs EDA to 
update the Committee on ways EDA funds could support 
residential density and housing supply priorities.
    Program Duplication.--EDA is directed to ensure, to the 
greatest extent practicable, that its grant programs, including 
the Tech Hubs program, avoid duplication and overlap with any 
other Federal grant programs. The Committee directs the 
Government Accountability Office [GAO] to include EDA in its 
annual analysis of potentially duplicative programs.
    Capacity Building for Business Districts.--Business 
districts drive entrepreneurship, local business ownership, 
economic growth, and job creation. They are an essential part 
of the economic development ecosystem for towns, cities, and 
rural communities. Local business district organizations are 
well positioned to provide technical assistance to drive job 
creation and job retention in these communities, but often face 
significant challenges in accessing EDA funds due to the 
relatively small scale and highly local scope of their 
operations. To help overcome these challenges, increase 
efficiency, and minimize administrative costs, the Committee 
encourages EDA to leverage national non-profit networks and 
their existing infrastructure to provide support to local 
business district organizations through capacity building 
grants, technical assistance, training, and dissemination of 
best practices.
    EDA Disaster Recovery Projects.--The Committee is committed 
to ensuring Federal post-disaster economic recovery efforts are 
executed efficiently and effectively. EDA plays an increasingly 
important role in post-disaster economic recovery under the 
National Disaster Recovery Framework. The Committee awaits 
receipt of GAO's report on this topic, as directed in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 118-42.
    Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
[EPSCoR] States and the Tech Hubs Program.--The Committee 
directs EDA, in accordance with section 10621 of Public Law 
117-167, to ensure that, subject to available appropriations, 
at least one eligible consortium so designated as a regional 
technology hub is headquartered in a low population State that 
is eligible to receive funding from the EPSCoR program of the 
National Science Foundation.
    Economic Development Research.--The Committee recognizes 
the importance of university-based research in investigating 
the myriad economic development challenges facing many regions 
in the U.S., especially in places that have not benefited from 
recent technological developments and places transitioning from 
legacy industries, among others. The Committee provides up to 
$2,000,000 to support Research and Evaluation to better inform 
economic development decision-making.
    Assistance to Indigenous Communities.--The recommendation 
provides $5,000,000 to provide resources to address the needs 
of Indigenous communities that have historically suffered from 
a lack of investment in core economic development needs.
    Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience 
[NATIVE] Act.--Of amounts provided for Technical Assistance, up 
to $1,000,000 shall be available to provide technical 
assistance to eligible entities, consistent with the NATIVE Act 
(Public Law 114-221).

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $68,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      85,864,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $73,000,000 for 
salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $5,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $12,864,000 below the 
budget request.
    Grant Oversight.--EDA personnel play an essential oversight 
role to ensure that grant awards reach the communities they 
were meant to serve. The Committee remains concerned that the 
ratio of grant awards to EDA post-award management personnel is 
unsustainable, jeopardizing the agency's oversight 
responsibility as stewards of Federal dollars. Lack of 
personnel also slows down the pace of new awards. These facts 
underscore the need for additional post-award management 
personnel. Therefore, within the funds provided, EDA is 
directed to continue exercising proper oversight of existing 
grant awards and ensuring new grant awards are made in a timely 
manner.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $68,250,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      80,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      70,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $70,000,000 for the 
Minority Business Development Agency [MBDA]. The recommendation 
is $1,750,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$10,000,000 below the budget request. MBDA is the only Federal 
agency dedicated to promoting the growth of minority-owned 
firms and assists small, medium, and large minority business 
enterprises in increasing revenues and creating jobs.
    Native Entities.--The Committee's recommendation provides 
not less than $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 and encourages MBDA to coordinate with the Department's 
Office of Native American Business Development on these 
efforts.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $125,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     138,500,000
Committee recommendation................................     130,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $130,000,000 for 
Economic and Statistical Analysis [ESA], including $8,000,000 
for the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. The 
recommendation is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and $8,500,000 below the budget request. ESA conducts 
research to provide a better understanding of the U.S. economy, 
helping government make more informed policy decisions.
    Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account.--The Committee 
recognizes the National economic importance of the outdoor 
recreation industry. Not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
amount is provided to continue implementing the Outdoor 
Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114-249). The Committee directs the Department to continue 
working with the outdoor recreation industry, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other interested stakeholders to refine the 
National-level statistics and to continue developing regional 
statistics.
    Commodity Checkoff Programs.--The Committee recognizes that 
the Commerce 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.
    Distributional Measures of Growth.--The Committee's 
recommendation supports ESA's efforts to improve and expand 
distributional measures of growth. The Committee directs ESA to 
further research methods that will allow a quarterly release 
schedule with minimal delay.

                          Bureau of the Census

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,382,500,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,577,691,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,577,691,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,577,691,000 for 
the Census Bureau. The recommendation is $195,191,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request.

                      CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $328,500,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     367,347,000
Committee recommendation................................     367,347,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $367,347,000 for 
current surveys and programs. The recommendation is $38,847,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the 
budget request. This account provides for the salaries and 
expenses associated with the statistical programs of the Bureau 
of the Census, including measurement of the Nation's economy 
and the demographic characteristics of the population.

                     PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,054,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,210,344,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,210,344,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,210,344,000 for 
periodic censuses and programs. The recommendation is 
$156,344,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request.
    This account provides for the constitutionally mandated 
Decennial Census as well as other cyclical programs. 
Additionally, the Census Bureau conducts individual surveys for 
other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis.
    American Community Survey [ACS].--The census stakeholder 
and data user communities are interested in ensuring the 
integrity, utility, and reliability of data from the ACS. Given 
that the Census Bureau did not fully release one-year ACS 
estimates in 2021, the Committee requests an update on steps 
the Census Bureau has taken and intends to take to modernize 
the ACS, especially increasing the survey's sample size, 
expanding nonresponse follow up operations, and reducing 
respondent burden. The Committee seeks specific feedback 
estimating the cost of these and any other ACS enhancements 
that the Census Bureau is considering. The Committee also 
directs the Census Bureau to report on how improvements to the 
ACS relate to the Bureau's broader operational transformation 
efforts. The Committee directs the Census Bureau to provide the 
Committee with a report addressing these matters within 180 
days of enactment of this act.
    Utilizing Libraries and Community Partners for Census 
Surveys.--The Committee directs the Census Bureau to continue 
to conduct outreach to public libraries and other community 
technology centers to ensure that they are fully informed about 
and equipped to support residents' participation in Census 
Bureau surveys. The Bureau should work with libraries, in 
coordination with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 
as part of the overall strategy to maximize response to the 
ACS, other surveys, and the Decennial Census. Such outreach 
should include coordinating with library organizations, 
providing libraries with informational materials, and offering 
webinars or conference presentations to library audiences, as 
appropriate for Census surveys and tests.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $59,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      67,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      61,650,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $61,650,000 for the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
[NTIA]. The recommendation is $2,650,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level and $5,350,000 below the budget request.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $57,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      65,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      59,650,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $59,650,000 for 
NTIA salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $2,650,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $5,350,000 below 
the budget request.
    The Committee retains language from previous years allowing 
the Secretary to collect reimbursements from other Federal 
agencies for a portion of the cost resulting from the 
coordination of spectrum management, analysis, and operations. 
NTIA shall submit a report to the Committee no later than June 
1, 2025, detailing the collection of reimbursements from other 
agencies.
    Broadband Expansion.--The Committee directs the NTIA to 
prioritize broadband deployment to unserved and then 
underserved areas in accordance with Public Law 117-58. The 
Committee further directs NTIA to coordinate with the Federal 
Communications Commission [FCC] to maintain broadband coverage 
maps completed in accordance with Public Law 116-130. 
Consistent with relevant statutes, NTIA's broadband programs 
are not to distribute funds to States or any providers without 
basing such decision upon the FCC's National Broadband Map and 
Broadband Funding Map, to the extent applicable, and NTIA shall 
direct States distributing funds to subgrantees to do the same.
    Broadband Investments under the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act [IIJA].--In Public Law 117-58, Congress made a 
historic $65,000,000,000 investment in broadband 
infrastructure, equity, and affordability with the goal of 
connecting all Americans to high-speed, reliable, and 
affordable Internet service. As eligible entities develop and 
submit their initial proposals to run their Broadband Equity, 
Access, and Deployment [BEAD] grant programs, the Committee 
emphasizes the importance of timely technical assistance. 
Further, the Committee directs NTIA to fully consider and 
account for each eligible entity's unique challenges when 
evaluating proposals, including by exercising authority under 
47 U.S.C. 1702(f) to ensure resilience of broadband 
infrastructure. The Committee also emphasizes that funds 
dedicated to administer the BEAD program shall be used to 
properly implement the Buy America and Build America, Buy 
America standards, consistent with title IX of division G of 
Public Law 117-58 and all other applicable Federal laws.
    Technical Assistance and BEAD State Plans.--In notifying 
Eligible Entities of deficiencies in their proposals, the 
Committee directs NTIA to clearly communicate any deficiency 
and to work with Eligible Entities to cure any deficiency to 
ensure proposals are promptly approved. To ensure fairness and 
transparency for all Eligible Entities, NTIA is directed to 
comply with all statutory directives under Section 60102(h)(5) 
of Public Law 117-58.
    Next Generation Broadband in Rural Areas.--The Committee 
recognizes that access to broadband in all communities across 
the Nation, including in rural areas, is essential for 
improving economic growth, education, job creation, civic 
engagement, public safety and health, global competitiveness, 
and quality of life. NTIA is encouraged to coordinate with 
other relevant Federal agencies to identify and pursue policies 
that enable effective and efficient broadband deployment in 
rural areas while advancing next-generation technologies, such 
as 5G networks, and to avoid efforts that could duplicate 
existing networks.
    Supply Chain and Workforce.--In administering its broadband 
programs, NTIA shall consider the effect of supply chain, 
workforce shortages, and uniform guidance procurement 
requirements, in addition to other known barriers such as 
permit approvals, to determine whether providers can reasonably 
meet deployment deadlines. If NTIA determines these factors 
unduly impact project commitments or will deter program 
participation, the agency may use its discretionary authority 
to provide waivers of such requirements, in conjunction with 
other relief, as necessary.
    Policy and Technical Training.--The Committee encourages 
NTIA to work with the FCC and the Department of State to 
provide support for activities provided under section 7 of 
Public Law 98-549 and provides not less than the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level for these activities. 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.
    Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.--The Committee notes 
the historic investments Congress has made through the Tribal 
Broadband Connectivity Program in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) and the IIJA. The 
Committee directs NTIA to continue engaging with eligible 
entities to ensure the full potential of these investments is 
realized. The Committee also directs NTIA to accept 
applications for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program by 
mail in addition to online.
    Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth [OICG].--As part 
of the ACCESS BROADBAND Act, enacted into law as part of Public 
Law 116-260, Congress created and NTIA established the OICG to 
further the deployment and use of broadband technology. NTIA 
shall coordinate with other Federal agencies with broadband 
programs to improve overall data collection, efficiently manage 
broadband investments, identify funds used to upgrade systems 
versus new systems, and unify metrics and measurements to 
accurately represent the outcomes of BEAD and other Federal 
broadband programs.
    FirstNet Authority's Lack of Contract Oversight for Device 
Connection Targets.--The Committee is disappointed in NTIA and 
in the First Responder Network Authority [FirstNet Authority] 
for their poor oversight of the Nationwide Public Safety 
Broadband Network [NPSBN]. The Committee is also alarmed and 
disappointed in the FirstNet Authority response to the DOC 
OIG's report that highlights the lack of oversight potentially 
impacting first responders' use of the NPSBN. NTIA shall brief 
the Committee, no later than 60 days of enactment of this act, 
detailing how FirstNet is providing the proper oversight of the 
NPSBN contract and how FirstNet Authority plans to implement 
the DOC OIG's audit recommendations.

                 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,000,000

    The recommendation includes $2,000,000 to support the 
restoration and modernization of NTIA's facilities, including 
the telecommunication infrastructure, roads, and grounds of 
NTIA's government-owned facilities. This amount is equal to the 
budget request.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $4,195,799,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   4,554,940,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,554,940,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $4,554,940,000 for 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO], which is 
$359,141,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request, to be derived from offsetting fee 
collections.
    USPTO examines patent applications, grants patent 
protection for qualified inventions, and disseminates 
technological information disclosed in patents. USPTO also 
examines trademark applications and provides Federal 
registration to owners of qualified trademarks.
    Transfer to the OIG.--The Committee provides $2,450,000 for 
the OIG to continue oversight and audits of USPTO operations 
and budget transparency, and USPTO is directed to work with the 
Department to implement all OIG recommendations.
    Reprogramming and Spend Plan.--USPTO shall follow the 
reprogramming procedures outlined in section 505 of this act 
before using excess fee collections to forward fund expenses 
beyond fiscal year 2025.
    Intellectual Property [IP] Attaches.--The IP Attache 
Program advocates internationally to improve IP systems and 
assist U.S. stakeholders, providing assistance in all areas of 
IP to U.S. rights holders. This includes entering new foreign 
markets, resolving issues related to obtaining IP rights in 
foreign jurisdictions, and helping address IP enforcement 
challenges abroad. To further the goals of the IP Attache 
Program and to provide more assistance to U.S. stakeholders, 
the Committee directs USPTO to expand the IP Attache Program by 
adding four more IP attaches in key markets that currently lack 
attaches. USPTO shall keep the Committee apprised of the new 
locations and its plan to staff the locations no later than 90 
days after enactment of this act.
    The Committee remains concerned that USPTO's IP attaches 
may not have adequate access to their foreign government 
counterparts and are not consistently involved in embassy or 
consulate conversations regarding intellectual property 
matters. The Secretary is encouraged to work with USPTO, ITA, 
and the Department of State to ensure that the attaches are 
appropriately utilized, including in discussions and 
negotiations at the counselor rank and above.
    Northern New England Community Outreach Office.--The 
Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 directed USPTO to 
open a Northern New England Community Outreach Office [NNECOO] 
to serve New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. USPTO announced its 
selection of the location of the NNECOO on December 13, 2023. 
The Committee expects USPTO to open and staff the office as 
quickly as possible. The Committee directs USPTO to provide 
quarterly updates to the Committee on its progress in opening 
this office, including site selection, facilities, staff 
hiring, and all related matters.
    IP Theft.--The Committee remains concerned with the growing 
theft of IP by and on behalf of foreign government actors, 
especially by the PRC, as made clear in the United States Trade 
Representative's Section 301 report, ``Findings of the 
Investigation into China's Acts, Policies, and Practices 
Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 
Innovation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.'' The 
Committee urges USPTO to work with all relevant agencies to 
protect U.S. IP through education, outreach, foreign IP 
attaches, and ongoing trade negotiations.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,460,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,498,500,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,534,844,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,534,844,000 for 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST]. The 
recommendation is $74,844,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $36,344,000 above the budget request. Within 
funds provided, up to $9,000,000 may be transferred from the 
Scientific and Technical Research and Services [STRS] account 
to the Working Capital Fund.
    NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial 
competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, 
and technology in ways that enhance economic security and 
improve our quality of life.

             SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,080,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     975,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,064,244,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,064,244,000 for 
NIST Scientific and Technical Research and Services [STRS]. The 
recommendation is $15,756,000 below the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $89,244,000 above the budget request. The 
Committee directs NIST to provide a detailed spending plan for 
NIST's highest priority laboratory programs that describes 
resources used for each program, project, or activity [PPA].
    Artificial Intelligence [AI] Safety Testing and 
Evaluations.--To further expand its critical work in AI, the 
Committee provides up to the requested level to advance AI 
research, standards, testing, and the U.S. AI Safety Institute 
[USAISI].
    The Committee is pleased that NIST has created the USAISI 
tasked with creating guidance and benchmarks for evaluating and 
auditing AI capabilities, with a focus on capabilities through 
which AI could cause harm, such as in the areas of 
cybersecurity, biosecurity, and nuclear security. The Committee 
is also pleased that NIST requested information from the public 
about how to design AI red-teaming exercises for different 
types of model risks, including specific security risks such as 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks. The 
Committee directs NIST to continue these workstreams and 
prioritize evaluating, auditing, and red-teaming AI 
capabilities with the potential to cause large-scale 
catastrophic harm. The Committee also encourages NIST to build 
infrastructure and capacity to enable testing of the most 
capable AI models ahead of their release and to work towards 
performing such testing with its AI Safety Institute and 
partners in fiscal year 2025.
    Quantum Information Science [QIS].--The Committee supports 
NIST's research program in QIS, as authorized in section 201 of 
the National Quantum Initiative Act (Public Law 115-368) and 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
these activities. QIS promises to yield revolutionary new 
approaches to computing, sensing, and communication, among 
others. The Committee provides up to the requested amount for 
Advancing QIS and Technology Readiness.
    Near-Term Application Identification.--The Committee 
supports NIST's efforts to identify use cases for near-term 
quantum application development through the work of the Quantum 
Economic Development Consortium as created by the National 
Quantum Initiative Act. (Public Law 115-368). The Committee 
encourages NIST to continue its coordination with the Quantum 
Economic Development Consortium to conduct workshops and 
develop reports identifying public and private use cases that 
can benefit from near-term quantum applications. Such workshops 
shall be inclusive of the wide variety of quantum technologies 
and identify use cases where applications can be developed in 
under 24 months.
    Quantum Crossroads.--The Committee supports funding to 
create quantum network connections between regional research 
centers, educational and workforce training centers and 
emerging quantum industries.
    Cryptographic Module Validation Program [CMVP] Backlog.--
The Committee encourages NIST to continue its ongoing efforts 
to streamline the review process and provide updates about 
planning for new announcements and future requirements as it 
continues to address its CMVP backlog. Additionally, the 
Committee urges NIST to consider liaising with or detailing 
qualified cryptographic professionals from other parts of the 
Federal Government. The current CMVP backlog poses a potential 
security risk to Federal Information Processing Standards, 
which will only increase as emerging quantum computing 
challenges grow.
    Cybersecurity.--The Committee remains concerned about the 
number of cyberattacks affecting the Nation and provides not 
less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for cybersecurity 
research, outreach, industry partnerships, and other activities 
at NIST, including the National Cybersecurity Center of 
Excellence. Within the funds provided, the Committee directs 
NIST to support National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education 
cooperative agreements with Regional Alliances and 
Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate for cybersecurity 
education and workforce development as authorized in section 
9401 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
    In addition, the Committee encourages NIST to bolster the 
technology foundations and put in place the practical steps 
needed to ensure the security and integrity of the technology 
supply chain, in partnership with the private sector, in 
accordance with Executive Order 14028.
    Protecting Against Power Analysis Attacks on Semiconductor 
Hardware.--The Committee encourages NIST to expand research and 
analysis on power analysis attacks on semiconductor hardware.
    Firmware Resiliency.--The Committee recognizes that 
enhancing the private sector's cybersecurity resilience is a 
critical component to protecting national security. Therefore, 
the Committee recommends that NIST undertake the development of 
cybersecurity guidelines for private companies to implement 
specific firmware security. This would include ways to maintain 
software inventories, like the Software Bill of Materials, to 
document all components of the software in use to enable quick 
identification of potential vulnerabilities in their systems.
    Digital Twin Technology.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of developing technology to create virtual models to 
simulate real-life outcomes of manufacturing and semiconductor 
production. The Committee encourages NIST to partner with 
institutions of higher education that specialize in high-
performance computing to develop new digital twin technologies 
through high-performance computing avenues.
    Gene Synthesis Safety.--The Committee is pleased that NIST 
entered into a 2-year cooperative research agreement with the 
nonprofit Engineering Biology Research Consortium to develop 
screening and safety tools to defend against the potential 
misuse of AI related to nucleic acid synthesis. In developing 
such screening and safety tools, the Committee directs NIST to, 
at a minimum, prioritize work on tools to guard against any 
pathogen capable of potentially causing a pandemic, or any 
gene(s) specific to potential pandemic pathogens that either 
are by themselves hazardous or could enhance pathogenicity or 
transmissibility.
    Facial Recognition Technologies.--The Committee encourages 
NIST to continue to improve and meet the growing demand for the 
Facial Recognition Vendor Test. The Committee is aware that 
this test is an important resource for government, commercial, 
and academic developers to assess the quality of their facial 
recognition technologies. As more companies and government 
users invest in this technology, the test will continue to be a 
critical step for responsible use. The Committee encourages 
NIST to: expand testing to include a more diverse combination 
of demographics and environmental settings in the test data; 
develop educational material and work on image quality 
standards for data collection; expand testing to improve 
enhanced privacy technologies for better template protection; 
and expand existing testing infrastructures in support of these 
improvements. The Committee provides up to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level for those purposes.
    Forensic Sciences.--The Committee provides not less than 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for forensic science 
research, including level funding to support the Organization 
of Scientific Area Committees and technical merit evaluations.
    Circular Economy.--The Committee provides not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level for circular economy related 
research. In addition, the Committee provides not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level for competitive external grants 
for academic institutions to investigate plastic and polymeric 
materials, as well as novel methods to characterize both known 
and newly-developed materials. Such investigations should 
address ways to increase the strength of recycled plastics and 
better understand mechanical properties, including tensile 
stress, compressive stress, thermal properties, and 
nanostructure of polymeric materials that could serve as 
industry standards for recycled plastic products.
    Climate and Energy Measurement, Tools, and Testbeds.--The 
Committee recognizes the important role that NIST laboratories 
play to address climate change through climate measurements and 
modeling of greenhouse gas emissions as well as research and 
tools to build more resilient communities. The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
climate and energy measurement, tools, and testbeds.
    In addition, the Committee encourages NIST to collaborate 
with post-secondary academic institutions to evaluate community 
resilience in coastal communities, including in the northern 
Gulf of Mexico. This research should include evaluating various 
state-of-the-art community resilience planning tools, including 
NIST's Community Resilience Planning Guide and EDGe$ tool, 
among others. These efforts should focus on the potential 
compounding impacts of chronic stressors and acute events and 
broadly include risks to natural and nature-based 
infrastructure that supports socioeconomic functions and risks 
to build.
    Forward-Looking Building Standards.--The Committee remains 
concerned about how climate change will impact the built 
environment, and that standards previously set with an 
assumption of a stable climate system will expose many Federal 
and non-Federal investments to significant, but avoidable, 
risk. Therefore, the Committee directs NIST to continue to work 
with NOAA and other appropriate Federal agencies and interested 
non-Federal parties, as needed, to identify a consistent and 
authoritative set of climate information that emphasizes 
forward-looking climate data and projections that should be 
utilized in the standard-setting process. These data shall 
include projections of both chronic climate impacts, such as 
sea level rise, and extreme weather events, like hurricanes, 
floods, and droughts. This effort shall serve to aid both 
Federal and non-Federal bodies to develop standards, building 
codes, and voluntary standards that take into account 
increasingly extreme weather events and other climate change 
challenges. Further, the Committee directs NIST to provide 
technical assistance to standards developing organizations 
regarding use of the identified forward-looking information.
    Urban Dome.--The Committee recognizes the value of NIST's 
Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program and Urban Dome Initiative 
and the importance of accurate measurement science for 
environmental monitoring and human health. These cost-effective 
capabilities expand and broaden NIST laboratory capabilities 
for investigating and developing measurement tools that support 
independent means for determining the accuracy of emissions 
inventory data at urban and regional scales. The Committee 
provides up to the fiscal year 2024 enacted amount for the 
Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program and Urban Dome Initiative 
to continue support for the established testbed activities and 
to expand sensor network deployments locations.
    Wildfire Risk Reduction.--The Committee notes that new 
homes continue to be built within the ``wildland-urban 
interface'' [WUI] and that as many as 4.5 million homes are at 
high or extreme risk of wildfires. Increased understanding of 
WUI fire dynamics and structure ignition mechanisms is critical 
to improving structure and community resistance to WUI fires. 
The Committee encourages NIST to develop, in coordination with 
the U.S. Forest Service, the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the U.S. Fire Administration, the Office of Wildland 
Fire on behalf of the Department of Interior's land management 
agencies, a framework and recommendations to create greater 
alignment and support among Federal agencies for development 
and implementation of research-based methods to increase fire 
safety and build resilient communities incentivizing projects 
that increase the resilience of existing structures, as well as 
the adaptation of building codes and construction practices to 
increase ignition resistance of the built environment.
    Natural Disasters.--The Committee is concerned about 
increasing costs associated with repairing homes damaged by 
natural disasters including floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. 
The Committee directs NIST to provide a report estimating the 
reduction in costs, and the benefits to housing affordability 
that could be achieved through more resilient construction 
methods.
    NIST Center of Excellence and Full-Scale Testing Center for 
Building Technologies.--There is a pressing need for more 
resilient communities by reducing losses and disruptions due to 
climate-driven hazards. Environmental shifts are fueling more 
intense and more dangerous storms, and cutting-edge research 
and testing capabilities are needed to meet the Nation's 
evolving risks. The Committee directs NIST to develop 
recommendations, within 180 days of enactment of this act, on 
what would be needed to establish a NIST Center of Excellence 
and Full-Scale Testing Center for Building Technologies. The 
proposed center should support community hardening in extreme 
wind, surge, and wave events, and shall be established at an 
institution with a multi-hazard research focus to further 
accelerate research, adoption of new technologies, and 
establishment of national standards and measurements to reduce 
losses and disruptions due to environmental-driven and natural 
hazards.
    Composites.--The Committee encourages NIST to work with 
academic institutions, in collaboration with State and industry 
partners, to develop new composite technologies to solve 
problems in the manufacturing space and related materials 
industries. Further, the Committee urges NIST to work with 
relevant Federal agencies, to aggregate existing standards and 
test methods for the use of composites and other innovative 
materials in infrastructure, as well as to identify barriers to 
broader market adoption.
    Pyrrhotite Testing and Mitigation.--The Committee provides 
not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for NIST to 
continue studying and developing a reliable and cost-effective 
standard for testing for the presence of excessive amounts of 
the mineral pyrrhotite in concrete used in residential 
foundations and municipal structures, which can cause premature 
cracking and structural failure. In addition to funding 
widespread sample collection and studies needed to develop 
standardized tests, the Committee directs NIST to investigate 
mitigation strategies for concrete structures that may not yet 
have developed cracking but contain pyrrhotite.
    Critical and Emerging Technologies.--The Committee 
recognizes NIST's important role in U.S. engagement on 
standards development across areas of critical and emerging 
technologies. As our global competitors increase focus on 
international standards development, it is important for NIST, 
in partnership with the private sector, to maintain global 
leadership. Therefore, the Committee provides up to the 
requested level for these purposes.
    Public Health Risk to First Responders.--The Committee 
looks forward to receiving the report on firefighter 
occupational exposure to environmental sources of per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly known as ``PFAS'') as 
directed in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public 
Law 118-42.
    UAS Training for First Responders.--The Committee 
encourages NIST, in collaboration with the FAA's ASSUREd Safe 
program and Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aerial Systems, 
to help build a federated ecosystem to teach, train, educate, 
certify and credential first responders to employ UAS skills to 
crises and emergency management events.
    Regenerative Medicine Standards.--The Committee is 
encouraged by the work of NIST and the Standards Coordinating 
Body to develop comprehensive standards for the development and 
evaluation of regenerative medicine products to fulfill the 
regenerative medicine standards provisions enacted under the 
21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114-255). The Committee 
recognizes the need to continue ongoing efforts to develop and 
maintain standards. The Committee also understands that 
additional efforts are needed to ensure proper use of these 
standards by educating product developers and disseminating 
these standards nationally. The Committee provides $500,000 to 
support the development of curricula in partnership with 
academic institutions and other stakeholders such as through 
establishment of consortia for workforce training around the 
use of regenerative medicine standards.
    RNA Research Standards.--The Committee recognizes the 
recent release of the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine [NASEM] report ``Charting a Future 
for Sequencing RNA and Its Modifications'' in March 2024. The 
Committee notes several types of standards are needed to 
support research and technology development for the RNA 
modifications field, and that the report indicates NIST is 
well-suited to take the lead given its mission to ``promote 
U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing 
measurements in science, standards, and technology toward 
economic security and improved quality of life.'' To unlock the 
full potential of RNA modifications and address pressing 
societal challenges in health, agriculture, and beyond, the 
Committee encourages NIST, in coordination with the National 
Institutes of Health, to implement recommendations from the 
NASEM report and develop and promote standards to support the 
field of epitranscriptomics, and that modified RNA reference 
materials should be developed with a focus on making them 
widely available and affordable. The Committee requests an 
update on the development and promotion of epitranscriptomics 
standards in the fiscal year 2026 congressional budget 
justification.
    Dr. David Satcher Cybersecurity Education Grant Program.--
The recommendation includes up to $2,000,000 to implement the 
Dr. David Satcher Cybersecurity Education Grant Program.

                         NIST EXTERNAL PROJECTS

    The Committee's recommendation provides funding for the 
projects listed in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' at the end of the report in the corresponding 
amounts, consistent with NIST's existing authorities, 
jurisdictions, and procedures, as appropriate. NIST shall 
perform the same level of oversight and due diligence as with 
any other external partners.

                     INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $212,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     212,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     225,000,000

    The Committee provides $225,000,000 for Industrial 
Technology Services. The recommendation is $13,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and the budget request.
    Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program 
[MEP].--For the MEP program, the Committee provides 
$175,000,000, which is equal to the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level, to respond to the critical national needs of small- and 
medium-sized enterprises, including by increasing the number of 
enterprises that the program assists and by increasing 
awareness and usage of existing supplier scouting tools to fill 
supply chain gaps and support domestic manufacturing.
    Manufacturing USA.--The Manufacturing USA program promotes 
American competitiveness by fostering the development of new 
manufacturing techniques and fields, accelerating 
commercialization, and providing technical assistance to U.S. 
companies.
    For the Manufacturing USA program, the Committee provides 
$50,000,000, which is $13,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level.
    In-Space Manufacturing.--The Committee notes the enormous 
economic potential in-space manufacturing presents. The 
Committee encourages NIST to conduct a feasibility study 
regarding a potential Manufacturing USA Institute focused on 
in-space manufacturing.

                  CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $168,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     311,500,000
Committee recommendation................................     245,600,000

    The Committee provides $245,600,000 for construction of 
research facilities, including not less than $110,000,000 for 
Safety, Capacity, Maintenance, and Major Repairs. The 
recommendation is $77,600,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $65,900,000 below the budget request.

                      NIST EXTRAMURAL CONSTRUCTION

    The Committee provides funding for the projects provides 
funding for the projects listed in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' at the end of this report 
in the corresponding amounts, consistent with NIST's existing 
authorities, jurisdictions, and procedures, as appropriate. 
NIST shall perform the same level of due diligence as with any 
other external partners.

   CREATING HELPFUL INCENTIVES TO PRODUCE SEMICONDUCTORS [CHIPS] FOR 
                              AMERICA FUND

    Division A of Public Law 117-167 established the CHIPS for 
America Fund. The Committee allocates the funds according to 
the amounts listed in the following table.

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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 9902
    Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce                   $5,000,000
     Semiconductors [CHIPS] for America Fund............
    Secure Enclave (as allocated pursuant to section         (1,500,000)
     546(a)(1)(B) of division C of Public Law 118-42)...
    Administrative Expenses.............................       (100,000)
    Office of Inspector General, Salaries and Expenses..         (4,000)
                                                         ---------------
      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 Expenses..         (1,000)
                                                         ---------------
      Total, Section 9906...............................     $1,100,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Periodic Briefings.--The Department of Commerce, Department 
of Defense and the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence shall continue to provide quarterly briefings to 
the congressional defense and intelligence committees, the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the 
House Energy and Commerce Committee, the House Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, the majority leader of the 
Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the House 
of Representatives on Secure Enclave. Such briefings shall 
include updates on cost, schedule and performance and any other 
matters deemed appropriate by the congressional oversight 
committees listed above.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $6,319,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   6,547,005,000
Committee recommendation................................   6,699,242,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $6,699,242,000 for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. The 
recommendation is $380,242,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $152,237,000 above the budget request.

                  OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $4,548,485,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   4,372,238,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,679,077,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $4,679,077,000 for 
NOAA's Operations, Research, and Facilities [ORF]. The 
recommendation is $130,592,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $306,839,000 above the budget request.
    Management and Administrative Costs.--To ensure financial 
transparency, NOAA is strongly encouraged to limit management 
and administrative [M&A] and NOAA-wide support service costs 
charged to programs, projects, and activities [PPAs] to cover 
shared expenses and administrative staff, with a goal of 
limiting to 5 percent of annual appropriations. As part of the 
spending plan, NOAA is directed to include the M&A and NOAA-
wide support service amounts charged within each line office as 
well as the methodologies used to assess costs. Further, as 
part of the fiscal year 2026 budget request, NOAA is directed 
to include estimated costs as well as to propose how to 
consolidate these costs either through existing or new PPAs.

                      NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

    The Committee's recommendation provides $681,952,000 for 
the National Ocean Service [NOS]. NOS programs provide 
scientific, technical, and management expertise to promote safe 
navigation; assess the health of coastal and marine resources; 
respond to natural and human-induced threats; and preserve 
coastal and ocean environments.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

       NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Navigation, Observations and Positioning:
    Navigation, Observations and Positioning..........           184,702
    Hydrographic Survey Priorities/Contracts..........            32,000
    Integrated Ocean Observing System Regional                    43,500
     Observations.....................................
                                                       -----------------
      Total, Navigation, Observations and Positioning.           260,202
                                                       =================
Coastal Science and Assessment:
    Coastal Science, Assessment, Response and                     96,250
     Restoration......................................
    Competitive Research..............................            20,000
                                                       -----------------
      Total, Coastal Science and Assessment...........           116,250
                                                       =================
Ocean and Coastal Management and Services:
    Coastal Zone Management and Services..............            51,500
    Coastal Zone Management Grants....................            83,000
    National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund.........            34,000
    Coral Reef Program................................            35,000
    National Estuarine Research Reserve System........            34,000
    Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas............            68,000
                                                       -----------------
      Total, Ocean and Coastal Management and Services           305,500
                                                       =================
        GRAND TOTAL, NOS..............................           681,952
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Navigation, Observations and Positioning.--The Committee 
strongly supports activities under Navigation, Observations and 
Positioning, including full operational funding for NOAA's 
Navigation Response Teams.
    Geospatial Modeling Grants.--The Committee provides 
$8,000,000 within Navigation, Observations and Positioning for 
the Geospatial Modeling Grants program, for which all funding 
shall be distributed externally.
    NOAA Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great 
Lakes Mapping.--The Committee rejects the proposed termination 
of the NOAA Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and 
Great Lakes Mapping and provides $10,000,000. The Center shall 
continue to work in unison with and leverage existing 
capabilities, including the Joint Hydrographic Center, and 
across NOAA line offices, including NOS, the Office of Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Research [OAR], and the Office of Marine and 
Aviation Operations [OMAO], to support and grow the Nation's 
deep water, shallow water, and coastal mapping capabilities and 
data holdings, in partnership with industry.
    Hydrographic Research and Technology Development.--The 
Committee rejects the proposed cut to the Joint Hydrographic 
Center and provides an additional $1,000,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level for demonstration, testing, evaluation, 
and research-to-operations transition of hydrographic 
technology. This should include demonstrating the potential of 
gained efficiencies from the use of autonomous vessels for the 
collection of hydrographic data.
    Hydrographic Charting.--The Committee continues to note the 
massive backlog for charting of navigationally significant 
areas and provides $32,000,000 for Hydrographic Survey 
Priorities/Contracts, an increase of $500,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level.
    With the opening of the U.S. Arctic waters to commercial, 
scientific, and cruise ship traffic, and given the age of 
NOAA's hydrographic survey fleet, it is imperative that NOAA 
effectively utilize qualified contract surveyors to reduce the 
charting backlog in Alaska. NOAA is directed to utilize all 
contractors that are available, qualified, and experienced in 
the Arctic for hydrographic surveys.
    Integrated Ocean Observing System [IOOS].--The Committee 
notes the importance of the IOOS network that provides marine 
information used in disaster response, weather forecasting and 
hurricane prediction, water quality forecasting, detection of 
harmful algal blooms [HABs], and safe maritime operations. IOOS 
observations can also play an important role in ocean planning 
efforts, including proper siting of offshore wind projects. The 
Committee provides $43,500,000 for IOOS, an increase of 
$1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level. The 
Committee also supports the use of supplementary funds 
previously provided to the agency to recapitalize observing 
system infrastructure based upon the highest priority needs of 
each region. The Committee encourages the IOOS regional 
associations to consider leveraging existing capabilities of 
the commercial sector, including uncrewed systems, to meet 
observational needs through commercial data buys.
    The Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level to continue the IOOS HAB pilot programs and to 
support the HAB monitoring and detection test bed in the Gulf 
of Mexico.
    Coastal Modeling.--The Committee is concerned that NOAA is 
currently supporting a variety of independent ocean and coastal 
models that may be redundant and encumbering significant 
development and compute resources. NOS is directed to conduct a 
gap analysis and develop a consolidation plan that prioritizes 
fewer models to meet the maximum number of mission 
requirements. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned that NOAA 
has established cloud sandboxes behind the Office of the Chief 
Information Office [OCIO] Federal Information Security 
Modernization Act [FISMA] (Public Law 107-347) boundary that 
significantly impede external collaboration. NOAA shall 
establish cloud-based model sandboxes using commercial cloud 
providers outside of the FISMA boundary to enable unfettered 
collaboration with academia and industry.
    Disaster Preparedness.--Within the funds provided for 
Coastal Science, Assessment, Response and Restoration, the 
Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level for the Disaster Preparedness Program. The Committee 
encourages NOS to provide appropriate scientific guidance to 
other Federal agencies and States on preparedness, response, 
damage assessment, and restoration to spills of emerging fuels. 
This guidance should include developing effective responses to 
the impact of oil spills in freshwater environments in 
partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Center of 
Expertise for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response.
    Marine Debris.--Within the funding provided, NOAA shall 
support competitive extramural funding programs and the 
programs authorized in the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 
116-224). NOAA is encouraged to pilot a marine debris 
innovation program focused on processing and reuse of marine 
and coastal plastic waste including workforce training and 
industry partners.
    The Committee also recognizes the risks abandoned and 
derelict vessels [ADV] pose to public health, the environment, 
and navigation. NOAA is encouraged to pilot a marine debris 
program to inventory ADV within State and Federal waterways and 
to assess the environmental damage cause by ADV.
    The Committee notes that the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act [IIJA] (Public Law 117-58) provides $150,000,000 over 
5 years for marine debris assessment, prevention, mitigation, 
and removal, including $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2025.
    National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science [NCCOS].--The 
Committee provides $55,000,000 for NCCOS and directs NCCOS to 
continue efforts related to offshore wind and coastal 
sustainability and resilience.
    The Committee provides $1,000,000 for NCCOS's continued 
collaboration on research priorities with NOAA's Cooperative 
Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology [CIROH].
    Harmful Algal Blooms.--Within funding for Competitive 
Research, the Committee provides up to $14,000,000 to 
accelerate deployment of effective methods of intervention and 
mitigation to reduce the frequency, severity, and impact of HAB 
events in marine and freshwater systems. Of this amount, up to 
$2,000,000 shall be used to explore innovative methods to 
increase monitoring and detection of HABs in freshwater systems 
by partnering with academic institutions with expertise in 
uncrewed systems.
    Given the high economic cost related to HAB events relative 
to the current research investment in the Gulf of Mexico, the 
Committee encourages NOAA to fund long-term HAB research in the 
Gulf of Mexico and supports the continuance of the annual Gulf 
of Mexico Hypoxia Mapping Cruise.
    Improving Coastal Resilience.--Within funding for 
Competitive Research, NOAA is encouraged to provide information 
and predictive capabilities to coastal communities, especially 
those with underserved populations, and to encourage natural-
based solutions to address coastal hazards including sea level 
rise, flooding, and inundation.
    Digital Coast.--The Committee provides $3,500,000 for the 
implementation of the Digital Coast Act (Public Law 116-223).
    BLUE GLOBE Act.--The Committee encourages NOAA to implement 
the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the 
Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries [BLUE GLOBE] Act 
(title CI of Division J of Public Law 117-263).
    Regional Ocean Partnerships [ROPs].--Within funding 
provided for Coastal Zone Management and Services, the 
Committee rejects the administration's proposed cut and 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the ROPs, or their equivalent, to enhance their capacity for 
sharing and integration of Federal and non-Federal data to 
support regional coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes management 
priorities.
    In addition, the IIJA provides $56,000,000 over 5 years to 
enhance ROPs, or their equivalent, including $11,200,000 in 
fiscal year 2025.
    Coastal Management Grants.--The Committee provides 
$83,000,000 for Coastal Zone Management Grants, an increase of 
$1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level. To the 
extent practicable, NOAA is encouraged to work with States to 
ensure that the program supports Tribal projects and 
objectives.
    National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund [NOCSF].--The 
Committee again rejects the administration's disappointing 
proposal to eliminate the NOCSF, also known as the National 
Coastal Resilience Fund, and provides $34,000,000. Of the 
amount provided, not less than $4,000,000 shall be for project 
planning and design. In selecting the areas of focus for the 
NOCSF, NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
should consider proposals that enhance ocean and coastal 
management, bolster coastal infrastructure and resilience, 
support regional collaborative efforts and partnerships, and 
help coastal communities adapt to changing ocean conditions.
    In addition, the IIJA provides $492,000,000 over 5 years 
for the NOCSF, including $98,400,000 in fiscal year 2025.
    Coral Reef Program.--The Committee recognizes the unique 
ecological and economic value of coral reefs, including the 
benefit of buffering coastal communities from hazards such as 
coastal storms and hurricanes. Urgent efforts are needed to 
reverse the decline of coral populations in the United States. 
Therefore, the Committee rejects the proposed cut to the Coral 
Reef Program and provides $35,000,000, an increase of 
$1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level, to carry 
out coral reef restoration activities under the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act, as amended (title C of division J of Public 
Law 117-263). NOAA shall continue to implement the new 
authorities provided under section 10001 of Public Law 117-263, 
including State block grants, the establishment of Reef 
Research Coordination Institutes, and coral reef stewardship 
partnerships.
    National Estuarine Research Reserve System [NERRS].--The 
Committee recognizes that the NERRS sites provide mixed-use 
areas that are protected for long-term research, monitoring, 
education, and coastal stewardship and provides $34,000,000 for 
the program, an increase of $700,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level to accommodate the expansion of the system.
    Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of Sanctuaries and Marine Protected 
Areas to preserve regions for conservation, recreational, 
ecological, historical, scientific, cultural, archeological, 
and educational purposes and supports the expansion of the 
network. This includes the conservation and long-term 
preservation of U.S. Civil War heritage such as the U.S.S. 
Monitor. The Committee provides $68,000,000 for Sanctuaries and 
Marine Protected Areas.
    Marine National Monuments.--Within funding provided for 
Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas, up to $1,200,000 may be 
used to support the sanctuary designation process for the 
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to supplement and 
complement existing monument protections, as well as for 
competitive education grants, and research and management for 
the proper care and management of the objects and locations of 
historic or scientific interest in existing marine national 
monuments administered by NOS, provided such grants are subject 
to a 100 percent non-Federal match.
    Investments in the Great Lakes.--The Committee directs NOAA 
to submit a report to the Committee within 180 days of 
enactment of this act that details the agency's recent 
investments in the Great Lakes, a strategic plan to increase 
stakeholder engagement, and proposals regarding future 
conservation and restoration to ensure sustainable management 
of this vital freshwater resource.

                 NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,156,999,000 for 
the National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]. NMFS programs 
provide for the management and conservation of the Nation's 
living marine resources and their environment, including fish 
stocks, marine mammals, and endangered species.
    Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 
table:

 NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
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Protected Resources Science and Management:
    Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Other Species....           185,055
    Species Recovery Grants...........................             8,000
    Atlantic Salmon...................................             8,500
    Pacific Salmon....................................            80,000
                                                       -----------------
        Total, Protected Resources Science and                   281,555
         Management...................................
                                                       =================
Fisheries Science and Management:
    Fisheries and Ecosystem Science Programs and                 163,500
     Services.........................................
    Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and                     220,851
     Assessments......................................
    Observers and Training............................            61,383
    Fisheries Management Programs and Services........           139,876
    Aquaculture.......................................            25,000
    Salmon Management Activities......................            76,650
    Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions.......            46,000
    Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants..............             4,000
                                                       -----------------
        Total, Fisheries Science and Management.......           737,260
                                                       =================
Enforcement...........................................            82,000
Habitat Conservation and Restoration..................            56,184
                                                       =================
        GRAND TOTAL, NMFS.............................         1,156,999
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    Promote and Develop Fisheries Products and Research Funding 
Transfer.--The bill maintains the provision restricting the use 
of the Promote and Develop Fisheries Products and Research 
funds transferred from the Department of Agriculture to NOAA in 
a way that better meets the intended purpose of the transfer 
mandated by the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act (15 U.S.C. 713c-3). 
None of the funds may be used for internal NOAA or DOC 
management but may only be used for activities that directly 
benefit U.S. fisheries and fishery communities.
    As part of the fiscal year 2025 spending plan, NOAA shall 
include a detailed accounting, by object class, of how the 
Promote and Develop transfer funds will be allocated based on 
the funding criteria described in this bill.
    Saltonstall-Kennedy [S-K] Grant Program.--Prior to 
obligating any funds for the S-K Grant Program, NOAA shall 
provide the Committee with a detailed spending plan describing 
which fisheries activities will be funded in each region and 
how the plan incorporates regional priorities. In doing so, 
NOAA shall consult with the regional committees authorized 
under the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 
117-121) to identify funding priorities. The spending plan 
should also include an accounting of the administration of the 
regional committees. Within the funds provided, the Committee 
encourages NOAA to prioritize support for applications that 
improve marketing and development of the seafood industry, as 
was the original intent of the S-K Grant Program.
    Seafood Trade.--The Committee continues to be concerned 
with the lack of a level playing field for the U.S. seafood 
industry. The Committee is concerned that recent surges in 
crawfish and shrimp imports have flooded the U.S. market and 
overwhelmed domestic inventories. The Committee is further 
concerned that crawfish and shrimp imports continue to be 
associated with illegal, unreported, and unregulated [IUU] 
fisheries; the use of forced labor; the illegal use of 
antibiotics; and other alarming fraudulent and illegal 
activities. The Committee directs NOAA to ensure its National 
Seafood Strategy or any other policies or programs will not be 
used to promote the U.S. consumption of imported seafood.
    Offshore Wind.--The Committee supports the responsible 
development of renewable energy projects and provides not less 
than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level across NMFS to address 
consultation and permitting, stock assessment, management, and 
protected resources needs related to the expansion of offshore 
wind energy projects.
    NMFS Project Consultations.--Within Protected Resources 
Science and Management, the Committee provides not less than 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for NMFS to address the 
backlog of consultation requests under the Endangered Species 
Act [ESA] (Public Law 93-205) and authorization requests under 
the Marine Mammal Protection Act [MMPA] (Public Law 92-522).
    North Atlantic Right Whales [NARW].--The Committee provides 
$4,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level within 
Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Other Species for NARW-related 
research, monitoring, and conservation efforts. The Committee 
supports the use of supplementary funds previously provided to 
the agency for these purposes, including innovative gear 
research, acoustic monitoring, and satellite tracking. NOAA 
shall continue to support disentanglement, stranding response, 
and necropsy activities, and is encouraged to develop 
alternative NARW models, such as occupancy or threat-based 
models, that can be used to validate or test the sensitivity of 
the Decision Support Tool. Within funding provided, NOAA is 
encouraged to develop and deploy innovative tags, which may 
include the use of foam metals, that are biologically 
compatible with animal tissues and that can attach to the 
animals long enough to provide crucial information on migration 
and habitat use patterns.
    Within funding provided, $30,000,000 shall be provided to 
States through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 
to cover costs associated with testing or voluntary 
implementation of innovative gear to inform future Atlantic 
Large Whale Take Reduction Plan rule development and electronic 
tracking requirements within the Northeast lobster and Jonah 
crab fisheries. Funding may also support broad-scale monitoring 
efforts to inform understanding of NARW habitat use, dynamic 
management, and the development of alternative distribution and 
risk models. Funding to the States shall be proportional to the 
number of active federally permitted lobster trap harvesters in 
each State, and the allocation details shall be developed by 
the States through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission. Not more than five percent shall be used for 
administrative costs.
    Further, NOAA is encouraged to consider revising the Linden 
and Pace models and Decision Support Tool using ``most 
reasonably certain to occur'' rather than ``worst case'' 
scenarios and assumptions to more accurately predict future 
NARW populations before issuing any new proposed or final 
regulations.
    NOAA shall continue to work with Canadian officials to 
develop risk reduction measures that are comparable in 
effectiveness for both vessels and fisheries, and to 
incorporate Canadian fishery measures, Canadian vessel 
restrictions, and U.S. vessel restrictions into future 
assessment of overall risk reduction. To improve regional 
engagement, NOAA is encouraged to include regional management 
bodies and pertinent States in bilateral engagements with 
Canadian officials regarding coordinated efforts to enhance 
NARW recovery.
    Real-Time Whale Monitoring Technology.--The Committee 
believes that the recovery of endangered large whales, 
including the NARW, will require the ability to deliver real-
time monitoring of individual whales to mariners and other 
vessel operators to avoid ship strikes. The Committee provides 
$5,000,000 to support a near real-time monitoring and 
mitigation pilot program for large whales as authorized under 
section 11303 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 
NOAA is also encouraged to work with other Federal agencies, 
including the Office of Naval Research, the United States Coast 
Guard, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, as well as 
industry and academia, to support technology development, test 
and evaluation of whale monitoring technologies through the 
National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
    Cetacean Desk.--The Committee provides $200,000 for a 
cetacean desk within the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service, as 
authorized under section 11304 of the James M. Inhofe National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-
263).
    Co-management of Marine Mammals.--The Committee notes the 
importance of marine mammal co-management under section 119 of 
MMPA. Co-management promotes full and equal participation in 
decisions affecting the conservation and management of marine 
mammals used for subsistence, to the maximum extent allowed by 
law. NMFS has entered into co-management agreements to monitor, 
study, and manage harvested marine mammal stocks. The Committee 
encourages NMFS to work with co-management entities, including 
the Indigenous Peoples Council for Marine Mammals, to develop a 
cooperative framework to promote co-management-related 
research, outreach, and youth engagement, while addressing 
basic capacity needs to meet those objectives. This cooperative 
framework should also include the consideration of new co-
management agreements for regions and/or species for which no 
agreements currently are in place.
    Protected Species in the Western Pacific.--Within Marine 
Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Other Species, the Committee provides 
not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for Hawaiian 
monk seals, Hawaiian sea turtles, and false killer whales. This 
includes the amounts made available to support State activities 
related to these protected species and for research to mitigate 
interactions between fisheries and false killer whales.
    Prescott Grants.--Within Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and 
Other Species, the Committee provides $4,500,000 for the John 
H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program.
    Sea Turtle Stranding Response and Rehabilitation.--Within 
Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Other Species, the Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
NOAA to provide direct support to institutions and 
organizations permitted to provide sea turtle stranding 
response and/or rehabilitation. In doing so, NOAA shall also 
seek to leverage and strengthen partnerships with capable 
university veterinary schools.
    Sea Turtle Conservation.--The Committee reminds NOAA of the 
provisions in section 609 of Public Law 101-162 that prohibit 
the importation of shrimp from nations that have not been 
certified by the United States as having sea turtle 
conservation measures in place that are comparable in effect to 
that which the United States requires of domestic shrimp 
fishermen. The Committee is concerned that this requirement is 
not being effectively enforced, placing global sea turtle 
populations at significant risk. Within Marine Mammals, Sea 
Turtles, and Other Species, the Committee provides up to 
$600,000 to cover the costs for NMFS to fully and effectively 
enforce this statutory mandate to ensure that no nation or 
foreign commercial shrimp fishery that adversely affects sea 
turtles is certified under this authority. The Committee 
expects the agency to provide a complete description of the 
utilization of these funds and the status of the implementation 
and enforcement of this program in its 2025 Biennial Report to 
Congress required under 16 U.S.C. 1826h.
    Species Recovery Grants.--The Committee rejects the 
proposed termination of Species Recovery Grants; provides 
$8,000,000, an increase of $750,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level; and directs NMFS to utilize both the ESA 
Recovery Plan and the MMPA Take Reduction Plan priorities when 
evaluating marine mammal projects.
    Atlantic Salmon.--The Committee recognizes the benefits of 
restoring coevolved sea-run fish species in support of recovery 
of Atlantic salmon and provides $8,500,000 for Atlantic Salmon, 
an increase of $500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level. The Committee encourages NOAA to partner with States and 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop fish passage 
performance standards for sea-run species and prioritize 
project selection, funding, and staff resources considering 
those benefits. The Committee further directs NOAA to ensure 
that adequate resources continue to be provided for State 
agencies to implement the recovery strategy effectively, 
including stable staffing levels.
    The Committee notes that the IIJA provides a minimum of 
$400,000,000 over 5 years for restoring fish passage, including 
$80,000,000 in fiscal year 2025.
    Pacific Salmon.--The Committee provides $80,000,000 for 
Pacific Salmon, which is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level. Within the funding provided for Pacific Salmon, 
the Committee provides $7,000,000 for NOAA to work with 
partners to address the backlog and expedite approval of 
Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans and to support the 
implementation of new Habitat Conservation Plans and $1,000,000 
is provided for pinniped removals.
    Flood Control Projects.--The Committee is concerned with 
the high number of levees in need of repair along with the 
declining status of Pacific salmon and steelhead across the 
NMFS West Coast Region, particularly in the Puget Sound and 
Columbia Basin watersheds. Within the funding provided for 
Pacific Salmon, $375,000 shall be for the NMFS West Coast 
Region to outline potential solutions and associated costs for 
developing an ESA programmatic tool to address levee projects 
and Pacific salmon and steelhead recovery needs located in the 
same river basin.
    Further, the Committee directs NMFS to identify existing 
authorities that could be utilized to develop a levee 
rehabilitation program, as well as barriers to execution of 
such a program, and recommend additional authorities and 
programmatic solutions. Specifically, the report should include 
an analysis of the feasibility of a programmatic ESA 
consultation on subsets of levee projects, conservation actions 
needed in association with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee 
projects and an analysis of additional staffing or training 
needs necessary to efficiently move projects forward. The NMFS 
shall coordinate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Northwestern Division on the development of this report. The 
NMFS is directed to brief the Committee within 60 days of 
enactment of this act on the plan for executing this report.
    Climate-Ready Fishery Management.--The Committee recognizes 
that sustainable fishery management is made more challenging by 
climate change, including changes in the distribution, 
productivity, and abundance of fish stocks. NMFS is encouraged 
to pilot an operational system that provides climate-informed 
advice on changing ocean conditions, impacts on marine 
resources, and best management strategies to reduce impacts and 
increase economic resilience. In addition, NMFS is encouraged 
to establish Fisheries and Climate Decision Support Systems to 
deliver the climate-informed advice needed for effective marine 
resource management in rapidly changing oceans. NMFS is also 
encouraged to develop guidance for how the regional fishery 
management councils should incorporate climate information into 
fishery management processes and create opportunities for 
cross-region collaboration on fishery climate resilience.
    Northeast Groundfish Research.--The Committee remains 
concerned about the decline of the Northeast multispecies 
fishery and the health of fishing stocks in the Gulf of Maine. 
Within funding provided for Fisheries and Ecosystem Science 
Programs and Services, the Committee provides $2,500,000 for 
groundfish research, with a focus on the effects of changing 
climatic conditions and warming waters on the fishery, 
including stock health and natural mortality. NOAA is further 
encouraged to prioritize research regarding relative gear 
efficiency, stock boundaries, and other topics that can improve 
groundfish stock assessments in the next 5 years. Within the 
funding provided, $500,000 shall be obligated to continue 
ongoing work on implementing the recommendations set forth in 
the New England Fishery Management Council's Fishery Data for 
Stock Assessment Working Group Report, and to continue ongoing 
work on implementing the recommendations set forth in the 2020 
report of the Groundfish Trawl Task Force, consistent with 
prior year direction. This funding is intended to support new 
and innovative research, including by the Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center, separately by, or in collaboration with, 
outside partners such as higher education institutions or State 
agencies, and in cooperation with the fishing industry. The 
Committee directs NMFS to integrate the results of prior year 
groundfish research projects into stock assessment models and 
fishery management decisions, as appropriate.
    Electronic Monitoring and Reporting [EM/ER].--Within 
funding for Fisheries and Ecosystem Science Programs and 
Services, NOAA shall continue to support the development, 
testing, and installation of EM/ER technologies, including 
development of electronic reporting systems for commercial 
fishermen, image classification efforts in New England, and 
improving the National EM image library. Not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level shall be available, in 
accordance with 16 U.S.C. 3701, for collaborative partnerships 
that include non-Federal matching funds to implement cost-
shared EM/ER programs that support fisheries conservation and 
management. During the development and implementation of EM/ER 
programs, NOAA shall consult directly with industry and work 
through the Fishery Management Councils to develop appropriate 
cost-sharing arrangements that are commensurate with the ex-
vessel value of the fishery.
    Furthermore, NMFS shall continue to work in fiscal year 
2025 with the charter for-hire recreational fishery fleet in 
the Gulf of Mexico; the Northeast multispecies groundfish 
fishery fleet, including small vessels within that fleet; the 
Maine lobster fleet; and any regional fishery fleet interested 
in implementing EM/ER technologies to better track information 
that is currently collected through the use of human observers.
    Gulf Reef Fish.--Within funding for Fisheries and Ecosystem 
Science Programs and Services, the Committee provides not less 
than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for NMFS to support 
Gulf reef fish surveys, research, and sampling.
    PFAS in Fish.--The Committee is concerned about the 
concentration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances [PFAS] 
detected in fish tissue. The Committee encourages NMFS to 
conduct fish tissue sampling and monitoring of PFAS to evaluate 
the impacts on aquatic health. This study should specifically 
look into the sub-lethal effects of and the impact of constant 
low-level exposure to PFAS in commonly consumed fish.
    Offshore Dumping Sites.--In consultation with the 
Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], the Department of 
Defense, and heads of other relevant agencies, NMFS is directed 
to brief the Committee within 180 days of enactment of this act 
on its efforts to investigate, assess, and explore the 
potential bioremediation of harmful chemicals, such as DDT, 
that were dumped off the coast of California. NMFS is also 
directed to submit a report outlining the strategy for further 
monitoring, research, and bioremediation in the San Pedro 
Basin, and identifying any other locations used as offshore 
dump sites for the dumping of covered waste, including DDT and 
other industrial wastes such as military explosives, 
radioactive waste, refinery byproducts, and associated 
chemicals. The report should also include estimated costs to 
implement such a strategy.
    Fisheries Surveys.--The Committee is concerned that NMFS is 
not prioritizing and maintaining the needed level of fisheries 
survey coverage, despite having received more than the 
requested funding in previous fiscal years. If additional 
funding is needed to maintain historic survey levels, the 
Committee expects NOAA to include this amount in the annual 
budget request. The Committee notes that any reduction in 
fisheries survey coverage is fundamentally unacceptable, 
especially in areas where the distribution of fish stocks are 
changing due to climate change. The Committee provides a total 
increase of $15,000,000 within Fisheries Data Collections, 
Surveys and Assessments and directs NMFS to maintain historical 
levels of fisheries survey coverage in fiscal year 2025. The 
Committee expects NMFS to contract no fewer than six surveys 
for Alaskan bottom trawl surveys and cooperative research, 
including a survey to capture movement of fish populations out 
of historic survey areas, and no fewer than four vessels for 
West Coast groundfish surveys. This amount also fully funds 
both Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program [NEAMAP] 
trawl surveys, including the Maine-New Hampshire Inshore Trawl 
Survey, as well as the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment 
Program's [SEAMAP] existing surveys and addresses critical data 
gaps in the bottom longline and fall trawl surveys in the Gulf 
Coast States. NOAA is encouraged to prioritize fishery surveys 
and fulfill vessel-based science work for other programs, 
through private vessel contracts, public-private partnerships, 
and platforms other than NOAA research vessels to allow ample 
time for fishery surveys and assessments performed by the NOAA 
Fleet.
    Fishery Survey Contingency Fund.--The Committee is 
increasingly concerned that Federal vessel-based fisheries 
surveys necessary for determining sustainable and optimal 
harvest rates for commercial fisheries have been cancelled with 
increasing frequency in recent years, without effective 
contingency plans for covering the resulting data gaps. 
Furthermore, the Committee is concerned that the planned 
service life extensions for each of NOAA's fishery survey 
vessels will impact the agency's ability to conduct fishery 
surveys. Therefore, within Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, 
and Assessment the Committee provides $4,000,000 for the 
Fishery Survey Contingency Fund. Funding shall be used for 
fishery data acquisition from commercially available sources 
including chartering commercial fishing vessels or other 
private sector vessels and for data purchases from autonomous 
systems to inform stock assessments. NOAA shall identify 
flexible charter and data purchase agreements in order to 
provide contingency and augmentation capacity for NOAA Fleet 
fishery surveys. NMFS is directed to provide the Committee, not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this act, with a plan for 
obtaining and incorporating data from this fund into the stock 
assessment process.
    Industry-Based Fishery Survey Pilot Program.--The Committee 
recognizes that an industry-based multispecies bottom trawl 
survey [IBS] would create resiliency in survey activities in 
the Northeast region and could enhance fishermen's trust of the 
data informing stock assessments. The Committee provides 
$3,000,000 within Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and 
Assessments to design and implement a pilot industry-based 
fishery survey. This program will be designed to run in 
conjunction with and in complement to NOAA's established 
surveys. The IBS should seek to complement the NOAA Ship Henry 
B. Bigelow's work and follow NMFS protocols to the extent 
practicable.
    Cooperative Research.--Depleted fish stocks result in 
significant economic losses to our Nation. At a time when 
fishing opportunities are constrained by uncertainty in stock 
assessments and increased access to healthy stocks depends on 
better data, the Committee believes that maintenance of ongoing 
monitoring programs and surveys is critical. The Committee 
recognizes the Cooperative Research Program's important 
partnerships between the fishing industry, academia, and State 
partners, which improves science and survey enterprise and 
better addresses ecosystem changes associated with climate 
change; therefore, the Committee vehemently rejects the 
proposed cut to the Cooperative Research Program and provides 
$15,000,000, a $750,000 increase above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level. The Committee encourages NMFS to continue to 
prioritize long-time series surveys that are conducted 
cooperatively with industry and States. Further, the Committee 
directs NMFS to continue to integrate the results into stock 
assessment models and fishery management decisions, as 
appropriate.
    Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.--The Committee recognizes that the 
success of the newly adopted assessment and management 
frameworks for Atlantic bluefin tuna is predicated on a greater 
scientific understanding of this species. Therefore, the 
Committee provides $1,000,000 to support research and data 
collection for the validation of proposed new spawning grounds, 
the application of a groundbreaking genetic population 
assessment, and the collection of necessary biological 
information from commercial and recreational fishery landings.
    Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Research.--The Committee remains 
concerned about the stock condition and lack of basic fishery-
independent data (i.e., biological, life history, movement, and 
health information) for many important fish species in the Gulf 
of Mexico. Therefore, within funds for Fisheries Data 
Collections, Surveys, and Assessments, the Committee provides 
$5,000,000 for NMFS, via a partnership with the Gulf States 
Marine Fisheries Commission, to provide no fewer than five 
grants to academic partners, including consortiums of 
universities, and other partners to conduct fishery independent 
research on trans-boundary, multi-jurisdictional fish species 
in the Gulf of Mexico for which current data is deficient 
(e.g., cobia, tripletail, tarpon, red snapper, and gray 
triggerfish), including species that are solely managed by the 
Gulf States.
    Great Red Snapper Count II.--The Committee remains invested 
in ensuring the sustainable management of Gulf of Mexico red 
snapper and supports full integration of the Great Red Snapper 
Count data and Gulf States catch data into stock assessments. 
To date, the study has not been included in management advice 
by NMFS because the study data only provides a one-time point 
estimate. Therefore, the Committee provides not less than 
$1,000,000 for NOAA to validate the Great Red Snapper count 
data that is now 6 years old. 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.
    South Atlantic Reef Fish.--The Committee notes that 
assessments of South Atlantic red snapper still lag far behind 
those in the Gulf of Mexico. The Committee recognizes that one 
of the critical limiting factors in improving fishing access is 
a lack of reliable fish population and angler catch data. NMFS 
shall employ the independent and alternative stock assessment 
strategies directed by the Committee for the Gulf of Mexico to 
NMFS assessments of reef fish in the South Atlantic. The 
Committee provides $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level for these activities.
    Fishing Gear Selectivity Study.--Within funding provided 
for Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments, NOAA 
shall consider conducting a multiyear, agency-independent study 
to evaluate if certain gear, such as Chevron traps, fail to 
adequately sample across age classes of reef fish, including 
red snapper, due to the different behaviors and habits 
exhibited by larger and smaller fish within the same or similar 
species. NOAA is further encouraged to initiate a multiyear, 
agency-independent study using multiple hooked-gears to sample 
South Atlantic red snapper for age composition, sexual 
maturity, and egg production.
    Fisheries Effort Survey [FES].--The Committee is concerned 
by reports that the Marine Recreational Information Program FES 
may be vastly overstating fishing effort. While the FES 
methodology represents a clear improvement from previous 
methodologies, the Committee supports the cautious approach to 
utilizing these estimates advocated by the Gulf of Mexico 
Fishery Management Council and South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council Scientific and Statistical Committees. The 
Committee encourages NMFS to conduct a thorough analysis of the 
effect of such estimates on stock status and allocation before 
they are used for stock management.
    Fisheries Information Networks.--The Committee provides not 
less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for Fisheries 
Information Networks. NMFS is encouraged to support the Gulf 
States Marine Fisheries Commission to collect samples for 
additional species that may be the target of future stock 
assessments.
    Fisheries Information System [FIS].--The Committee provides 
not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for the FIS 
program and encourages NMSF to prioritize regionally relevant 
proposals for EM/ER projects.
    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 Committee provides $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.
    Northwest Fisheries Ecosystem Monitoring System.--Within 
funds for Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments, 
the Committee provides $850,000 to maintain a time-series 
monitoring system of hydrographic and ecological data to inform 
fishery management on the Northern California Current.
    Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Menhaden Abundance.--The Chesapeake 
Bay is a critical nursery area for Atlantic menhaden and other 
commercially and recreationally important species like blue 
crab and striped bass. Atlantic menhaden comprise a majority of 
the forage base in the Chesapeake Bay and are the primary food 
source for other fish, birds, and whales in the region. NMFS is 
encouraged to collect Atlantic menhaden abundance data in the 
Chesapeake Bay in partnership with the Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission and relevant States.
    American Lobster and Jonah Crab Research.--The Committee 
provides not less than $300,000 within Fisheries Data 
Collections, Surveys, and Assessments to support a cooperative 
research program to collect biological, fishery, and 
environmental data for American lobster and Jonah crab using 
modern technology on commercial fishing vessels.
    Horseshoe Crab Survey.--The Committee remains concerned 
about the ability to estimate the abundance of the mid-Atlantic 
horseshoe crab population. Adequate data are required to ensure 
State and interstate managers can effectively manage the stock, 
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 this important 
survey to generate the data necessary to ensure the mid-
Atlantic horseshoe crab stock remains on a sustainable path.
    Plankton Recorder Survey.--The Committee notes the 
continued importance of understanding the distribution of 
Calanus finmarchicus plankton to inform the conservation of the 
NARW. Within the amount provided for Fisheries Data 
Collections, Surveys, and Assessments, the Committee provides 
not less than $300,000 for the continuous plankton recorder 
survey.
    Sharks and Rays.--To better protect and rebuild vulnerable 
and endangered shark and ray species, the Committee encourages 
NMFS to conduct regular assessments of population status and 
rebuilding needs, improve the documentation of relevant species 
as bycatch, and ensure transparency and public access for all 
fisheries catch information collected.
    The Committee directs NOAA to expeditiously implement the 
Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, which was enacted as section 
5946 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). The Committee awaits 
the receipt of the report describing resource needs to fully 
implement the law requested in Senate Report 118-62 and 
codified in Public Law 118-42.
    Northeast Multispecies Fishery.--The Committee recognizes 
that the New England groundfish fisheries management programs 
continue to present substantial financial challenges to the 
participants as well as to the economic sustainability of those 
fisheries and fishing communities. Therefore, the Committee 
provides not less than $7,000,000 within Observers and Training 
for grants to the fishing industry to fully cover At-Sea 
Monitoring industry costs, including all associated sector 
costs, in the New England groundfish fishery. Any additional 
At-Sea Monitoring costs, including shore side infrastructure, 
observer training, observer equipment and gear, electronic 
monitoring, and NOAA support costs shall be included in the 
fiscal year 2026 budget request. NOAA shall ensure the costs 
and benefits of At-Sea Monitoring are commensurate with the 
gross revenues of vessels in the fishery and is directed to 
submit a report to the Committee not later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this act outlining the progress made to 
achieve this requirement. Before obligating any of these funds, 
NOAA shall provide the Committee with a detailed spending plan.
    North Pacific Observer Coverage.--Within Observers and 
Training, the Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level for the North Pacific Observers Program. 
Funding shall offset observer costs normally paid for by 
harvesters in fisheries that are undertaking a transition to 
EM/ER. Additionally, NOAA is encouraged to identify and 
implement any efficiencies that would mitigate the cost burden 
shouldered by small vessel operators in the fixed-gear fleet.
    Western Pacific Observer Coverage.--The Committee provides 
$1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
observer coverage in the Western Pacific.
    For-Hire Electronic Monitoring and Reporting 
Implementation.--The Committee provides not less than 
$1,500,000 within Fisheries Management Programs and Services 
and $1,500,000 within Enforcement to support the continued, 
timely implementation of ELBs for the federally-permitted 
charter-for-hire sector in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Video Review of Electronic Monitoring Data.--Within funding 
provided for Fisheries Management Programs and Services, the 
Committee provides not less than $600,000 for the existing 
video review of the West Coast groundfish EM data and $500,000 
for video review of the Gulf of Alaska EM data.
    Fishery Observers.--The Committee supports the transition 
to EM/ER technologies from human fishery observers for At-Sea-
Monitoring programs where supported by the regional fishery 
councils. The Committee encourages NMFS to clarify that fishery 
observer and At-Sea Monitoring programs may utilize their 
discretionary funding to augment or replace human observers 
with cost-effective observation tools that meet the regulatory 
needs of the region.
    International Fisheries Management Coordination.--The 
Committee is aware that conflicting American and Canadian 
fisheries management measures in the Gulf of Maine have 
generated concerns from the domestic fishing and lobster 
industries, due to differing conservation regulations. The 
Committee encourages NOAA to work with Canadian and State 
fisheries officials to explore the possibility of developing an 
agreement that provides for cooperative fisheries management of 
this unique area.
    Observer Data Integration.--The Committee provides $500,000 
within Fisheries Management Programs and Services to expedite 
efforts to integrate At-Sea Monitoring data into stock 
assessment models.
    Bycatch Reduction.--The development and implementation of 
practical bycatch solutions is a priority for U.S. and 
international fisheries management and protected species 
conservation. The Committee rejects the proposed cut to the 
Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program and provides $4,000,000, 
an increase of $1,126,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level, for competitive grants to non-Federal researchers 
working with U.S. fishermen on the development of improved 
fishing practices and innovative gear technologies.
    Marine Aquaculture.--The Committee recognizes the 
significant potential for development of American offshore 
aquaculture to increase U.S. production of healthful, 
sustainable, and affordable seafood, while expanding the 
seafood value chain to include traditional agricultural 
producers as well. The Office of Aquaculture has performed 
commendable work to coordinate efforts within NOAA and across 
Federal agencies toward a comprehensive approach to aquaculture 
policy and regulation. The Committee provides $5,000,000 for 
the new cooperative institute [CI] to support the sustainable 
development of aquaculture in the United States to address the 
seafood import deficit and benefit the economy. The CI should 
fulfill the tenets of the NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan.
    NOAA is also encouraged to upgrade equipment and to 
increase the amount of staff focused on aquaculture at all NMFS 
fisheries science centers, including to return staffing levels 
to those in fiscal year 2010 at the Northeast and Northwest 
Fisheries Science Centers. Further, the Committee provides not 
less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level to continue the 
multi-year Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture demonstration 
pilot system.
    Oyster Aquaculture, Research, and Restoration.--Within NMFS 
Aquaculture, the Committee provides not less than the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level to support ongoing research in off-
bottom Eastern oyster production in coastal areas, particularly 
in areas where this method is being exploited for commercial 
production, including the Gulf of Mexico, and encourages NMFS 
to dedicate resources to support regional partnerships for 
genetics, disease, and economic modeling. Further, the 
Committee provides $1,000,000 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, and 
resilience to sustainably strengthen oyster production.
    Salmon Management Activities.--Within the amount provided 
for Salmon Management Activities, the Committee provides 
$42,000,000, an increase of $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level, to enable NOAA, the Pacific States, and 
Tribal communities to continue activities in support of the 
obligations set forth in the renegotiated annex of the Pacific 
Salmon Treaty. Before any of these funds may be obligated, NOAA 
is directed to provide the Committee with a detailed spending 
plan that is reflective of the funding recommendations produced 
by the U.S. section of the Pacific Salmon Commission. In doing 
so, NOAA is directed to consult with the Pacific States, Tribal 
communities, and other stakeholders. Further, NOAA is 
encouraged to minimize, to the extent practicable, the amount 
of funds withheld for administrative expenses.
    The Committee also provides not less than $34,000,000 for 
the operation and maintenance of Mitchell Act hatcheries and 
directs NOAA to continue genetic stock identification for 
salmon recovery and management. NOAA is directed to limit the 
amount of Mitchell Act hatcheries funding withheld for 
administrative expenses to 15 percent, with a long-term goal of 
not more than 10 percent.
    Fishery Councils and Commissions.--The Committee provides a 
total of $46,000,000, an increase of $1,703,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level, to support the Regional Fishery 
Management Councils, Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions, 
and International Fisheries Commissions. The Committee 
recognizes the important role that regional management plays in 
sustaining a balanced ecosystem and healthy fish populations 
and the advantage that aggregate data can provide in 
understanding emerging trends across our Nation's fisheries. 
The Committee directs the Regional Councils and Fisheries 
Commissions to prioritize research and monitoring of high 
priority species in the face of changing environmental 
conditions.
    Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants.--The Committee 
rejects the proposed termination and provides $4,000,000, an 
increase of $623,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level.
    Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated [IUU] Fishing.--The 
Committee notes NOAA's important role outlined in the National 
Security Memorandum on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and 
Unregulated Fishing and Associated Labor Abuses and directs the 
agency to continue to dedicate the necessary resources to 
combat IUU fishing. To this end, the Committee provides not 
less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for the Seafood 
Import Monitoring Program [SIMP]. Effective implementation of 
SIMP is necessary to enforce the ban on imports of Russian 
seafood, which may be relabeled after foreign processing, 
hiding its Russian origin.
    The Committee believes that effective chain of custody 
recordkeeping and aggressive enforcement actions through SIMP 
is essential for keeping IUU seafood, including Chinese and 
Russian banned products, from entering the U.S. marketplace. 
Within 180 days of enactment of this act, the Committee directs 
NOAA to provide a report outlining enforcement actions to date 
along with a strategic plan for creating a more dynamic, 
effective and efficient program.
    The Committee is aware that commercial space-based radio 
frequency [RF] detection technologies have been successful in 
tracking maritime vessels even when vessels turn off their AIS, 
which is a common practice among foreign fleets engaged in IUU 
fishing. Identifying when and where IUU fishing may be 
occurring is critical to NMFS Enforcement's mission and can 
help better allocate limited resources to areas of interest 
where illegal fishing is taking place. Therefore, the Committee 
provides not less than $750,000 for NMFS to further test and 
operationalize U.S. commercial space-based RF data collection 
capabilities to track foreign vessels engaged in IUU fishing 
activities in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and other remote 
maritime regions of economic, environmental, and national 
security significance. Further, the Committee encourages NOAA 
to improve existing enterprise systems to better integrate and 
operationalize commercial maritime domain awareness products 
and data, including commercial satellite RF, into agency 
workflows to create actionable insights that allow the Office 
of Law Enforcement to respond to illicit behavior at the speed 
of relevance.
    Pacific IUU Enforcement.--The Committee notes the threats 
to national security and ecosystem integrity posed by Chinese 
IUU fishing vessels in the Indo-Pacific region and encourages 
NMFS to expand enforcement operations in its Pacific Island 
Division.
    Northeast Lobster Enforcement.--Within Enforcement, the 
Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level for NMFS, in partnership with the relevant States, Joint 
Enforcement Agreement partner agencies, and the Atlantic States 
Marine Fisheries Commission, to continue the pilot cooperative 
offshore lobster enforcement program.
    European Green Crab.--The Committee remains concerned by 
the rapid and growing invasion of European green crab around 
the country, including in the Pacific Northwest. The Committee 
provides $1,500,000 within Habitat Conservation and Restoration 
for management, intervention, and mitigation of invasive 
European green crab. The Committee directs NOAA to coordinate 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service to ensure a comprehensive Federal approach to 
addressing the threat posed by European green crab, mitigate 
harm, and protect native crab and other shellfish populations. 
Further, NOAA, in partnership with other relevant agencies, 
shall jointly brief the Committee no later than 90 days after 
enactment of this act on the collective efforts to address 
European green crab.
    Northwest Straits Initiative.--The Committee provides 
$1,000,000 to protect and restore the marine waters, habitats, 
and species of the Northwest Straits region to achieve 
ecosystem health and sustainable resource use.
    Chesapeake Bay Office.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of the work being done to restore oysters in the 
Chesapeake Bay, the significance of this work for the seafood 
industry, and the effects of increased seafood prices in urban 
communities. Therefore, the Committee provides not less than 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level within Habitat Conservation 
and Restoration to support oyster restoration in the Chesapeake 
Bay and encourages NMFS to partner with Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities with a proven track record of 
aquaculture research on this work.
    Fishery Disasters.--The Committee believes that the current 
fishery disaster process has significant deficiencies in terms 
of efficiency, equity, and reliability. The Committee provides 
$1,000,000 within Fisheries Management Programs and Services 
for NOAA to contract a study with the National Academy of 
Public Administration [NAPA] to investigate the requirements 
for establishing a fishery disaster insurance program for 
seafood harvesters. The plan shall include a needs assessment 
with significant stakeholder consultation, analysis of 
alternatives for program design, and an analysis of legal and 
regulatory authorities and gaps.

                 NOAA OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

    The Committee's recommendation provides $663,896,000 for 
OAR. OAR programs provide environmental research and technology 
needed to improve NOAA weather forecasts, climate predictions, 
and marine services. To accomplish these goals, OAR supports a 
network of scientists in its Federal research laboratories, 
universities, and joint institutes and partnership programs.
    Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 
table:

  OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                           Committee
                                                         recommendation
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Climate Research:
    Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes..            104,102
    Regional Climate Data and Information............             48,932
    Climate Competitive Research.....................             72,116
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Climate Research......................            225,150
                                                      ==================
Weather and Air Chemistry Research:
    Weather Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes..             91,999
    U.S. Weather Research Program....................             41,100
    Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar.             20,916
    Joint Technology Transfer Initiative.............             10,000
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Weather and Air Chemistry Research....            164,015
                                                      ==================
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research:
    Ocean Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes....             41,000
    Ocean Exploration and Research...................             46,500
    National Sea Grant College Program...............             82,000
    Sea Grant Aquaculture Research...................             14,000
    Integrated Ocean Acidification...................             17,000
    Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring......             53,000
    National Oceanographic Partnership Program.......              2,500
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes                   256,000
         Research....................................
                                                      ==================
Innovative Research and Technology:
    High Performance Computing Initiatives...........             18,231
    Uncrewed Systems.................................                500
                                                      ------------------
        Total, Innovative Research and Technology....             18,731
                                                      ==================
        GRAND TOTAL, OAR.............................            663,896
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    Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes.--As the 
Nation continues to experience the increasingly disruptive 
impacts of climate change, NOAA's role as a provider of climate 
data, models, projections, and services is becoming more 
prominent and critical to our society. Therefore, the Committee 
rejects the proposed cuts to Climate Laboratories and 
Cooperative Institutes and Climate Competitive Research Grants.
    Further, the Committee encourages NOAA to develop a 
Geographic Information System-based greenhouse gas emissions 
tool similar to, or part of, the Climate Mapping for Resilience 
and Adaptation Assessment Tool. NOAA shall report to the 
Committee about the scope and cost of such a tool not later 
than 120 days after the enactment of this act.
    Earth's Radiation Budget.--The Committee provides not less 
than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for continued modeling, 
assessments, and, as possible, initial observations and 
monitoring of stratospheric conditions and the Earth's 
radiation budget, including the impact of the introduction of 
material into the stratosphere from changes in natural systems, 
increased air and space traffic, and the assessment of solar 
radiation modification. The Committee also directs OAR, in 
coordination with NASA and the Department of Energy, as 
appropriate, to improve the understanding of the impact of 
atmospheric aerosols on radiative forcing, as well as on the 
formation of clouds, precipitation, and extreme weather and to 
develop plans for sustained observations of the stratosphere. 
Further, NOAA is encouraged to coordinate with NASA for long-
range crewed and autonomous in situ atmospheric observational 
capabilities.
    Climate Adaptation Partnerships [CAP].--The Committee 
provides $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level 
for the CAP program to help communities plan for and build 
lasting and equitable climate resilience, especially in rural, 
Indigenous, and underserved urban communities. The Committee 
notes that it is important for the CAP teams to have a 
connection to the region they serve and, to the extent 
practicable, encourages NOAA to ensure that CAP teams are 
managed, staffed, and based at an institution located in the 
region served.
    Tribal Drought Resilience Initiative.--The recommendation 
includes not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
drought prediction outreach to Tribal communities through the 
National Integrated Drought Information System [NIDIS] as 
authorized in the NIDIS Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-430).
    National Integrated Heat Health Information System 
[NIHHIS].--The Committee encourages OAR, through NIHHIS, to 
support focused heat research to translate existing climate 
services and NOAA products necessary to build capacity to 
mitigate heat-related hazards, manage risks, advance heat 
equity, develop metrics, and promote governance structures, 
processes, and strategies to advance heat resilience across all 
U.S. geographies. This may include scaling-up the heat research 
capacity of academic institutions with established leadership 
in heat research, particularly those with the demonstrated 
ability to translate research to decision-making to advance 
heat resilience quickly.
    Forward-Looking Building Standards.--The Committee 
appreciates NOAA's efforts to assess needs for an authoritative 
set of climate information, including infrastructure planning 
decision support tools, but remains concerned about how climate 
change will impact the built environment and that standards 
previously set with an assumption of a stable climate system 
will expose many Federal and non-Federal investments to 
significant, but avoidable, risk. Therefore, the Committee 
directs NOAA, in collaboration with NIST, to continue to 
support research that enables consistent, authoritative set of 
forward-looking long-term meteorological information that 
models future extreme weather events, other environmental 
trends, projections, and up-to-date observations, including 
mesoscale meteorological information.
    Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge.--In order to 
better understand and predict rainfall events, the Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge.
    Resilience and Adaptation Cooperative Institute [CI].--The 
Committee encourages NOAA to consider the establishment of a CI 
for Coastal Resilience and Adaptation and encourages the agency 
to include such a proposal as part of its fiscal year 2026 
budget request. The CI could benefit NOAA's other coastal 
resilience programs by providing additional research, data 
collection, experience, and strengthened relationships with 
institutions conducting coastal resilience and adaptation 
research and applied science activities.
    Greenhouse Gas Emissions Detection Technologies.--The 
Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level for a pilot program of instrumentation for observing 
greenhouse gases, including methane, and other atmospheric 
factors deployed on commercial aircraft and to support the 
evaluation of a sustained observing network using such 
platforms. In carrying out this program, NOAA is encouraged to 
coordinate with relevant Federal agencies and industry 
stakeholders, and leverage existing Federal resources including 
the NWS's Aircraft-Based Observation Program, to the maximum 
extent practicable.
    Tornado Research.--Within the funding provided for Weather 
Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, the Committee provides 
not less than $11,500,000, an increase of $500,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 for the VORTEX-USA program. The Committee 
notes the lack of progress on improving tornado forecasts and 
warnings and directs NOAA to pursue and extend new 
partnerships, including with the commercial sector, to test 
novel and innovative data sources, including commercial radar 
capabilities, to improve coverage and forecasting skill. 
Further, NOAA is encouraged to accelerate coupling of the 
weather forecast model with radar observations to add the 
ability to classify hail size, detect tornado debris, and 
better determine the type and intensity of precipitation.
    The Committee encourages NOAA to pursue research on near 
real-time infrasonic monitoring of hurricanes and tornadoes. 
Advanced infrasound signal processing methodologies and 
studies, deployed through a network of infrasound arrays to 
detect tornadoes, have the potential to provide accurate and 
reliable locations and warnings of active tornadoes.
    Reanalysis Datasets and Re-forecasts.--The Committee 
recognizes the important role that reanalysis datasets play in 
developing AI weather models, and strongly encourages NOAA to 
develop national a national reanalysis dataset, rather than 
continuing to rely on the European Centre for Medium-Range 
Weather Forecast's Re-Analysis Meteorological reanalysis 
version 5 [ERA5]. The Committee also encourages NOAA to use 
reanalysis datasets to help develop models using reforecast 
techniques.
    Data Assimilation.--The Committee believes that the primary 
factor in the United States trailing the European weather 
models is the lack of an updated and comprehensive data 
assimilation effort. The Joint Effort for Data assimilation 
Integration [JEDI] is the next generation, unified data 
assimilation framework under collaborative development between 
NOAA and cross-agency partners through the Joint Center for 
Satellite Data Assimilation [JCSDA]. JEDI will allow for a 
faster development and research-to-operations of advanced data 
assimilation and related components to meet the requirements of 
NOAA's Unified Forecast System [UFS]. NOAA, including through 
the Environmental Modeling Center, shall develop and transition 
JEDI into an operational system no later than 18 months of 
enactment of this act to support real-time cycling in test mode 
in parallel with the production global model.
    The Committee provides $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level within Weather Laboratories and Cooperative 
Institutes to support JEDI development at JCSDA. The Committee 
directs NOAA to include sufficient funding in their fiscal year 
2026 budget request to advance JEDI and maintain access to the 
intellectual capacity necessary to ensure that NOAA maximizes 
the science and predictions derived from its Earth observing 
systems.
    Weather Modeling Improvement and Innovation.--Within 
funding for the U.S. Weather Research Program, the Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the Earth Prediction Innovation Center [EPIC], as authorized by 
the NIDIS Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-423). The 
Committee directs NOAA to prioritize funding for software 
engineering and community code management. The Committee 
further directs NOAA to support extramural grants for community 
adoption and development of the Unified Forecast System [UFS]. 
NOAA shall also secure the acquisition of commercial cloud high 
performance compute to support EPIC.
    Subseasonal to Seasonal Weather Prediction.--Within funding 
for the U.S. Weather Research Program, the Committee provides 
not less than $1,000,000 to continue the subseasonal to 
seasonal research program to seed innovative research testbeds. 
Such efforts shall include a pilot project for subseasonal to 
seasonal precipitation forecasts for water management in the 
western United States 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 project 
should be carried out in coordination with the National Weather 
Service and should be focused on achieving measurable 
objectives for operational forecast improvement, including 
forecasts of seasonal mountain snowpack accumulation and total 
seasonal precipitation.
    Fire Weather.--As the Nation combats yet another dangerous 
and extreme wildfire season, the Committee notes with urgency 
the importance of improving fire weather modeling, prediction, 
detection, and decision support tools. The Committee provides 
not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level within the 
U.S. Weather Research Program to continue the collaborative and 
integrated fire weather research program, including the Fire 
Weather Testbed.
    Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information System.--
The Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level within the U.S. Weather Research Program for a 
regional radar array demonstration project to enable better 
forecasting of extreme West Coast precipitation events, like 
atmospheric rivers.
    Meteorological Satellite Studies.--The Committee recognizes 
the important research conducted by the Cooperative Institute 
for Meteorological Satellite Studies.
    Tropospheric Ozone.--The Committee encourages NOAA, in 
coordination with NASA, EPA, and other relevant Federal 
agencies, to study the formation of tropospheric ozone with to 
goal of identifying potential mitigation pathways.
    Light Detection and Ranging [LiDAR] Technology.--The 
Committee provides $2,000,000 within the U.S. Weather Research 
Program to develop, demonstrate, and commercialize advanced, 
compact LiDAR systems uniquely tailored to near-surface marine 
and atmospheric profiling from UAS and mobile ground-based 
platforms. This new technology could increase NOAA's ability to 
flexibly collect real-time data that fills temporal and spatial 
gaps left by existing platforms.
    Drought and Agriculture Decision Support.--The Committee 
encourages OAR, through NIDIS, to create drought and 
agriculture decision support systems for western rangeland 
based upon synthesis of National Mesonet Program data and 
satellite remote sensing technologies in the Upper Missouri 
River Basin. Stakeholder training and the ability to accurately 
forecast drought is critical to supporting food security for 
our Nation, as well as Federal and State agencies in making 
decisions on land sustainability and critical ecosystem 
services on public lands that are used by wildlife and 
livestock.
    Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Laboratories and 
Cooperative Institutes.--The Committee rejects the 
administration's proposed cuts to Ocean Laboratories and 
Cooperative Institutes and provides $41,000,000, which is 
$1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level. The 
Committee expects NOAA to request funding these cooperative 
institutes at appropriate levels in future years, including 
well-established institutes focused on: watershed impacts on 
marine ecosystems; remote sensing; fisheries management; long-
term monitoring of oil spill impacts on marine and freshwater 
ecosystem health; coastal resilience; air and marine autonomy; 
ocean exploration; tropical storms; hypoxia and HABs.
    Environmental DNA [eDNA].--eDNA is a rapidly emerging 
technology that is powerful and cost-effective biological 
monitoring tool that has been used to monitor fisheries, 
invasive species, response to restoration and biodiversity in 
many marine areas. Current species and habitat assessments 
conducted with conventional monitoring provide a strong basis 
for understanding coastal structure and function, but they are 
often time-consuming, expensive, and subject to technical and 
resource limitations. Advances in eDNA methods and rapid 
reductions in analytical costs present an opportunity to 
harness this new technology and fundamentally improve our 
capacity to monitor marine biology to inform and evaluate 
management actions. The Committee directs NOAA to work with 
university partners to expand the eDNA program including 
designing and implementing an eDNA-based monitoring program. 
Methods used should be standardized, transferable, and 
repeatable to provide interoperable, consistent time series 
data, and to promote a unified approach to sample and metadata 
collection and processing.
    Further, the Committee supports the use of genomics 
research to uncover novel adaptations in marine life to extreme 
and dynamic environments; to develop sustainable strategies in 
fishing, aquaculture, and mining practices; and to provide 
foundational discoveries for biopharmaceuticals.
    Ocean Exploration.--The Committee rejects the 
administration's proposed cuts to Ocean Exploration and 
provides $46,500,000, an increase of $500,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level, and directs OAR to continue efforts to 
map and characterize America's Exclusive Economic Zone and 
extended Outer Continental Shelf, including by maximizing the 
amount of funding provided for the Ocean Exploration CI. NOAA 
is also encouraged to work with the Department of Education and 
other relevant agencies to continue fundamental ocean 
exploration in which open source data are collected for the 
oceanographic community and private industries in real-time 
through telepresence technology.
    National Sea Grant College Program.--The Committee 
wholeheartedly rejects the administration's ill-advised 
proposed cuts to the Sea Grant program, which plays a vital 
role to enhance the practical use and conservation of coastal, 
marine, and Great Lakes resources to create a sustainable 
economy and environment, while simultaneously providing 
invaluable educational opportunities to students. The Committee 
provides $82,000,000 for the Sea Grant program, which is 
$2,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level.
    Coastal Resilience.--NOAA is encouraged to support Sea 
Grant coastal resilience activities across all State programs, 
including recruitment of resilience-focused staff and enhancing 
research, engagement, decision support, and project 
implementation. NOAA is encouraged to prioritize work to 
enhance the coastal resilience of remote communities most at-
risk for natural disasters and chronic events, with a priority 
given to challenges faced by Tribal, indigenous, and 
economically disadvantaged communities.
    Young Fishermen's Development Act.--Within funding for the 
Sea Grant program, the Committee provides not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level for training, education, 
outreach, and technical assistance for young fishermen as 
authorized under the Young Fishermen's Development Act (Public 
Law 116-289).
    American Lobster Research.--Within funding for the Sea 
Grant program, the Committee provides $2,000,000 for 
partnerships among State agencies, academia, and industry to 
address American lobster research priorities in the Gulf of 
Maine, Georges Bank, and southern New England. Research and 
extension activities should focus on stock, fishery, and 
socioeconomic resilience in the face of environmental and 
management changes, with the purpose of informing stock 
assessment and future management actions.
    Contaminants of Emerging Concern.--The Committee is alarmed 
by reports of contaminants of emerging concern that may cause 
ecological or human health impacts, including PFAS, in coastal 
and estuarine waters. The Committee notes that more research is 
needed to better understand the prevalence, transportation, 
accumulation, effects, and fate of contaminants of emerging 
concern within coastal waters. Therefore, the Committee 
provides $1,000,000 within the Sea Grant program to partner 
with State agencies and academic institutions to research and 
monitor these emerging contaminants.
    Sea Grant Aquaculture Research.--The Committee rejects the 
administration's proposed elimination of Sea Grant Aquaculture 
Research and provides $14,000,000. Within the funding provided, 
NOAA is encouraged to explore new research topics, including 
engineering of ocean-based infrastructure, and accumulation and 
metabolization rates of brevetoxins in commonly farmed 
shellfish. The Committee further encourages Sea Grant 
Aquaculture to partner with Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities that conduct aquaculture research.
    Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring.--The Committee 
provides $53,000,000, an increase of $500,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level, and encourages the Global Ocean 
Monitoring and Observing program to procure subsurface ocean 
profile data to improve hurricane intensity prediction, by 
working with industry to take advantage of the new profiling 
floats sustainable powered by thermal energy conversion.
    National Oceanographic Partnership Program [NOPP].--The 
Committee provides $2,500,000 for NOPP to continue to 
facilitate interagency and public-private partnerships to 
advance ocean science research, development, and education. 
Within the funds provided, NOAA shall allocate not less than 
$500,000 to work with other appropriate Federal agency and 
industry partners to develop, test, and evaluate ocean-based 
carbon dioxide removal technologies.

                     NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,289,339,000 for 
the National Weather Service [NWS]. NWS programs provide timely 
and accurate meteorologic, hydrologic, and oceanographic 
warnings and forecasts to protect life and property and improve 
the economic productivity of the Nation. NWS is also 
responsible for issuing operational climate forecasts for the 
United States. The Committee has made saving lives and 
livelihoods through accurate weather forecasting a priority.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observations..........................................           260,401
Central Processing....................................           114,613
Analyze, Forecast and Support.........................           604,491
Dissemination.........................................           128,126
Science and Technology Integration....................           181,708
                                                       -----------------
      GRAND TOTAL, NWS................................         1,289,339
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    NWS Staffing.--The Committee recognizes and appreciates 
NWS's commitment and efforts-to-date to fill vacancies, 
especially for weather forecast personnel. However, only 50 
percent of Weather Forecast Offices [WFO] are ideally staffed, 
and the Committee continues to be concerned with the number of 
NWS employee vacancies given the critical nature of the NWS 
mission to protect the lives and property of our Nation's 
citizens. The Committee provides an increase of $14,000,000 
within Analyze, Forecast and Support [AFS] to support NWS 
staffing and expects NOAA to continue focusing on expeditiously 
filling key vacancies, particularly at WFOs.
    Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System [AWIPS] in 
the Cloud.--The Committee provides $11,000,000 to transition 
AWIPS to the cloud. The transition will improve forecasts by 
eliminating the need, time, and risk associated with 
downloading data by forecasters. Within 180 days after 
enactment of this act, NOAA shall provide the Committee a plan 
to develop a cloud based version of AWIPS that has the same 
capabilities as the version running on workstations in the 
WFOs. This cloud-based version shall be accessible by laptops 
using a standard Internet connection.
    Observations.--The Committee provides not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level for the Aircraft Based 
Observation Program and directs NWS to coordinate with and 
leverage existing capabilities of the National Mesonet 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.
    National Mesonet Program.--The Committee rejects the 
proposed cut to the National Mesonet Program and provides 
$26,000,000. Investments going forward should sustain coverage 
of data types and areas now included within the National 
Mesonet Program, as well as reduce weather radar gaps, expand 
in-situ and remote sensing capabilities to provide weather 
measurements in high-risk areas. The Committee encourages NWS 
to enhance coverage by the National Mesonet Program in non-
contiguous States and territories. Further, the Committee 
encourages emphasis on the boundary layer of the atmosphere, 
marine zones, and select surface-based gap filling networks. 
NOAA is encouraged to assess the value of the data to improving 
forecast model skill through analytical and quantitative 
methods such as conducting observing system experiments, data 
denial, or equivalent methods.
    Of the funds provided, up to $900,000 may be used for 
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System activities and 
up to $600,000 may be used for costs associated with the 
National Mesonet Program Office. NOAA is encouraged to build 
out the Program Office team commensurate with the program's 
size and scope.
    Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services.--The proposed 
elimination of the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services 
System expansion is not accepted.
    Automated Surface Observing System [ASOS].--The Committee 
supports NWS's ongoing efforts to prolong the service life of 
ASOS. NWS is directed to ensure that rural and remote 
communities who disproportionately rely on ASOS operability for 
continued reliable air service are provided with additional 
resources, such as trained human observers, to continue 
observing capabilities in the event of an ASOS outage.
    Testbed and Training for Next Generation Weather 
Forecasting.--The Committee provides a total of $1,500,000 
within Observations and Science and Technology Integration for 
NOAA to partner with a consortium, led by a nonprofit 
scientific and educational institution with a unique alpine 
climate and a history of collaboration with NWS, to establish a 
testbed for applied research and a training program for 
undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers to 
provide a pipeline of talent for the agency. The testbed will 
utilize cutting-edge meteorological technology and provide 
real-time, actionable data for assimilation into NWS 
operational numerical weather models and for applied research 
at OAR laboratories. In particular, the research should help 
improve existing weather models deficiencies in accounting for 
key physical and microphysical processes. The testbed will 
improve modeling of latent heat fluxes, the dynamic nature of 
the planetary boundary layer, convection differences in complex 
terrain between seasons such as winter and summer, estimations 
of the water content of varied snowfall, and radiometric 
measurements of snowpack in alpine environments and how it 
evolves. The testbed, along with collaborating partners who are 
leaders in this field, will also be home to experiments 
involving real-time, high-resolution forecasting, large eddy 
simulations, and NOAA's 20th Century Reanalysis Project. The 
resulting tests of experimental technology and research into 
how to better model physical processes will drive innovation 
into how to improve weather forecasting to safeguard 
communities.
    Space Weather.--The Committee provides not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level to support the space weather 
prediction testbed to help drive research to operations to 
ensure national and global communities are prepared for space-
weather events in furtherance of NOAA's responsibilities under 
the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to 
Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow [PROSWIFT] Act (Public Law 
116-181).
    National Data Buoy Center [NDBC].--The Committee lauds the 
recent efforts of the NDBC to both restore buoy operability 
throughout its station network and to offset critical outages 
within the network including using commercially-available 
uncrewed maritime systems. Within funding for Observations, the 
Committee directs NWS to continue to prioritize efforts to 
maintain NDBC station network operations at or above 80 percent 
data availability. Further, additional direction and resources 
are provided within the Office of Marine and Aviation 
Operations to support the continued use of commercially-
available uncrewed maritime systems to offset critical outages 
within the NDBC network.
    Tsunami Warning Program.--The Committee supports the 
proposal to ensure continuity of operations between the Tsunami 
Warning Centers and provides $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level for these activities. The Committee provides 
not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for the 
National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program to support 
education, awareness, and inundation and evacuation map 
development.
    Further, the Committee directs NOAA to assess how well NOAA 
Weather Radio coverage extends to populated areas at risk of 
tsunamis and, in collaboration with the Federal Communications 
Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to 
determine how to use the Integrated Public Alert and Warning 
System [IPAWS] to deliver tsunami alerts.
    Weather Alerts.--The Committee supports NWS's ongoing 
efforts to provide Spanish translation of weather products. 
However, more steps must be taken to ensure that all weather 
forecast and warning products can be understood by individuals 
with limited English proficiency. Therefore, NOAA is encouraged 
to expand use of relevant technology, including adaptive neural 
machine translation technologies, to pursue translation models 
for additional languages.
    Radar Program Office.--The Committee directs NWS to 
establish a Radar Program Office to study and develop a plan 
for the impending recapitalization of the Nation's weather 
radar system. The plan shall include an analysis of 
technologies, as well as alternative architectures, including 
purchasing radar data as a commercial service.
    Dissemination.--Within Dissemination, the Committee 
provides $6,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level to 
optimize and upgrade the integrated dissemination program.
    Office of Water Prediction [OWP].--The Committee provides 
not less than fiscal year 2024 enacted level for OWP, which 
receives funding across multiple NWS budget lines. The 
Committee maintains the direction carried in previous fiscal 
years for NWS to continue to expedite hiring within the 
National Water Center [NWC] Water Prediction Operations 
Division. NWS is encouraged to initiate Flood Inundation 
Mapping operations through the NWC.
    Hydrology and Water Resource Programs.--The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
NOAA to support the Cooperative Institute for Research to 
Operations in Hydrology [CIROH], including for the Water in the 
West Initiative. NOAA is encouraged to leverage the CI 
expertise to help NOAA assess the most operationally-relevant 
research. CIROH delivers expertise and resources in: 
hydroinformatics and water resources modeling; geographic 
information systems and remote sensing, including snow depth 
and soil moisture; coastal inundation modeling and forecasting; 
data assimilation; computational science and high-performance 
computing; artificial intelligence/machine learning. 
Additionally, the CI shall continue to prioritize the 
cultivation of the next generation of water resources 
scientists and engineers who will be essential to tackle 21st 
Century water resources grand challenges.
    Operationalizing Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations 
[FIRO].--FIRO projects have proven beneficial for improving 
water availability, flood risk management, and improved drought 
resilience. NOAA is encouraged, through CIROH, to establish a 
FIRO research-to-operations program involving academic 
partners, the NWS Office of Water Prediction, and NWS River 
Forecast Centers in support of the Nationwide FIRO Pathfinder 
project.
    Heat Domes.--The Committee directs NWS to develop and 
publish a Federal definition for heat domes in the National 
Weather Service Glossary. In developing this definition, NWS is 
encouraged to consult the definition of heat domes published by 
the American Meteorological Society.

  NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE

    The Committee's recommendation provides $390,230,000 for 
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service 
[NESDIS] operations. NESDIS programs operate environmental 
polar-orbiting, geostationary, and space weather satellites and 
collect and archive global environmental data and information 
for distribution to users in commerce, industry, agriculture, 
science, and engineering, the general public, and Federal, 
State, and local agencies.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

     NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE
                  OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental Satellite Observing Systems:
    Office of Satellite and Product Operations........           258,230
    Product Development, Readiness and Application....            59,850
    U.S. Group on Earth Observations..................               750
                                                       -----------------
        Total, Environmental Satellite Observing                 318,830
         Systems......................................
                                                       =================
National Centers for Environmental Information........            71,400
                                                       =================
        GRAND TOTAL, NESDIS...........................           390,230
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Satellite Operations Technical Transfers.--The Committee 
accepts the $8,465,000 in technical transfers to the Office of 
Satellite and Product Operations and National Centers for 
Environmental Information [NCEI] proposed in the 
administration's request to move operations funded within Space 
Weather Follow On and Geostationary Systems [GOES]-R from 
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction to ORF.
    Office of Satellite and Product Operations.--The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
Satellite and Product Operations Deferred and Extended 
Maintenance, including for upgrades to ground systems and 
antenna systems at facilities such as those in Virginia, West 
Virginia, and Alaska.
    Wildfire Detection.--The Committee notes the increasing 
prevalence of wildfires across the United States and the need 
to have an integrated approach to fire detection and 
suppression. The Committee is also concerned about the impact 
of smoke and other air pollutants on air quality and providing 
real-time operational warnings to affected communities. The 
Committee encourages NESDIS to accelerate and integrate 
wildfire detection and air quality monitoring into future 
satellite architectures or commercial data purchases.
    Commercial Data Buys.--The Committee is concerned that 
NESDIS has not fully embraced commercial data purchases in a 
manner, scope and scale that will enable sufficient private 
sector investment that will ultimately drive innovation and 
lower cost. The Committee encourages NOAA to transition more of 
its pilot programs into operational data buys and refrain from 
building systems that compete directly with industry. NOAA 
shall report to the Committee, not later than 90 days of 
enactment of this act, how it is complying with section 302 of 
the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act (Public Law 
115-25).
    Maximizing Data for Assimilation.--Given that only two to 
three percent of current satellite data is assimilated into 
weather models and given that new observing systems will 
drastically increase the amount of observations from space, 
NOAA is strongly encouraged to consider a requirement for 
processing data on orbit in all future satellite contracts. Not 
later than 180 days after enactment of this act, NOAA shall 
provide a report to the committee assessing U.S. commercial 
technologies that can be used to support real-time data ingest 
and processing, while also reducing the physical infrastructure 
and energy costs associated with ingesting and processing data. 
NOAA is also encouraged to support a pilot program to test and 
evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. commercial database 
technologies to address data ingest and processing bottlenecks 
to extract the maximum value from its instruments.
    National Centers for Environmental Information [NCEI].--The 
Committee provides $71,400,000 for NCEI, including not less 
than $10,000,000 for Regional Climate Services, $6,100,000 for 
Regional Climate Centers, and $5,500,000 for Coastal Data 
Development. NOAA shall consider the Coastal Data Development 
program as the central repository to manage data collections 
from NOAA uncrewed systems to achieve the Commercial Engagement 
Through Ocean Technology [CENOTE] Act (Public Law 115-394) 
goals by amplifying the use of data for environmental and 
economic innovation.
    NCEI is encouraged to continue the development of a Data 
Assembly Hub for uncrewed systems, which provides direct 
support for the Blue Economy, STEM education, the continued 
restoration of the Gulf of Mexico, and transformation of ocean 
science through emerging technologies, in coordination with the 
related project supported through NOAA Special Projects. 
Further, the Committee urges NOAA to utilize technical 
expertise from academic and industry partners to efficiently 
maximize use of the vast data collected from newly developed 
uncrewed systems. NCEI is also encouraged to develop coastal 
data products with its established Gulf of Mexico focused 
Cooperative Institute.
    State Climate Offices [SCO].--The Committee recognizes the 
important role SCOs play under NOAA's Regional Climate Services 
and other NOAA programs and supports ongoing efforts within 
NESDIS to pilot providing SCOs Federal support so that the SCOs 
can meet the growing demand by Federal, State, and Tribal users 
of the SCOs services to track and better understand weather 
events.

                          NOAA MISSION SUPPORT

    The Committee's recommendation provides $421,522,000 for 
NOAA's mission support activities. These programs provide for 
overall NOAA management, including staffing of the Under 
Secretary's office and services to NOAA field offices, as well 
as NOAA's Education Office.
    Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 
table:

          MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mission Support Services:
    Executive Leadership..............................            31,743
    Mission Services and Management...................           181,436
    IT Security.......................................            16,393
    Payment to DOC Working Capital Fund...............            80,000
    Facilities Maintenance............................             6,500
    Office of Space Commerce..........................            68,500
                                                       -----------------
        Total, Mission Support Services...............           384,572
                                                       =================
Office of Education:
    NOAA Education Program Base.......................             6,500
    Jose E. Serrano Education Partnership Program with            20,750
     Minority Serving Institutions....................
    BWET Regional Programs............................             9,700
                                                       -----------------
        Total, Office of Education....................            36,950
                                                       =================
        GRAND TOTAL, MISSION SUPPORT..................           421,522
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    NOAA Workforce.--The Committee recognizes NOAA for taking 
steps to build a more diverse and inclusive workplace. The 
Committee provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level to support NOAA's Diversity and Inclusion Plan, to expand 
NOAA's recruiting program, and for equity assessment and 
implementation support in compliance with Executive Order 
13985.
    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment.--The Committee 
commends the agency for its efforts to provide employees a 
workplace free from sexual assault and sexual harassment, 
including issuance of NOAA Administrative Order [NAO] 202-1106 
and creation of the Workplace Violence Prevention and Response 
Program. The Committee directs NOAA to continue implementing 
NAO 202-1106 and expanding services and provides not less than 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for these purposes.
    Office of Space Commerce [OSC].--The Committee continues to 
support efforts to transition non-defense space traffic 
management and space situational awareness responsibilities 
from the Department of Defense to OSC and supports the 
utilization and integration of commercially-available 
capabilities to support open standards-based, interoperable, 
data-agnostic computing infrastructure with necessary data, 
modeling, information, analytics, services, and user 
interfaces. The Committee directs to OSC leverage products and 
services offered by U.S. commercial companies for Traffic 
Coordination System for Space [TraCSS]. The Committee provides 
$68,500,000 for OSC to achieve operational capability in fiscal 
year 2025.
    Bay Watershed Education and Training [BWET].--The Committee 
recognizes the mental health and educational benefits of field-
based offerings for children and young adults, and encourages 
NOAA to continue these unique educational opportunities, 
including for underserved communities. In addition, the 
Committee provides $1,000,000 to expand BWET regional programs 
to new priority regions, which may include the Delaware Bay.
    Cooperative Science Center for Ocean Education.--The 
Committee encourages the administration to request funding for 
a cooperative science center for ocean education in its fiscal 
year 2026 budget request.
    National Ocean Sciences Bowl [NOSB].--The Committee is 
supportive of the NOSB, which has been highly successful in 
educating and inspiring the next generation of ocean leaders 
over the past 25 years. The Committee provides up to $500,000 
for the NOSB, and NOAA is encouraged to include sufficient 
support as part of the fiscal year 2026 budget request.

             NOAA OFFICE OF MARINE AND AVIATION OPERATIONS

    The Committee's recommendation provides $368,779,000 for 
NOAA's marine and aviation operations. The OMAO provides 
aircraft and marine data acquisition, repair, and maintenance 
of the existing fleet; planning of future modernization; and 
technical and management support for NOAA-wide activities 
through the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.

   OFFICE OF MARINE AND AVIATION OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marine Operations and Maintenance.....................           229,279
Aviation Operations and Aircraft Services.............            43,500
Autonomous Unmanned Technology Operations.............            25,000
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.......................            71,000
                                                       -----------------
    GRAND TOTAL, OMAO.................................           368,779
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    Monitoring of Atmospheric Rivers.--Improving understanding 
of atmospheric rivers is critical to prepare for concentrated 
rain storms and flooding along the U.S. west coast. Therefore, 
the Committee provides not less than $2,500,000 within Aviation 
Operations and Aircraft Services to better observe and predict 
these extreme weather events.
    Autonomous and Uncrewed Technology Operations [AUTO].--The 
Committee provides $25,000,000 for AUTO. Not less than 
$13,000,000 shall be used for agency-wide data acquisition from 
commercially-available, mission-as-a-service uncrewed maritime 
systems [UMS] in support of relevant operational missions 
including: (1) hurricane intensity forecasting; (2) ocean 
monitoring, including in-situ observations in support of the 
NDBC and management and enforcement of marine national 
monuments in the Pacific; (3) acoustic fishery surveys; (4) 
ocean exploration; and (5) hydrographic surveys. Within the 
funds provided, not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level shall be used to support extramural partnerships with 
universities and oceanographic institutions for UMS research, 
development, testing, and training, including research to 
improve precise marine navigation and coastal resilience 
through improvements to uncrewed platforms.
    Aviation Accession Training Program.--The Committee 
provides not less than $3,000,000 within NOAA Commissioned 
Officer Corps to support OMAO's aviation accession training 
program, as authorized in section 105 of the NOAA Commissioned 
Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-259). The 
Committee encourages NOAA to designate one or more Cooperative 
Aviation Centers to facilitate the development and recruitment 
of aviators for the Commissioned Officer Corps at higher 
education institutions that have accredited professional flight 
and piloting programs.

                         NOAA SPECIAL PROJECTS

    The Committee's recommendation provides funding for the 
projects listed in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' at the end of this report in the corresponding 
amounts, consistent with NOAA's existing authorities, 
jurisdictions, and procedures, as appropriate. NOAA shall 
perform the same level of oversight and due diligence regarding 
these projects as with any other external partners.

             NOAA PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,719,866,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   2,121,418,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,961,516,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,961,516,000 for 
NOAA's Procurement, Acquisition and Construction [PAC]. The 
recommendation is $241,650,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $159,902,000 below the budget request.
    Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 
table:

                PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Ocean Service:
    National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction..             8,500
    Marine Sanctuaries Construction...................             4,000
                                                       -----------------
        Total, NOS-PAC................................            12,500
                                                       =================
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:
    Research Supercomputing/CCRI......................            50,000
    Research Acquisitions and Management..............            20,000
                                                       -----------------
        Total, OAR-PAC................................            70,000
                                                       =================
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..........................            83,503
    Polar Weather Satellites..........................           342,410
    Space Weather Follow On...........................            39,735
    Geostationary Earth Orbit.........................           625,000
    Low Earth Orbit...................................            68,437
    Space Weather Next................................           176,754
    Common Ground Services............................           120,527
    Systems/Services, Architecture and Engineering....            50,000
    Satellite CDA Facility............................             2,450
                                                       -----------------
        Total, NESDIS-PAC.............................         1,508,816
                                                       =================
Mission Support:
    NOAA Construction.................................            80,000
                                                       -----------------
        Total, Mission Support-PAC....................            80,000
                                                       =================
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations:
    Fleet Capital Improvements and Technology Infusion            28,000
    Vessel Recapitalization and Construction..........            75,000
    Aircraft Recapitalization and Construction........            96,000
                                                       -----------------
        Total, OMAO-PAC...............................           199,000
                                                       =================
        GRAND TOTAL, PAC..............................         1,974,516
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    High Performance Computing.--The Committee recognizes 
NOAA's high performance computing needs and its current 
limitations on providing high-fidelity results in near real-
time and provides $50,000,000. Within funding provided for 
Research Supercomputing/CCRI, $15,000,000 shall be used to 
continue the development of a dedicated high performance 
computing facility in collaboration with partners that have 
existing high performance computing expertise and scientific 
synergies. Further, no less than $5,000,000 is to develop 
artificial intelligence systems and optimize software to 
support preprocessing of dense observation datasets to 
facilitate extraction of the most useful information for 
inclusion in data assimilation for model initialization.
    Cloud Computing.--The Committee encourages NOAA to 
prioritize the use of commercial cloud services.
    NOAA Satellite Reporting.--The Committee directs NOAA to 
provide quarterly programmatic and procurement status reports 
of all satellites actively orbiting, in standby mode, and under 
development, unless any reprogramming, system failure, 
construction delay, or other extraordinary circumstance 
warrants an immediate update.
    Satellite Technical Transfers.--The Committee accepts the 
$10,400,000 in technical transfers to Common Ground Services 
from GOES-R proposed in the administration's request, as well 
as aforementioned transfers from PAC to ORF.
    Geostationary Extended Observations [GeoXO].--In the nearly 
20 years since the initiation of America's current 
geostationary satellite fleet, the United States space sector 
has made incredible technological advancements for scientific 
instruments and spacecraft to maintain U.S. leadership in space 
weather prediction capabilities. Given the current budget 
constraints, NOAA may need to consider alternative 
architectures that prioritize critical weather instruments that 
correspond to primary mission essential functions for assets in 
geosynchronous orbit and consider other platforms and 
mechanisms such as commercial data purchases for non-weather 
related data, including ocean color and atmospheric 
composition.
    NOAA is encouraged to continue partnering with NASA on the 
Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer 
[GLIMR] mission to de-risk the ocean color instrument, as 
appropriate, for the GeoXO program.
    Systems/Services Architecture and Engineering.--The 
Committee strongly supports the continuation of the commercial 
data purchase and commercial weather data pilot programs. The 
Committee encourages NOAA to test hyperspectral sounder data 
and new capabilities including edge processing on orbit to 
optimize the use of existing data to extract more value and 
retain more information after downlink.
    Within funding provided, NOAA is directed to continue the 
pilot program to procure space weather observations consistent 
with the PROSWIFT Act (Public Law 116-181) and provides up to 
$5,000,000 for these purposes.
    NOAA Construction.--The Committee notes with concern the 
condition of NOAA's aging physical research infrastructure, 
including several NMFS regional facilities that perform 
critical, world-class research and surveys in support of the 
agency's multiple missions. The Committee is particularly 
concerned that several key NMFS regional laboratories across 
the country will soon be unable to perform basic functions 
given the significant age of infrastructure, state of 
disrepair, and changing physical environment in which they are 
located. Therefore, the Committee urges NOAA to accelerate 
existing regional facility modernization planning and analysis 
efforts. Such efforts should prioritize the benefits of co-
location with existing Federal academic, university, and 
nonprofit partners as a means of leveraging existing 
relationships and research efforts in an effort to maintain, if 
not elevate, the facilities' capabilities and enhance 
scientific excellence.
    As part of the fiscal year 2026 budget request, NOAA shall 
establish a five-year budget framework to address regional 
facility modernization planning and redevelopment, including in 
the Northwest. The budget shall be updated annually as 
additional information and funding needs are refined as 
projects mature from planning estimates through design phases.
    The Committee provides $80,000,000 for NOAA's highest 
priority facilities repair and deferred maintenance 
requirements. Thirty days before obligating any funds, NOAA 
shall submit a report detailing how the funds will be expended 
and an explanation of why these projects were prioritized. NOAA 
is also directed to immediately inform the Committee if there 
are any significant schedule delays or project cost increases.
    Judgment Fund Repayment.--The Committee does not provide 
funding for NOAA to make payments to the Department of the 
Treasury's Judgment Fund.
    Vessel Recapitalization and Construction.--The Committee 
provides $75,000,000 in Vessel Recapitalization and 
Construction. The Committee provides funding for the completion 
of two Class A vessels and the acquisition of two Class B 
vessels to facilitate the reduction of gaps in mission coverage 
as current ships are decommissioned. The Committee notes that 
the current procurement plan for Class C vessels would result 
in a mission gap for fisheries surveys starting in 2027. 
Therefore, NOAA is directed to begin the process of acquiring 
Class C vessels that are designed to meet basic fishery survey 
requirements.
    Aircraft Recapitalization.--The Committee is dumbfounded 
and finds it completely irresponsible that the administration's 
budget request does not include funding to replace the aging 
WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft as outlined in the updated NOAA 
Aircraft Plan and authorized under section 11708 of Public Law 
117-263. The Committee expects NOAA to request sufficient 
funds, or request a reprogramming, to prevent a capability gap 
in 2030 at the time of the retirement of both WP-3Ds.
    The Committee provides $96,000,000 for Aircraft 
Recapitalization and Construction, which includes $21,000,000 
to complete procurement of a second high-altitude jet as 
authorized under section 413 of the Weather Research and 
Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-25) and 
$75,000,000 for the replacement of the WP-3D Hurricane Hunter 
aircraft.
    Mission Requirement Costs.--NOAA is directed to document 
within all of its future budget requests any unfunded mission 
requirement costs, and particularly those that are necessary to 
maintain the optimal operational tempo of NOAA assets and 
posture of NOAA facilities.

                  PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $65,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      65,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      70,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $70,000,000 for the 
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund [PCSRF]. The 
recommendation is $5,000,000 above both the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and the budget request. Funds are to be used for 
conservation and restoration of Pacific salmon populations. 
State and local recipients of this funding will provide 
matching contributions of at least 33 percent of Federal funds. 
In addition, funds will be available to Tribes without a 
matching requirement. Further, in order to foster greater 
equity in the implementation of these funds, NOAA is encouraged 
to increase the three percent restriction on administrative 
expenses for Tribal consortia implementing grants from PCSRF to 
no less than 30 percent. The Committee reminds NOAA that Tribal 
consortia in remote and rural areas often face the same 
limitations and challenges as individual Tribes who are 
exempted from the three percent restriction on administrative 
spending, and restriction therefore disproportionately burdens 
Tribal consortia in rural areas.
    The Committee notes that the IIJA provides $172,000,000 
over 5 years for the PCSRF, including $34,400,000 in fiscal 
year 2025.
    NOAA is directed to report on how its current priorities 
meet the intent of the PCSRF to support the recovery and 
protection of all declining salmon stocks.

                     FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2024....................................        $300,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................         300,000
Committee recommendation................................         300,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $300,000 for 
Fisheries Disaster Assistance. The recommendation is equal to 
both the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and the budget request.

                      FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND

Appropriations, 2024....................................        $349,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................         349,000
Committee recommendation................................         349,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $349,000 for the 
Fishermen's Contingency Fund. The recommendation is equal to 
both the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and the budget request.

                   FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2024....................................    -$15,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     -12,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     -12,000,000

    The Committee recommends that direct loans administered 
through this account for individual fishing quotas may not 
exceed $24,000,000. Traditional direct loans may not exceed 
$150,000,000, which is the same as the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and the budget request, despite scoring differences.
    The Committee encourages NOAA to facilitate new vessel 
construction, vessel replacement, and upgrades within the 
Fisheries Finance Program using fuel-efficient technology to 
the greatest extent practicable.

                     RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND

    The recommendation continues the halibut recreational quota 
entity as authorized under section 106 of the Driftnet 
Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of division S 
of Public Law 117-328).

                                 OTHER


                        Departmental Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $94,500,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     112,238,000
Committee recommendation................................      95,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $95,000,000 for 
Departmental Management [DM], Salaries and Expenses. The 
recommendation is $500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and $17,238,000 below the budget request.
    Within Departmental Management, the Salaries and Expenses 
account provides funding for the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
and support staff. Responsibilities involve policy development 
and implementation affecting U.S. and international activities, 
as well as establishing internal goals for operations of the 
Department.
    Staffing Levels.--The Committee believes that staffing 
issues require the continued attention of the leadership of the 
Department and collaboration with the bureaus. Therefore, the 
Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Human Capital Officer of 
the Department shall continue to provide quarterly briefings to 
the Committee on all DOC human capital issues.
    Spending Plans.--Under section 528 of this act, the 
Department is required to submit a spending plan within 45 days 
of the enactment of this act. That plan should describe the 
PPAs of the Department so that the Committee receives detailed 
descriptions of how the Department intends to operationalize 
the funding provided in annual appropriations bills. The 
Committee expects to receive a detailed accounting of each 
bureau's spending, including mandatory, reimbursable, fee-
funded, or working capital fund spending, particularly with 
regard to specific PPAs described in the bill and accompanying 
explanatory statement. The Department shall continue to work 
with the Committee to ensure that its spending plans provide 
adequate information for continued oversight of the Department.
    Salary Lapse.--The Committee directs DOC to provide a 
detailed accounting, as part of the fiscal year 2025 spending 
plans, identifying the amount of expected salary lapse in 
fiscal year 2025 and an explanation of how all accrued salary 
lapse will be spent for all DOC bureaus and NOAA line offices 
that have a greater than 10 percent vacancy rate, as of 
September 30, 2024. Any of the identified amounts that cannot 
be justified as either augmenting staffing vacancies or 
supporting mission critical functions will be considered for 
rescission in fiscal year 2025.
    Working Capital Funds.--For each of the three working 
capital funds within DOC, the following is to be provided to 
the Committee and the OIG by November 30 of each year: (1) a 
comparison of the final budget or spending plan at the project 
or activity level to the actual year-end data as of September 
30 of the prior fiscal year, including detailed narratives for 
variances greater than 5 percent at the project or activity 
level; (2) the initial budget or spending plan by project or 
activity for the current fiscal year; and (3) a detailed 
schedule of fiscal year-end unobligated and carryover balances 
by source funding category and by expiring budget fiscal year, 
to include: direct authority, Federal and intragovernmental 
reimbursable authority by trading partner, non-Federal 
reimbursable authority, amounts held for future asset 
replacement, and other categories.
    Engagement on Business and Human Rights.--The Committee 
acknowledges the Department's contribution to interagency 
efforts to mitigate the human rights risks associated with 
American companies' operations in foreign countries, such as 
through the Business Advisories for Hong Kong and Xinjiang 
Supply Chains. At the same time, the Committee is concerned 
with the increase in human rights risks that present challenges 
for American companies seeking to operate responsibly overseas. 
Issues such as child labor and forced labor, including in 
Xinjiang, create legal, reputational, and economic risks to 
American companies. The Committee directs the Department of 
Commerce to strengthen collaboration with the Department of 
State and the Department of Labor, specifically drawing from 
their human rights and labor rights expertise to help inform 
the Department of Commerce's work with American companies to 
increase their awareness of human rights risks, particularly in 
high-risk contexts, and their ability to mitigate them and to 
brief the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment of 
the act on steps taken and planned in the future.
    Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund.--As part of 
the fiscal year 2026 budget request, the Department is directed 
to provide justification that clearly articulates why each 
Advancements and Reimbursements account and Working Capital 
Fund project administered by the Office of Acquisition 
Management, Office of Budget, Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Chief 
of Staff should continue to be funded through the Working 
Capital Fund.
    North American Industry Classification System [NAICS].--The 
Committee directs DOC, within 180 days of enactment of this 
act, to provide a report describing the Department's efforts to 
implement the directives of Section 9002 of Public Law 115-334, 
including its contributions to the Interagency Technical 
Working Group [ITWG] review of NAICS and the North American 
Product Classification System [NAPCS] codes for renewable 
chemicals and biomanufacturers. The Committee also directs the 
DOC to provide quarterly updates to the Committee on the 
Department's work to implement the farm bill direction and the 
ITWG's recommendations through the 2027 NAICS and NAPCS 
revision process.
    High Value Assets [HVA].--The Committee remains concerned 
that the Department has not fully implemented multifactor 
authentication [MFA] for its HVAs in accordance with zero trust 
architecture principles. The Department's Chief Information 
Officer is directed by the Committee to ensure all Department 
Bureaus have implemented MFA using all three Office of 
Management and Budget requirements: phishing-resistant MFA, 
application-layer MFA, and modern password policies.
    Business Applications Solutions [BAS].--The Committee 
remains disappointed in the Department's rollout of BAS, 
notably the transition of NOAA's financial operations. The 
Committee understands that NOAA continues to experience issues 
around that ability to pay invoices and reimburse employees for 
travel expenses, in part because of problems with data 
conversion. In addition, the cost of the contract for BAS has 
increased and the Department is evaluating another significant 
cost increase to the BAS contract. This is not acceptable and 
the Committee directs the Department to provide a briefing to 
the Committee, 45 days after enactment of this act, detailing 
how it has corrected all BAS issues with NOAA, minimized cost 
increases to the contract, and has a solid schedule for the 
transition of Census and NIST.
    Enhancing Microelectronics Fabrication with Advanced 
Materials and Techniques.--The Committee supports investments 
in fabrication and supply chain enhancement of advanced 
semiconductors and microelectronics. As the Department assesses 
and makes investments using funds provided in regular and 
emergency appropriations bills, the Committee directs such 
assessments to include the value of investing in researching 
advanced techniques and upgrading existing fabrication 
facilities to use advanced materials which can increase those 
facilities' capability to produce more effective 
microelectronics for existing and evolving demand.
    Preventing the Improper Use of CHIPS Act Funding.--To 
effectuate the national security guardrails in the CHIPS Act 
(Public Law 117-167), NIST implemented the ``Preventing the 
Improper Use of CHIPS Act Funding'' rule to prevent CHIPS Act 
funding from directly or indirectly benefiting foreign 
countries of concern. The Committee requests an update, within 
90 days of enactment of this act, to understand whether DOC has 
sufficient policies and authorities in place to prevent CHIPS 
Act funding from benefiting foreign countries of concern. The 
Committee urges the Department to fully utilize all of its 
authorities in implementing the rule.
    Energy Resiliency Supply Chains.--The Committee encourages 
the Department to conduct a thorough assessment of its 
currently funded 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.
    Semiconductor Critical Mineral Supply Chains.--The 
Committee urges consideration of essential supply-chain 
projects that support U.S. critical minerals production for 
CHIPS Act funding, particularly given our current reliance on 
foreign sources for many of these critical minerals and market 
volatility. Specifically, in allocating CHIPS and Science Act 
funding, the Department is encouraged to prioritize domestic 
critical mineral projects for minerals for which United States 
manufacturers currently rely on procurement from foreign 
sources and which are important components of the domestic 
semiconductor manufacturing supply chain.
    National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA].--The Committee 
directs the Department to utilize existing funds and coordinate 
with the Permitting Council established by Title 41 of the 
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act and other Federal 
agencies to identify ways to improve and provide greater 
certainty for semiconductor manufacturing facilities throughout 
the environmental permitting process. The Department shall, 
within 120 days of enactment of this act, provide the Committee 
a report that provides the status of review under NEPA for 
semiconductor fabrication facilities that are seeking Federal 
financial assistance under the CHIPS and Science Act.
    Workforce Development for the Semiconductor Industry.--The 
Committee applauds DOC's ongoing efforts to expand and improve 
workforce development for the semiconductor industry, 
particularly as NIST continues to implement the CHIPS and 
Science Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-167). The Committee 
encourages DOC to continue to explore partnership opportunities 
with higher education institutions, including community 
colleges and regional public colleges, with an emphasis on 
advanced precision manufacturing education, and a commitment to 
improving the K-12, undergraduate, graduate and non-college 
bound pipeline of workers, including women and underrepresented 
groups.

                      RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $1,142,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       1,142,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,142,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $1,142,000, which is 
equal to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the 
budget request, for continuing renovation activities at the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $48,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      50,900,000
Committee recommendation................................      50,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $50,000,000 for the 
OIG. The recommendation is $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level and $900,000 below the budget request.
    In addition to funds provided under this heading, the 
Committee recommends a transfer of $2,450,000 from USPTO to the 
OIG to support activities associated with carrying out 
investigations and audits related to the USPTO. The Committee 
directs the OIG to continue to perform strict oversight 
activities for NOAA vessel and satellite procurements, 
cybersecurity, census data collection, and the Business 
Applications Solution [BAS] modernization.
    Working Capital Fund Audits.--The Committee continues to 
direct the OIG to audit all of the working capital funds within 
the Department to evaluate the Department's budgetary controls 
over all funds. The OIG shall assess: the controls in place to 
develop reimbursement formulas; the relationship of 
reimbursements to client services; the appropriateness of the 
level of fund balances; and compliance with appropriations law 
and direction. As part of this assessment, the OIG shall pay 
particular attention to the increasing amounts of funding 
needed to support the Department's Office of General Counsel 
[OGC], including the justification and metrics for how such 
funding is being levied against each agency and, reciprocally, 
how the agencies account for the services they receive from the 
OGC. If at any point during these audits the OIG encounters 
problems with accessing any necessary information or data from 
the Department, the OIG is directed to notify the Committee 
immediately.
    Audits and Investigations.--The Committee believes that 
robust investigations and audits are essential to rooting out 
waste, fraud, and abuse, but that limiting inquiries only to 
individuals in the Department does not necessarily lead to 
comprehensive findings and recommendations. The Committee 
directs the OIG to modify its policies and procedures to ensure 
that investigations or reports include interviews with all 
parties to the project or program in question, including, but 
not limited to, contractors responsible for projects under 
review. The Committee cautions the OIG against issuing 
preliminary findings prior to interviewing a majority of the 
entities involved with the program or project under 
investigation, unless the OIG believes the findings are time 
sensitive or additional interviews are immaterial.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    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, and for services, and for uniforms and 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 estimates for certain weather satellite programs.
    Section 105 provides for reimbursement for services within 
the 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 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 certain authority to enter into cooperative 
agreements.
    Section 111 allows the Secretary of Commerce to waive up to 
50 percent of the cost sharing requirements for funds provided 
in this act under section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972.
    Section 112 sets limitations on the Department's ability to 
obligate unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
transferred to the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.
    Section 113 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

    The Committee recommends a total of $38,425,950,000 for the 
Department of Justice [DOJ]. The recommendation is $906,092,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 funding level and $1,162,735,000 
below the budget request. The Committee's recommendation 
emphasizes key funding priorities in support of the 
Department's critical missions and activities to protect the 
safety, security, and rights of our citizens.
    Responding to Opioids, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drugs, 
and Substance Abuse in Our Communities.--The Committee 
continues its commitment to helping States and local 
communities in the fight against opioids, methamphetamine, 
synthetic drugs, and the illegal diversion of prescription 
drugs through comprehensive programs covering law enforcement, 
prevention, and treatment. The Committee provides a total of 
$610,500,000 in DOJ grant funding to help State and local 
partners tackle these epidemics, an increase of $31,000,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 level. The Committee provides 
$2,600,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], 
an increase of $33,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level.
    Strengthening Police-Community Relations.--The Committee 
continues to recognize and support the important need for 
lasting collaborative relationships between local police and 
the public. Strong partnerships between the police and the 
communities they protect ensure that citizens' civil rights are 
protected, foster ongoing open communication, improve officer 
safety, and reduce crime. The Committee provides $251,000,000 
for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community 
Oriented Policing Services [COPS] Office grant programs related 
to police-community relations.
    Crime Victims Fund.--The Committee renews its concern about 
the solvency of the Crime Victims Fund [CVF] and its ability to 
continue to support compensation to and services for survivors 
of crime in future years. The Committee remains concerned about 
declining deposits, specifically including the lack of 
predictability as to when the proceeds from criminal fines, 
penalties, settlements and other sources will be deposited in 
the CVF. It is exceptionally difficult for the Committee to 
plan without greater insight into potential future proceeds for 
the CVF. The Committee directs the Department to submit an 
updated plan, within 90 days of enactment of this act, to 
establish a system to track payments from concluded cases that 
may result in deposits into the CVF.
    Trafficking in Persons.--The Department shall dedicate no 
less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted levels for the Human 
Trafficking Prosecution Unit [HTPU], the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation [FBI], and the U.S. Attorneys' Offices [USAO] to 
investigate and prosecute crimes of human trafficking. The 
Committee continues to encourage the HTPU and Anti-Trafficking 
Coordination Teams to continue working with victim service 
providers and non-governmental organizations to ensure the 
prioritization of victim needs as part of the overall strategy 
to combat human trafficking and forced labor in the United 
States.
    The Committee is concerned about the relatively low number 
of dedicated FBI agents assigned to human trafficking cases, 
especially in rural communities. The Committee continues to 
expect the designation of a lead agent in each FBI field office 
as a point of contact for slavery and human trafficking 
investigations, and encourages the FBI to assign at least one 
full-time agent dedicated to investigating human trafficking 
and related crimes in each State. The Committee directs the 
Executive Office for United States Attorneys [EOUSA], in 
consultation with the United States Attorneys, to provide 
sufficient support and training and technical assistance to 
each Assistant U.S. Attorney designated as the lead human 
trafficking prosecutor, consistent with the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act. As communication and coordination across the 
Federal Government are critical to supporting survivors of 
trafficking, the Committee encourages EOUSA, in consultation 
with the Department of Homeland Security, to develop a process 
to enable survivors with T-visas to obtain an expedited letter 
of support from the DOJ when their criminal cases close, and to 
submit a report on a plan for ensuring that requests for 
letters can be processed in less than three months. This plan 
shall be submitted within 90 days of enactment of this act.
    Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Interagency 
Coordination.--The Committee recognizes the benefit of 
interagency coordination to combat human trafficking, child 
sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse material. The 
Committee directs the Department to establish an interagency 
working group, in coordination with relevant Federal agencies, 
to improve coordination and case de-confliction as well as 
support to survivors. The joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-328 directed the Department to 
submit a report on the status of this working group within 60 
days of enactment, and the Department has failed to do so. The 
Committee directs the immediate submission of this report. The 
Department is further directed to submit an interim report on 
this working group effort within 180 days of enactment of this 
act, and a final report within 1 year of enactment of this act.
    Domestic Trafficking Victims Fund Special Assessments.--
Section 101 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114-22) mandated the collection of a $5,000 
special assessment from persons convicted of certain Federal 
offenses related to human trafficking and sexual exploitation. 
Funds from this special assessment are to be deposited into the 
Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund operated by the Department. 
The Committee encourages the Attorney General to use funds 
provided under this bill to ensure that Assistant U.S. 
Attorneys are specifically trained on the mandatory nature and 
enforcement of this special assessment, including the 
imposition of liens under 18 U.S.C. 3613, to provide additional 
funding, resources, and services for the victims of human 
trafficking and law enforcement officials involved in the 
elimination of this crime.
    Human Trafficking Justice Coordinators.--The Committee 
appreciates the recent appointment of a National Human 
Trafficking Coordinator, consistent with the requirements of 
section 15 of the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 
115-392). The Committee directs the Department to continue to 
comply with all requirements of Public Law 115-392, including 
the appointment of human trafficking justice coordinators in 
each USAO. The Committee further directs the Department to 
submit a report, within 90 days of the date of the enactment of 
this act, on the implementation of Public Law 115-392 and the 
National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking.
    Departmental Efforts to Combat Crimes Against Children.--
The Committee directs the Department to continue submitting 
this report to Congress every 2 years, consistent with the 
requirements of 34 U.S.C. 21111(b). Separately, the Department 
has not followed the direction provided in the joint 
explanatory statements accompanying Public Laws 116-260 and 
117-103 to submit a report on staffing and funding for the 
office of the National Coordinator for Child Exploitation 
Prevention and Interdiction, including staffing, travel, and 
temporary duty travel expenses, within 30 days of enactment of 
this act. The information regarding the budget of the National 
Coordinator is to be submitted immediately.
    Constitutional Policing.--The Committee directs the 
Department to enforce constitutional policing statutes, 
including 34 U.S.C. 12601, which may require the use of consent 
decrees as necessary, where constitutional policing standards 
are not being upheld.
    Enforcement of Federal Hate Crimes Laws.--The Committee 
remains concerned by the rise in reported incidents of bias-
motivated and hate crimes in the United States in the last 
several years. The Committee appreciates the work of the 
Community Relations Service [CRS], the Civil Rights Division 
[CRT], U.S. Attorneys' Offices, and the FBI to enforce the 
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act 
(Public Law 111-84). The Department shall continue to fully and 
expeditiously implement the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (Public 
Law 117-13), and report to the Committees on Appropriations and 
Judiciary of the House and the Senate, within 90 days of 
enactment of this act, on all actions and expenditures to date 
to implement this legislation. In light of ongoing trends 
regarding hate crimes, the Committee further directs the 
Department to continue to prioritize this work and to 
aggressively investigate and prosecute these crimes, which 
affect entire communities.
    Combating Domestic Terrorism.--The Committee remains 
concerned by the significant threat posed by violent domestic 
terrorists and extremists and directs the FBI and the 
Department to vigorously investigate and prosecute incidents of 
domestic terrorism. The Committee appreciates the recognition 
of this threat through the formation of the Domestic Terrorism 
Unit within the National Security Division and directs the 
Department to maintain this unit. The Committee directs the 
Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee to continue to meet on a 
regular basis and coordinate with United States Attorneys and 
other key public safety officials across the country to promote 
information sharing and ensure an effective, responsive, and 
organized joint effort to combat domestic terrorism.
    The Committee further directs the Department to review the 
anti-terrorism training and resource programs that the 
Department provides to Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement agencies, and ensure that such programs include 
training and resources to assist these law enforcement agencies 
in understanding, detecting, deterring, and investigating acts 
of domestic terrorism. The Committee directs the Department to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary, 
within 90 days of enactment of this act, on the Department's 
assessment of the domestic terrorism threat, and an analysis of 
incidents or attempted incidents of domestic terrorism that 
occurred in the United States during the preceding fiscal year.
    Human Rights Crimes.--The Committee remains concerned by 
the large number of suspected serious human rights violators 
from foreign countries who have found safe haven in the United 
States. The Committee directs the Criminal Division [CRM] and 
USAO to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute these 
crimes, including genocide, torture, use or recruitment of 
child soldiers, war crimes, and other crimes committed by human 
rights violators, particularly to support the newly-established 
War Crimes Accountability Team's efforts to respond to war 
crimes and other atrocities committed during Russia's invasion 
of Ukraine and the added responsibilities of the CRM to 
prosecute war criminals under the Justice for Victims of War 
Crimes Act (Public Law 117-351). For this purpose, the 
Committee's recommendation supports continued funding for CRM 
and USAO to investigate and prosecute these cases.
    The Committee is concerned by the low number of 
investigations and prosecutions of human rights violators and 
directs the Department to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Judiciary, within 120 days of enactment 
of this act, on all investigations and prosecutions of human 
rights offenses and other offenses committed by serious human 
rights violators within each of the last five fiscal years, 
including the efforts of CRM and USAO to increase the number of 
prosecutions. The report should also include any organizational 
or legal impediments to investigating and prosecuting more 
human rights violators.
    Violence Against Indigenous Women.--In consultation with 
Tribal governments, the Department shall assess and update the 
best practices for the investigation and prosecution of 
violence against Native American and Alaska Native women. 
Additionally, DOJ shall provide an update on the review of the 
sufficiency and prioritization of its grant programs aimed at 
survivors of such violence, including temporary and 
transitional housing, education, and workforce development 
assistance, and shall include the results of this updated 
review, along with the plan to communicate such grant 
opportunities to Tribal governments and organizations, with the 
fiscal year 2025 spending plan. DOJ shall provide Congress with 
a report on the usage and implementation of the Tribal set-
aside funding from Public Law 117-328 that supports programs 
and initiatives in Indian Country and Alaska Native Villages. 
The joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-328 
directed the Department to submit a report on the status of 
implementing the recommendations published in the Government 
Accountability Office [GAO] report 22-104045, entitled 
``Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women: New Efforts Are 
Underway but Opportunities Exist to Improve the Federal 
Response'', within 90 days of enactment. The Department has 
failed to do so and the Committee directs the immediate 
submission of this report.
    Combatting Violent Crime in Indian Country.--The Committee 
encourages U.S. Attorneys to prioritize efforts to investigate 
and prosecute violent crimes against Native Americans and 
Alaska Natives that occur in Indian Country, to maintain 
communication with victims and family members about the status 
of ongoing investigations and cases, and to provide as much 
information as possible on any declinations. The Committee is 
concerned about the relatively low number of DOJ and FBI 
investigative resources in Indian Country and encourages DOJ 
and FBI, in consultation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies, to increase 
resources, including additional FBI agents, to investigate, 
respond to, and prevent crimes in Indian Country. The Committee 
further encourages the FBI to increase recruitment, retention, 
and placement efforts in order to fill existing positions in 
areas with large land-based Tribes or with high instances of 
Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons cases.
    Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act.--The 
Committee fully supports the goals of the Emmett Till Unsolved 
Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114-325) to investigate and prosecute previously unresolved 
civil rights era ``cold case'' murders suspected of having been 
racially motivated. These efforts are conducted through a 
partnership among the FBI, CRT, CRS, State and local law 
enforcement officials, and other eligible entities. The 
Committee directs that the Department provide $15,000,000 for 
Emmett Till Act activities, including $10,000,000 for the FBI 
and CRT's Cold Case Initiative; $1,500,000 for CRS to partner 
with law enforcement agencies and communities to help resolve 
conflicts resulting from the investigation of unsolved civil 
rights era cases; and $3,500,000 for grants to State and local 
law enforcement agencies for use of modern DNA and forensic 
tools to aid civil rights era cold case investigations.
    Zero Trust Architecture.--The Committee continues to 
support the Department's Information Technology Strategic Plan 
for Fiscal Years 2022-2025, particularly as it implements the 
Office of Management and Budget's [OMB] M-22-09 Federal Zero 
Trust Strategy. The Committee is aware of the ongoing cyber 
threats nation-States and other actors pose to the Department 
and other agencies and believes that the use of zero trust 
architecture, among other protective methods, could mitigate a 
significant number of these risks. The Department was directed 
to submit a report on its efforts to implement zero trust 
architecture with 120 days of enactment of Public Law 118-42 
and has failed to do so. The Committee directs the immediate 
submission of this report.
    Financial Fraud.--The Committee recognizes that older 
Americans are increasingly targeted by criminals seeking to 
swindle them out of their hard-earned life savings through an 
ever-growing array of financial schemes and scams. The 
Committee commends the Department's work to combat these crimes 
in recent years, including through its dedicated Elder Justice 
Initiative. The Committee directs the Attorney General to 
continue to prioritize Departmental resources to ensure that 
reports of financial fraud, including scams against senior 
citizens, are thoroughly investigated, with the goal of 
bringing the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.
    McGirt v. Oklahoma.--The Committee directs the Department 
to ensure that all McGirt-related needs are addressed, and 
further directs the Department to allocate no less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted levels for these purposes for each 
component. The Committee further directs the Department to keep 
the Committee apprised of all resource requirements relating to 
McGirt, and, within 90 days of the enactment of this act, to 
submit a report on the breakdown of cases per USAO attorney in 
Oklahoma; estimated caseloads for the next fiscal year; and how 
these statistics compares with other USAOs around the country. 
The report shall further describe the number and types of 
charged cases compared to all referrals received; the 
jurisdictions from which cases were referred; and the general 
reasons for why cases were not accepted.
    Reentry Guidance for Prison Education Programs.--The 
Committee encourages DOJ, in collaboration with the Department 
of Education, to develop and provide technical assistance and 
guidance to the Bureau of Prisons, State departments of 
corrections, and other entities that are responsible for 
overseeing correctional facilities on how to support 
individuals who are preparing to leave prison, reentering their 
communities, and either continuing their education or seeking 
employment. The Committee directs the Department to provide 
guidance on best practices in integrating reentry planning for 
participants in prison education programs. This guidance should 
address evidence-based strategies to ensure successful reentry, 
including by securing employment or continuing their education.
    Election Threats Task Force.--The Committee is concerned by 
the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, 
officials, and others associated with the electoral process. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Department to prioritize 
investigations into threats made against election workers, 
administrators, officials, and volunteers. The Committee also 
commends DOJ for establishing an Election Threats Task Force to 
address threats of violence against election workers, and to 
ensure that all election workers are permitted to do their jobs 
free from threats and intimidation. In order to improve 
outreach to election workers and organizations representing 
them, the Committee directs the Department to make all policies 
and procedures related to submitting threat reports, and 
understanding what to expect after filing a report, as well as 
the rights and protections offered to election workers, 
administrators, officials, and volunteers under current law, 
publicly available on its website.
    Better Cybercrime Metrics Act.--The Committee supports the 
directives described for DOJ in the Better Cybercrime Metrics 
Act (Public Law 117-116), including the development of a 
taxonomy for categorizing different types of cybercrime faced 
by individuals and businesses; the establishment of a category 
in NIBRS for collecting cybercrime reports from Federal, State, 
and local officials; and the addition of questions concerning 
cybercrime in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey.
    Sextortion.--The Committee is concerned about the rise of 
sextortion, a practice that transnational criminal 
organizations use to ensnare minor and adult Americans. The 
Committee urges the Nation's Internet Crimes Against Children 
Task Forces as well as State and local law enforcement agencies 
to prioritize the investigation of these crimes, while also 
conducting prevention and education seminars for parents, 
teenagers and adolescents about the dangers of sextortion with 
recommendations on how to avoid being victimized while also 
seeking help from trusted adults and law enforcement. The 
Committee also urges the Department and the FBI to use its 
authority to investigate these practices. Additionally, the 
Committee directs the Department and FBI to brief the Committee 
and to make recommendations for legislative changes necessary 
to better combat these practices.
    Analysis of Digital Evidence.--The Department's law 
enforcement components increasingly rely on the analysis of 
digital evidence in the course of their investigations. The 
Department is directed to provide a report, within 1 year of 
the date of the enactment of this act, on the conclusions and 
recommendations of the eLitigation Steering Committee. The 
report should address opportunities and challenges the 
components are facing with respect to processing backlogs; 
training requirements for digital forensic examiners and agents 
that use digital evidence in criminal investigations; technical 
and legal impediments to secure transmission and sharing with 
law enforcement and governmental partners; methods for secure 
and centralized storage; reliance on the use of removable 
media; and any resource challenges or gaps with respect to 
digital evidence.
    Law Enforcement Advanced Analytics.--The Department's law 
enforcement components, including the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF], DEA, and the FBI, 
increasingly rely on the analysis of huge volumes 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 agency, 
the Committee directs ATF, DEA, and the FBI 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 
velocity of investigations. The Committee directs the 
Department to submit, within 90 days of the enactment of this 
act, a report detailing how the Department's law enforcement 
components are implementing advanced analytics solutions.
    COVID-19 Fraud.--The Committee remains appalled by the 
individuals who, in a time of grave national crisis, enriched 
themselves through fraud against unemployment insurance and 
other pandemic-related aid programs. The Committee commends the 
Department for prioritizing the investigation and prosecution 
of such crimes. Within 180 days of the date of the enactment of 
this act, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, and the 
Executive Office for United States Attorneys shall individually 
report on their respective efforts to address COVID-19 related 
fraud. This report shall describe: all relevant metrics, 
including the number of indictments and convictions, the 
amounts contemplated by settlements and judgments, and the 
amounts of actual recoveries, by fiscal year and by program; an 
estimate of the scope of criminal activity, including an 
estimate of the amount of losses to the United States 
Government; and a detailed description of each components' 
strategic plan for addressing fraud pandemic-related aid 
programs, with specific attention to unemployment insurance 
fraud.
    Investigating and Prosecuting Cyber Crime.--The Committee 
recognizes the growing threat of cyber crime that crosses 
borders and commends the efforts taken by the Office of 
International Affairs, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property 
Section, and the FBI's Cyber Assistant Legal Attaches [ALATs]. 
The Committee is encouraged by the FBI's expansion of the Cyber 
ALAT Program, which works with international partners to 
increase investigation efficiencies, enhance evidentiary 
exchange, and conduct joint cyber operations. In light of the 
challenges posed by evolving technologies and strategies, the 
Committee directs the Department to ensure adequate resources 
are available for investigations and prosecutions to keep pace 
with growing cyber threats in order to build partner country 
capacity and successfully prosecute crimes to secure justice 
for victims and deter future criminal behavior.
    Departmental Consultations.--The joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 118-42 directed the 
Department, within 90 days of the enactment of that law, to 
provide a briefing on ways the Department consults with and 
utilizes non-government organizations and non-profit entities 
to track extremist groups operating in the United States, 
including how the Department utilizes investigative reports, 
law enforcement trainings, intelligence, hate maps, and reports 
provided by such non-governmental organizations and non-profit 
entities. The Committee reiterates this directive and expects 
immediate compliance.
    Combatting 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. The Committee recognizes 
that cargo theft offenses are often associated with organized 
crime syndicates, drug trafficking, and illicit finance, and 
have a significant adverse impact on the United States economy. 
The Committee directs the Department to provide a briefing, 
within 120 days of the date of 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 Federal, State, and local 
enforcement agencies, to investigate and refer related cases 
for prosecution.
    Illegal E-Cigarette Coordination & Enforcement.--The 
Committee is concerned that the wide availability of 
unauthorized e-cigarettes has contributed to millions of 
children using addictive vapor products, despite the statutory 
pre-market authorization requirement. The Department has 
commenced the first injunctions against manufacturers of 
illegal e-cigarettes; however, the Committee notes this only 
captures a small fraction of violative products and that there 
is no safe harbor for an unauthorized e-cigarette with a 
pending application. The Committee supports the recent multi-
agency task force to combat this problem, and directs the 
Department, within 90 days of the enactment of this act, to 
submit a report detailing the task force's activities. The 
report shall specifically describe the task force's enforcement 
activities, including the investigation and prosecution of 
criminal, civil, seizure, and forfeiture actions, including 
enforcement actions against unauthorized e-cigarette 
manufacturers with pending applications and large market 
shares, and shall assess what additional criminal or civil 
authorities may be necessary to address this public health 
threat. The Department is further directed to provide a 
briefing to the Committee upon submission of the report.
    Federal Drug-Free School Zones.--The Department appreciates 
the Department's clarification that section 531 of this act 
does not explicitly preclude the USAOs from enforcing section 
860 of title 21, United States Code. The Committee encourages 
the Department to continue to work to ensure that areas with 
young children, including schools and playgrounds, remain drug-
free.
    Protecting Veterans' Benefits.--The Committee understands 
that filing for benefits through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs [VA] can be a time-consuming and complex process. 
Veterans have access to both veteran service organizations and 
accredited representatives to assist them through this process. 
The Committee also recognizes, however, that there are a 
variety of unaccredited entities working in the disability 
claims space. The Department, in consultation with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, is directed to examine the use 
of unaccredited claims representatives in the disability claims 
filing process and report to the Committees on Appropriations 
and Veterans' Affairs, within 180 days of enactment of this 
act, with recommendations on legislative, enforcement, and 
administrative actions needed to increase transparency and 
accountability and address unaccredited claims representatives.
    Voting Rights.--The Attorney General is directed to 
prioritize resources to enforce the civil provisions of Federal 
laws that protect the right to vote, including the Voting 
Rights Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote 
Act, and the Civil Rights Acts.
    Protecting Voting Access.--The Committee urges the 
Department to include rapidly growing language minority 
populations in its priority efforts to enforce the civil 
provisions of Federal laws that protect the right to vote. 
Within 180 days of enactment of this act, the Committee directs 
the Department to submit a report detailing the Department's 
actions to protect voting access for rapidly growing language 
minority populations and any additional resources necessary to 
accomplish this objective.
    Combatting the Continued Methamphetamine Crisis.--The 
Committee notes that many communities and families continue to 
suffer from a longstanding and reemerging methamphetamine 
crisis. In many States, particularly in rural areas, 
methamphetamine-related deaths outnumber those from heroin. The 
Committee recognizes the strain methamphetamines place on 
families, communities, rural health providers, and law 
enforcement agencies, including the disproportionate burden to 
Tribal communities. The Committee continues its commitment to 
combatting the methamphetamine crisis, including through 
increased funding for numerous DOJ grant programs and the DEA.
    Illegal Growing Operations.--The Committee directs the 
Department to submit a report, within 90 days of the enactment 
of this act, assessing the proliferation of illegal marijuana 
growing operations associated with foreign nationals. The 
report shall be coordinated among the FBI, DEA, and the 
Executive Office for United States Attorneys, and shall 
specifically assess: (1) the extent of illegal growing 
operations in the United States that are associated with 
foreign nationals; (2) any connections or links to Chinese 
transnational criminal organizations and/or the government of 
the People's Republic of China; and (3) the Federal resources 
that can be deployed to support State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement efforts. The report may be transmitted through 
classified channels as necessary and appropriate. The Committee 
urges the Department, in coordination with Federal law 
enforcement partners, to fully support State, local, and Tribal 
law enforcement agencies in their efforts on this matter.
    Voting-related Activities.--The Committee notes that the 
Department has not yet provided the briefing required under 
this caption in the explanatory statement accompanying Public 
Law 118-42. As such, the Committee directs the Attorney General 
to provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a briefing, within 30 days after enactment of this 
act, regarding any strategic plans developed by the Department 
since January 20, 2021 outlining ways for the Department to 
promote voter registration and voter participation.
    Prosecutions Data.--The Committee recognizes and remains 
concerned by the increase in crimes directed towards places of 
worship. Therefore, the Committee directs the Department to 
submit a report, no later than 90 days after the enactment of 
this act, on the number of individuals charged under the 18 
U.S.C. 248(a)(2) or (3) relating to places of worship, the 
number of instances when the defendant was taken to trial, and 
the ultimate outcome of the trial.
    Prior Directives and Outstanding Reports.--The joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 118-42 adopted 
language in Senate Report 118-62 captioned ``Attorney 
Compensation Comparability Study'', ``Law Enforcement in the 
United States Antarctic Program [USAP]'', ``Departmental 
Aircraft'', ``Protecting Children from Online Predators'', 
``Illegal Gambling'' (as modified in the joint explanatory 
statement), ``National Incident-Based Reporting System 
[NIBRS]'', ``Illegal Streaming Services'', and ``Wildlife 
Trafficking''. The Committee adopts these passages, reiterates 
any reporting requirements, and looks forward to their timely 
submission.
    Spending Plan.--In compliance with section 528 of this act, 
the Committee directs the Department to submit a spending plan 
within 45 days of enactment of this act. The Committee notes 
that the Department has intentionally delayed or withheld 
prior-year spending plans because it is continuing to consider 
specific, isolated matters. The Committee directs the 
Department to submit a substantially complete spend plan by the 
statutory deadline, reserving only those specific, isolated 
matters that remain under consideration.

           JUSTICE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $142,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     163,905,000
Committee recommendation................................     145,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $145,000,000 for 
Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability [JOMA] 
salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $3,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $18,905,000 below the 
budget request.
    The JOMA account, previously named the General 
Administration account, provides funding for senior policy 
officials responsible for Departmental management and policy 
development. The specific offices funded by this account 
include the immediate Office of the Attorney General [OAG]; the 
immediate Office of the Deputy Attorney General [ODAG]; the 
immediate Office of the Associate Attorney General; Office of 
Legal Policy; Office of Public Affairs; Office of Legislative 
Affairs [OLA]; Office of Professional Responsibility; and the 
Justice Management Division [JMD].
    Timely Responses to Committee Inquiries and Meeting Report 
Deadlines.--The Committee has both budgetary and oversight 
responsibilities, and requests for additional information from 
the Chairs, Vice Chair, Ranking Member, or their Committee 
staff to any Department component should be treated as a 
priority for the Department and responded to both courteously 
and expeditiously.
    The Committee again reminds the Department that deadlines 
directed in Committee reports or explanatory statement language 
are not merely suggestions. The Department is to immediately 
submit reports that remain outstanding from fiscal year 2024. 
Efforts should be immediately undertaken not only to submit 
these delayed reports, but also to ensure that full and 
complete information is provided.

                 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     202,395,000
Committee recommendation................................     155,029,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $155,029,000 for 
Justice Information Sharing Technology. The recommendation is 
$125,029,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$47,366,000 below the budget request.

                EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $844,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     981,133,000
Committee recommendation................................     860,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $860,000,000 for 
the Executive Office for Immigration Review [EOIR], of which 
$4,000,000 is a transfer from the U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services Immigration Examinations Fee account. The 
recommendation is $16,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $121,133,000 below the budget request. This 
account funds EOIR, including the Board of Immigration Appeals 
[BIA], immigration judges, and administrative law judges who 
decide through administrative hearings whether to admit or 
exclude aliens seeking to enter the country and whether to 
deport or adjust the status of aliens whose status has been 
challenged.
    Case Backlog and Reporting Requirements.--The Committee 
remains deeply concerned by the growing backlog of cases in our 
immigration courts. The current caseload exceeds three million 
cases.
    The Committee continues to direct the Department to submit 
an updated immigration judge [IJ] team cost break out, which 
should include salary, position, interpretation contract costs, 
and rent and facility costs, in its monthly hiring reports to 
the Committee. There should be a standardized baseline for what 
constitutes an IJ team cost, and when there are deviations from 
this baseline, EOIR shall include this in its monthly report by 
court location.
    As directed in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 117-328, EOIR shall continue to submit monthly 
performance and operating reports detailing the backlog of 
cases and the hiring of new IJ teams. These reports shall 
continue to include the cost break outs for IJ teams. As part 
of the monthly reporting requirement, EOIR shall continue to 
report on any IJs sent on a temporary basis to any court 
outside of their assigned location including the number of days 
designated for the temporary assignment, the location of the 
temporary assignment, and the IJs home location. The Committee 
believes that consistent policies regarding docket management 
and case adjudication will also allow IJs to reduce the 
overwhelming backlog. The Committee directs EOIR to continue to 
make its hiring processes for new IJs publicly available and to 
update its website within 30 days if any of the IJ hiring 
processes or rules change.
    Additionally, the Committee directs EOIR to report on the 
implementation of its case processing time standards and 
quotas, including how many judges met those metrics; how those 
metrics have affected the case backlog; and any employment 
actions taken against IJs as a result of these metrics. EOIR 
shall update the Committee if any of the IJ hiring, training, 
or performance management processes or rules change.
    Immigration Judge Hiring.--The Committee understands that a 
large number of supervisory IJ positions at EOIR were created 
in prior years, reducing the number of IJs available to 
adjudicate cases. The Attorney General shall ensure that IJs 
hired in fiscal year 2025 will adjudicate cases as their 
primary function. The Committee directs the Department to 
continue filling vacant IJ and BIA positions with highly 
qualified individuals who are trained to conduct fair and 
impartial adjudications. The Committee further directs EOIR to 
select individuals from a diverse pool of candidates to include 
candidates with non-governmental, academic, and private bar 
experience, to conduct fair, impartial hearings consistent with 
due process.
    Immigration Judge Training.--The Committee directs EOIR to 
review its training, to retrain all judges currently on a 
probationary period, and to increase the frequency and 
availability of training for IJs outside the probationary 
period. The Committee directs the Department to ensure IJ 
training emphasizes due process, humanitarian protections, and 
cultural sensitivity and includes diverse training faculty, 
including from the private bar, the non-governmental 
organization [NGO] community, and academia.
    Videoteleconferencing [VTC].--The Committee directs EOIR to 
make publicly available on its website all policies and 
procedures related to EOIR's use of VTC, including policies and 
procedures for immigration adjudication centers.
    EOIR shall also provide publicly on its website a list of 
locations where immigration judges are stationed and detailed, 
the corresponding docket location, and type of docket. The 
Committee directs EOIR to require immigration judges to 
consistently input each time a master calendar or individual 
merits hearing was conducted via video to allow for data 
collection on the use and impact of VTC. To get feedback on the 
use of VTC hearings, the agency should, in conjunction with a 
stakeholder working group, create uniform standards for issues 
such as when a hearing must be adjourned; how to access real-
time technical assistance; filing and presentation of evidence; 
camera placement; and interpretation best practices.
    The Committee directs EOIR to continue to provide quarterly 
reports to the Committee on the number and type of hearings 
conducted by VTC as described in the fiscal year 2020 joint 
explanatory statement and reaffirmed in the fiscal year 2022 
and fiscal year 2024 joint explanatory statements, including 
data on appeals related to the use of VTC and the number of in-
person hearing motions filed and their outcomes. Statistics 
should be broken out by representation, family unit, and 
detention statuses.
    Interpretation Transparency.--EOIR is directed to continue 
to ensure appropriate language access is available for all 
respondents, including indigenous language speakers, and should 
inform the Committee of special resource needs as well as 
identify any possible opportunities for sharing of interpreter 
resources with other Federal agencies. The Committee further 
directs that EOIR continue to submit, on a quarterly basis, the 
number of continuances or adjournments issued for reasons 
related to interpretation issues for both in-person appearance 
and VTC, as well as whether the respondent was detained at the 
time of the continuance.
    EOIR Technology Improvements.--The Committee recommendation 
includes up to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for EOIR to 
improve its technology systems, including for ongoing 
development of its electronic case management system [ECAS] and 
the digitization of older paper records. EOIR is further 
directed to continue to provide quarterly updates to the 
Committee on its ongoing development of the ECAS.
    VTC Data and Reporting.--The Committee continues to direct 
EOIR to collect real-time data indicating each time a master 
calendar or individual merits hearing is conducted via VTC to 
allow for better statistical data collection to help determine 
whether VTC has an outcome determinative impact. This 
information is to be provided in the quarterly reports 
submitted to the Committee and should include the number and 
type of hearings conducted by VTC, including data on appeals 
cases related to the use of VTC, and the number of in-person 
hearing motions filed. The Committee further directs EOIR to 
make all policies and procedures related to EOIR's use of VTC, 
including EOIR's immigration adjudication centers and temporary 
facilities, as well as a list of locations where IJs are 
stationed and detailed, the corresponding docket location, type 
of docket, and policies for public and media access for 
locations using VTC, publicly available on its website.
    BIA Pro Bono Project.--Developed by EOIR and several NGOs, 
the BIA Pro Bono Project connects pro se respondents with pro 
bono counsel in BIA proceedings. Representation can reduce 
procedural errors and enables BIA to provide more effective and 
timely case review. The Committee encourages continuation of 
the program and directs EOIR to report, within 30 days of the 
enactment of this act, on the number cases referred to NGOs and 
pro bono legal representatives.
    Legal Orientation Program [LOP].--The Committee supports 
LOP, which was created in 2003 and currently informs more than 
50,000 detained non-citizens per year about their legal rights 
and responsibilities in immigration court. The Committee 
emphasizes that LOP benefits taxpayers by increasing the 
efficiency of immigration proceedings and reducing costs 
related to immigration detention. According to a 2012 DOJ 
report transmitted to this Committee, LOP services resulted in 
net savings to the Government of more than $17,800,000.
    The Committee's recommendation includes no less than 
$29,000,000 for services provided by LOP, including $5,000,000 
for the operation of the Immigration Help Desk [ICH]. LOP 
funding is also provided for LOP for Custodians [LOPC] and the 
LOPC Call Center, including efforts, pursuant to the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-457), for custodians of unaccompanied, 
undocumented children to address the custodian's responsibility 
for the child's appearance at all immigration proceedings and 
to protect the child from mistreatment, exploitation, and 
trafficking. The Committee directs the Department to continue 
all LOP services and activities, including that of the ICH, 
without interruption, including during any review of the 
program, and ensure continuity of staffing and service 
regardless of fluctuations in the immigration court docket or 
in the population in the detention centers served. The 
Committee further directs that all component parts of the LOP 
program, including the ICH, be operated by non-profit NGOs with 
demonstrated immigration law expertise.
    Currently, the LOP activities for detained adults only 
serve approximately one-quarter of immigration detention 
centers. The Committee recommends that EOIR work toward a goal 
of ensuring access to LOP for all detainees, and requests an 
evaluation of the resources necessary to provide LOP services 
at additional sites. The Committee directs that attention be 
paid to geographic equity as LOP expands, and the Committee 
notes the particular need for legal services at more remote 
immigration detention sites that are far from legal service 
providers in urban centers. The Committee directs the 
Department to utilize all appropriated funds solely for 
legitimate program purposes.
    Disposition of EOIR Adjudications.--The joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 directed EOIR to 
coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] to 
brief the Committee, not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of that law, about the steps that each agency takes 
to effectuate and enforce rulings made by EOIR immigration 
judges, once the case is considered final, and any challenges 
EOIR and DHS face in this process. EOIR was further directed to 
provide to the Committee, within 90 days of the date of 
enactment of that law and monthly thereafter, and in 
collaboration with DHS, a report that provides metrics on the 
number of final orders of removal issued by EOIR that have 
resulted in actual removals by DHS during the previous month. 
Such report was to separately identify any such order for which 
the law does not permit DHS to effectuate the removal within 
the period reported. The report was to describe instances where 
removals have not been effectuated due to external 
circumstances, such as recalcitrant countries or visa 
sanctions.
    The Committee renews this directive, and further directs 
that this information be provided on a quarterly basis.
    Furthermore, the Committee directs EOIR to maintain and 
make available on its public website, not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this act, a database tracking 
appeals from findings of no credible fear or no reasonable 
fear.
    Online Address Change System.--The Committee recommends 
that EOIR take steps to develop and pilot a centralized online 
mechanism that enables individuals going through all 
immigration court proceedings to change their address online 
directly with EOIR and automatically provide service to 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    EOIR-NGO Working Group.--The Committee remains concerned 
about the hearing notice process and looks forward to the 
receiving the report directed in the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 under the heading 
``EOIR Working Group''.
    Children's Cases in Immigration Court.--The Committee 
supports the Director's Memorandum on Children's Cases in 
Immigration Court (DM 24-01), which provides a framework on 
which to improve the fairness and efficiency in immigration 
adjudications involving children. The Committee encourages 
implementation of the memorandum and directs EOIR to submit a 
report to the Committee, within 180 days of enactment of this 
act, detailing implementation status. This report shall 
address: the name and number of immigration courts implementing 
juvenile dockets; training that has been provided to juvenile 
docket judges; protocols for assessing individual court 
compliance with the memorandum as well as corrective actions 
taken in the event of noncompliance; methods that courts are 
using to facilitate legal representation for children; any 
immigration court resources conserved by utilization of 
juvenile dockets; and other relevant matters, as appropriate.

                      Office of Inspector General

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $139,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     166,590,000
Committee recommendation................................     146,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $146,000,000 for 
the Office of Inspector General [OIG]. The recommendation is 
$7,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$20,590,000 below the budget request.
    This account finances the activities of the OIG, including 
audits, inspections, investigations, and other reviews of 
programs and operations of the Department to promote efficiency 
and effectiveness, and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and 
abuse, as well as violations of ethical standards arising from 
the conduct of Department employees in their numerous and 
diverse activities.
    Bureau of Prisons [BOP] Oversight.--Over the last three 
fiscal years, the OIG has received more than 27,000 complaints, 
many involving multiple subjects, regarding waste, fraud, or 
abuse at the BOP. The Committee understands that approximately 
50 percent of all OIG investigations involve allegations of BOP 
misconduct. The Committee continues to support OIG's newly 
established interdisciplinary team, which is working to enhance 
its oversight of the BOP by, among other things, increasing the 
number of BOP misconduct allegations accepted for 
investigation; establishing a routine, unannounced inspection 
program of BOP facilities; maximizing information sharing and 
collaboration; and continuously identifying, assessing, and 
tracking significant risks in BOP programs and operations to 
assist OIG leadership with identifying oversight priorities and 
the most effective use of OIG resources.
    Expansion of the OIG's Unannounced Inspections Program.--
The Committee recognizes the OIG's responsiveness to the 
Committee's direction to create an interdisciplinary BOP 
oversight team. The OIG reports that the BOP oversight team has 
conducted unannounced inspections of BOP facilities, and those 
inspections have resulted in significant findings and 
recommendations related to the proper care and custody of 
inmates at those facilities. The Committee believes that 
expanding the OIG's unannounced inspection program would 
produce similar benefits if applied to DOJ's other law 
enforcement components. The Committee directs the OIG to 
provide the Committee with an assessment of the potential 
costs, staffing needs, and potential oversight benefits of 
expanding its unannounced inspection program to other DOJ 
components.
    Review of the FBI Employee Disciplinary Process.--The 
Committee recognizes the OIG's prior oversight work on the 
FBI's disciplinary process. Most recently, the OIG conducted a 
review of the FBI's adjudication process for misconduct 
investigations and made recommendations to the FBI to ensure 
accountability by completing investigations and adjudications 
in all misconduct matters, even where the employee separates 
during an investigation. The Committee directs the OIG to 
continue its oversight of the FBI disciplinary process, by 
assessing three additional topics to promote internal and 
public confidence in this process, including: (1) a follow up 
on the previous OIG recommendations, including steps taken by 
the FBI to ensure that all investigations and adjudications are 
completed, even if the employee separates during the 
investigation; (2) a comprehensive review of the FBI's appeal 
process for misconduct adjudications, to ensure consistency in 
that process, regardless of the level of the employee appealing 
the adjudication decision; and (3) the due process that is 
afforded to FBI and other DOJ law enforcement personnel after a 
security clearance is suspended. The OIG shall issue the 
results of these reviews, which the Committee expects may be 
completed in one or more than one report, including any 
recommendations, within 90 days of the enactment of this act, 
as OIG determines is appropriate and practicable.
    Presidential Nominating Convention [PNC] Security Grants.--
Consistent with longstanding practice, OIG is directed to 
conduct audits of the fiscal year 2024 PNC program. The audits 
shall include an evaluation of the Office of Justice Program's 
standards for determining allowable expenses, and the 
sufficiency of the nexus between allowable expenses and (1) the 
statutory authority for the program, and (2) the Department's 
criminal justice and law enforcement missions.

                    United States Parole Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $14,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      15,530,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,591,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $14,591,000 for the 
United States Parole Commission. The recommendation is $591,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $939,000 below the 
budget request.

                            Legal Activities


            SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,090,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,194,493,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,130,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,130,000,000 for 
General Legal Activities salaries and expenses. The 
recommendation is $40,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $64,493,000 below the budget request.
    This account funds the establishment of litigation policy, 
conduct of litigation, and various other legal responsibilities 
through the Office of the Solicitor General, the Tax Division, 
CRM, the Civil Division, the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division [ENRD], CRT, the Office of Legal Counsel, INTERPOL 
Washington, the Office of Pardon Attorney, and the Office for 
Access to Justice.
    INTERPOL Washington.--From within the funds provided for 
General Legal Activities, the Committee directs the Department 
to provide no less than the fiscal year 2024 level for INTERPOL 
Washington. The Committee has provided no-year authority in the 
amount of $900,000 to ensure sufficient resources are available 
for INTERPOL Washington's increasing dues payments and help the 
Department better manage fluctuations in currency exchange 
rates.
    The Committee supports INTERPOL Washington's request for 
additional investigative analysts and law enforcement personnel 
in order to support the growing case workload and requests from 
international partners. In addition, the Committee continues to 
support INTERPOL Washington's long overdue IT modernization 
efforts. Should additional funding be needed, the Department is 
encouraged to submit a reprogramming request in order to 
complete this project. The Department is further directed to 
support additional secondments of DOJ law enforcement, legal, 
and other analytical personnel to INTERPOL General Secretariat.
    Civil Rights.--The Committee provides no less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level to continue its efforts to 
enforce civil rights laws; expand its capacity to prosecute and 
provide litigation support for human trafficking, hate crimes, 
and unsolved civil rights era crimes; carry out its 
responsibilities associated with the civil rights of 
institutionalized persons and the access rights of the 
disabled; investigate and prosecute police misconduct; and 
enhance the enforcement of fair housing and fair lending laws.
    Civil Rights Violations in State and Local Prisons and 
Jails.--The Committee continues to be concerned by reports of 
civil rights violations in State and local prisons and jails 
and directs CRT to increase efforts to investigate and address 
violations of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act 
(Public Law 96-247) in State and local prisons and jails. The 
Committee directs CRT to use such sums as necessary from 
amounts appropriated in fiscal year 2025 to address such issues 
in State and local prisons and jails.
    Supplemental Environmental Projects.--The Committee 
acknowledges that the Environmental and Natural Resources 
Division's [ENRD] civil enforcement activity includes civil 
violation remediation through supplemental environmental 
projects [SEPs], which can provide tangible environmental or 
public health benefits to the harmed community or environment. 
The Committee encourages the Department to negotiate SEPs in 
cases where such projects would benefit communities affected by 
illegal pollution. The Committee appreciates the DOJ's guidance 
on use of SEPs in civil enforcement alongside other enforcement 
authorities, and further encourages the Department to consider 
remaining barriers to their incorporation.
    Animal Welfare Act Enforcement.--The Committee supports the 
Memorandum of Understanding issued on March 8, 2024, between 
DOJ and the U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] and their 
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 
DOJ receives necessary information regarding AWA violators, who 
have multiple citations for conduct that seriously or adversely 
affects the health or well-being of an animal, in a timely 
manner. The Department shall report to the Committee, within 90 
days of enactment of this act, on its AWA enforcement actions.
    International Trade Crimes.--The Committee is concerned 
with the rise in international trade 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 
Committee strongly supports the Criminal Division's efforts 
with respect to the detection, investigation, and prosecution 
of trade-related crimes, and directs the Division to provide 
dedicated resources for these efforts. The focus of these 
efforts should be enhancing nationwide responses to 
transshipment and other trade-related crimes; 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 directs the Division to submit a report, 
within 60 days of the enactment of this act, on the 
implementation of this directive.
    Seafood Importation Enforcement.--The Committee directs 
ENRD, in consultation with EOUSA, within 6 months of the 
enactment of this act, to submit a report detailing: (1) the 
number of referrals it has received from the NOAA Office of Law 
Enforcement regarding the false labeling or illegal importation 
of foreign seafood; and (2) the number of charged cases from 
those referrals. The Committee encourages ENRD and USAO to 
expand efforts to combat the false labeling and illegal 
importation of foreign seafood.

               THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $22,700,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      36,738,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,700,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $22,700,000 for 
legal costs, to be derived from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Trust Fund. The recommendation is equal to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $14,038,000 below the budget request. 
However, according to the Department, the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program anticipates carryover of approximately 
$10,500,000 from fiscal year 2024 into fiscal year 2025.
    This account covers the Department's expenses associated 
with litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine 
Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660).

               SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $233,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     288,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     288,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $288,000,000 for 
the Antitrust Division. The recommendation is $55,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget 
request.
    Consistent with section 605 of Public Law 101-162, all fees 
collected by the Antitrust Division shall remain available to 
the Antitrust Division until expended.

                        UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $2,611,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   2,826,433,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,664,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $2,664,000,000 for 
the Executive Office for United States Attorneys [EOUSA] and 
the 94 USAOs. The recommendation is $53,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $162,433,000 below the 
budget request.
    As in past years, the Committee directs the United States 
Attorneys to focus their efforts on those crimes where the 
unique resources, expertise, or jurisdiction of the Federal 
Government can be most effective.
    Civil Rights Prosecutions.--The Committee's recommendation 
provides no less than the fiscal year 2024 level for continued 
civil rights enforcement that will advance both criminal and 
civil litigation, including the prosecution of sex and labor 
trafficking.
    MMIP Prosecutions.--The Committee is encouraged by the 
steps the Department has taken to allocate new resources to 
address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons 
and urges the Department to continue to increase resources and 
improve coordination to investigate, respond to, and prevent 
crimes in order to promote public safety in Tribal communities. 
The Committee further recommends the Department ensure 
sufficient resources are made available to sustain this work.

                   UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $245,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     263,514,000
Committee recommendation................................     250,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $250,000,000 for 
the United States Trustee System Fund. The recommendation is 
$5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$13,514,000 below the budget request. The appropriation is 
offset by $245,000,000 in fee collections.
    The United States Trustee Program [USTP], authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 581 et seq., is the component of the Department with 
responsibility for protecting the integrity of the bankruptcy 
system by overseeing case administration and litigation to 
enforce the bankruptcy laws.

      SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $2,504,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       2,656,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,504,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $2,504,000 for the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. The recommendation is 
equal to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $152,000 below 
the budget request.
    The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of 
American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation, 
or other takings of their properties and interests by foreign 
governments.

                     FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $270,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     320,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     320,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $320,000,000 for 
fees and expenses of witnesses. The recommendation is 
$50,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request.
    This appropriation, which is considered mandatory for 
scorekeeping purposes, provides for fees and expenses of 
witnesses who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in 
which the United States is a party, including fact and expert 
witnesses. These funds are also used for mental competency 
examinations and witness and informant protection. The 
Committee includes bill language prohibiting the Department 
from transferring funds out of this account.
    The Committee expects that no funds will be expended for 
expert witness services, including the payment of fees and 
expenses of expert witnesses, from any other DOJ accounts but 
Fees and Expenses of Witnesses.

           SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $24,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      29,088,000
Committee recommendation................................      25,024,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $25,024,000 for 
CRS. The recommendation is $1,024,000 above the fiscal year 
2024 enacted level and $4,064,000 below the budget request.
    Established by Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(Public Law 88-352), CRS provides assistance to communities and 
persons in the prevention and resolution of disagreements 
arising from discriminatory practices. The CRS is encouraged to 
partner with and support community-based organizations when 
possible in order to better support community-based 
peacebuilding and violence prevention efforts.
    Hate Crimes Prevention.--Within the recommendation, the 
Committee provides no less than the fiscal year 2024 level to 
handle the workload and responsibilities stemming from passage 
of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes 
Prevention Act [HCPA] (Public Law 111-84). The HCPA expanded 
CRS's mandate, requiring that CRS help communities prevent and 
respond to violent hate crimes committed on the basis of 
gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and 
disability, in addition to race, color, and national origin. 
This funding will maximize the CRS crisis response nationwide 
and enable CRS to fulfill both its original mandate and 
expanded mandate under the HCPA.

                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $20,514,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      20,514,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,514,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $20,514,000 for the 
Assets Forfeiture Fund [AFF]. The recommendation is equal to 
both the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and budget request.

                     United States Marshals Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,692,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,865,630,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,733,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,733,000,000 for 
United States Marshals Service [USMS] salaries and expenses. 
The recommendation is $41,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $132,630,000 below the budget request. The 
core missions of USMS include the apprehension of fugitives; 
protection of the Federal judiciary and witnesses; execution of 
warrants and court orders; and the custody and transportation 
of unsentenced prisoners. The Committee's recommended funding 
level provides for workforce transformation efforts that will 
ensure the USMS builds the most flexible, efficient workforce.
    In addition to receiving direct appropriations, the 
Committee is aware that USMS also receives funding from the 
Department's AFF to augment salaries and expenses that are 
intended to administer directly AFF-related activities like the 
management and sale of forfeited assets. The Committee directs 
the Department to continue to provide quarterly reports on 
USMS's use of AFF funding, as directed in Senate Report 116-127 
and adopted by Public Law 116-93.
    Regional Fugitive Task Forces.--USMS is directed to begin 
establishing regional fugitive task forces in the New England 
and Midwest regions. Should USMS need additional resources to 
fully fund this effort, funding from unobligated balances 
should be used.
    Judicial Security.--Over the last three fiscal years, 
Congress has made critical investments in judicial security, 
including the replacement of outdated home intrusion detections 
systems, establishment of an open-source intelligence office 
within the USMS Judicial Security Division, and additional 
staffing. Given the ever-changing threat landscape, the 
Committee directs USMS to provide quarterly reports on the cost 
of protective details, threat assessments and intelligence, and 
other needs required to protect the Federal judiciary.
    In May 2022, the Marshal of the Supreme Court requested the 
temporary assistance of the Department to secure the residences 
of all nine United States Supreme Court Justices. The Attorney 
General complied with the request and ordered the USMS to 
provide security at each residence 24 hours per day, seven days 
per week. Support from the USMS to the Supreme Court Police 
[SCP] has been necessary on a temporary basis, but USMS is not 
permanently staffed for this residential security mission and 
continued redirection of USMS base resources will continue to 
strain critical USMS missions nationwide. Accordingly, the 
Committee supports the full USMS fiscal year 2025 request for 
United States Supreme Court Protective Services. USMS shall 
transition this residential security mission to the SCP by the 
end of fiscal year 2026.
    Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System [JPATS].--
JPATS coordinates and executes prisoner and detainee movements 
for USMS and the Bureau of Prisons. JPATS also transports 
Department of Defense and State and local prisoners on a 
reimbursable, space-available basis. Within 180 days of the 
date of the enactment of this act, USMS shall submit a report 
assessing the utilization of JPATS by State and local law 
enforcement.
    Detention Facilities.--The Committee directs USMS to 
submit, within 90 days of the enactment of this act, a report 
on the continuing impact of Executive Order 14006 on detention 
operations, including on budgetary resources, custody and 
transportation logistics, and detainee constitutional rights. 
The Committee reiterates the acknowledgment in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117-103 that the 
Department has the discretion to make exceptions where there is 
a lack of suitable government-operated detention space.
    Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Generate Actionable 
Leads.--Within the funds provided, the Committee encourages 
USMS to utilize existing technologies to acquire, analyze, and 
transcribe non-privileged communications, to address fentanyl 
trafficking and transnational gang activity in detention 
facilities. The Committee directs USMS to submit a report, 
within 180 days of the enactment of this act, describing the 
deployment of these technologies.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $15,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      18,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      18,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $18,000,000 for 
construction in space controlled, occupied, or utilized by USMS 
in Federal courthouses and buildings, including but not limited 
to the creation, renovation, and expansion of prisoner movement 
areas, elevators, and other law enforcement and court security 
support space. The recommendation is $3,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request.

                       FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $2,100,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   2,140,697,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,240,697,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $2,240,697,000 for 
Federal Prisoner Detention. The recommendation is $140,697,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $100,000,000 above 
the budget request.

                       National Security Division


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $128,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     143,540,000
Committee recommendation................................     133,512,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $133,512,000 for 
the National Security Division [NSD]. The recommendation is 
$5,512,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$10,028,000 below the budget request.
    The NSD coordinates the Department's national security and 
counterterrorism missions through law enforcement 
investigations and prosecutions, and handles counterespionage 
cases. The NSD works in coordination with the FBI, the 
Intelligence Community, and USAO. Its primary function is to 
prevent acts of terrorism and espionage from being perpetrated 
in the United States by foreign powers.

              Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $547,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     550,458,000
Committee recommendation................................     550,458,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $550,458,000 for 
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement. The recommendation is 
$3,458,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request.
    The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement account funds 
the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces [OCDETF] 
program. The mission of the OCDETF program is to ensure a 
coordinated, multi-agency, intelligence-based, and prosecutor-
led approach to identifying, disrupting, and dismantling those 
drug trafficking and money-laundering organizations primarily 
responsible for the Nation's illicit drug supply and drug-
related violence.
    OCDETF Strike Forces.--The Committee directs the Department 
to ensure that appropriate personnel, including experienced 
ATF, DEA and FBI agents, deputy U.S. marshals, and assistant 
U.S. attorneys are participating in OCDETF Strike Forces in 
communities with rising levels of violent crime.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024.................................... $10,643,713,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................  11,272,944,000
Committee recommendation................................  10,761,762,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $10,761,762,000 for 
the FBI salaries and expenses. The recommendation is 
$118,049,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$511,182,000 below the budget request.
    Criminal Justice Information Services [CJIS].--The 
Committee provides no less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level for the NICS Section. The Committee supports the full 
budget request for CJIS, including the technical adjustment for 
implementation of Public Law 117-159.
    OIG Audits on NICS Protocols and Procedures.--The FBI was 
directed to submit a report on NICS protocols and procedures 
not later than 90 days after the enactment of Public Law 117-
328 and has failed to do so. The Committee directs the 
immediate submission of this report. This report shall provide 
detailed explanations of how the FBI is addressing each of the 
recommendations described in both the OIG's September 2016 
Audit of the Handling of Firearms Purchase Denials Through the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (Report 16-
32) and the July 2021 Audit of Selected Aspects of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background 
Check System (Report 21-095). If the FBI is not implementing a 
specific recommendation from these audits, the FBI shall 
explain whether it intends to implement the specific 
recommendations and if not, the FBI's justification for not 
pursuing the recommended course of action. Furthermore, the 
report shall include what, if any, changes to the Standard 
Operating Procedures the FBI has made since 2015 to better 
process NICS inquiries in the 3-day period. All unclassified 
data shall be publicly reported by the FBI.
    Computational Technology and Capacity.--Within the 
recommendation, the Committee directs the FBI to sustain 
efforts by the Operational Technology Division and the Science 
and Technology Branch, including through partnerships with 
industry and academia, to develop and procure infrastructure, 
technology, and associated manpower to strengthen the FBI's 
scientific computing initiatives. The FBI is directed to submit 
a report, within 120 days of the enactment of this act, 
describing these investments and a long-term procurement 
strategy.
    Personnel Retention in High Cost of Living Areas.--The 
Committee understands there are disparities between FBI 
employee compensation and the cost of living in some field 
office areas of responsibility. This disparity underscores 
national security and personnel performance risks, thus 
affecting the FBI mission. Over the years, the FBI has tried to 
mitigate some of these risks by offering relocation and 
retention incentives to eligible personnel, however, these 
incentives are usually offered for a small duration and are not 
sufficient to fully resolve the problem. The Committee believes 
this problem exists across other law enforcement and litigating 
components within the Department as well. Therefore, the 
Committee directs the Department to report, within 120 days of 
enactment of this act, on what authorities and funding are 
needed, by component, for a permanent solution.
    Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center [TEDAC] and 
Hazardous Device School [HDS].--The Committee's recommendation 
provides no less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
TEDAC and HDS.
    Swatting.--The Committee is concerned about the increase in 
swatting incidents and understands that State and local law 
enforcement are the front-line responders to these dangerous 
incidents. However, the Committee is encouraged to learn about 
the FBI's increased outreach to their State and local law 
enforcement partners and the FBI's newly-created national 
online database to facilitate information sharing pertaining to 
swatting incidents. The Committee directs the FBI to continue 
to support State and local partners as much as possible in 
swatting incidents, including providing resources sufficient to 
support the National online database and by preserving 
information, identifying common traits or patterns, and 
assessing where the attacks appear to be related.
    Human Rights Violations.--The Committee directs the FBI to 
increase its efforts to investigate and support the 
Department's criminal prosecution of serious human rights 
crimes, including genocide, torture, use or recruitment of 
child soldiers, war crimes, and other crimes committed by 
serious human rights violators, particularly in light of the 
newly established War Crimes Accountability Team's efforts to 
respond to war crimes and other atrocities committed during 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the added responsibilities of 
the Criminal Division to prosecute war criminals under the 
Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act of 2022. The Committee 
recommends funding at no less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level.
    The Committee directs the FBI to continue this effort 
through the International Human Rights Unit [IHRU], which the 
FBI shall not dissolve or merge with any other office, and 
which shall continue to fully cooperate with and participate in 
the Human Rights Violator and War Crimes Center [HRVWCC]. The 
Committee is concerned that the FBI's previously proposed 
realignment of personnel from the HRVWCC to its Civil Rights 
Unit would diminish the FBI's ability to adequately pursue 
human rights violators and upset the delicate relationship the 
FBI has created between investigators and NGOs focused on 
identifying and assisting victims of these atrocities.
    The Committee supports the FBI's stated goals of increasing 
the number of cases investigated and prosecuted, growing the 
number of investigators and prosecutors educated and trained to 
address the threat, and engaging more with affected communities 
throughout the Nation but is skeptical that merging 
international human rights into the civil rights program will 
accomplish these objectives. The Committee understands that the 
FBI has begun to incorporate international human rights issues 
in its annual civil rights conference efforts and encourages 
the FBI to continue to expand upon these endeavors.
    The Committee also encourages the FBI to utilize its civil 
rights program coordinators in the field to engage with 
partners in USAO, NGOs, and local communities to create a 
better understanding of the threat, drive prosecutions, and 
encourage reporting of international human rights violators. 
The Committee further directs the IHRU to provide training to 
all FBI field offices on how to detect and investigate crimes 
committed by serious human rights violators, and to report to 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary, within 90 
days of enactment of this act, on the IHRU's efforts to 
increase the number of human rights investigations and provide 
training to all field offices and opportunities for community 
engagements, including the numbers for each.
    Hate Crimes Reporting.--The joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 117-328 directed the FBI to submit a 
report on its continued efforts to ensure that all Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agencies fully report hate 
crimes statistics, as provided by the Hate Crime Statistics Act 
of 1990 (Public Law 101-275, as amended) and the HCPA. The FBI 
has failed to do so, and the Committee directs the immediate 
submission of this report. The report shall include an 
assessment of whether jurisdictions reporting zero hate crimes 
are accurate in their reporting, and factors leading to 
inaccurate reporting. The report shall detail efforts to ensure 
all law enforcement agencies know of the reporting obligations 
and shall describe any gaps in reporting, strategies to 
overcome those gaps, and challenges to the full nationwide 
implementation of NIBRS. In addition, the report shall detail 
the FBI's continued outreach and education on hate crimes 
reporting, including the number of trainings conducted on best 
practices to address hate crimes and efforts the FBI is 
undertaking to help ensure that all victims feel secure 
reporting hate crimes to law enforcement authorities. Lastly, 
the Committee continues to urge State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement agencies to include the cost of participation in 
the FBI's Hate Crime Statistics Act program for the purposes of 
calculating extraordinary expenses associated with the 
investigation and prosecution of hate crimes under the HCPA.
    National Bioforensic Analysis Center.--The Committee 
recognizes the need to maintain operations at the National 
Bioforensic Analysis Center [NBFAC]. The Committee supports the 
bioforensic analysis and investigations performed at NBFAC and 
appreciates that the NBFAC currently operates under a cost-
sharing memorandum with the DHS, for the FBI to maintain 
ongoing operations at this facility. The Committee provides 
$21,840,000 for the FBI's role at the NBFAC.
    Combatting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.--The 
Committee has long expressed serious concern about the 
sufficiency of efforts to combat modern slavery and human 
trafficking, particularly in rural areas. The Committee directs 
the FBI to allocate additional staff dedicated to human 
trafficking at its field offices with the largest geographic 
areas of responsibility.
    FBI Police.--The Committee encourages the FBI to coordinate 
with the Office of Personnel Management [OPM] and any other 
relevant agencies to assist with designating the members of the 
FBI Police as law enforcement officers, and to make the rates 
of basic pay, salary schedule, pay provisions, and benefits for 
its members equivalent to the rates of basic pay, salary 
schedule, pay provisions, and benefits applicable to other 
similar law enforcement divisions.
    Operational Medicine Partnership Program.--The health and 
safety of its agents should be a top priority for the FBI, 
given the routine risk of physical harm they face daily 
carrying out critical national security missions. The Committee 
continues to strongly support the FBI's use of external 
partnerships as part of its Operational Medicine Program to 
support medical contingency planning and improve the delivery 
of medical care for high-risk law enforcement missions.
    Small, Medium, and Veteran-owned Businesses.--As the FBI 
expands programs associated with its 21st Century Facilities 
plan, the Committee strongly encourages the FBI to better 
leverage the capabilities of established small, medium, and 
veteran-owned businesses. The Committee further encourages the 
FBI to pursue ``industry days'' and other means of outreach to 
expand upon these relationships.
    Transnational Repression.--Within the funds provided, the 
Committee directs the FBI to ensure its tip lines and 
electronic threat intake portals are staffed by people with the 
cultural and linguistic ability to communicate effectively with 
diaspora and exile communities and knowledge of the tactics of 
transnational repression. The FBI should ensure that the tip 
line, to the maximum extent practicable, protects the 
confidentiality of the identifying information of individuals 
who may report potential transnational repression.
    Within the funds provided, the Committee directs the FBI to 
provide specialized training to FBI employees on how to 
identify different tactics of transnational repression in 
physical and nonphysical forms, which governments are known to 
employ transnational repression most frequently, which 
communities and locations in the United States are most 
vulnerable to transnational repression, tools of digital 
surveillance and other cyber tools used to carry out 
transnational repression activities, and espionage and foreign 
agent laws.
    The Committee directs the FBI to submit a report within 120 
days of enactment of this act regarding the FBI's activities 
related to combatting transnational repression, including (1) 
policy and programmatic-related initiatives the FBI has 
instituted to address transnational repression, including 
related costs; (2) metrics that detail how successful the FBI 
has been in addressing transnational repression; and (3) what 
further programs and resources the FBI may need to successfully 
address transnational repression tactics against American 
nationals.
    FBI Facilities.--The vast majority of FBI facilities are 
located at properties owned by the General Services 
Administration [GSA], leased through GSA, or leased directly 
with a lessor using GSA delegated authority. However, the FBI 
owns its facilities at Quantico, Clarksburg, Redstone Arsenal, 
Pocatello, and a small number of other sites. Direct ownership 
of these facilities saves millions in rental payments to GSA 
and private lessors, yet leaves the FBI responsible for basic 
operations and maintenance [O&M] costs. To avoid the 
deterioration of these assets, the Committee directs the 
Department to account for full O&M costs in future budget 
requests.
    Respect for Child Survivors Act.--The Committee directs the 
FBI to submit a report on the status of the implementation of 
the Respect for Child Survivors Act (Public Law 117-354), 
including its plans and protocols to use and coordinate with 
children's advocacy center-based multidisciplinary teams when 
interviewing all witnesses covered by the act. The report shall 
be submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Appropriations within 180 days of the enactment of 
this act.
    Foreign Language Translation.--The Committee supports the 
FBI's efforts to leverage artificial intelligence at the 
National Virtual Translation Center and the FBI Foreign 
Language Program. The Committee directs the FBI to submit a 
report, within 180 days of the enactment of this act, on these 
efforts and any associated resource requirements. The report 
shall further assess challenges the FBI faces in recruiting and 
retaining human translators, particularly for high-priority 
foreign languages.
    Foreign Acquisition of U.S. Farmland.--The Committee is 
aware of the growing acquisition of U.S. farmland by foreign 
nationals from adversarial nation states. The Committee directs 
the FBI to submit a report, within nine months of the enactment 
of this act, assessing the scope and context of such purchases, 
and any associated threats. The report may be transmitted 
through classified channels, as necessary and appropriate.
    FBI Child Abduction Rapid Deployment [CARD] Teams.--The 
Committee commends the crucial work of the FBI's CARD teams, 
and acknowledges the support they provide for State and local 
law enforcement when a child is abducted. As child abduction 
cases are extremely time-sensitive, and require a comprehensive 
and rapid law enforcement response, the Committee directs the 
Department and the FBI to increase outreach to State and local 
law enforcement agencies, and to provide additional instruction 
on how the CARD team program can be utilized.
    Substance Use and Violent Crime in Indian Country.--The 
Committee is concerned about the increasing presence of 
international drug trafficking organizations in Indian Country, 
specifically in rural areas with large land-based Tribes. The 
Committee encourages the FBI to continue prioritizing resources 
to combat and disrupt these organizations, while also focusing 
on the role of dangerous drugs and violent crimes in Indian 
Country, the possible sources of supply for the drugs, and how 
the FBI can work with its local partners to provide prevention 
and educational programming opportunities in Tribal areas.
    Recognizing the importance of a comprehensive approach to 
combatting violent crime in Indian Country, the Committee 
directs the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division and its 
Indian Country and International Violent Crime Unit [ICIVCU] to 
create an operation, similar in structure to the recent 
Operation Not Forgotten, to surge resources to enhance FBI's 
presence in Indian Country, including by assisting State, 
local, and Tribal law enforcement in combatting violent crime 
and drug trafficking. The operation shall deploy FBI special 
agents, intelligence analysts, staff operational specialists, 
and victim specialists to FBI field offices and resident 
agencies with Indian Country responsibilities with particular 
focus on rural locations with large land-based Tribes.
    Investigation of the July 13 Assassination Attempt.--The 
Committee is appalled by the strategic, operational, and 
logistical security failures that allowed for the assassination 
attempt of July 13, 2024. The Committee believes the American 
people deserve a complete and detailed understanding of all 
matters leading up to this event, including the motivations and 
criminal acts of the attempted assassin. The Committee directs 
the FBI to provide all resources necessary for a complete and 
detailed investigation of this matter. Within 30 days of the 
enactment of this act, the FBI is further directed to submit a 
report accounting for the resources dedicated to the 
investigation thus far, including data from its time 
utilization and recordkeeping [TURK] system. Finally, in light 
of the extraordinary need for a public understanding of these 
events, the Committee directs the FBI to issue a public report 
on its findings and assessments once the investigation is 
complete.
    Report on the Chinese Spy Balloon.--The Committee directs 
the Director of the FBI to submit to the Committees a report 
and related intelligence on the People's Republic of China spy 
balloon that was shot down on February 4, 2023, within 30 days 
of the enactment of this act.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      61,895,000
Committee recommendation................................     211,895,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $211,895,000 for 
FBI construction. The recommendation is $181,895,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $150,000,000 above the 
budget request. Funding above the budget request is provided 
for compliance with the United States Intelligence Community's 
Secure Work Environment standards, including through the 
construction and maintenances of SCIFs and the installation and 
maintenance of Top Secret networks.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $2,567,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   2,687,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,600,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides total resources of 
$2,600,000,000 for the DEA salaries and expenses, of which 
$651,723,000 is derived from the DEA's Diversion Control Fee 
Account. The recommendation is $33,000,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and $87,000,000 below the budget 
request.
    The DEA's mission is to enforce the controlled substances 
laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the 
criminal and civil justice system of the United States--or any 
other competent jurisdiction--those organizations and principal 
members of organizations involved in the growing, 
manufacturing, or distribution of controlled substances 
appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United 
States; and to support non-enforcement programs aimed at 
reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on 
the domestic and international markets.
    The Committee's recommendation supports DEA's efforts to 
reverse the significant decline in special agent employment 
levels to ensure the DEA has the personnel necessary to combat 
the ongoing methamphetamine and opioid crises. The Committee 
encourages the DEA to assign agents to the geographic areas 
that are most broadly impacted by methamphetamines and opioids.
    Social Media Platforms.--The Committee is aware that online 
drug sales pose a growing threat to Americans of all ages, but 
particularly teens. The Committee adopts and reiterates the 
directive under this heading in Senate Report 118-62, as 
adopted into the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 118-42. The Committee looks forward to the timely 
submission of this report.
    Fentanyl Analogues.--Given the worsening opioid epidemic, 
the Committee encourages DEA to continue its efforts to test 
and schedule fentanyl-related substances to advance the 
scientific and medical research of these dangerous substances. 
The DEA shall report, and make available for public comment, 
the scientific and medical evaluation provided by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services as part of any proposed rule in 
the Federal Register relating to the scheduling of a fentanyl-
related substance. The DEA shall include all pharmacological 
data that it considered, as well as information related to the 
identification and testing of the substance that is the subject 
of the proposed rule. The Department shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary, within 90 days 
of enactment of this act, the status of studies and scheduling 
recommendations for all fentanyl analogues it has identified.
    Fentanyl Tracking.--The Committee directs the DEA to use 
the provided funding to develop a comprehensive fentanyl 
tracking system, which includes documentation of seizure 
location, chemical composition, probable or known manufacturing 
location, and probable or known point of entry into the U.S., 
if applicable. The DEA shall report back to the Committee on 
these efforts within 90 days of the enactment of this act.
    DEA Suspicious Orders Report System [SORS].--The Committee 
directs DEA to take further action to remove barriers to access 
for opioid use disorder medications. DEA must clarify the 
difference between suspicious orders of opioids and suspicious 
orders of buprenorphine on SORS. DEA should also work with 
other Federal regulators, including the Department of Health 
and Human Services [HHS] and FDA, to ensure these barriers are 
removed after necessary clarifications are made. The Committee 
adopts and reiterates the directive under this heading in 
Senate Report 118-62, as adopted into the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 118-42. The Committee looks 
forward to the timely submission of this report.
    Xylazine.--The FDA and DEA have issued warnings regarding 
the risks of the human consumption of xylazine, a sedative used 
in veterinary medicine and in farming. Media reports indicate 
the increased use of the drug, by itself or in combination with 
other substances, is resulting in worsening addiction and is 
causing physical wounds to those who use illicit opioids. The 
DEA shall report to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Judiciary, within 90 days of enactment of this act, on the 
prevalence of xylazine in drug seizures, information about 
known distribution networks for the drug, and potential harm-
reduction strategies.
    Hemp Testing Technology.--The Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115-334) removed hemp and its derivatives 
from the Controlled Substances Act (Public Law 91-513, as 
amended), and authorized the production, consumption, and sale 
of hemp and hemp-derived products in the United States. The act 
requires random testing to ensure hemp meets the definition 
under the law of having a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] 
concentration of less than 0.3 percent. The Committee is aware 
that DEA has developed field-testing kits that can distinguish 
between hemp and marijuana on the spot. The Committee directs 
the DEA to continue to work to ensure State and local law 
enforcement have access to this field test technology so they 
can more efficiently conduct their drug interdiction efforts at 
the local level. The Committee further directs the DEA to 
report to the Committee, not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this act, and not less than every 180 days 
thereafter, until such time as testing kits are deployed to 
State and local law enforcement in the field.
    Destruction of Controlled Substances.--The Committee adopts 
and reiterates the language under this caption in Senate Report 
118-62, as adopted into the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 118-42.
    Digital Evidence to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis.--Digital 
evidence technology enables adherence to standardized, secure 
operating procedures required to legally collect, forensically 
review, and efficiently analyze digital evidence with similar 
rigor and consistency to wiretaps, DNA, and fingerprint 
evidence. The Committee urges DEA to establish and formalize a 
tiered digital evidence enterprise program. Such a program 
should encompass the entire digital evidence workflow, 
including collection, review, and analysis by agents, analysts, 
and forensic examiners. DEA program personnel should uniformly 
deploy digital evidence technical capabilities and training 
across all DEA Divisions. With access to digital intelligence 
technology and training, DEA personnel can leverage 
capabilities like automation, machine learning, and optical 
character recognition to enable sharing and analysis of 
collected digital evidence both internally for deconfliction 
and externally with other Federal agencies and State and local 
partners.
    Preventing Drug Use By College-Age Individuals.--The 
Committee adopts and reiterates the language under this caption 
in Senate Report 118-62, as adopted into the joint explanatory 
statement accompanying Public Law 118-42. The Committee looks 
forward to the timely submission of this report.
    Tribal Consultation.--Prior to the finalization of the 
Proposed Rule for Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled 
Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a 
Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation (88 Fed. Reg. 12875), the 
Committee directs DEA to engage in meaningful Tribal 
consultation with federally recognized Tribes affected by the 
proposed rulemaking, as required by the DOJ Tribal Consultation 
Policy, Executive Order 13175, Executive Order 13604, and a 
November 30, 2022, Presidential Memorandum mandating executive 
agency consultation with Indian nations and Tribes.
    Insomnia Pharmaceuticals.--The Committee supports DEA's 
efforts, in coordination with the Food and Drug Administration 
[FDA], to ensure the availability of non-addictive treatments 
for insomnia, particularly for high-risk populations like 
servicemembers, veterans, and first responders. The Committee 
encourages DEA to request 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, particularly as by law, DEA is bound by an 
HHS decision to deschedule. The Committee directs DEA to 
provide a briefing, within 60 days of the enactment of this 
act, 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.
    Fentanyl Precursors.--According to DEA, chemical companies 
within the People's Republic of China produce and sell the 
majority of precursor chemicals that are used by the Sinaloa 
and Jalisco Cartels to manufacture fentanyl and 
methamphetamine. The DEA Administrator has testified that these 
precursor chemicals ``are the foundation of the fentanyl and 
methamphetamine that are manufactured and transported from 
Mexico into the United States, and that are causing tens of 
thousands of drug-related deaths in our country.'' The 
Committee commends DEA for recent operations that concluded in 
the first-ever charges to be brought against Chinese companies 
for fentanyl trafficking, and urges DEA to sustain these 
efforts to combat the exportation and sale of fentanyl 
precursors.
    Advanced Analytics and Digital Evidence.--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 Committee directs the DEA to implement an efficient data 
sharing mechanism for digital evidence collected from 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.
    The program should encompass the entire digital evidence 
workflow from collection and review, to the analysis conducted 
by field agents and analysts, and to the forensic examiners in 
the lab; and should uniformly deploy digital evidence technical 
capabilities and training across all 23 DEA Divisions. The 
Committee recognizes that 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. With 
access to digital intelligence technology and training, DEA 
special agents, Technical Operations Group leaders, and 
investigative research specialists can leverage automation, 
machine learning, and optical character recognition to enable 
sharing and analysis of collected digital evidence both 
internally and externally.
    Combatting Drug Trafficking in Indian Country.--The 
Committee is concerned about the increased presence of 
international drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) in DEA's 
Rocky Mountain Division, specifically in Indian Country and 
areas with large land-based Tribes. These organizations are 
contributing to an increase in drug and violent crimes in 
Indian Country and surrounding communities. The Committee 
directs the DEA, within 180 days of enactment of this act, to 
develop a strategy, working in consultation with local, state, 
Tribal and other federal law enforcement agencies, to combat 
the growing presence of these organizations in rural states 
with large land-based Tribes, with particular focus on DTOs in 
DEA's Rocky Mountain Division.

          Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,625,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,952,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,685,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,685,000,000 for 
ATF salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $60,000,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $267,000,000 below 
the budget request. The Committee supports the budget request 
for Forensics Services Crime Gun Intelligence.
    ATF reduces the criminal use of firearms and illegal 
firearms trafficking, and assists other Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies in reducing crime and violence. 
ATF investigates bombing and arson incidents and assists with 
improving public safety by reducing the criminal misuse of and 
trafficking in explosives, combating acts of arson and arson-
for-profit schemes, and removing safety hazards caused by 
improper and unsafe storage of explosive materials.
    Combating Gun Violence and Enforcing Existing Gun Laws.--
The Committee's recommendation maintains ATF's ability to 
enforce existing firearms laws and perform regulatory oversight 
and training, including through the National Integrated 
Ballistics Information Network [NIBIN]. This funding will 
enable ATF to continue to collect, report, and share ballistic 
intelligence with Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement partners to identify, target, and disrupt violent 
criminals, including serial shooters. Funds will support work 
with State and local law enforcement agencies and laboratories 
to collect ballistic hit information to provide leads to Crime 
Gun Intelligence Groups for investigations and document 
successful prosecutions as a result of NIBIN.
    Crime Gun Intelligence Centers [CGICs].--The Committee 
appreciates ATF's efforts with the CGIC program, an interagency 
collaboration focused on the immediate collection, management, 
and analysis of crime gun evidence in real time, in an effort 
to identify shooters, disrupt criminal activity, and prevent 
future violence. There are currently more than 55 CGIC sites 
across the country, and the Committee encourages the ATF to 
work with additional high-risk areas to identify solutions and 
metrics to demonstrate meaningful reductions in illegal gun 
trafficking and related violent crime.
    NIBIN Expansion.--The Committee supports efforts to expand 
the use of NIBIN and to ensure all law enforcement agencies 
have access to NIBIN's correlation services, including through 
the NIBIN National Correlation and Training Center [NNCTC]. The 
Committee appreciates the investments being made by State and 
local partners to collect and share ballistics evidence across 
geographically separated law enforcement jurisdictions and 
encourages ATF to continue to build on these investments and 
consider additional service models to offer departments, 
including Tribal law enforcement agencies, access to NIBIN. The 
Committee further directs that ATF examine ways to expand 
access to NIBIN to State and local agencies in the New England 
and southwest border regions.
    Training Law Enforcement Partners.--The Committee expects 
ATF to continue to provide training to local and State law 
enforcement agencies on submitting trace requests of firearms 
recovered in criminal investigations to ATF. Firearm tracing 
provides critical information to assist law enforcement 
agencies investigate and solve firearms crimes. The Committee 
supports the ongoing efforts of Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies to solve violent crimes and urges ATF to 
provide all possible training opportunities in support of these 
efforts.
    Preventing Firearm Straw Purchases.--The Committee notes 
that preventing firearms purchases by prohibited persons is 
critical to ATF's efforts to prevent violent crime and protect 
public safety. ATF has initiated a public awareness campaign to 
reduce firearm straw purchases at the retail level, and to 
educate would-be straw purchasers of the penalties of knowingly 
participating in an illegal firearm purchase. The Committee 
expects continued funding of this initiative, as authorized 
under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Public Law 117-
159).
    National Services Center.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of the ATF's National Services Center [NSC], which 
houses several mission-critical functions, including the 
National Tracing Center [NTC], the Firearms and Ammunition 
Technology Division [FATD], and the National Firearms Act [NFA] 
Division, among others. The Committee directs the ATF to submit 
a report to this Committee, within 120 days of enactment of 
this act, on the needs, including occupational hazards and 
risks as well as impact on ATF's mission, associated with the 
current Martinsburg facilities, and the cost and feasibility of 
constructing a new physical structure or expanding existing 
spaces versus continuing repairs over a 10-year period.
    Publicly Available Information [PAI].--The Committee 
recognizes the critical role ATF plays in the effort to curb 
the illegal trafficking of weapons that fuels gang violence, 
human trafficking, the import of illegal narcotics, and 
potential terrorist activities, and understands that 
effectively combatting these threats requires the analysis of 
open source information, considered broadly as social media, 
blogs, message boards, deep and dark web content, and other 
related publicly or commercially available web-based content. 
The Committee encourages ATF to expand its access to PAI and 
PAI analytical tools. Such access and analytical tools should 
encompass multilingual information such as social media, blogs, 
message boards, paste-it sites, deep and dark web content, 
public records, and other related publicly or commercially 
available data.

                         Federal Prison System


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $8,392,588,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   8,557,339,000
Committee recommendation................................   8,492,588,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $8,492,588,000 for 
BOP salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $100,000,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $164,751,000 below 
the budget request. The Committee reminds the Department and 
BOP that all reports, including those required on a quarterly 
basis, are to be submitted in a timely manner.
    Staffing Shortages.--The Committee continues to be 
displeased with BOP's staffing shortages, which were only 
exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee remains 
concerned about the lack of locality pay and wage increases for 
Bureau employees, which has negatively impacted the retention 
rate of correctional officers and other staff working at BOP 
institutions. Within 120 days of enactment of this act, the BOP 
must provide the Committee with a report detailing its employee 
retention methods and benefits provided to Bureau employees as 
well as the rate at which these benefits have maintained parity 
with other Federal agencies and inflation.
    Hiring and Staffing Reports.--The Committee directs BOP to 
submit quarterly hiring and staffing reports, including 
correctional officer to inmate ratios from Pay Period 26-2016 
to the present for the OPM position classification standard 
Correctional Officer Series GS-0007, broken out by region; 
institution, to include an additional subset for each facility 
within an institutional complex; and security level, no later 
than 90 days after enactment of this act. For further 
transparency, this data is also directed to be published on 
BOP's website.
    As BOP previously notified the Committee that it does not 
currently record staffing by shift (i.e., morning watch, day 
watch, and evening watch), the Bureau shall start recording 
this data and include these metrics in this report by the end 
of the current fiscal year. For any institution with a staffing 
ratio greater than 15:1 and in which there has been an incident 
involving deadly force, BOP shall provide a separate, detailed 
explanation of the role staffing may or may not have played in 
the incident along with a corrective plan to ensure it will not 
happen again.
    The Committee continues to be concerned about the 
significant number of vacancies in BOP institutions, creating 
an extremely dangerous environment for both staff and 
incarcerated persons. The Committee directs the Department to 
immediately improve hiring policies and ensure BOP is able to 
promptly fill existing and future vacancies and staff its 122 
Federal facilities across the United States at January 2016 
levels. The Committee again directs BOP to provide a report, 
within 90 days of enactment of this act, to the Committee 
regarding the number of vacancies at each facility further 
detailed by job title, job series, and General Schedule level 
as well as the number of applicants going through the hiring 
process for each vacant position. If there are expedited hiring 
efforts the Department can make to ensure BOP is properly 
staffed, the Committee directs the Department to do so, and to 
include these measures and their results in the aforementioned 
report.
    The Committee notes that retention incentive pay increases 
are useful tools to protect, recruit, and retain talented 
staff. The Committee supports the use of recruitment and 
retention bonuses and rejects any further position 
eliminations.
    First Step Act [FSA] Staffing.--The staffing for many 
inmate programs have either had key positions removed from 
current staffing complements or have been slow to fill 
vacancies. The programs impacted are also needed to 
successfully implement the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-391) including, but not limited to, drug treatment, 
psychology, religious services, vocational services, and 
education services. The Committee continues to direct BOP to 
hire additional programming staff to successfully provide these 
key programs and ensure that each facility has a Special 
Education Teacher on staff. The Committee also directs the BOP 
to hire a Special Populations Manager at each of the BOP 
institutions to ensure that additional FSA programming can be 
provided. Positions that are vital to the FSA should be added 
to institution staffing requirements and not taken from 
existing staffing complements.
    Staffing at High Security Institutions.--The Committee is 
concerned about reports of significant upticks in violence 
among inmates and against correctional officers at high 
security institutions. The Committee previously directed BOP to 
ensure at least two correctional officers are on duty for each 
housing unit for all three shifts at all high-security 
institutions, to include United States Penitentiaries and 
Administrative and Federal Detention Centers as well as Witness 
Security Program units and units housing high security pretrial 
inmates. BOP is directed to continue to submit quarterly 
reports to the Committee showing compliance with this directive 
and to provide a cost estimate and strategic plan for 
implementation for medium security institutions that currently 
do not have a second officer for all three shifts.
    Augmentation.--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. 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 to the Committee a detailed 
report describing each incident and the role augmentation may 
have played in exacerbating the inherent dangers.
    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 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.
    Direct Hire Authority.--The Committee is aware that BOP has 
requested OPM to delegate direct hiring authority to BOP 
facilities. To ensure the safety of staff and inmates, the 
Committee once again encourages BOP to continue to work with 
OPM to provide this authority for BOP facilities and to ensure 
a prompt and efficient hiring process if the authority is 
granted.
    The Committee also directs the BOP to review the current 
pay scale of BOP's Correctional Officers as compared with other 
DOJ law enforcement components and comparable State and local 
correctional agencies. This review should analyze opportunities 
to convert the pay band to a higher scale and the resource 
requirements to do so. The review should be conducted in 
consultation with the Department's JMD. The Committee directs 
this review to be submitted within 180 days of enactment of 
this act.
    Overtime Pay Rate.--BOP shall ensure that every bargaining 
unit Primary Law Enforcement position is being properly paid 
overtime at the full overtime rate under the Fair Labor 
Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 203). This includes, but is not 
limited to, the positions of all nursing staff, teachers, 
Special Education Teachers, Religious Services, and Psychology 
Services. All of these positions are considered Primary Law 
Enforcement positions and work with thousands of offenders in 
extremely hazardous environments. Each of the positions listed 
work in a correctional environment, and any overtime accrued 
would be performed in the duties providing a safe and secure 
correctional environment.
    FSA Implementation.--The Committee directs the Department 
of Justice and BOP to fully and expeditiously implement the 
FSA. The Committee is concerned that the Department has not met 
several reporting deadlines and not fully implemented several 
provisions of the act. The Committee directs the Department to 
expeditiously expand programming and file all required reports 
no later than the deadlines established by the act. The 
Department shall report to the Committees on Appropriations and 
the Judiciary of the House and the Senate, within 90 days of 
enactment of this act, and every 90 days thereafter, on all 
actions and expenditures to implement the FSA including 
activities and expenditures to implement, review, validate, and 
maintain the risk and needs assessment system and to evaluate 
and provide evidence-based recidivism reduction [EBRR] programs 
and productive activities [PA].
    The Committee directs BOP to immediately take steps to 
ensure compliance with FSA requirements, 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, 
within 30 days of the enactment of this act, on such efforts. 
The report shall identify which approved EBRR programs and PAs 
are faith-based.
    The Committee reminds BOP that Congress intended for the 
FSA to expand BOP partnerships with external organizations. 
This specifically involves the opportunity for third-party 
partners to provide EBRR Programming and PAs, including faith-
based programs, taught from a specific faith tradition-within 
Federal prisons. Further, the Committee reminds BOP that the 
FSA reflects a singular definition for EBRRs and PAs, 
regardless of whether the program is internal or external and 
does not require a third-party review of external program's 
evidence. BOP is directed to submit a report to the Committee, 
within 90 days of the enactment of this act, on the following: 
(1) an account of whether each approved EBRR and PA is an 
internal BOP program, a contracted BOP program, or an external 
third-party program; (2) any difference in the criteria and 
evaluation process for suitability of an internal BOP program, 
a contracted BOP program, or an external third-party program as 
an EBRR or PAs; (3) the number of external faith-based programs 
that applied to qualify as an EBRR and PAs since the FSA was 
enacted, including the number that have been denied, the number 
that are still pending, and the names of any accepted 
applicants and whether any are taught from a specific faith 
tradition; (4) actions BOP has taken to promote the opportunity 
for submissions of external programs for consideration as EBRRs 
and PAs; and (5) list and describe what program providers make 
up the ``faith-based recidivism-reduction partnerships'' noted 
in the Bureau of Justice Statistics reporting on FSA 
implementation. The report shall also include efforts to fill 
all vacant programming and other dedicated FSA positions, 
efforts to improve transparency regarding EBRR credit 
calculation, the EBRR programming currently available at each 
BOP facility, the associated hours of EBRR credit participants 
earn for participation in each program, and the need for and 
availability of medication-assisted treatment at each BOP 
facility.
    Compassionate Release.--The Committee requests an updated 
report on BOP's compassionate release and home confinement 
efforts, containing the information required by Senate Report 
116-127 and codified in Public Law 116-93, as well as including 
information on the expansion of these programs per the 
authority provided under Public Law 116-136.
    Restrictive Housing.--The Committee remains concerned about 
the growth in the restricted housing population in BOP 
institutions. In 2012, approximately 7.8 percent of Federal 
inmates in BOP facilities were held in some form of restricted 
housing. In 2014, that number had dropped to approximately 6.5 
percent. Unfortunately, the restricted housing rate has 
returned to 2012 levels, with approximately 7.3 percent of the 
Federal prison population currently placed in restricted 
housing, including special housing units, special management 
units, and the ADX Supermax facility. The Committee directs BOP 
to reduce significantly the number of Federal inmates in 
restricted housing, including by opening transition units and 
other specialized units for populations often sent to 
restricted housing and working with regional directors and 
wardens to address the widespread reliance on restricted 
housing.
    The Committee urges the Director of the BOP to fully 
implement all the 2014 and 2016 restrictive housing reports 
recommendations. A recent GAO Report, ``Bureau of Prisons: 
Additional Actions Needed to Improve Restrictive Housing 
Practices'' (GAO-24-105737), found that the BOP has failed to 
implement 54 of the 87 recommendations from two prior studies 
in 2014 and 2016 on improving restrictive housing practices. 
Within 180 days of enactment of this act, and continuing semi-
annually thereafter, the Committee directs the BOP to submit a 
report outlining what steps the BOP has taken to implement the 
2014 and 2016 restrictive housing recommendations, the 
timeframe for completing the remaining recommendations, and in 
instances where the Bureau does not concur with the 
recommendation or deems it impractical, it should document its 
rationale and any alternate steps it plans to take.
    Contraband Cell Phones in BOP Facilities.--In an August 
2022 report, BOP observed that ``[c]ontraband cellphones remain 
a significant correctional security and public safety concern 
for the BOP as well as for State and local correctional 
agencies across the country.'' Since fiscal year 2020, the 
Committee has provided substantial resources for BOP to pilot 
and outfit its facilities with managed access system and micro-
jamming solution cellphone interdiction technologies. The 
Committee directs BOP to submit, within 90 days of the date of 
the enactment of this act, an updated report on the deployment 
of these technologies. The report shall identify the number of 
contraband devices confiscated through the use of each 
technology, and shall describe the long-term funding 
requirements for full deployment.
    Camera System Upgrades.--The Committee supports continued 
upgrades to security cameras that will help to better protect 
the safety, wellbeing and civil rights of those incarcerated 
and BOP employees, including correctional officers, medical 
personnel and other professional staff.
    Residential Reentry Centers [RRCs].--The Committee 
maintains its concerns and expectations regarding RRCs as 
outlined in Senate Report 116-127 and adopted by Public Law 
116-93, including the direction requiring BOP to alert the 
Committee before adopting any significant change in policy or 
practice involving RRCs or other recidivism-reduction measures. 
The Committee directs BOP to refrain from canceling or 
modifying any existing contracts for RRCs if another BOP-
contracted RRC facility does not exist within 100 miles of the 
existing RRC. In instances where RRC contracts are expiring, 
the Committee directs BOP to take interim and emergency 
measures to prevent facility closures and the interruption of 
services, including by expediting solicitations and re-
solicitations for existing services.
    Roadmap to Reentry.--The Committee recognizes the benefits 
of making our criminal justice system more fair, more 
efficient, and more effective at reducing recidivism by helping 
formerly incarcerated individuals successfully return to their 
communities. To that end, the Committee directs the BOP to 
reestablish the principles identified in the Justice 
Department's ``Roadmap to Reentry,'' and to begin the process 
of implementing these principles to improve the correctional 
practices and programs, including providing (1) individualized 
reentry plans for individuals; (2) access to education, 
employment training, life skills, substance abuse, mental 
health, and other programs; (3) resources and opportunities to 
build and maintain family relationships; (4) individualized 
continuity of care; and (5) comprehensive reentry-related 
information and access to resources.
    Extreme Weather Plans.--Recent examples of BOP's responses 
to extreme weather events-including extreme heat or cold-raise 
concerns about unsafe conditions for inmates, correctional 
officers, and institution staff. The Committee continues to 
direct BOP to issue clear and consistent policies and guidance 
across all BOP facilities regarding preparations for and 
responses to extreme weather events, including by establishing 
temperature thresholds for health and safety at BOP facilities.
    Swift-Certain-Fair [SCF] Model in the Federal Prison 
System.--The SCF model has been an effective deterrent for 
incarcerated populations in State and local corrections 
settings. The Committee directs BOP (1) to establish SCF pilot 
programs in BOP housing units based upon best practices 
developed by other applicable corrections agencies, (2) to 
collect data on the effectiveness of the program, and (3) to 
provide a report evaluating the pilot and making 
recommendations on its replication.
    BOP Responsiveness During Disasters.--Within 180 days of 
enactment of this act, BOP shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs a report covering fiscal years 2015 
through 2024 of disaster damage describing the scope of 
physical damage at BOP-owned or managed facilities impacted or 
struck by a major disaster that explains the effects of the 
damage on inmates and staff, including (1) injury and loss of 
life of inmates and staff; (2) access to health and medical 
care, food, special dietary needs, drinkable water, personal 
protective equipment, and personal hygiene products; (3) 
guidance used to adjudicate early release or home confinement 
requests, data on early release or home confinement approvals, 
denials, and justification for denials and explanation, as to 
whether using home confinement or early release was considered; 
(4) access to cost-free and uninterrupted visitation with legal 
counsel and visitors with justifications for facility decisions 
that resulted in suspended or altered visitations; (5) access 
to appropriate accommodations for inmates with disabilities; 
(6) access to educational and work programs; (7) assessment of 
the cost of the damage to the facility and estimates for 
repairs; (8) the impact on staffing, equipment, and financial 
resources; and (9) other factors relating to the ability of the 
BOP to uphold the health, safety, and civil rights of the 
correctional population.
    This report shall also include agency corrective actions 
that BOP has undertaken or plans to undertake to improve and 
modernize emergency preparedness plans, as they relate to 
natural disasters, extreme weather, and public health 
emergencies and a timeline to implement any corrective action 
plans.
    Strengthening Collaboration to Ensure Effective Treatment 
Services.--The Committee recognizes the importance of 
rehabilitation and successfully enabling reentry of 
incarcerated people into their communities, including providing 
mental health, substance misuse and other behavioral health 
support to individuals leaving the custody of the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons and entering the Federal Judiciary's 
Probation and Pretrial Services program for a term of court-
ordered post-release supervision. Creating a continuum of care 
can help certain offenders adhere to and continue engagement 
with their behavioral health treatment plans, obtain gainful 
employment, and avoid committing future crimes. The Committee 
is aware that there is continuum of care collaboration between 
the Federal Judiciary's Probation and Pretrial Services program 
and the Federal Bureau of Prisons but encourages both entities 
to strengthen that collaboration to included better information 
sharing, including electronic data sharing, on the treatment 
needs of individuals coming out of Federal prison.
    RRC ID Data Collection.--A recent GAO report, ``Bureau of 
Prisons: Opportunities Exist to Better Assist Incarcerated 
People with Obtaining ID Documents Prior to Release'' [GAO 22-
105302] found that the BOP does not collect ID-related data 
from inmates once they are transferred to RRCs. The Committee 
directs the Bureau to make changes to 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, and to report on these efforts no later than 90 days 
after enactment of this act.
    The Committee further directs the BOP, in the above-
referenced report, to assess the feasibility of entering into 
memoranda of understanding with additional State departments of 
motor vehicles to expand innovative services at BOP facilities, 
in order to provide state-issued photo ID processing services 
for those individuals with proper supporting documents.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $179,762,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     260,215,000
Committee recommendation................................     290,215,000


    This Committee's recommendation includes $290,215,000 for 
the construction, acquisition, modernization, maintenance, and 
repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal 
inmates. The recommendation is $110,453,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and $30,000,000 above the budget 
request. Of this amount, $260,215,000 is designated for the 
modernization and repair of existing facilities. BOP shall 
proceed with ongoing planned and associated new construction 
efforts for BOP operated facilities to meet projected capacity 
requirements, as identified in its monthly status of 
construction reports to the Committee. BOP is directed to 
continue to provide such reports on a monthly basis, along with 
notifications and explanations of any deviation from 
construction and activation schedules, and any planned 
adjustments or corrective actions. Within the amount provided, 
$30,000,000 shall be for the continued development and planning 
of a BOP and DOJ correctional officer and law enforcement 
officer training facility. The Committee reiterates the 
directive for the Department to provide a spending plan, 
prospectus, and schedule, and looks forward to its submission. 
Consistent with that effort, the Committee further directs the 
Department to engage in request for information and request for 
proposal efforts to develop a contract for formal project 
management, planning, and design support that takes into 
account site selection, environmental impact, and other 
requirements for timely and effective implementation.

                FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

                (LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $2,700,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       2,700,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,700,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides a limitation on the 
administrative expenses of $2,700,000 for the Federal Prison 
Industries, Inc. The recommendation is equal to both the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

    In total, the Committee recommends $4,199,761,000 for State 
and local law enforcement and crime prevention grant programs, 
including: $3,953,761,000 in discretionary appropriations and 
$246,000,000 in mandatory appropriations. The total is 
$221,616,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$91,961,000 above the budget estimate.
    Management and Administration [M&A] Expenses.--The 
Department shall, in preparing its fiscal year 2025 spending 
plan, assess 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 also directs grant offices to 
minimize administrative spending to maximize the amount of 
funding that can be used for grants or training and technical 
assistance. 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 grant office 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 grant office in each of these 
categories for the current year and the budget year.
    Grant Funding Set-Asides.--The Committee notes the 
significant number of reductions in grant funding for various 
permissible purposes, including training and technical 
assistance; research, evaluation, and statistics activities; 
and peer review; with set-asides ranging anywhere from 2 
percent to 10 percent of total grant funding provided. The 
Committee directs the Department to continue providing a 
comprehensive report, concurrently with the spending plan, that 
details the total amount provided for each grant program in 
this act, the specific reductions taken, the purpose for those 
reductions, and the final use of those resources, including any 
transfers that may occur among Office of Justice Programs 
[OJP], Office on Violence Against Women [OVW], and COPS. The 
Committee expects that the report will provide a complete 
analysis of the final amounts externally awarded and the 
amounts retained internally for other purposes.
    Grant Funds for Rural Areas.--The Committee remains 
concerned about the needs of rural areas, especially those 
communities with high crime rates. The Committee wants to 
ensure that the challenges encountered by the residents of 
these areas are being addressed through the equitable 
allocation of grant funding. The Committee reminds the 
Department to consider the unique needs of rural communities 
when making grant awards through the numerous programs funded 
by this bill.
    Tribal Grants and Victim Assistance.--The Committee 
provides a total of $139,000,000 in discretionary grant funding 
for Tribes as follows: $60,000,000 within OJP for Tribal 
assistance; $18,000,000 for a Tribal youth program within the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP]; 
$37,000,000 for Tribal resources and $6,000,000 for a Tribal 
Access Program within the COPS Office; and $15,000,000 for a 
special Tribal criminal jurisdiction program and $3,000,000 for 
a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney on Tribal land program within 
the OVW. In addition, a total of $66,403,535 is provided to 
Tribal governments and coalitions through OVW programmatic 
statutory set-asides and another $95,000,000 is provided to 
Tribal governments and Tribal coalitions in CVF funding.
    For Tribal assistance grants within OJP, funding is to be 
used to support efforts to help Tribes improve the capacity of 
their criminal and civil justice systems. OJP is expected to 
consult closely with Tribal stakeholders in determining how 
Tribal assistance funds will be awarded for detention 
facilities, including outdated detention facilities that are 
unfit for detention purposes and beyond rehabilitation; courts; 
alcohol and substance abuse programs; civil and criminal legal 
assistance; and other priorities. The Committee directs OJP to 
submit, as part of the Department's spending plan for fiscal 
year 2025, a plan for the use of these funds that is informed 
by such consultation.
    In addition, the bill includes a five percent set-aside for 
Tribes within the CVF. OVC is directed to consult closely with 
Tribal stakeholders to improve services for Tribal victims of 
crime, to include expanded purpose areas described in the OVC 
final rule effective August 8, 2016. OVC shall continue to 
follow direction provided by the Committee in Senate Report 
115-275 and adopted by Public Law 116-6 regarding grant 
application requirements, accountability, and assistance.
    The Committee directs the Department to give Tribes maximum 
flexibility in the use of funds and the definition of victim 
services, in order to best meet the unique needs of victims in 
Tribal communities. The Committee also directs the Department 
to streamline administrative requirements as much as possible 
to increase accessibility for those most in need in Indian 
Country.
    Science Advisory Board.--The Committee recognizes the 
contributions of OJP's Science Advisory Board [Board] and 
encourages the re-establishment of the Board. The Board worked 
to provide extra-agency review of, and recommendations for, 
OJP's research, statistics, and grants program. The re-
established Board should be comprised of scholars and 
practitioners in criminology, statistics, and sociology, as 
well as practitioners in the criminal and juvenile justice 
fields, and should be tasked with ensuring the programs and 
activities of OJP are scientifically sound and pertinent to 
policymakers and practitioners.
    Post-Conviction Relief for Trafficking Victims.--The 
Committee recognizes that serious, sustained efforts and 
investments in victim-centered programs are necessary to help 
address the rise in human trafficking, and is committed to 
helping victims seek justice and ensure that offenders are held 
accountable. The Committee is concerned about reports that 
trafficking victims are prosecuted, both at the Federal and 
State levels, for crimes directly related to their trafficking. 
Criminal convictions often disqualify victims from numerous 
Federal programs and impede their recovery. The Committee is 
concerned that removing expungement services from eligible 
activities for OVC grants contradicts the 2017 Trafficking in 
Persons Report released by the State Department, which 
encouraged the expansion of vacatur services.
    The Committee directs OVC to allow the use of funds for 
direct representation on vacatur and expungement for a 
conviction for a non-violent crime that is a direct result of 
being a trafficking victim. Furthermore, the Committee directs 
the Department to submit the report required in Senate Report 
115-275 and adopted by Public Law 116-6 regarding the Federal 
Government's ability to supplement State vacatur programs.
    STOP School Violence Act.--A total of $197,000,000 is 
provided for the STOP School Violence Act (division S of title 
V of Public Law 115-141) grant program for fiscal year 2025. Of 
this amount, $60,000,000 is derived from the Bipartisan Safer 
Communities Act and $137,000,000 is provided for in this act. 
Of the amount provided for in this act, $82,000,000 is provided 
to the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] for evidence-based 
school safety programs outlined in the act and $55,000,000 is 
provided to the COPS Office for a competitive grant program as 
outlined in the act. The Committee directs BJA to prioritize 
evidence-based programming to train students and school 
personnel on the warning signs of interpersonal violence and 
suicide, to prevent the root causes of student violence, and to 
deliver mental health crisis intervention, as permitted under 
the act. The Committee directs the offices to work with other 
Federal agencies to notify States, localities, tribes, and 
school districts of funding availability upon release, increase 
training and technical assistance for school district 
applicants, and provide microgrants for school districts, 
including rural, Tribal, and low-resourced schools. The 
Committee directs BJA to prioritize applicants from rural and 
low-resourced school districts and applicants incorporating 
crisis centers and evidence-based trainings for students and 
staff within their anonymous reporting systems. The Committee 
encourages BJA and the COPS Office to prioritize applications 
that promote the use of mental health professionals and 
resources in their school safety plans.
    National Sexual Assault Hotline.--The Committee urges OVC 
to fully support the National Sexual Assault Hotline, as 
authorized by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006, as amended (34 U.S.C. 20985(d)).
    OVC Center for Victims of Crime Act [VOCA] 
Administrators.--The Committee directs OVC to continue to 
provide peer-to-peer training on Federal grants management, 
administration and strategies to increase access to services 
and compensation for VOCA victim assistance and victim 
compensation grantees and subgrantees.
    Shelter for Victims and their Companion Animals.--The 
Committee recognizes the importance of providing shelter and 
transitional housing to victims of domestic violence and their 
companion animals and encourages the Department to continue 
providing robust funding for grants under the Emergency 
Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program, 
as authorized by section 12502 of Public Law 115-334. The 
Committee directs OVC to continue to coordinate with the 
Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Health and Human Services to efficiently implement this 
program.
    Support for Child Advocacy Centers.--The Committee commends 
OVC and OJJDP for its enhanced support of CACs through 
solicitation OJJDP-2020-17712. The Committee directs the 
offices to sustain this funding through continuation awards, in 
order to avoid the severe consequences of a break in critical 
services.
    DOJ Grant Oversight.--The Committee encourages the 
Department to review its multi-year grant award processes and 
protocols to ensure grantees have fully complied with the rules 
of year-one funding before year-two funding is disbursed in 
multi-year grant awards. In addition, the Committee supports 
the Department's efforts to create a high-risk designation for 
grantees, so as to increase fiscal responsibility throughout 
the grant making process. The Committee recommends that the 
Department promptly complete and publish an internal review of 
the program, to inform efforts to implement a high-risk grantee 
designation in other Federal agencies. The Committee directs 
OJP, OVW, and the COPS Office to submit an annual report on 
grant programs that have not received a sufficient number of 
qualified applicants.
    Grant Funding for Payment of Bail.--In GAO-23-106012, the 
GAO reported that based on its review of available data and 
interviews with Department officials, it found no information 
to indicate the Department awarded grants to nonprofits to pay 
cash bond for bail or that nonprofit recipients used Department 
grant funds for this purpose. The Committee directs the Office 
of Justice Programs, the COPS Office, and the Office on 
Violence Against Women to continue to monitor this matter, and 
to report to the Committee of any findings inconsistent with 
the GAO's conclusions.

                    Office on Violence Against Women


       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $713,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     800,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     739,500,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $739,500,000 for 
OVW grants. The recommendation is $26,500,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and $60,500,000 below the budget 
request. Resources are provided to the OVW to respond to the 
needs of all victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, and stalking, including, but not limited to, 
Native women, immigrants, LGBTQ victims, college students, 
youths, and public housing residents. To minimize fraud, waste, 
and abuse in these programs, OVW is encouraged to implement any 
open recommendations of the Department's OIG with respect to 
the recipients of grants under these programs.
    The table below displays the Committee's recommendations 
for the programs under this office.

       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Committee
                       Program                           Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STOP Grants..........................................           255,000
Transitional Housing Assistance......................            53,000
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women....             2,500
Consolidated Youth-Oriented Program..................            17,000
Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program.........            60,500
    Homicide Reduction Initiative....................             4,000
    Lethality Assessment Initiative..................             4,000
Sexual Assault Victims Services......................            80,500
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement..            53,000
Violence on College Campuses.........................            25,000
    HBCU, HSI and Tribal Colleges....................            12,500
Legal Assistance for Victims.........................            56,000
Abuse Later in Life Program..........................             9,000
Justice for Families Program.........................            22,000
Disabilities Program.................................            12,000
National Center on Workplace Responses...............             1,000
Research on Violence Against Indian Women............             1,000
Indian Country-Sexual Assault Clearinghouse..........               500
Tribal Special Criminal Jurisdiction.................            15,000
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act......................             1,500
Restorative Justice Responses and Evaluations........            15,000
Culturally Specific Programs.........................            11,000
Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys..............             3,000
LGBT Specific Services Program.......................             1,000
National Deaf Services Line..........................             2,000
Underserved Populations Program......................             5,000
Financial Assistance Program.........................             4,000
Abby Honold Act......................................             5,000
Access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examinations..........            15,000
Cybercrime Enforcement...............................             6,000
National Service Line for Incarcerated Survivors of               3,000
 Sexual Assault......................................
Special Initiative to Address Intersection of MMIP &              5,000
 Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, & Human
 Trafficking.........................................
                                                      ------------------
      TOTAL, Violence Against Women Prevention and              739,500
       Prosecution Programs..........................
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    Access to Sexual Assault Nurse Exams.--The Committee's 
recommendation includes $15,000,000 for grants for regional 
sexual assault nurse examiner [SANE] training, salaries for 
SANEs and sexual assault forensic examiners [SAFEs], and 
technical assistance and resources to increase access to SANEs 
and SAFEs, as authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 
2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103). The Committee 
encourages the Department to prioritize areas where nationwide 
gaps exist in the availability and quality of post-sexual 
assault medical forensic care, including rural, Tribal, 
underserved communities, and urban areas that lack full-time 
coverage. The Committee directs OVW to collaborate with the 
Office for Victims of Crime to implement this program in 
coordination with other funding opportunities designed to 
enhance the quality and availability of post-sexual assault 
medical forensic care, to include multidisciplinary settings 
responding to the abuse of both children and adolescents.
    Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights.--The Committee 
again provides $10,000,000 as part of the STOP grants for the 
recently enacted Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights, a 
new and consequential grant program that incentivizes States to 
codify and standardize survivor rights. The Committee notes the 
Department's lower request due to a limited number of States 
applying and qualifying for the awards. Accordingly, the 
Committee continues to direct the Department to submit a report 
to the Committee, within 120 days of enactment of this act, 
detailing any applicants deemed by OVW as ineligible for this 
funding, the reasons for the ineligibility, and suggested 
legislative changes that could increase state eligibility.
    Statutory Set-Asides.--The underlying statutes for several 
grant programs, including STOP and Sexual Assault Services 
Program [SASP], outline set-asides for Tribal governments and 
coalitions, culturally specific community-based organizations, 
and organizations providing services to underserved 
populations. These set-asides would provide a total of 
$90,288,535 for fiscal year 2025, with $66,403,535 for Tribal 
governments and coalitions, $17,575,000 for culturally specific 
organizations, and $6,310,000 to meet the needs of underserved 
populations. The Committee expects OVW to ensure that the full 
amounts provided for in the authorizing statutes are released 
to these groups expeditiously.
    Rural Victims.--Victims of sexual assault living in rural 
communities may be reluctant to report to law enforcement. The 
Committee encourages the OVW to implement projects that reduce 
barriers to the reporting of crime in rural areas, colonias, 
and persistent poverty counties and directs the OVW to submit a 
report to the Committee not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this act.
    Violence Against Middle Eastern and North African Women.--
The Committee directs the Department to develop best practices, 
in consultation with Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) 
community-based organizations, for the investigation and 
prosecution of violence against MENA women. The Committee 
further directs the Department's Office on Violence Against 
Women to review the sufficiency of its Culturally Specific 
Services and Underserved Populations programs with regard to 
MENA survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, including 
the quality and cultural competency of its temporary and 
transitional housing, education, and workforce development 
assistance, and whether additional resources are needed to 
provide MENA survivors with equitable access to services. The 
Department shall report to the Committee on these directives 
within 180 days of enactment of this act.

                       Office of Justice Programs

    The OJP is responsible for providing leadership, 
coordination, and assistance to its Federal, State, local, and 
Tribal partners to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of 
the U.S. justice system in preventing, controlling, and 
responding to crime. As most of the responsibility for crime 
control and prevention falls to law enforcement officers in 
States, cities, and other localities, the Federal Government is 
effective in these areas only to the extent that it can enter 
into successful partnerships with these jurisdictions. 
Therefore, OJP is tasked with administering grants; collecting 
statistical data and conducting analyses; identifying emerging 
criminal justice issues; developing and testing promising and 
innovative approaches to address these issues; evaluating 
program results; and disseminating these findings and other 
information to State, local, and Tribal governments.

                  RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $65,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      77,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      75,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $75,000,000 for the 
Research, Evaluation and Statistics account. The recommendation 
is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$2,000,000 below the budget request.
    Funding in this account provides assistance in the areas of 
research, evaluation, statistics, hate crimes, DNA and 
forensics, criminal background checks, and gun safety 
technology, among others.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

                   RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Committee
                       Program                           recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau of Justice Statistics.........................            41,000
National Institute of Justice........................            34,000
        Study on Online Crimes Against Children......               750
                                                      ------------------
            TOTAL, Research Evaluation and Statistics            75,000
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    Spending Plans.--The Department shall submit to the 
Committee, as part of its spending plan for State and Local Law 
Enforcement Activities, a plan for the use of all funding 
administered by the National Institute of Justice [NIJ] and the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS], respectively, for approval 
by the Committee prior to the obligation of any such funds.
    Assessment of NIJ and BJS.--Directives under the 
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115-435) (Evidence Act) and other congressionally-requested 
initiatives have given NIJ and BJS additional responsibilities 
and obligations. The Committee directs OJP to conduct a full 
assessment of the impact of these dynamics on NIJ and BJS's 
ability to keep pace with cutting-edge scientific practices and 
emerging policy needs. OJP is further directed to develop a 
forward-looking vision for strengthening these agencies' 
ability to respond nimbly to and anticipate future needs and 
scientific developments over the next decade and identify the 
resources needed to achieve this vision. These activities 
should be integrated, where possible, into OJP's implementation 
of the Evidence Act. OJP shall provide an update to the 
Committee on its progress within 180 days from the enactment of 
this act.
    BJS.--The Committee's recommendation provides $41,000,000 
for the BJS. The recommendation is $6,000,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 level and $1,000,000 below the budget request.
    Data on Police Suicide.--The Committee directed BJS to 
start the process of maintaining a data set on police suicide 
for Federal, State, and local law enforcement in fiscal year 
2020 and provided $3,000,000 for this data collection effort in 
fiscal year 2021. The Committee continues to recognize the 
importance of collecting information on police suicides and 
encourages BJS to continue its approach to improving the 
measurement of suicide fatalities among law enforcement 
agencies.
    National Crime Victimization Survey [NCVS].--BJS is 
directed, as part of the NCVS, to collect data on offenders 
under the influence at the time of the offense.
    NIJ.--The Committee's recommendation provides $34,000,000 
for the NIJ, in addition to $2,500,000 transferred from the OVW 
for research and evaluation on violence against women and 
Indian women.
    Correctional Education Evaluation.--The Committee directs 
NIJ to establish a public-private partnership with research and 
correctional institutions to collect and evaluate data, and 
continue to advance the research on the impact of correctional 
education on recidivism.
    Study on Online Crimes Against Children.--The Committee 
provides $750,000 for NIJ to administer a competitive grant to 
an accredited research university for a study on the range of 
challenges victims of online crimes against children and their 
families face in reporting crimes and receiving justice and 
potential changes to the system that would improve the response 
to online crimes against children.
    Report on Forensic Laboratory Resource Requirements.--The 
Committee adopts and re-iterates the directive under this 
heading in Senate Report 118-62, as adopted into the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 118-42. The 
Committee looks forward to the timely submission of this study.
    Human Trafficking Study.--NIJ is directed to provide a 
briefing, within 30 days of the date of the enactment of this 
act, on the status of the study required by Section 20 of the 
Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-392) and 
its estimated completion date.

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $2,475,061,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   2,009,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,149,338,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $2,149,338,000 for 
State and local law enforcement assistance. The recommendation 
is $325,723,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$140,338,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Committee
                       Program                           Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants.............           720,338
    Officer Robert Wilson III VALOR Initiative.......            13,000
    NamUs............................................             3,500
    Officer Training for Responding to People with               10,000
     Mental Illness and Disabilities.................
    John R. Justice Grant Program....................             5,000
    Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution...........            15,500
    Kevin and Avonte's Law...........................             3,000
    Project Safe Neighborhoods.......................            20,000
    Capital Litigation and Wrongful Conviction Review            13,000
    National Center on Restorative Justice...........             3,000
    Ashanti Alert Network............................             1,000
    Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Pilot                     3,500
     Programs........................................
    Child Advocacy Training..........................             2,000
    Rural Violent Crime Initiative...................            10,000
    Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act.....             6,000
    Forensic Ballistics Programs in Higher Education.             2,500
    Multidisciplinary Partnership Improvements for                5,000
     Protective Orders...............................
    Byrne Discretionary Projects.....................           131,393
Victims of Trafficking Grants........................            95,000
Economic, High-Tech, White Collar, and Cybercrime                13,000
 Prevention..........................................
    Intellectual Property Enforcement Program........             2,500
    Internet of Things Training Modules..............             2,000
Adam Walsh Act Implementation........................            20,000
Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant                 30,000
 Program.............................................
    Transfer to NIST.................................             1,500
National Sex Offender Public Website.................             1,000
National Instant Criminal Background Check System                95,000
 [NICS] Initiative...................................
    NICS Act Record Improvement Program..............            25,000
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science......................            35,000
DNA Initiative.......................................           170,000
    Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grants..................           130,000
    State and Local Forensic Activities..............            20,000
    Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing                 15,000
     Grants..........................................
    Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training Program                5,000
     Grants..........................................
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative [SAKI].................            55,000
CASA--Special Advocates..............................            15,000
Tribal Assistance....................................            60,000
Second Chance Act/Offender Reentry...................           125,000
    Smart Probation..................................             8,000
    Children of Incarcerated Parents Demo Grants.....             5,000
    Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with                       5,000
     Enforcement.....................................
    Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act...            10,000
    Pay for Success..................................             7,500
Substance Use Disorder Initiative....................           445,000
    Drug Courts......................................            95,000
    Mentally Ill Offender Act........................            45,000
    Residential Substance Use Treatment..............            45,000
    Veterans Treatment Courts........................            35,000
    Prescription Drug Monitoring.....................            35,000
    Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance              190,000
     Use Disorder Program............................
Keep Young Athletes Safe Act.........................             2,500
STOP School Violence Act.............................            82,000
Emmett Till Grants...................................             3,500
Hate Crime Prevention Act............................            25,000
Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice......            10,000
Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act.............................            10,000
Body Worn Camera Partnership Program.................            35,000
Justice Reinvestment Initiative......................            35,000
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention.......            55,000
Daniel Anderl Act....................................            10,000
Death in Custody Reporting Act Implementation                     2,000
 Assistance Program..................................
                                                      ------------------
      TOTAL, State and Local Law Enforcement                  2,149,338
       Assistance....................................
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    Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.--
The Committee recommends $720,338,000 for Byrne-JAG. Funding is 
not available for luxury items, real estate, or construction 
projects. The Department should expect State, local, and Tribal 
governments to target funding to programs and activities that 
conform to evidence-based strategic plans developed through 
broad stakeholder involvement. The Committee directs the 
Department to make technical assistance available to State, 
local, and Tribal governments for the development or update of 
such plans. Funding is authorized for law enforcement programs 
including those that promote data interoperability among 
disparate law enforcement entities; prosecution and court 
programs; prevention and education programs; corrections 
programs; drug treatment and enforcement programs; planning, 
evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and crime 
victim and witness programs, other than compensation.
    Byrne-JAG and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.--In 
addition to the funding provided in this act, the Committee 
notes that an additional $150,000,000 will be released to 
State, local, and Tribal governments this fiscal year under the 
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act [BCSA]. Government agencies 
and law enforcement can use BCSA funding for the following 
purposes, including, but not limited to: extreme risk 
protection order programs, drug courts, mental health courts, 
and veterans courts.
    Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer 
Resilience and Survivability [VALOR] Initiative.--The 
Committee's recommendation provides $13,000,000 within Byrne-
JAG for the VALOR Initiative. The Committee expects Federal law 
enforcement agencies to continue to expand on efforts to 
provide local police with information as to whether a suspect 
has a violent history, to the extent that transfer of such 
information is allowable and available via Federal law 
enforcement databases, in an effort to prevent officer deaths. 
The Committee notes that an additional $14,000,000 is provided 
under the COPS heading for Protecting Our Lives by Initiating 
COPS Expansion Act (Public Law 114-199) programs, which help to 
provide active shooter training programs for State and local 
law enforcement officers.
    Law Enforcement Officer De-escalation Training.--The 
Committee recommends $10,000,000 for a competitive grant 
program to support training and related initiatives (with a 
particular emphasis on de-escalation practices) that help 
improve responses to individuals with mental illness, 
intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities and 
others who come into contact with law enforcement or 
correctional officers, including for purposes described in the 
Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 
117-325).
    Prison Rape Elimination Act [PREA] Audit Quality 
Initiative.--Facility audits are a key component in helping 
agencies move their sexual abuse prevention and response 
policies from written documents to everyday practices. Congress 
enhanced the audit process in 2018 to ensure greater oversight 
of the audit process and improved audits, but many of these 
changes have not been fully implemented by the PREA Management 
Office. The Committee supports the Department providing the 
necessary resources to carry out this work. In an effort to 
complement and enhance these efforts, the Committee provides 
$3,000,000 to OVW for the establishment of a national services 
line for incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse.
    Project Safe Neighborhoods [PSN].--PSN is a nationwide 
initiative that brings together Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
and territorial law enforcement officials, prosecutors, 
community-based partners, and other stakeholders to identify 
the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and 
develop comprehensive solutions to address them. PSN is 
coordinated by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices in the 94 Federal 
judicial districts throughout the 50 States and U.S. 
territories. OJP is encouraged to highlight ways PSN funding 
can reduce gun violence, including through automated ballistics 
imaging triage technology.
    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 Committee directs that at least 50 percent of 
the $13,000,000 appropriated to the Capital Litigation 
Improvement and Wrongful Conviction Review grant programs shall 
be used to support Wrongful Conviction Review grantees 
providing high quality and efficient post-conviction 
representation for defendants in post-conviction claims of 
innocence. Wrongful Conviction Review grantees shall be 
nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and/
or State or local public defender offices that have in-house 
post-conviction representation programs that show demonstrable 
experience and competence in litigating post-conviction claims 
of innocence. Grant funds shall support grantee provision of 
post-conviction legal representation of innocence claims; case 
review, evaluation, and management; experts; potentially 
exonerative forensic testing; and investigation services 
related to supporting these post-conviction innocence claims.
    National Center on Restorative Justice.--Of the $3,000,000 
provided for this program, no less than $2,500,000 shall be 
used to continue a partnership with an accredited university of 
higher education and/or law school for the purposes of 
supporting a National Center on Restorative Justice to educate 
and train the next generation of justice leaders. The Center 
shall expand its partnerships with practitioners and 
facilitators to increase access and types of restorative 
justice training and education opportunities available across 
the country and continue to support research focusing on how 
best to provide direct services to address social inequities, 
such as simultaneous access to substance abuse treatment and 
higher education. Further, the Center will expand educational 
opportunities for those under sentence and in a court-
supervised substance abuse program, and, through research and 
evaluation, the Center will disseminate reports on the impact 
of attitudes, recidivism, and costs of the educational 
initiatives. Up to $500,000 may be used to support microgrants 
to innovative restorative justice projects in communities 
across the country.
    Child Advocacy Training.--The Report of the Attorney 
General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence 
acknowledged the need to include curricula in post-secondary 
educational programs to ensure that every child- and family-
serving professional receives training in multiple evidence-
based methods for identifying and screening children for 
exposure to violence. The Committee provides $2,000,000 for a 
competitive grant program to support child advocacy training in 
undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education. The grants 
should support the training of future mandated reporters and 
child protection professionals and support efforts across the 
country to train child protection professionals in the field, 
including law enforcement officers, social workers, mental and 
medical health professionals, and prosecutors.
    Forensic Ballistics and Higher Education.--Subject to 
approval from ATF, educational institutions can join NIBIN in 
collaboration with local law enforcement agencies. Through the 
use of ballistics identification equipment, these NIBIN 
initiatives can provide students with hands-on training in the 
processing of firearms evidence used to generate actionable 
crime gun intelligence. The Committee provides $2,500,000 for a 
competitive grant program for universities and technical 
colleges, to acquire ballistics identification equipment and 
support forensic ballistics programs.
    Rural Violent Crime Initiative.--State, local, and Tribal 
law enforcement agencies in rural areas face unique challenges, 
including limited financial and technological resources, and 
the need to cover large, remote areas with smaller staff. 
Violent crime, including drug- and human-trafficking, continues 
to grow in these locations. The Committee provides $8,000,000 
for a Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law 
Enforcement Agencies, with grants to be awarded on a 
competitive basis to small law enforcement agencies in rural 
locations. Grants are to support improved training and 
technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, 
and partnerships with victim service providers. This initiative 
is intended to improve communication and collaboration among 
State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies with the 
communities they serve, to address the unique criminal justice 
challenges in rural areas. Of the total amount provided, no 
less than $4,000,000 shall be for a microgrant program with 
streamlined application and reporting requirements.
    Uses of Byrne-JAG Funds.--The Committee continues to 
recognize that novel equipment and technologies can improve 
public safety and public trust in criminal justice 
institutions. OJP is urged to promote awareness, through 
Statements on the OJP website, in ``FAQs'' and seminars, and in 
solicitation documents, that Byrne-JAG funds may be used for 
managed access systems and other cell phone mitigation 
technologies; fentanyl and methamphetamine detection equipment, 
including handheld instruments; opioid overdose reversal 
agents; virtual reality de-escalation training; humane remote 
restraint devices that enable law enforcement to restrain an 
uncooperative subject without requiring the infliction of pain; 
drug detection canines; license plate readers; and hiring and 
training of cybercrime analysts and investigators.
    Grants to Combat Human Trafficking.--The Committee's 
recommendation provides $95,000,000 for services and task force 
activities for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and foreign 
nationals who are victims of trafficking, as authorized by 
Public Law 106-386 and amended by Public Law 113-4, of which no 
less than $22,000,000 is for the Enhanced Collaborative Model 
to Combat Human Trafficking Task Force Program. The Committee 
urges that human trafficking task forces funded under this 
grant program take affirmative measures to emphasize the 
investigation and prosecution of persons who patronize or 
solicit children for sex as a human trafficking demand 
reduction strategy. OJP shall consult with stakeholder groups 
in determining the overall allocation of Victims of Trafficking 
funding and shall provide a plan to the Committee for the use 
of these funds as part of the Department's fiscal year 2025 
spending plan.
    The Committee notes that funding provided in this program 
may be used for victims of sex and labor trafficking who are 
minors, as authorized under VAWA 2013. Child trafficking 
victims require specialized care, and these resources can be 
used for items like residential care, emergency social 
services, mental health counseling, and legal services. This 
funding level also includes $10,000,000 for the Minor Victims 
of Trafficking Grant program, of which $5,000,000 is for victim 
services grants for sex-trafficked minors, as authorized by 
Public Law 113-4, with the remaining $5,000,000 for victim 
services grants for labor-trafficked minors. The Committee 
encourages OJP to give an affirmative preference to applicants 
for grants that treat minors engaged in commercial sex acts as 
victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons, and 
discourages the charging of such individuals for prostitution 
or a sex trafficking offense. The Committee encourages DOJ to 
work in close coordination with the Department of Health and 
Human Services to encourage collaboration and reduce 
duplication of effort.
    Internet of Things Capabilities Database.--The growing use 
of Internet of Things devices requires understanding of 
existing capabilities of such devices for training on options 
and best practices for handling of evidence to meet judicial 
standards and privacy concerns. To meet this need, $2,000,000 
shall be dedicated for a separate competitive grant program in 
order to provide four awards of not less than $500,000 each for 
institutions of higher learning that provide training in 
computer forensics and digital investigation to develop a 
database on Internet of Things device capabilities and to build 
and execute training modules for law enforcement.
    Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.--
Within the $30,000,000 provided for bulletproof vests, 
$1,500,000 is to be transferred directly to the NIST Office of 
Law Enforcement Standards to continue supporting ballistic- and 
stab-resistant material compliance testing programs. The 
Committee expects OJP to continue strengthening internal 
controls to manage the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest 
Partnership Grant Program. Improving grantee accountability in 
the timely use of Federal funds to purchase body armor will 
help every police officer who needs a vest to get one, thus 
saving officers' lives.
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System 
Initiative Grants.--A total of $135,000,000 is provided for 
this program, of which $40,000,000 is derived from the BSCA and 
$95,000,000 is derived from funding in this act. Funding 
provided in this act will be used to continue to improve the 
submission of State criminal and mental health records to NICS. 
This investment will strengthen the National background check 
system by assisting States in finding ways to make more records 
available in the NICS system, especially mental health records, 
thereby addressing gaps in Federal and State records currently 
available in NICS. Those gaps significantly hinder the ability 
of NICS to quickly confirm whether a prospective purchaser is 
prohibited from acquiring a firearm. The Committee expects OJP 
to track whether grant recipients are submitting data in a 
timely manner into the NICS system.
    The Fix NICS Act allows the Attorney General to waive the 
National Criminal History Improvement Program match for States 
that are in compliance with the implementation plan required 
under Section 107 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110-180). The Committee directs the Department 
to remind States of the possibility of this waiver in guidance 
or technical assistance regarding this grant program.
    The Committee is aware that many State laws and policies 
provide for the expungement or sealing of certain criminal 
records, making it possible for people with past convictions to 
access employment and housing, or exercise their social and 
civic rights. However, many States do not have the resources 
for appropriate technology to implement such policies 
effectively. The Committee urges the Department to ensure that 
grants made under the National Criminal History Improvement 
Program [NCHIP] can be made available for supporting States in 
the planning and the implementation of records systems that 
allow for the efficient expungement or sealing of qualifying 
criminal history records without requiring those eligible to 
apply.
    The Committee encourages the Department to consider 
lengthening the period of performance for NCHIP, the NICS Act 
Record Improvement Program, and NCHIP Supplemental Funding 
grantees to enable comprehensive system upgrades that are 
necessary to ensure improved functioning of the background 
check process and maximum contribution of relevant records to 
the system.
    Paul Coverdell Forensic Science.--The recommendation 
provides a total of $35,000,000, of which $17,000,000 is to 
target specifically the challenges the opioid and synthetic 
drug epidemic has brought to the forensics community.
    DNA Backlog and Crime Lab Improvements.--The Committee 
continues its strong support for DNA backlog and crime lab 
improvements by recommending $170,000,000 to strengthen and 
improve Federal and State DNA collection and analysis systems 
that can be used to accelerate the prosecution of the guilty 
while simultaneously protecting the innocent from wrongful 
prosecution. Within the funds provided, $130,000,000 is for 
Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Reduction grants, $15,000,000 is for 
Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing grants, $5,000,000 
is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program grants, and 
$20,000,000 is for other State and local forensic activities. 
An additional $15,000,000 is provided for Access to Sexual 
Assault Nurse Examinations grants under the Violence Against 
Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs.
    The Committee expects that the OJP will make funding for 
DNA analysis and capacity enhancement a priority in order to 
meet the purposes of the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant 
Program. The Committee directs the Department to submit, as 
part of its fiscal year 2025 spending plan, a detailed 
description of the DNA-related and forensic programs, including 
a description of the alignment of appropriated funds with the 
authorized purposes of the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant 
Program. Consistent with the Justice Served Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115-257), the Committee expects that not less than 5 
percent, but not more than 7 percent, of amounts for the 
program shall be provided for grants for prosecutors to 
increase the capacity of State and local prosecution offices to 
address cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects have 
been identified through DNA evidence.
    The Committee appreciates the Department's publication of 
data and metrics on the effectiveness of this program. For 
example, more than half of all matches made on the Combined DNA 
Index System [CODIS] are attributable to cases and offender 
samples processed through this Federal grant program. The 
Committee encourages the Department to continue to track and 
annually report such metrics related to how this program 
contributes to the number of cases and offender samples 
submitted to CODIS, as well as to the related number of CODIS 
matches.
    DNA-related and Forensics Programs.--The Committee 
continues to direct the Department to allocate funds for DNA-
related and forensics programs in compliance with all relevant 
requirements, including the Justice for All Reauthorization Act 
of 2016 (Public Law 114-235), the Justice Served Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115-257), and appropriations directives.
    Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.--The Committee's 
recommendation includes $55,000,000 to continue a competitive 
grant program started in fiscal year 2015 as part of the 
initiative to reduce the backlog of rape kits at law 
enforcement agencies. OJP shall provide competitively awarded 
grants with a comprehensive community-based approach to 
addressing the resolution of cases in the backlog.
    The Committee believes it is important for the Department 
to maximize the results of investments in sexual assault kit 
[SAK] testing through continued research to identify best 
practices for State, local, and Tribal jurisdictions in 
handling the myriad issues that arise from perpetrator 
identification-such as victim notification, investigation, 
prosecution, documentation, forensic advancements, inter-
jurisdiction sharing, and tracking. The Committee further 
believes it is critically important to fund efforts to support 
cross-jurisdiction and cross-site data sharing to identify and 
pursue repeat offenders operating in multiple jurisdictions. 
Finally, the Committee believes that further work to validate 
the extensive cost savings that result from the prevention of 
future offenses as a result of SAK testing is needed. The 
Committee directs the Department to support efforts that 
advance these objectives; and further directs BJA to issue a 
report, within one year of the enactment of this act, on the 
number of partially tested kits.
    Second Chance Act [SCA] Grants.--The recommendation 
provides $125,000,000 for SCA grants. The Committee expects 
that SCA funding will support grants that foster the 
implementation of strategies that have been proven to reduce 
recidivism and ensure adults released from prisons and jails 
safely and successfully reenter their communities. The SCA 
supports activities such as employment assistance, substance 
abuse treatment including MAT options, housing, local 
transportation, mentoring, family programming, and victim 
support. SCA grants will also support demonstration projects 
designed to test the impact of new strategies and frameworks. 
Of the amounts provided in this section, $10,000,000 is 
provided for the purposes of the Crisis Stabilization and 
Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-281), which also 
addresses the mental health and substance use disorder needs of 
individuals who are recently released from correctional 
facilities.
    When awarding SCA grants, the Committee directs OJP to 
consider the impact of reentry of prisoners on communities in 
which a disproportionate number of individuals reside upon 
release from incarceration. OJP shall assess the reentry 
burdens borne by local communities and local law enforcement 
agencies; review the resources available in such communities to 
support successful reentry and the extent to which those 
resources are used effectively; and make recommendations to 
strengthen the resources in such communities which are 
available to support successful reentry and to lessen the 
burden placed on such communities by the need to support 
reentry.
    Project HOPE Institute.--The Committee recognizes the 
success of Project HOPE. The Committee provides $5,000,000 for 
Project HOPE, of which not less than $500,000 shall be directed 
to continue the Project HOPE Institute to provide training, 
technical assistance, and best practices for jurisdictions 
replicating the HOPE model. The Committee directs BJA to award 
grants to support both existing Project HOPE models and new 
jurisdictions.
    Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act.--The 
Committee directs BJA to ensure that the program includes 
grants for peer support specialists and peer-led mental health 
education classes or support groups for justice-involved 
individuals and families commensurate with community needs.
    Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act [CARA] Programs.--
The Committee provides a total of $445,000,000 for CARA 
programs, including $95,000,000 for drug courts; $35,000,000 
for veterans treatment courts; $45,000,000 for Residential 
Substance Abuse Treatment, including access to any of the three 
MAT options; $35,000,000 for prescription drug monitoring; 
$45,000,000 for the Mentally Ill Offender Act; and $190,000,000 
for the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use 
Disorder Program [COSSUP].
    The Committee directs that funding for COSSUP programs 
focus on prevention and education efforts, effective responses 
to those affected by substance abuse, and services for 
treatment and recovery from addiction. Of the $190,000,000 for 
COSSUP, not less than $11,000,000 shall be made available for 
additional replication sites employing the Law Enforcement 
Assisted Diversion [LEAD] model, with applicants demonstrating 
a plan for sustainability of LEAD-model diversion programs; no 
less than $5,500,000 shall be made available for education and 
prevention programs to connect law enforcement agencies with K-
12 students; and not less than $11,000,000 shall be made 
available for embedding social services with law enforcement in 
order to rapidly respond to drug overdoses where children are 
impacted.
    The Committee supports specialized residential substance 
abuse treatment programs for inmates with co-occurring mental 
health and substance abuse disorders or challenges. Given the 
strong nexus between substance abuse and mental illness in our 
prisons and jails, the Committee encourages the Attorney 
General to ensure that funds provided for residential substance 
abuse treatment for State prisoners are being used to treat 
underlying mental health disorders, in addition to substance 
abuse disorders.
    The Committee recognizes the importance of drug courts and 
the vital role that they serve in reducing crime among people 
with a substance use or mental health disorder. In recent 
years, drug courts have been on the front lines of the opioid 
epidemic and have become important resources for law 
enforcement and other community stakeholders affected by opioid 
addiction. The Committee applauds efforts already undertaken in 
communities across the country to utilize drug courts. The 
Committee encourages Federal agencies to continue to work with 
State and local governments and communities to support drug 
courts.
    The Committee supports the ability of drug courts to 
address offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental 
health problems, and supports court ordered assisted outpatient 
treatment programs for individuals struggling with mental 
illness. Within the funding provided for drug courts, the 
Committee encourages OJP to give attention to States and 
localities that have the highest concentrations of opioid-
related cases, and to prioritize assistance to underserved 
areas whose criminal defendants currently have relatively 
little opportunity to access drug courts. The Committee 
encourages OJP to coordinate, as appropriate, with other 
Federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human 
Services, as it implements these activities in order to avoid 
duplication.
    The Committee supports the work of mental health courts 
across the country. The Committee is concerned, however, by the 
high rates of re-incarceration among individuals with serious 
mental illness due to the inadequate access to care for or 
management of their illness and directs that the Department 
include appropriate long-acting medications, including 
injectable anti-psychotic medication, as an allowable expense 
to improve treatment adherence and reduce risk for relapse and 
re-incarceration.
    Veterans Treatment Courts.--The Committee continues to 
strongly support veterans treatment courts [VTCs]. An 
evaluation of VTCs funded by BJA found limitations in access to 
VTCs due to challenges in identifying veterans and also 
emphasized that veterans' needs vary from other drug courts. 
The Committee supports the Department's efforts to offer a 
broader range of tools to address program needs. The joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 118-42 directed 
BJA to submit a report, within 180 days of the enactment of 
that law, on the establishment of a National Center for 
Veterans Justice, designed to continuously enhance coordination 
of data, best practices, original research, and technical 
assistance to further evidence-based practices for justice-
involved veteran interventions. The Committee looks forward to 
timely submission of the report. As appropriate, based the 
report's conclusions, the Committee directs BJA to coordinate 
with the Veterans Justice Commission on the possible 
establishment of the national center in fiscal year 2025.
    BJA is encouraged to prioritize VTC grants to rural and 
low-income areas with high rates of substance abuse and veteran 
homelessness. BJA is directed to submit a report, within 90 
days of the enactment of this act, detailing the geographic 
distribution of applicants, award recipients, and award funding 
levels, over fiscal years 2019 to 2024.
    Keep Young Athletes Safe Act.--The Committee again provides 
funding of $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program to 
safeguard young athletes against abuse in sports, including 
emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The Committee directs 
that funding be prioritized for curriculum development and 
training for abuse prevention education in youth athletic 
programs and for investigation and resolution of sexual abuse 
claims. The Committee further directs that the Department 
explore opportunities for supporting an athlete survivor 
leadership network to better incorporate survivors' lived 
experiences are incorporated as part of new curriculum, 
training materials, and technical assistance, including a 
better understanding of how and when to report. Any 
recommendations regarding youth athletes stemming from the work 
and reporting by the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics 
and Paralympics shall be incorporated into this program.
    Justice Reinvestment Initiative [JRI].--The Committee 
provides $35,000,000 for the JRI, which provides assistance to 
States to identify local issues arising in criminal justice 
systems and to develop data-driven and research-backed 
responses. Jurisdictions may use the JRI to reduce recidivism; 
control the size of corrections populations, either 
incarcerated or on community supervision; reduce crime; and 
create budgetary solutions to better balance correctional costs 
within a State's budget. Justice reinvestment is used to 
implement data-driven strategies to improve public safety by 
reducing corrections spending and reinvesting those savings in 
efforts to decrease crime and strengthen neighborhoods. Funding 
may be used to provide technical assistance to States with 
existing justice reinvestment programs to further such 
programs; provide technical assistance to additional States to 
expand the justice reinvestment initiative to those 
jurisdictions; or provide funding to States with existing 
justice reinvestment initiatives to expand or enhance the 
State's self-identified justice reinvestment initiative goals. 
Justice reinvestment funds shall not be restricted by Federal 
agencies for use on specific programs or policy initiatives, 
and States shall be permitted to establish their own priorities 
within the justice reinvestment framework.
    Addressing Hate Crimes.--The Committee provides a total of 
$45,000,000 to address hate crimes in our communities. Of this 
amount, $25,000,000 is for Hate Crime Prevention Act grants 
authorized under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate 
Crimes Prevention Act (section 4704 of Public Law 111-84). The 
Committee continues to urge the Department and grant recipients 
to prioritize efforts to identify, investigate, report on, and 
prevent hate crimes that occur online or are related to bias-
motivated harassment and criminal activity occurring online. 
The Committee also provides $10,000,000 for grants authorized 
under the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Crime Act, and $10,000,000 for 
grants provided under the Community-Based Approaches to 
Advancing Justice program.
    Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice.--The 
Committee recognizes the importance of community-based 
organizations in conflict resolution and empowering communities 
to combat hate crimes and incidents, as Congress has directed 
for the last two fiscal years. These organizations provide 
direct assistance to targeted communities, train individuals on 
techniques to de-escalate dangerous situations, and provide 
timely statistical information on hate crimes to their 
communities. The Committee continues to provide funding for 
grants to these organizations to advance justice within their 
communities.
    Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative 
[CVIPI].--A total of $105,000,000 is provided for CVIPI in 
fiscal year 2025. This includes $50,000,000 from the BSCA and 
$55,000,000 in this act. This grant program supports 
communities in developing comprehensive, evidence-based 
violence intervention and prevention programs, including 
efforts to address gang and gun violence, based on partnerships 
between community residents, law enforcement, local government 
agencies, and other community stakeholders. Awards should be 
prioritized for communities with the highest number of 
homicides and the highest number of homicides per capita. The 
Committee directs OJP to prioritize that these grants be made 
to community-based violence intervention programs to the 
fullest extent possible and also track and publish information 
on this funding, including the number of awards made and a 
description of the use of funding for each project and the 
number of grant applications received.
    The Committee recognizes the importance of also providing 
effective training for law enforcement to advance public safety 
using community violence intervention initiatives. The 
Committee encourages OJP to develop a grant opportunity for an 
accredited research university that has demonstrated it can 
deliver two evidence-based complementary educational programs 
that address both the needs of next generation community 
violence intervention leaders and law enforcement.
    Preventing Violence Through Community Partnerships.--The 
Committee appreciates the Department's ongoing work on violence 
prevention. However, as incidents of trauma continue to rise, 
the Committee encourages the Department, including the Bureau 
of Justice Assistance and the Office for Victims of Crime, to 
develop innovative approaches to reduce the incidence of 
reinjury and reincarceration caused by intentional violent 
trauma. Efforts may include facilitating partnerships between 
community and hospital-based violence intervention and 
prevention programs that focus on individuals at highest risk 
for experiencing community violence. This may be done through 
partnerships with trauma centers and non-profit entities, such 
as community-based violence prevention programs, providing 
technical assistance, and facilitating or conducting research 
of hospital-based violence prevention programs.
    Byrne Discretionary Grants.--The Committee provides 
$131,393,000 for Byrne discretionary grants to prevent crime, 
improve the criminal justice system, provide victim services, 
and other related activities. The Committee directs OJP to 
provide the funding for the projects listed in the table 
titled, ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' at the end of 
this report in the corresponding amounts.

                       JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $375,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     407,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     407,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $407,000,000 for 
juvenile justice programs. The recommendation is $32,000,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the 
budget request.
    The Committee strongly supports a comprehensive approach of 
substantial funding for a robust portfolio of programs that 
work to improve the lives of the youth in our communities. 
Title II State Formula and Title V Juvenile Delinquency 
Prevention grants are the backbone of programs assisting State 
and local agencies in preventing juvenile delinquency and 
ensuring that youth who are in contact with the juvenile 
justice system are treated fairly. Combined with other critical 
programs like youth mentoring, the Committee believes that a 
balanced level of programming is the way to best help at-risk 
and vulnerable youth and their families.
    The Committee encourages OJJDP to review its suite of grant 
programs in order to offer services and programs for children 
and youth who have experienced complex trauma.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

                        JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Committee
                       Program                           Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part B State Formula Grants..........................            75,000
    Emergency Planning-Juvenile Detention Facilities.               500
Youth Mentoring Grants...............................           107,000
Title V--Delinquency Prevention Incentive Grants.....            65,000
    Prevention of Trafficking of Girls...............             5,000
    Tribal Youth.....................................            18,000
    Girls in the Justice System......................             6,500
    Opioid Affected Youth Initiative.................            12,500
    Children Exposed to Violence.....................            10,000
Victims of Child Abuse Programs......................            45,000
Missing & Exploited Children Programs................           107,000
Training for Judicial Personnel......................             4,500
Juvenile Indigent Defense............................             2,500
Collaborative Reform for Juvenile Justice Initiative.             1,000
                                                      ------------------
      TOTAL, Juvenile Justice........................           407,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Any deviation from the above table is subject to the 
reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this act.
    Arts in Juvenile Justice.--The Department is to continue to 
develop the Arts in the Juvenile Justice Demonstration Program 
as described in fiscal year 2024. In addition, OJJDP is 
encouraged to prioritize applications with arts partners who 
have prior experience in serving youth who are engaged, or at 
risk of engaging, in the juvenile justice system as well as 
partnerships developed through authentic collaboration with 
young people who have lived expertise or experience. The 
Committee directs OJJDP to provide a report, not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this act, on the use of 
funds, grant recipients, and project purposes for fiscal year 
2024 as well as plans for fiscal year 2025 funds including 
expansion of the program and creation of best practices to 
replicate these kinds of partnerships.
    Youth Mentoring Grants.--To support the critical work of 
national, regional, and local organizations in nurturing and 
mentoring at-risk children and youth, the Committee recommends 
$107,000,000 for competitive, peer-reviewed youth mentoring 
grants, of which $16,500,000 is for helping youth impacted by 
substance abuse, including opioids and methamphetamine. The 
Committee expects that the OJJDP will take all steps necessary 
to ensure fairness and objectivity in the award of these and 
future competitive grants. The Committee expects OJP to 
maintain OJJDP's expanded eligibility for local mentoring 
programs, particularly in rural areas, unaffiliated with 
national mentoring organizations. The Committee further expects 
OJP and OJJDP to collaborate with mentoring stakeholders to 
expand youth mentoring services in rural areas inordinately 
affected by substance abuse, particularly heroin and opioids, 
and that are considered at-risk.
    Girls in the Juvenile Justice System.--Girls in the United 
States with a history of sexual and physical abuse, school 
failure, substance dependency, and involvement in the welfare 
system, and who live in impoverished communities or are 
experiencing homelessness, face unique and complex risks. The 
Committee provides $6,500,000 for the ``Girls in the Justice 
System'' grant program, which will enable organizations, 
including nonprofit entities, with a successful track record of 
administering prevention and early intervention programs for 
girls who are most likely to end up in the juvenile justice 
system, at a local or State level, to replicate these programs 
at a national level. Funding for this program will further 
support prevention and early intervention strategies and 
curricula throughout the country, and place vulnerable girls on 
a path toward success, stability, and long-term contribution to 
society.
    Children Exposed to Violence.--According to DOJ, nearly 
two-thirds of children in the United States have been exposed 
to violence, which can impact development, health, and 
educational outcomes, and perpetuate the cycle of violence and 
substance misuse. The Committee provides $10,000,000 for grants 
to help children exposed to violence through direct supportive 
services for them and their families; training and capacity 
building for communities to build sustainable partnerships to 
prevent and help children cope with exposure; State and local 
policy reform to heal from trauma through supportive services 
for the children and their families; training and awareness-
raising for communities on how to prevent and help children 
heal from violence; State and policy reform; and technical 
assistance for child and family-serving systems and 
organizations to help them better recognize and help families 
at risk for violence.
    Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The Committee's recommendation 
provides $45,000,000 for the various programs authorized under 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act (Public Law 101-647) and directs 
OJJDP to ensure that not less than 90 percent of the grants 
awarded are for the purposes of developing and maintaining 
child advocacy centers [CAC], including training and 
accreditation. The Committee further directs OJJDP to ensure 
the funds intended to support local CACs are used efficiently 
with the highest percentage possible of Federal funding 
expended for local CAC organizational capacity, which is 
essential for the effective support of implementing the 
multidisciplinary response to child abuse investigation, 
prosecution, and intervention services.
    The Committee continues to support efforts by CACs to use 
their unique model and expertise to help military installations 
address cases of child abuse, and again provides $1,000,000 
from within the funds provided to continue to support a pilot 
project to identify, develop, and operationalize best 
practices. As this effort has been funded since fiscal year 
2017, the Committee directs OJJDP to report on the status of 
this pilot, including the locations of CACs and military 
installations working together, the number of children served 
through these partnerships, and lessons learned from this pilot 
program.
    The Committee further directs OJJDP to coordinate with the 
Department of Defense on the implementation of recommendations 
made in GAO's report on ``Increased Guidance and Collaboration 
Needed to Improve DoD's Tracking and Response to Child Abuse'' 
[GAO-20-110), including national agreements between CACs and 
each military service.
    Missing and Exploited Children Programs.--The Committee 
recommends $107,000,000 for OJJDP's Missing and Exploited 
Children Programs in order to support law enforcement agencies 
and other national organizations that report and investigate 
missing children cases and also investigate those who exploit 
children both with and without an online nexus. The Committee 
directs OJP to provide a plan for the use of these funds as 
part of the Department's spending plan for fiscal year 2025, 
which shall include investments in authorized national programs 
that serve as a resource center and clearinghouse on missing 
and exploited children, task force grants, and administrative 
costs for the Internet Crimes Against Children [ICAC] program. 
The Committee directs OJJDP to continue to ensure that all 
grantees report regularly on these programs.
    Within funds provided, the Committee directs that the full 
authorized amount of $40,000,000 be provided for the purposes 
of the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115-267), up to $32,200,000 of which shall be used to carry out 
the requirements of 34 U.S.C. 11293(b).
    Within the funds provided, $4,400,000 is provided for the 
AMBER Alert program. The Committee continues to recognize the 
diverse and unique challenges, identified in the report to 
Congress directed by the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian 
Country Act (Public Law 115-166), for the integration of State 
AMBER Alert communications plans and Tribal systems. Of the 
funds provided for AMBER Alert activities, $1,000,000 shall be 
directed to addressing State/Tribal integration consistent with 
the findings of the report directed by Public Law 115-166.
    The Committee addressed the increased tips of online child 
sexual exploitation and abuse reported to the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children's [NCMEC] CyberTipline in 
Senate Report 116-127, as adopted by Public Law 116-93, and 
continues the direction that OJJDP continue to provide for the 
development of IT solutions to address both duplicative tips 
and law enforcement deconfliction, so as to ensure that only 
high-quality information is being provided to law enforcement 
agencies, including ICAC task forces.
    The Committee directs that within the funds provided, 
$3,000,000 be for a competitive grant award program to increase 
the technological investigative capacity, and associated 
training of law enforcement, to support the development, 
refinement, and advancement of widely used investigative tools, 
methods, and technologies that address child sexual abuse 
material [CSAM], exploitation, and sex trafficking, as 
previously directed in fiscal years 2018 through 2024. The 
Committee also directs that OJJDP expand efforts to provide 
advanced skills training for ICAC officers.
    Advanced ICAC Skills Training.--The Committee directs that 
within the funds provided, no less than $1,000,000 be provided 
to maintain, strengthen, and enhance the ICAC Child Online 
Protection System [ICACCOPS] investigative tools that address 
CSAM, exploitation, and sex trafficking. The funding provided 
will significantly upgrade hardware, software, and other 
critical infrastructure components. These upgrades will 
increase investigative capacity and effectiveness to keep pace 
with the evolving threat of technology-facilitated child sexual 
exploitation and abuse. The Committee directs OJJDP to identify 
and provide a report on specific, long-term objectives 
associated with this funding within 90 days of enactment of 
this act.
    The Committee also directs the Department to prioritize 
expanded training on and use of the ICACCOPS program across 
Federal, State, local, Tribal, and military law enforcement 
agencies. The Committee further directs the Department to 
coordinate with the Department of Defense on the implementation 
of section 550D of Public Law 116-92.
    Statute of Limitations.--The Committee is aware that 
statutes of limitation laws have prevented survivors of child 
sexual abuse, child exploitation, and child sex trafficking 
from seeking justice when their trauma causes them to delay 
disclosure of their abuse until later in life. The Department 
is encouraged to explore ways of supporting and encouraging 
States to review, pursue and revise, or continue reviewing, 
pursuing and revising, civil and criminal statutes of 
limitations laws and avenues for reviving time-barred civil 
claims for child sexual abuse, child exploitation, and child 
sex trafficking for adults who were a child at the time of the 
sexual abuse claim in question.

                    PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $208,800,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     280,800,000
Committee recommendation................................     280,800,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $280,800,000 for 
public safety officers benefits. The recommendation is 
$72,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and is 
equal to the budget request. This program provides a one-time 
death benefit payment to eligible survivors of Federal, State, 
and local public safety officers whose death was the direct and 
proximate result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of 
duty or certain eligible heart attacks or strokes. Within 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.
    The Committee also recommends $34,800,000, as requested, 
for disability benefits for injured officers and education 
benefits for the families of officers who have been permanently 
disabled or killed in the line of duty.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services


             COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

                      INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $664,516,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     534,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     548,123,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $548,123,000 for 
community oriented policing services. The recommendation is 
$116,393,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$14,123,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee's recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Committee
                       Program                           Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COPS Hiring Grants...................................           257,000
    Tribal Resources Grant Program...................            37,000
    Regional Information Sharing Activities..........            46,000
    Tribal Access Program............................             6,000
    Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act...            10,000
    Collaborative Reform Model.......................             7,500
POLICE Act...........................................            14,000
Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces.....................            17,000
Anti-Heroin Task Forces..............................            36,000
STOP School Violence Act.............................            55,000
Community Policing Development.......................            45,000
Law Enforcement Officer De-Escalation................            20,000
COPS Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment                   104,123
 Projects............................................
                                                      ------------------
      TOTAL, Community Oriented Policing Services....           548,123
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Any deviations from the above table are subject to the 
reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this act.
    COPS Hiring Program.--The Committee recommends $257,000,000 
for COPS Hiring grants to help State, local, or Tribal law 
enforcement agencies create and preserve police officer 
positions and to increase community policing capacity and crime 
prevention efforts. Hiring grants will have an award cap of 
$125,000 and require grantees to provide a 25 percent local 
match. The Committee encourages the COPS Office to focus on 
efforts to train and increase the capacity of law enforcement 
agencies, executives, and managers serving rural communities to 
enhance the use of community policing practices and innovations 
in policing to expand the effectiveness of limited resources.
    Additional Technical Assistance.--The Committee urges the 
COPS Office to provide increased technical assistance to 
applicants who have not previously received COPS grants or 
otherwise indicate that they are newly establishing community-
oriented policing programs.
    Grants for Rural Communities.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of the COPS Office in helping to staff and equip 
State, local, and Tribal law enforcement officers. However, the 
Committee is concerned about the administrative difficulties 
faced by small and understaffed departments, especially in 
rural communities, when applying for Federal grants. The 
Committee urges the Department to review and improve the 
application requirements for COPS Hiring Grants and other COPS 
Office grants so that more small and understaffed departments 
can apply for and utilize the funding.
    Addressing Racial, Ethnic, and Demographic Gaps in Law 
Enforcement.--The Committee is concerned about racial, ethnic, 
and demographic gaps in law enforcement agencies. In fiscal 
year 2024, the Committee directed the COPS Hiring Program to 
give additional consideration to applicants that commit to 
recruiting officers from the communities in which they will 
serve. The Committee continues to support this effort.
    Community Policing Development, Training and Technical 
Assistance.--The Community Policing Development [CPD] program 
assists State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies with 
the implementation of community policing strategies. Programs 
funded by CPD provide guidance on promising practices, develop 
and test innovative strategies, build knowledge about effective 
practices and outcomes, and support new, creative approaches to 
preventing crime and promoting safe communities. The Committee 
provides $45,000,000 for CPD.
    De-escalation Training.--The Committee provides $20,000,000 
for de-escalation training programs and implementation of the 
Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act (Public Law 117-
325). The Committee directs the COPS Office to submit a report, 
within 60 days of the date of enactment of this act, describing 
initial implementation of that act in fiscal year 2024, program 
changes contemplated for fiscal year 2025, and resources 
requirements for continued implementation in fiscal year 2026.
    Collaborative Reform Model.--The Committee provides 
$7,500,000 for the continuation of the Collaborative Reform 
Model, which assists local law enforcement agencies to identify 
problems and develop solutions to some of the most critical 
issues facing law enforcement today, such as use of force, fair 
and impartial policing, and improved accountability. Grant 
funding is to only be used to assist law enforcement agencies 
that choose to engage in the collaborative reform process with 
the Department.
    Regional Information Sharing Systems [RISS] Program.--The 
Committee provides $46,000,000 for the RISS Program, to be 
administered through grants.
    The Committee directs that the Department assess no more 
than 4 percent of the total appropriation for the RISS program 
for management and administration purposes, so as to ensure 
sufficient funding is available for law enforcement.
    Anti-Methamphetamine Task Forces.--The Committee's 
recommendation provides $17,000,000 for the COPS Office to make 
competitive grants to law enforcement agencies in States with 
high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, 
laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures. These funds shall 
be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or investigate 
illicit activities such as precursor diversion, laboratories, 
or methamphetamine traffickers.
    Anti-Heroin Task Forces.--The Committee reiterates concerns 
over the dramatic rise of heroin use, deaths, and related crime 
in the United States. The need for additional resources and 
training to address these challenges is apparent, and the 
Committee created the anti-heroin task force program within the 
COPS Office in fiscal year 2015, continually providing funding 
in succeeding fiscal years. The Committee provides $36,000,000 
for the COPS Office to make competitive grants to law 
enforcement agencies in States with high per capita levels of 
primary treatment admissions for heroin, fentanyl, and other 
opioids. These funds shall be utilized for drug enforcement, 
including investigations and activities related to the 
distribution of heroin or unlawful diversion and distribution 
of prescription opioids, and for securing equipment commonly 
used in opioid investigations. The Committee directs that 
funding can be used for existing positions supported by prior 
Anti-Heroin Task Force awards. Priority shall be given to drug 
task forces managed and operated by the State that serve a 
majority of counties in the State.
    Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Grants.--The 
Committee strongly supports efforts to protect the mental 
health and well-being of law enforcement officers. 
Unfortunately, the stress of officers' work and stigma 
associated with seeking assistance for emotional and mental 
health issues has led to an increase in suicides for officers 
across the country. To address this concern, $10,000,000 is 
provided for Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act 
Program grants which shall be distributed as a competitive 
grant program for State and local law enforcement agencies to 
provide better training on officer emotional and mental health, 
implement suicide prevention programming, and help officers 
seek assistance in receiving support services.
    School Resource Officers.--The placement of law enforcement 
officers in schools can promote school safety and reduce the 
risk of violence, but may also carry a risk that these officers 
could contribute to a ``school-to-prison pipeline'' process 
where students are arrested or cited for minor, non-violent 
behavioral violations and then sent to the juvenile court 
system. This ultimately can lead to academic failure and 
greater recidivism rates for these students, and wastes 
community resources. The Committee directs that the COPS Office 
continue to implement requirements and procedures regarding 
written memoranda of understanding and training requirements, 
including clear definitions of officers' roles and 
responsibilities on campus, for any COPS Hiring grant funds 
used to hire school-based law enforcement officers.
    POLICE Act.--The COPS Office's Preparing for Active Shooter 
Situations [PASS] program has supported training for more than 
130,000 law enforcement first responders in a response protocol 
adopted by the FBI as the National standard for special agent 
tactical instructors. Many State and local police departments 
have also adopted this response protocol as a standard for 
active shooter response, ensuring law enforcement officers 
arriving on the scene understand how others are trained to 
respond. The Committee encourages the Department to ensure that 
grants authorized under the POLICE Act may be made available 
for primary schools, secondary schools, and college campuses, 
and that such training is an integrated training with campus 
police officers and local law enforcement. The Committee 
further encourages the continued development of e-learning 
resources to supplement in-person training.
    COPS Law Enforcement Technology.--The Committee provides 
$104,123,000 for grants for State, local, Tribal, territorial, 
and other entities to develop and acquire effective equipment, 
technologies, and interoperable communications that assist in 
the prevention of and response to crime. The Committee directs 
the COPS Office to ensure that all equipment funded under this 
program meets the requirements of NIST's Office of Law 
Enforcement Standards. The Committee directs the COPS Office to 
provide the funding for the projects listed in the table 
titled, ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' at the end of 
this report in the corresponding amounts.

                General Provisions-Department of Justice


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions:
    Section 201 limits the amount of funding the Attorney 
General can use for official reception and representation.
    Section 202 prohibits the use of funds in this title to pay 
for an abortion except where the life of the mother would be in 
danger, or in the case of rape or incest.
    Section 203 prohibits the use of funds in this title to 
require a person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
    Section 204 requires female prisoners to be escorted when 
off prison grounds.
    Section 205 allows the Department of Justice, subject to 
the Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 
percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the 
amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation.
    Section 206 limits the placement of maximum or high 
security prisoners to appropriately secure facilities.
    Section 207 restricts Federal prisoner access to certain 
amenities.
    Section 208 requires review by the Deputy Attorney General 
and the Department's investigative review board prior to the 
obligation or expenditure of funds for major 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 OMB Circular A-
76 competitions for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.
    Section 211 prohibits U.S. Attorneys from simultaneously 
holding multiple jobs outside of the scope of a U.S. Attorney's 
professional duties.
    Section 212 permits up to 2 percent of grant and 
reimbursement program funds made available to the Office of 
Justice Programs to be used for training and technical 
assistance, and permits up to 2 percent of grant and 
reimbursement program funds made available to that office to be 
transferred to the National Institute of Justice or the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics for criminal justice research and 
statistics.
    Section 213 gives the Attorney General the authority to 
waive matching requirements for Second Chance Act adult and 
juvenile reentry demonstration projects; State, Tribal and 
local reentry courts; and drug treatment programs. If a waiver 
is granted, the Attorney General shall document any factors and 
material presented by a grantee upon determining that a fiscal 
hardship exists prior to making an award.
    Section 214 waives the requirement that the Attorney 
General reserve certain funds from amounts provided for 
offender incarceration.
    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 permits the Department of Justice to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilot collaboration 
programs.
    Section 218 requires reports on Departmental funds.
    Section 219 prohibits funds from being used to conduct, 
contract for, or otherwise support, live tissue training.
    Section 220 is a provision regarding freedom of expression.
    Section 221 is a provision regarding freedom of religion.
    Section 222 is a new provision regarding communications 
with the Committees on Appropriations.

                               TITLE III

                                SCIENCE

                Office of Science and Technology Policy

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $7,965,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................       7,965,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,965,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $7,965,000 for the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP]. The 
recommendation is equal to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level 
and the budget request.
    OSTP was created by the National Science and Technology 
Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94-282) and coordinates science and technology policy for the 
White House. OSTP provides scientific and technological 
information, analyses, and advice for the President and the 
executive branch; participates in the formulation, 
coordination, and implementation of national and international 
policies and programs that involve science and technology; 
maintains and promotes the health and vitality of U.S. science 
and technology infrastructure; reviews and analyzes, with the 
Office of Management and Budget, the research and development 
budgets for all Federal agencies; and coordinates research and 
development efforts of the Federal Government to maximize the 
return on the public's investment in science and technology and 
to ensure Federal resources are used efficiently and 
appropriately. The Committee expects OSTP to be at the 
forefront of promoting American competitiveness through 
scientific research and technology development.
    Right to License and Copyright Articles.--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. The Committee is concerned that in 
implementing OSTP's August 2022 Memorandum to Executive 
Departments and Agencies titled, ``Ensuring Free, Immediate, 
and Equitable Access to federally Funded Research'' agencies 
may be violating this principle. OSTP is directed to clarify 
its guidance to agencies and instruct them not to limit grant 
recipients' ability to copyright, freely license, or control 
their works.
    Sequencing RNA.--The Committee recognizes the release of 
the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
report ``Charting a Future for Sequencing RNA and Its 
Modifications'' in March 2024. The Committee notes that a 
number of the report's recommendations will require a unified 
strategy across the Federal Government to unlock the full 
potential of RNA modifications and address pressing societal 
challenges in health, agriculture, and beyond. The Committee 
supports these efforts and directs OSTP to develop a 
coordinated plan for the relevant Federal agencies to implement 
the report's recommendations, which shall include collaborating 
with industry and academic institutions, and to provide an 
update as part of the fiscal year 2026 budget request.

                         National Space Council

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $1,965,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................       1,965,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,965,000

    The Committee provides $1,965,000 for the National Space 
Council. The recommendation is equal to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and the budget request.
    The National Space Council provides advice and assistance 
to the President on national space policy and strategy. The 
Council reviews U.S. Government space policy, including long-
range goals; develops strategies for national space activities; 
and develops recommendations for the President on space policy 
and space-related issues. The National Space Council's 
additional roles are to monitor and coordinate implementation 
of the Nation's objectives in space by executive departments 
and agencies; foster close coordination, cooperation, and 
technology and information exchange among the civil, national 
security, and commercial space sectors; and facilitate 
resolution of differences concerning major space and space-
related policy issues.
    The Committee directs the National Space Council to 
continue to provide the Committee with quarterly briefings on 
its activities, including its current assessment of current and 
emerging threats to maintaining U.S. leadership in space-based 
activities by the Federal Government, industry, and academia 
and any associated plans and policies to maintain that 
leadership.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Appropriations, 2024.................................... $24,875,000,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................  25,382,740,000
Committee recommendation................................  25,433,700,000

              NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Committee
                                                        recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Science:
    Earth Science...................................           2,368,700
    Planetary Science...............................           2,721,500
    Astrophysics....................................           1,583,000
    Heliophysics....................................             811,700
    Biological and Physical Science.................              90,800
                                                     -------------------
    Total, Science..................................           7,575,700
                                                     ===================
Aeronautics.........................................             965,800
Space Technology....................................           1,181,800
Exploration.........................................           7,648,200
Space Operations....................................           4,399,700
STEM Engagement.....................................             143,500
Safety, Security and Mission Services:..............           3,044,400
Construction and Environmental Compliance and                    424,100
 Restoration:.......................................
Office of Inspector General:........................              50,500
                                                     -------------------
        GRAND TOTAL, NASA...........................          25,433,700
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee's recommendation provides $25,433,700,000 for 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]. The 
recommendation is $558,700,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and $50,960,000 above the budget request.
    NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-568) to conduct space and 
aeronautical research and development and to conduct flight 
activities for peaceful purposes. NASA's unique mission of 
exploration, discovery, and innovation is intended to preserve 
the United States' role as both a world leader in aviation and 
as the pre-eminent space-faring nation. It is NASA's mission to 
advance human and robotic exploration, use, and development of 
space; advance and communicate scientific knowledge and 
understanding of the Earth, the Moon, the solar system, and the 
universe; and research, develop, verify, and transfer advanced 
aeronautics and space technologies.
    The bill continues investments in human spaceflight that 
will enable travel to the Moon, and eventually Mars, with NASA-
developed crew and launch vehicles; build a Gateway, landers, 
space suits, and other infrastructure for Moon landings; enable 
the burgeoning domestic launch industry that is bringing cargo 
and crew to the International Space Station and encouraging the 
development of new destinations in low-Earth orbit [LEO]; and 
support NASA's science and technology programs. These elements 
should be viewed as complementary pieces of a balanced whole. 
NASA is the American people's space agency. In advancing the 
U.S. national interest, NASA should seek, to the extent 
practicable, to retain public ownership of technologies, 
scientific data, and discoveries made using public funds.
    For Science, the Committee's recommendation strives to keep 
NASA's near-term launches on track to continue progress in 
exploring our solar system and the universe, understanding the 
Sun, and observing our changing planet. The Committee expects 
NASA to continue making progress on the recommendations of the 
National Academies' decadal surveys, now and in the future.
    For Exploration and Space Operations, the Committee's 
recommendation maintains support for ongoing activities in LEO, 
for the production of the vehicles that will take U.S. 
astronauts to the Moon, and for the continued development of 
systems that will enable human exploration of space.
    NASA is directed to continue providing the Committee with a 
quarterly launch schedule, by mission, which describes the 
risks associated with launch delays due to problems with the 
launch vehicle, impacts of launch delays to other missions in 
the launch queue, and a budget estimate of the anticipated 
carrying costs for missed launch windows. Due to disruption of 
NASA activities and missions, NASA shall also include any 
adjustments to launch windows for delayed missions. This launch 
schedule should also be made available for the public on the 
NASA website.
    The Committee expects NASA to maintain focus on improving 
oversight and accountability throughout the agency. While 
progress has been made, NASA's acquisition management continues 
to be on GAO's ``High Risk List.'' NASA must do better if the 
agency is to fully realize its current ambitious plans for 
science and exploration. Cost growth and schedule delays mean 
that NASA must annually choose among continuing ongoing 
projects, moving projects from formulation into development, 
and beginning new projects, including those that meet high 
priority National needs and decadal survey recommendations. 
When NASA prolongs projects or requests insufficient funding 
early in their development, the inevitable result is cost and 
schedule overruns caused by inadequate early funding for 
technology development and project management. NASA is directed 
to continue to cooperate fully with GAO to provide timely 
program analysis, evaluation data, and relevant information so 
that GAO can continue to report to Congress shortly after the 
annual budget submission, and semiannually thereafter, on the 
status of large-scale NASA programs, projects, and activities. 
NASA shall also work expeditiously to address any GAO 
recommendations intended to correct its practices that lead to 
performance delays and cost overruns.
    The Committee understands that NASA projects undergo major 
reviews in addition to regular oversight throughout the year. 
When one of these reviews results in changing the cost profile 
of a project in the current or budget request year, the 
Committee expects to be informed in a timely fashion so that 
its actions can consider the most recent NASA analysis and 
expectation.
    The Federal funding priorities for NASA set forth in this 
bill and explanatory statement should not be interpreted as 
suggestions. They are equivalent to any statutory requirement 
levied upon NASA in this act. The Committee articulates the 
funding levels of programs, where appropriate, in the form of 
tables and, if necessary, supplements with explanatory 
statement language.

                                SCIENCE

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $7,334,200,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................   7,565,700,000
Committee recommendation................................   7,575,700,000

    The Committee provides $7,575,700,000 for Science, which is 
$241,500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$10,000,000 above the budget request. The Science account 
encompasses: Earth Science, Planetary Science, Astrophysics, 
Heliophysics, and Biological and Physical Science. This funding 
supports NASA programs that seek to answer fundamental 
questions concerning the ways in which Earth is changing; the 
comparison of Earth with other planets in the solar system and 
around other stars; the connections between the Sun and Earth; 
and the origin and evolution of planetary systems, the galaxy, 
and the universe, including the origin and distribution of life 
in the universe. These objectives are assisted by input from 
the scientific community through decadal surveys and are 
achieved through orbital and suborbital experiments, robotic 
flight missions, ground-based scientific research and data 
analysis, and the development of new technologies for future 
missions. NASA shall continue its progress toward implementing 
the recommendations of decadal surveys in Earth Science, 
Heliophysics, Planetary Science, Astrophysics, and Biological 
and Physical Sciences.
    The Committee notes that the number of commercial providers 
offering suborbital and orbital platforms for scientific 
experiments continues to grow, making these platforms 
affordable and essential for researchers, particularly when 
missions require a tailored launch to mission-dependent orbits, 
locations, and schedules or frequent iteration and repetition. 
NASA shall ensure that its merit review systems encourage 
principal investigators [PIs] to use these platforms. In fiscal 
year 2025, NASA expects to support 18 small satellite missions. 
Due to continued and increasing demand for these services, NASA 
is directed to continue competitive processes to ensure they 
are readily available, including encouraging the utilization of 
Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare 
opportunities. Further, NASA is encouraged to support 
partnerships with industry on research, development, and test 
activities to mature technological solutions to create 
performance-enhancing hardware designs that reduce part count, 
cost, and risk for future science missions. The Committee also 
encourages NASA to evaluate private sector, large spacecraft 
options that can deliver multiple Evolved Expendable Launch 
Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter [ESPA]-sized payloads, 
telecommunications infrastructure, and offer rideshare options 
that allow missions to Geostationary Orbit, the Moon, Mars, and 
beyond.
    Life Cycle Costs.--The Committee agrees that NASA ought to 
strictly control development costs of NASA missions. However, 
the Committee notes that it generally regards the development 
costs as occurring through Phase D and not into Phase E. 
Operation of NASA missions far beyond their originally planned 
life is something to celebrate, and NASA's Senior Review 
process ensures that its operations funds are spent on 
scientifically productive missions.
    Earth Science.--Within the amount for Earth Science, the 
Committee recommendation includes the request level for Earth 
Venture Class Missions to support missions under development 
while maintaining the cadence of future missions. Consistent 
with the National Academies' Decadal Survey for Earth Science 
and Applications from Space, the Committee acknowledges the 
vital role of the Venture Class Missions program in supporting 
the development of novel remote sensing technologies and 
sustaining the scientific workforce.
    The Committee notes that NASA supports airborne science 
platforms for observing stratospheric conditions and the 
Earth's radiation budget, including the impact of the 
introduction of material into the stratosphere from changes in 
natural systems, increased air and space traffic, and solar 
radiation modification, and for calibrating and enhancing the 
value of NASA's satellite and Earth Sciences programs. Further, 
Earth Science missions could help to understand the efficacy of 
carbon dioxide removal proposals, including to track carbon 
stocks and carbon cycling in aboveground biomass and coastal 
marine ecosystems.
    Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer 
[GLIMR].--The Committee directs NASA to start preparing for 
launch services for the mission and provides not less than the 
request level for GLIMR to achieve instrument delivery and 
mission requirements. In addition, the Committee directs NASA 
to continue working with NOAA to ensure that GLIMR meets the 
requirements of the GeoXO program, as appropriate.
    Landsat Next.--The Committee recognizes the importance of 
on-time and on-budget delivery of the Landsat Next mission to 
ensure full data continuity with the Landsat 9 mission. The 
Committee provides $150,000,000 for Landsat Next and expects to 
be kept apprised if any issues arise with the current schedule.
    Earth System Observatory.--The Committee underscores the 
importance of addressing the high-priority Earth observation 
needs outlined in the decadal survey, together with our 
international partners. Therefore, the Committee provides the 
request level for the reformulated Earth System Observatory 
missions.
    Terra, Aqua, and Aura.--The Committee recognizes that the 
2023 Senior Review for Operating Missions makes clear that the 
Terra, Aqua, and Aura missions provide irreplaceable data to 
the scientific community and that each spacecraft is nearing 
the end of its design life. The Committee provides the request 
level for these missions and encourages NASA to continue 
operating them as long as they maintain scientific 
productivity. In addition, not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this act, NASA shall provide the Committee a 
transition plan to ensure the continuity of data between the 
Terra, Aqua, and Aura missions and successor missions or 
follow-on data sources for instruments, including a replacement 
for the Microwave Limb Sounder.
    Postdoctoral Program.--The Committee supports NASA's 
postdoctoral program as a critical component to enabling 
science research and discovery within the Science Mission 
Directorate, especially with the ongoing need to build a 
science workforce pipeline to support NASA's decadal missions 
and continued space science activities. The Committee welcomes 
NASA's views and plans for the possible expansion of the 
postdoc program as part of the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget 
request.
    Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition [CSDA].--The CSDA 
program identifies, evaluates, and acquires data from 
commercial sources to support NASA's Earth Science research and 
application goals. The Committee provides the request level for 
CSDA, encourages NASA to begin formal assessments of novel 
commercial data sources through this program early in the 
calibration and validation process, and encourages the agency 
to leverage the full capabilities of the commercial remote 
sensing industry.
    Methane Satellite Monitoring.--The Committee directs NASA 
to acquire and analyze open access methane satellite data and, 
after evaluation, to release that data through the portal of 
the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center, in order for the data to be 
made publicly available for other Federal agency action, 
scientific research and non-commercial application development. 
This could include commercial data for an oil and gas producing 
basin of significance. Dependent on evaluation outcomes and 
interagency priorities, satellite methane data shall be made 
publicly available on the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center portal 
within 15 days of the observation or date made available by the 
data provider. Analysis using satellite data shall be made 
publicly available on the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center portal 
within 120 days of completion of the analysis.
    Space-Based Wildfire Detection Technologies.--The Committee 
appreciates NASA's partnership with the commercial sector on 
concept studies to develop and demonstrate a remote sensing 
wildfire early detection and warning system. NASA is encouraged 
to finalize the concept studies in order to transition to the 
development and demonstration of the technologies and 
techniques needed to prove this capability. Not less than the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level is provided for NASA to continue 
these efforts, including for aerial and in-space demonstration 
activities. Within 60 days of enactment of this act, NASA shall 
brief the Committee on the results of the concept studies and 
the agency plans to work with commercial partners to develop 
and demonstrate technologies and techniques necessary to 
showcase wildfire detection capabilities. NASA is also 
encouraged to include support for the continuation and 
completion of this effort in the fiscal year 2026 budget 
request.
    Planetary Science.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$276,600,000 for planetary defense. The Committee 
recommendation supports funding for Near Earth Object 
Observations, which makes critical observations of Near Earth 
Objects and potentially hazardous asteroids, and provides not 
less than $235,900,000 for the Near Earth Object Surveyor 
Mission [NEOSM] to maintain a 2028 launch date.
    The Committee expects NASA to continue the selection and 
launch cadence of Small Innovative Missions for Planetary 
Exploration [SIMPLEx], New Frontiers, and Discovery class 
missions in spite of any cost pressures from planetary flagship 
missions. The Committee recommendation includes up to the 
budget request for New Frontiers, including $434,600,000 for 
the Dragonfly mission to ensure a launch readiness date of no 
later than 2028.
    Lunar Discovery and Exploration.--The recommendation 
includes up to the request level for Lunar Discovery and 
Exploration, including $22,100,000 to continue the Lunar 
Reconnaissance Orbiter and not less than the request level for 
Commercial Lunar Payload Services. The Committee supports 
NASA's commitment to utilizing public-private partnerships to 
advance its lunar science and exploration agenda and encourages 
the agency to leverage the resources and expertise of both 
private industry and universities in pursuit of these goals. 
Developing an industrial base of new space companies is 
paramount for the United States to be a leader in returning to 
the Moon and increasing cislunar operations. The Committee 
directs the Lunar Discovery and Exploration program to adhere 
to the lunar science priorities established by decadal surveys 
and the National Research Council's consensus report titled 
``Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon.'' 
Activities funded within the program should meet both lunar 
science and human exploration needs.
    Further, the Committee directs NASA to begin formulation on 
the Lunar Exploration and Science Orbiter [LExSO] mission carry 
an openly competed, high-resolution camera to the Moon. Not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this act, NASA shall 
provide the Committee with an update on the LExSO mission.
    Mars Sample Return [MSR].--NASA is encouraged to select a 
realistic mission architecture that achieves at least the base 
scientific goals identified in the 2022 Planetary Science and 
Astrobiology Decadal Survey titled ``Origins, Worlds, and 
Life'', within a reasonable budget portfolio and timescale. 
NASA shall provide the Committee a description of this 
selection and its associated cost estimate not later than 30 
days after enactment of this act. If NASA has not selected an 
architecture by this deadline, NASA must provide a plan for 
incorporating a sample return task and preserving critical NASA 
workforce expertise needed for the Mars Exploration Program. 
The Committee recommends not less than the request level for 
MSR.
    Uranus Orbiter and Probe.--In order to advance the 
recommendations of the Planetary Science Decadal Survey, the 
Committee provides up to $10,000,000 for initial formulation of 
the Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission.
    GeoCarb.--The Committee is supportive of NASA continuing to 
work with the commercial satellite industry to find a 
compatible host for the GeoCarb instrument. The Committee 
encourages NASA to allow the mission's science team to complete 
final pre-flight testing and characterization of the 
instrument. The instrument's data will provide NASA, as well as 
the agriculture and energy sectors, the capability to monitor 
naturally occurring carbon-dioxide and methane, as well as 
anthropogenic sources, including methane leaks from industrial 
sources, in both North and South America.
    Astrophysics.--The Committee recommendation for 
Astrophysics includes not less than $98,300,000 for the Hubble 
Space Telescope; up to $72,100,000 for the Chandra X-ray 
Observatory; $187,000,000 for the James Webb Space Telescope 
[JWST], including for current outreach activities; $384,000,000 
for the Nancy Grace Roman Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope; 
and up to $269,400,000 for Astrophysics Explorers. The 
Committee recognizes that both Hubble and Chandra continue to 
make transformative discoveries and provide key capabilities 
that augment and complement the JWST and help secure U.S. 
leadership in space and science but will eventually need to be 
decommissioned as their capabilities degrade and resources are 
prioritized to other observatories.
    Further, the Committee is encouraged by NASA's commitment 
to accelerate the cadence of Astrophysics Explorer missions and 
to continue a new line of small Pioneer-class missions that 
leverage advancements in low-cost platforms such as CubeSats 
and balloons to support groundbreaking science. Such activities 
can improve scientific understanding while simultaneously 
developing the scientific workforce through increased research 
opportunities for students and faculty.
    Astrophysics Research.--The Committee recognizes the role 
of the Astrophysics Research program in supporting the 
development of novel astrophysics observation technologies that 
lay the foundation for future mission architectures. 
Additionally, a strong research program maximizes the 
scientific value of space-based missions by ensuring that the 
data collected through such observations can continue to 
provide new insights into the mechanisms behind cosmological 
phenomena. The Committee also understands that supporting these 
activities through extramural grant funding contributes to the 
long-term viability of the U.S. astrophysics community. As 
such, the Committee recommends up to $300,500,000 for 
Astrophysics Research.
    Habitable Worlds Observatory.--The Committee supports the 
Habitable Worlds Observatory as recommended by the Decadal 
Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, ``Pathways to Discovery 
in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s'' [Astro2020]. In 
order to cement continued American leadership in astronomy, the 
Committee provides $50,000,000 for the Habitable Worlds 
Observatory. In addition, the Committee directs NASA to 
establish the Habitable Worlds Observatory Project Office at 
Goddard Space Flight Center to leverage existing expertise in 
astrophysics and segmented mirror technology.
    Lunar-based Astronomy.--The Committee encourages NASA to 
assess of the feasibility of a U.S. led lunar-based 
gravitational wave observatory. The assessment should 
investigate laser interferometry on the Moon to broaden the 
spectrum of gravitational waves, which could open a new 
frontier of multi-band, multi-messenger astronomy.
    Heliophysics.--The Committee is frustrated by NASA's 
proposal to once again reduce Heliophysics funding, especially 
with the forthcoming release of the next NAS Decadal Survey for 
Solar and Space Physics [Heliophysics] later this year. The 
Committee instead provides not less than $811,700,000 and 
recognizes that a greater understanding of our Sun and the 
accompanying technologies developed for that purpose will help 
to mitigate the hazards that solar activity poses to ground- 
and space-based platforms that strengthen our National 
security, economic competitiveness, and scientific prowess. 
Within the amount for Heliophysics, the recommendation 
includes: $236,700,000 for Heliophysics Explorers, including 
not less than $39,300,000 for HelioSwarm; $252,300,000 for 
Heliophysics Research; and $20,000,000 for Heliophysics 
Technology Program.
    Solar Terrestrial Probe.--The recommendation includes 
$133,200,000 for Solar Terrestrial Probes to: support continued 
development of Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe 
[IMAP] to maintain a 2025 launch schedule; implement 
accompanying Missions of Opportunity [MOs]; and maintain 
operations for ongoing missions, including the Magnetospheric 
Multiscale [MMS] mission at up to $26,000,000. The Committee 
directs NASA to maintain operations and scientific analysis for 
MMS at a level that will achieve the phase two objective of 
night side reconnection events.
    Geospace Dynamics Constellation [GDC].--The Committee is 
disappointed by NASA's proposal to cancel the GDC mission, 
which will fulfill the recommendations of the National 
Academies' Heliophysics decadal survey titled ``Solar and Space 
Physics: A Science for a Technological Society'' through 
improved understanding of the variability of the space weather 
environment surrounding Earth, because of budgetary pressures 
outside the Heliophysics Division. The Committee awaits the 
receipt of the schedule and budget profile to launch GDC by the 
end of the decade requested in the division C of the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 118-42. As part 
of the report, NASA should consider a partnership with industry 
or a mission of opportunity to achieve the decadal survey 
science requirements for the GDC mission. The recommendation 
provides $122,700,000 for Living with a Star [LWS], which 
supports a diverse portfolio of activities that contribute to 
our understanding of the societal impact of the Sun-Earth 
system. This includes $15,000,000 for the GDC mission.
    Space Weather.--In response to the National Space Weather 
Strategy and Action Plan and the recommendations of the decadal 
survey, the Committee provides up to $47,500,000 for Space 
Weather. The Committee notes the relevance of NASA Space 
Weather activities to safeguarding human health against 
radiation during long-duration deep space exploration 
activities. NASA should coordinate with NOAA, NSF, and the 
Department of Defense to ensure that NASA is focused on 
research and technology that enables other agencies to 
dramatically improve their operational space weather assets and 
the forecasts they generate using data from those assets, 
including current and future ground-based telescopes and 
instruments, such as the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. NASA 
is encouraged to obtain space weather solutions, and if 
practicable, to integrate the new commercially-provided 
solutions into future missions and operations. Further, NASA 
should coordinate with NOAA to ensure that efforts pursued 
through this activity meet NOAA operational needs.
    Biological and Physical Science.--Biological sciences are 
integral to future crewed Moon, Mars, and long-duration LEO 
missions. The Committee directs NASA to continue research into 
understanding the effects of living and working in low- and 
micro-gravity environments on humans and other living 
organisms. The recommendation provides $90,800,000 for 
Biological and Physical Science, including $4,000,000 to 
continue to consortium established in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42). The consortium 
shall continue to include academic institutions with 
demonstrated expertise within the human health, animal, and 
plant sciences.
    NASA is encouraged, in partnership with industry and, to 
the extent practicable, leveraging Small Business Innovation 
Research investments, to support the development and 
demonstration of in-situ analysis, sample preparation and 
handling, and specialized equipment for the next generation of 
microgravity science, including in fluid and combustion 
facilities, crop science, and stem cell manufacturing.

                              AERONAUTICS

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $935,000,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................     965,800,000
Committee recommendation................................     965,800,000

    The Committee provides $965,800,000 for Aeronautics, which 
is $30,800,000 above to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
equal to the budget request. The Aeronautics account funds 
research in key areas related to the development of advanced 
aircraft technologies and systems, including those related to 
aircraft safety, ultra-efficient vehicles and fuel efficiency, 
hypersonics, and research that supports the Next Generation Air 
Transportation System.
    Low Boom Flight Demonstrator [LBFD].--The Committee 
supports New Aviation Horizons and is encouraged by NASA's 
efforts toward developing a Low Boom Flight Demonstrator X-
plane, referred to as LBFD. Sufficient funds are also included 
to enable the next X-plane demonstration planned beyond LBFD.
    Optimization of Stitched Composites.--NASA has invested in 
early technology development of stitched composites that will 
help lead to revolutionary aircraft structures. The Committee 
provides not less than the 2024 enacted level to industrialize 
stitched composites for next generation sustainable aircraft 
architectures. The Committee recommends NASA partner with 
entities experienced in high-rate, large scale aerostructure 
design and manufacturing to successfully promote U.S. 
capability for future classes of sustainable, next generation 
aircraft.
    Sustainable Aviation.--The Committee supports NASA's 
Sustainable Flight National Partnership, including the 
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, the Electrified 
Powertrain Flight Demonstration [EPFD], and the advancement of 
sustainable aviation fuels. The Committee encourages NASA to 
strengthen its collaborations with the Department of Energy, 
national laboratories, and universities to overcome energy 
storage challenges for mobility technologies such as electric 
air flight including through the EPFD. Further, the Committee 
encourages NASA to accelerate research and development for 
next-generation commercial engine technologies that will 
increase efficiency and reduce fuel consumption for single 
aisle aircraft.
    Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this act, 
NASA shall provide the Committee with a technology roadmap 
summarizing any recent or current investments in hydrogen 
research and development for aeronautics and an assessment of 
key technology areas for future prioritization.
    Hypersonics Technology.--The Committee notes that low-speed 
hypersonic flight opportunities enable development of the next 
generation of commercial aeronautics travel. The development of 
new hypersonic capabilities can sustain hypersonic competency 
for national needs while advancing fundamental research. Both 
require technology development that includes hypersonic 
propulsion systems, reusable vehicle technologies, high-
temperature materials, including carbon fiber components, 
polymer ceramic composites, and systems analysis. The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
hypersonics technology research. Within this amount, the 
Committee provides $10,000,000 for collaborative work between 
industry and academia for carbon/carbon material testing and 
$5,000,000 to develop and mature automation of high-temperature 
ceramic matrix composites for material characterization.
    Advanced Materials Research.--The Committee supports NASA's 
Advanced Air Vehicles Initiatives including the Hi-Rate 
Composite Aircraft Manufacturing [HiCAM] and Hybrid Thermally 
Efficient Core [HyTEC] programs. Due to their extreme 
temperatures, hypersonic vehicles require specialized composite 
materials that rely upon a significant amount of testing and 
characterization to mature these advanced materials for 
airframes. The Committee provides up to $15,000,000 to advance 
the state of these materials through collaborative research 
with industry and academia to enable the use of hypersonic 
vehicles through hot structures. The Committee also encourages 
research and development of hi-rate ceramic matrix composites, 
advanced polymer-aerogel materials, and technologies in support 
of materials and structures for extreme environments.
    Advanced Air Mobility [AAM] Systems.--The Committee 
supports NASA's work to support flight testing of autonomous 
AAM vehicles in an integrated airspace that enables beyond 
visual line of site flights in a controlled airspace. The 
recommendation provides up to the requested level for the 
Advanced Air Vehicles Program and the AAM National Campaign, 
including the Air Traffic Management eXploration project. The 
Committee also provides up to $5,000,000 for development and 
demonstration of an innovative composite rotor blade for 
electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft using 
innovative fiber preforming capabilities.

                            SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,100,000,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................   1,181,800,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,181,800,000

    The Committee provides $1,181,800,000 for Space Technology, 
which is $81,800,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level 
and equal to the budget request. The Space Technology mission 
directorate funds basic research that can advance multi-purpose 
technologies to enable new approaches to all of NASA's current 
missions. Space Technology also includes funding for NASA's 
Small Business Innovative Research [SBIR] and Small Business 
Technology Transfer programs.
    The Committee is supportive of many of the technologies 
being developed within Space Technology, which will have wide-
ranging benefits for NASA missions and throughout the agency. 
Of particular note are the enabling technologies of Solar 
Electric Propulsion, Nuclear Electric Propulsion, Moon-to-Mars 
Planetary Autonomous Construction Technology, optical 
communications, and artificial intelligence. These key 
supporting technologies will provide enabling capabilities for 
multiple robotic and human exploration missions.
    Innovative Nanomaterials.--The recommendation includes 
$5,000,000 to advance large scale production and use of 
innovative nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes and 
carbon/carbon composites.
    On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing-1 [OSAM-
1].--Pending a reasonable and executable plan to meet the 
criteria laid out in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 118-42 of a 2026 launch within the 
fiscal year 2024 budget profile, the Committee recommends up to 
$174,500,000 for the OSAM-1 mission. Not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this act, NASA shall submit a report to the 
Committee detailing steps taken to meet the criteria by 
reducing the mission's overall cost and schedule to achieve a 
2026 launch. The report should also outline any opportunities 
for cost-sharing with the Department of Defense and/or the 
Consortium for Space Mobility and In-space servicing, assembly, 
and manufacturing Capabilities [COSMIC]. In addition, the 
report should include how NASA will permit OSAM-1's 
capabilities to be commercialized after completion of its 
primary mission, with priority given to national security tasks 
but also allowing for use by commercial entities for satellite 
servicing, orbital debris removal, or other aspects of space 
traffic management.
    Nuclear Thermal Propulsion [NTP].--NTP is a critical space 
propulsion technology that will enable a host of exploration, 
scientific, national security, and commercial applications. The 
Committee is encouraged by the collaborative approach between 
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA] 
on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations 
[DRACO] Program, in coordination with the private sector. While 
the development of a demonstration NTP system is essential to 
the eventual development of an operational system, the 
demonstration system as currently envisioned will not be 
sufficient to outperform existing propulsion technologies. 
Therefore, the Committee provides $115,000,000 for the 
developmental of NTP, of which not less than $15,000,000 is to 
continue to accelerate the development of an operational system 
with commercial partners, concurrently with DRACO, to ensure 
that the United States has a NTP system capable of performing 
future cislunar and deep space science missions. This funding 
should provide for a continued focus on development of an 
operational capability and aid in nuclear systems design, 
fabrication, and testing; materials development and advanced 
metal and composites manufacturing; spacecraft and launch 
vehicle design and fabrication; and satellite design, 
fabrication, and operation. The Committee expects that the 
fiscal year 2026 budget request and future year projections 
should reflect the urgency that this program's objectives and 
goals demand.
    Fission Surface Power [FSP].--The Committee continues to 
recognize the need for steady, reliable, and uninterrupted 
power for future extended science and exploration missions on 
the lunar surface, particularly at the poles, and is supportive 
of past and ongoing investments in a mix of technologies, 
including both FSP and Vertical Solar Array Technology [VSAT]. 
FSP systems, due to their ruggedness, resilience, and ability 
to survive the lunar night and operate in permanently shaded 
craters, are essential to sustained, long-duration missions on 
the lunar surface. The Committee supports designing, building, 
and testing the first ever space FSP for deployment to and 
demonstration on the lunar surface. Therefore, the Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the developmental of FSP.
    Nuclear Propulsion Center of Excellence.--The Committee 
provides $10,000,000 for NASA to establish a center of 
excellence to advance nuclear propulsion research. The center 
shall partner with academic institutions with demonstrated 
expertise within the nuclear propulsion industry. NASA shall 
establish the center of excellence in a State or region that 
does not currently host a NASA facility and in a region that 
has a large population of industry partners who are also 
invested in nuclear propulsion research.
    Flight Opportunities Program.--The recommendation provides 
$35,000,000 for the Flight Opportunities Program. The funding 
provided for this program may be used to support undergraduate 
and graduate work in developing flight opportunities payloads. 
Within the amount provided, $5,000,000 to support payload 
development and flight of K-12 and collegiate educational 
payloads.
    Orbital Debris Inspection Mission.--The Committee provides 
not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for NASA to 
support an Orbital Debris Inspection mission, in partnership 
with the private sector, with a target launch before the end of 
2026.
    Tipping Point.--The Committee supports new Tipping Point 
and Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity [ACO] 
solicitations. NASA is encouraged to consult with industry and 
to consider prioritizing new opportunities for competition to 
select public-private partnerships and technology 
demonstrations for systems that satisfy specific technology 
needs to support the Moon-to-Mars program. The Committee 
expects NASA to prioritize the development and demonstration of 
cross-cutting technologies, which may include technologies 
relating to in-situ resource utilization and resource 
recycling; surface mobility; electromagnetic tools; and 
additive manufacturing.
    Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies [LIFT-1].--
The Committee supports NASA's investment, in collaboration with 
industry, on innovative solutions to advance the Moon-to-Mars 
initiatives, such as the LIFT-1 program. The Committee 
encourages NASA to consider viable, comprehensive approaches to 
the LIFT-1 program, not only to solve the critical need of 
creating oxygen on the Moon, but also to provide viable 
projects to advance the lunar effort.
    Rocket Propulsion Systems.--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 
encourages NASA to continue supporting the development of new 
materials and manufacturing methods for rocket propulsion 
systems to bring down the costs of future missions.
    Technology Maturation.--The Committee notes that NASA has a 
long history of successful collaboration with private 
contractors. However, the Committee also notes that as the 
commercial space industry has grown, the guidelines for 
technology transfer licensing and intellectual property 
protections have not kept up with demands for clarity with the 
expanded role of contracting mechanisms like commercial 
services. The Committee directs the Space Technology Mission 
Directorate to report on the status of technology transfer 
licensing and intellectual property protections private 
industry is afforded by NASA when they share development costs 
under various contracting mechanisms within 120 days of 
enactment of this act. Within 180 days of enactment of this 
act, the Committee directs NASA to report on which ways in 
which technology transfer licensing and intellectual property 
protections could be improved to bolster collaboration between 
private enterprise and NASA in technology development.
    Space Technology Research Institutes [STRI].--The Committee 
supports the NASA's work to strengthen ties to the Nation's 
academic community and create technologies to support missions 
such as Artemis, where in situ resource utilization will be 
critical to achieve a sustainable presence on the surface of 
the moon and, eventually, Mars. The Committee encourages NASA 
to continue support for the STRI program.
    Small Business Innovation Research.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of the SBIR program and its previous 
success in commercialization of results from federally-funded 
research and development projects, and includes the requested 
level for SBIR.

                              EXPLORATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $7,666,200,000
Budget Estimate, 2025...................................   7,618,200,000
Committee recommendation................................   7,648,200,000

    The Committee provides $7,648,200,000 for Exploration, 
which is $18,000,000 below the fiscal year 2024 enacted level 
and $30,000,000 above the budget request.
    The Exploration account funds the capabilities required to 
develop, demonstrate, and deploy the transportation, life 
support, and surface systems that will enable sustained human 
presence beyond LEO and throughout the solar system. The 
Committee believes the Nation deserves a safe and robust human 
spaceflight program to explore beyond LEO, including the 
establishment of a sustainable lunar presence, and ensuring 
U.S. leadership in space.
    The Committee provides not less than the request level for 
the Space Launch System [SLS], Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle 
[Orion] and Exploration Ground Systems [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. However, NASA must effectively manage the cost 
and schedule of the agency's highest priority missions, 
especially in light of a constrained fiscal environment. The 
Committee is concerned that cost overruns for flagship 
missions, including those in the Exploration Directorate are 
affecting programs across the agency and that, in the long 
term, NASA must drive down launch costs to ensure the long-term 
success of the Artemis campaign. The Committee acknowledges the 
OIG's findings in IG-24-001 that the lack of competition for 
heavy-lift services are impeding the ability to drive down 
exploration launch costs. Therefore, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this act, NASA shall provide the Committee 
with a report outlining how the agency is planning on reducing 
launch costs beginning with Artemis V. The report should 
include progress on implementing the recommendations in IG-24-
001 and an analysis of how commercial launch options could be 
part of the agency's long-term strategy.
    Gateway.--The Committee understands that the Gateway 
station is critical to support extended human habitation around 
the Moon and provides the request level.
    Human Landing System [HLS].--The Committee recognizes the 
national importance of America's return to the Moon and 
provides $1,896,100,000 to achieve the contracted HLS Option A, 
Option B, and Sustaining Lander Development missions, as well 
as development of cargo landing services derived from these 
crewed landers to support the development of sustainable human 
exploration of the Moon and Mars. Competition between industry 
partners will drive long-term affordability for the HLS 
program. The Committee directs NASA to utilize a competitive 
process for contracting cargo landing missions and crewed 
landing missions within the purview of the HLS program that 
have not yet been awarded.
    Exploration Extravehicular Activity [xEVA] Spacesuits.--The 
Committee provides not less than $434,200,000 for the xEVA and 
Human Surface Mobility program to maintain schedule for the 
International Space Station and Artemis missions. NASA shall 
only procure EVA spacesuits and services for NASA and 
international partner astronauts for Low Earth Orbit, Artemis 
and deep space missions that meet the strict safety and mission 
criteria required under the xEVA program. Further, the 
Committee expects that the HLS, Gateway, and Lunar Terrain 
Vehicle development teams are coordinating with the xEVA 
program to ensure compatibility.
    Mars Habitation and Life Support Systems.--The Committee 
recognizes that the immediate and foremost national priority is 
to return Americans to the Moon, as part of a strategy for the 
United States and its international partners to land humans on 
Mars. The Committee strongly supports this goal, and in March 
2023 was pleased to approve the establishment of the Moon to 
Mars Program Office. The Committee recognizes that NASA is 
currently supporting the evaluation of multi-purpose habitation 
and life support systems for Mars transit and lunar surfaces. 
The Committee further recognizes NASA's capabilities, including 
in assembly facilities, currently involved in the Artemis 
mission, to manufacture mockup and eventual habitats for these 
missions.
    In-space Manufacturing Demonstration.--The Committee 
encourages NASA to continue partnerships with the private 
sector for a fabrication laboratory demonstration of metal and 
electronic manufacturing in space.
    Exploration Supply Chain.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of the NASA industrial base to the success of the 
Artemis campaign, in particular small- and medium-sized 
businesses. The Committee notes that cost escalation from 
supply chain constraints and inflationary pressures is a 
challenge for primes and subcontractors. Not later than 180 
days after the enactment of this act, NASA shall provide the 
Committee with a report about how the agency is supporting the 
industrial base with these challenges, especially small- and 
medium-sized businesses.

                            SPACE OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $4,220,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   4,389,700,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,399,700,000

    The Committee provides $4,399,700,000 for Space Operations, 
which is $179,700,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level 
and $10,000,000 above the budget request. The Space Operations 
account supports the International Space Station [ISS] and the 
supporting functions required to conduct operations in space up 
to the full requested level. The ISS is a complex of research 
laboratories in LEO in which American and international partner 
astronauts conduct unique scientific and technological 
investigations in a microgravity environment.
    Commercial Crew and Cargo.--The Committee strongly supports 
continued, regular access to the ISS and notes that this access 
supports national capabilities in Earth orbit and is vital to 
retaining U.S. leadership in space. NASA is directed to 
maintain the high-skilled workforce supporting ISS operations, 
which in turn will have impacts on the safety and operations of 
our sustained human presence and mission in LEO. 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 ISS is operational.
    Commercial Crew Vehicles.--The Committee believes NASA 
should consider establishing a reliable crew vehicle program to 
ensure uninterrupted access to the ISS and future commercial 
LEO platforms. In doing so, NASA is urged to consider 
dissimilar redundancy, while leveraging current Federal and 
private investment in cargo to benefit crew. The Committee 
directs NASA to provide a report, no later than 180 days after 
enactment of this act, on what steps are required to modify 
currently available cargo vehicles to a crewed variant, 
including vehicular modifications, cost, and timing.
    Suborbital Crew.--NASA shall continue its Suborbital Crew 
Office to perform safety assessments to enable NASA personnel 
to procure flights for civil servants on licensed U.S. 
suborbital vehicles. NASA shall leverage existing Federal 
Aviation Administration [FAA] safety regulations and FAA 
licensing requirements to prioritize safety and ensure 
coordination to protect public health and safety. NASA shall 
also establish a qualification process with a roadmap for 
operators to complete the required review process within a 
reasonable timeframe.
    ISS Deorbit Vehicle.--The Committee supports NASA's efforts 
to develop and procure a deorbit vehicle to ensure the safe and 
controlled deorbit of the ISS at the end of its useful life. 
The Committee notes that the procurement of the deorbit vehicle 
should not result in a reduction in support for other 
activities on the ISS.
    Space Communications.--Reliable, high-speed data relay to, 
from, and between NASA spacecraft is critical for NASA 
scientific and exploration activities. The Committee recognizes 
that NASA has partnered with industry to increase 
communications capabilities and reduce costs over legacy 
systems. The recommendation supports up to the request level 
for the Communications Services Program.
    Optical Communications.--The Committee supports NASA's 
efforts to develop low-cost optical communications systems. The 
Committee is also aware that other agencies, including the 
Space Development Agency, are also working on advancing lower-
cost optical communications systems and as such, encourages 
NASA to coordinate on these activities when possible and in 
particular offer the ground terminal as a testbed.
    21st Century Launch Complex.--The Committee notes that 
maintaining multiple launch sites contributes to assured access 
to the ISS for NASA, researchers, and industry. The 
recommendation includes up to $15,000,000 for NASA-owned launch 
facilities to fill critical maintenance, capacity, and range 
safety gaps, including up to $6,000,000 to upgrade the Bermuda 
Tracking and Telemetry Station in order to support remote 
operation for government and commercial launch users at the 
Wallops Flight Facility launch complex. The Committee further 
directs NASA to submit a reprogramming to transfer this funding 
to Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration 
[CECR], if appropriate. The Committee acknowledges that NASA's 
original intent for this program was as a bridge between 
Constellation and new programs proposed in its fiscal year 2011 
budget request. If NASA does not support continuation of this 
program, the agency should robustly fund needed investments in 
its launch facilities in this account and in CECR, specifically 
identifying them in the budget request.
    Rocket Propulsion Test Program and Testing 
Infrastructure.--The Committee provides up to the fiscal year 
2025 requested amount for the NASA Rocket Propulsion Test 
program to ensure that test infrastructure remains adequate to 
support the SLS and other propulsion development programs. In 
managing the program and its infrastructure, NASA should 
prioritize facility and fixed infrastructure improvements 
specific to infrastructure that is shared among users of the 
facility in a continued effort to attract and facilitate 
commercial partnerships at NASA's test centers.
    Commercial LEO Development.--The Committee supports 
maintaining the ISS as long as it can be operated safely. 
However, it is anticipated that current commercial efforts to 
develop viable alternatives will allow NASA to meet anticipated 
mission requirements using free-flying space stations in LEO 
before the end of the decade. The recommendation provides not 
less than the budget request of $169,600,000 for Commercial LEO 
activities to allow for continued opportunities for LEO 
commercialization that are not primarily dependent on continual 
NASA funding. This funding should be primarily focused on 
solving supply rather than demand problems. NASA's goal should 
be to buy services to meet its needs and grow promising 
research across all industries rather than to fund one-time 
novelty events, which are not indicators of future sustainable 
expansion of commercial activity in LEO. NASA shall not use 
funds provided in this or any other act to subsidize the cost 
of any project that is primarily intended for marketing, 
advertising, or entertainment.
    Within 90 days of enactment of this act, NASA shall brief 
the Committee on current plans for rapid and cost-effective 
Commercial LEO Destination [CLD] capabilities. This briefing 
should include an assessment of the potential benefits of 
NASA's CLD requirements being met by a mix of different 
services from CLD teams instead of requiring nearly identical 
services from providers and of NASA taking incremental steps 
towards more advanced CLD capabilities over time.

      SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $143,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     143,500,000
Committee recommendation................................     143,500,000

    The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
Engagement account funds STEM education activities to educate 
and inspire our next generation of explorers and innovators. 
The Committee provides $143,500,000 for STEM Engagement, which 
is $500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request. As part of this activity, NASA is 
directed to continue progress toward the shared goal of both 
the Committee and NASA of capping administrative costs at no 
more than 5 percent.

                             STEM ENGAGEMENT
                        [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                            Committee
                                                         recommendation
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NASA Space Grant......................................            58,500
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research             26,000
 [EPSCOR].............................................
Minority University Research and Education Project....            45,500
STEM Education and Accountability Projects............            13,500
                                                       -----------------
        TOTAL.........................................           143,500
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    Space Grant Program.--The Committee provides $58,500,000 
for Space Grant and directs that all 52 participating 
jurisdictions be supported at not less than $900,000 each. NASA 
shall limit administrative costs to the fiscal year 2024 level 
and shall continue to have a goal of reducing administrative 
costs to no higher than 5 percent. The Committee encourages 
NASA to continue using funds to evaluate program performance, 
augment base grants, and competitively respond to local, 
regional, and national needs.
    Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
[EPSCoR].--The Committee provides $26,000,000 for the NASA 
EPSCoR Program and directs that no more than 10 percent shall 
be used for administrative costs.
    Minority University Research and Education Project 
[MUREP].--The Committee continues to encourage MUREP to support 
programs that connect science, indigenous culture, and 
community, including the integration of indigenous practices, 
at minority-serving higher education institutions, including 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions and 
American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities. The academic 
institution or institutions should be located in a State or 
States where the need for such indigenous-academic 
collaboration is present.
    Competitive Program.--The Committee provides up to 
$5,000,000 within Next Gen STEM for the Teams Engaging 
Affiliate Museums and Informal Institutions [TEAM II] program, 
also known as Competitive Program for Science, Museums, 
Planetariums, and NASA Visitors Centers. This competitive grant 
program supports interactive exhibits, professional development 
activities, and community-based programs to engage students, 
teachers, and the public in STEM.

                 SAFETY, SECURITY, AND MISSION SERVICES

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $3,129,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   3,044,440,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,044,440,000

    The Committee provides $3,044,440,000 for Safety, Security, 
and Mission Services, which is $84,600,000 below the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request. The 
Safety, Security, and Mission Services account funds agency 
management, including NASA headquarters and each of the nine 
NASA field centers, as well as the design and execution of non-
programmatic Construction of Facilities and Environmental 
Compliance and Restoration activities.
    Workforce Succession Planning.--The Committee expects NASA 
to focus on strengthening the civil service workforce's 
science, engineer, technical capabilities; to manage the agency 
civil service workforce to support strategic priorities 
balanced across programs at all centers and facilities; and to 
invest in recruiting and retaining the next generation of 
innovative scientists and engineers, helping to improve 
diversity, inclusion, and equity in STEM careers at the agency. 
NASA is encouraged to use the authority Congress has granted 
the agency under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108-201) to convert term hires to permanent employees and to 
provide information to term employees regarding agency 
intention to convert them to permanent status employees. 
Further, as a growing number of employees will retire in the 
next 5 to 10 years, NASA is instructed to focus on retaining 
technical capacity and managing knowledge transfer through 
mentorship programs for mid-career employees as well as 
accelerated retirement and senior level promotions based on 
technical achievements of the mentor/mentee team.
    Independent Verification and Validation [IV&V] Program.--
Within the amounts provided for Safety, Security, and Mission 
Services, the Committee recommends up to $39,100,000 for NASA's 
IV&V Program. If necessary, NASA shall fund additional IV&V 
activities from within the mission directorates that make use 
of IV&V services. The Committee applauds NASA's changes to the 
IV&V Program's governance and funding model to better align 
program requirements and associated costs, including the 
establishment of the IV&V Advisory Board to provide strategic 
direction for the program and work through program requirements 
with IV&V and the mission directorates.
    Cybersecurity.--The Committee's recommendation includes up 
to the request level for Agency Information Technology Services 
to support shifting NASA's IT model to one that enhances 
cybersecurity with strong governance and information security 
practices.
    Digital Content Provenance Pilot Program.--The Committee 
recognizes the rising societal concern with the forgery of 
digital media content and harm from synthetic media. The 
Committee emphasizes the importance of maintaining the public 
confidence in the integrity of digital media content produced 
and published by NASA. Therefore, not later than one year after 
enactment of this act, NASA shall 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 from NASA's missions.
    NASA Special Projects.--The Committee directs NASA to 
provide the funding for the projects listed in the table 
titled, ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' at the end of 
this report in the corresponding amounts. The agreement further 
directs NASA to perform the same level of oversight and due 
diligence as with any other external partners.

       CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $300,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     424,100,000
Committee recommendation................................     424,100,000

    The Committee provides $424,100,000 for Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration, which is $124,100,000 
above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the 
budget request. The Construction and Environmental Compliance 
and Restoration account provides for design and execution of 
programmatic, discrete and minor revitalization, construction 
of facilities projects, facility demolition projects, and 
environmental compliance and restoration activities.
    Unmet Construction Needs.--The Committee is disappointed at 
the gulf between the amount NASA requested for this account and 
the cost of the projects identified as shovel ready and needed. 
NASA is directed to include no fewer than the top 10 
construction projects that are needed but unfunded in its 
fiscal year 2026 budget request, including any unmet 
construction due to aging buildings.
    Spaceport Infrastructure Investment.--Within available 
funds and existing authorities, NASA is encouraged to 
prioritize the most critical needs of its spaceport 
infrastructure.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $47,600,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      50,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      50,500,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $50,500,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General, which is $2,900,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request. 
The Office is responsible for promoting efficiency and 
preventing and detecting crime, fraud, waste, and 
mismanagement.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    The Committee includes bill language regarding the 
availability of funds for certain prizes. NASA is reminded that 
under the authority provided in section 20144 of title 52, 
United States Code, no prize may be announced until the funds 
needed to pay it have been appropriated or committed to in 
writing by a private source. NASA is directed to provide any 
written notification under subsection (h)(4) of that section to 
the Committee.
    The Committee also includes bill language regarding 
transfers of funds between accounts and the NASA spending plan 
for fiscal year 2025.
    The Committee also includes bill language creating a NASA 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.

                      National Science Foundation

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $9,060,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................  10,183,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   9,550,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $9,550,000,000 for 
the National Science Foundation [NSF]. The recommendation is 
$490,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$633,000,000 below the budget request.
    NSF was established as an independent agency by the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (Public Law 81-507) and 
is authorized to support research and education programs that 
promote the progress of science and engineering in the United 
States. The Foundation supports research and education in all 
major scientific and engineering disciplines through grants, 
cooperative agreements, contracts, and other forms of 
assistance in all parts of the United States. NSF also supports 
unique, large-scale domestic and international research 
facilities.

                    RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $7,176,500,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   8,045,320,000
Committee recommendation................................   7,528,280,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $7,528,280,000 for 
Research and Related Activities [R&RA]. The recommendation is 
$351,780,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$517,040,000 below the budget request.
    The R&RA appropriation funds scientific discovery, trains a 
dynamic workforce, and supports broadly accessible state-of-
the-art tools and facilities. Research activities contribute to 
the achievement of these outcomes through expansion of the 
knowledge base; integration of research and education; 
stimulation of knowledge transfer among academia and the public 
and private sectors, and international activities; and bring 
the perspectives of many scientific disciplines to bear on 
complex problems important to the Nation. NSF's discipline-
oriented R&RA account includes Biological Sciences; Computer 
and Information Science and Engineering; Engineering; 
Geosciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Social, 
Behavioral and Economic Sciences; Technology, Innovation and 
Partnerships; Office of International Science and Engineering; 
Office of Polar Programs; Integrative Activities; and the U.S. 
Arctic Research Commission. All of these disciplines are part 
of a balanced whole.
    The Committee's fiscal year 2025 recommendation supports 
Federal long-term basic and translational research that has the 
potential to transform our economy and way of life. Private 
industry, foundations, and non-profits bring additional 
expertise, resources, and capacity to NSF-funded research. This 
can further accelerate discovery and translation of research 
into products and services, enhance the preparation of the 
future workforce to benefit society, and grow the American 
economy. The Committee strongly encourages NSF to leverage the 
Nation's research communities through partnerships and 
collaboration to make available infrastructure, expertise, and 
financial resources to the U.S. scientific and engineering 
research and education enterprise.
    Technology, Innovation and Partnerships [TIP].--The 
Committee recognizes NSF's critical role in driving U.S. 
scientific and technological innovation and supports the TIP 
Directorate authorized under the Research and Development, 
Competition, and Innovation Act (division B of Public Law 117-
167). The directorate is a cross-cutting platform to advance 
science and engineering research leading to breakthrough 
technologies, to find solutions to national and societal 
challenges, to strengthen U.S. global competitiveness, and to 
provide training opportunities for the development of a diverse 
STEM workforce. As NSF works to incorporate the goals of TIP 
into its research portfolio, NSF is reminded that the success 
of TIP will be enhanced through investing in the necessary 
foundational basic research provided by scientific disciplines 
across the research spectrum.
    Regional Innovation Engines [NSF Engines].--As part of the 
TIP Directorate, the Committee provides up to $200,000,000 for 
the Regional Innovation Engines, authorized under section 10388 
of Public Law 117-167, to create regional-scale innovation 
ecosystems throughout the United States and help spur economic 
growth by bringing together the science and technology research 
enterprise and regional-level resources to promote long-term 
national competitiveness. The Committee directs NSF to award at 
least 20 percent of NSF Engines to institutions in EPSCoR 
States.
    Scientific Facilities and Instrumentation.--A critical 
component of the Nation's scientific enterprise is the 
infrastructure that supports researchers in discovery science. 
The Committee supports NSF's role in building and operating 
groundbreaking research facilities, especially in areas that 
maintain or enhance U.S. leadership in key disciplines. 
Investments to advance the frontiers of research and education 
in science and engineering are critical to the Nation's 
innovation enterprise. The Committee encourages NSF to fully 
fund its U.S. scientific research facilities and instruments to 
adequately support scientists and students engaged in 
sustained, cutting-edge research.
    As major research facilities transition from construction, 
funded in the Major Research Equipment and Facilities 
Construction account, to science operations and maintenance, 
funded in R&RA, it is necessary for NSF to accommodate this 
shift without impacting the existing scientific activities. The 
Committee notes that as a result of the National Science 
Board's ``Study of Operations and Maintenance Costs for NSF 
Facilities'' the agency created the Facility Operation 
Transition pilot to enable this shift. The Committee expects 
that as major research facilities, such as the Vera C. Rubin 
Observatory, move from construction into science operations NSF 
will continue to use the Facility Operation Transition to allow 
the ongoing operations and maintenance costs to gradually be 
absorbed into the managing division or directorate. Further, as 
part of the fiscal year 2026 budget request, NSF shall provide 
a 5-year operations and maintenance budget outlook for 
facilities that have recently graduated from the Major Research 
Equipment and Facilities Construction account.
    The recommendation includes up to the requested level for 
the operations of the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy 
Research Laboratory, the National Radio Astronomy 
Observatories, and the National Solar Observatory [NSO].
    Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope [DKIST].--The Committee 
provides not less than the requested level for DKIST 
operations. DKIST is the largest and most advanced solar 
telescope on the planet and is a valuable resource for research 
and educational programs in solar physics. The Committee 
recognizes the value of DKIST's operations and does not support 
a reduction in its observing time. As such, the Committee 
expects NSF to respect the conclusion of the bottom-up 
operations and maintenance cost analysis and include the 
recommended amount in the fiscal year 2026 budget request to 
enable DKIST to operate seven days a week.
    Astronomy.--The Committee expects NSF to provide 
appropriate levels of support for operating its current 
facilities, developing instrumentation, and preparing for 
investments in future world-class scientific research 
facilities. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 
and Medicine [NAS] Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 
2020 [Astro2020] outlines a comprehensive research strategy and 
vision to maintain U.S. science and technology leadership at 
the frontiers of astronomy and astrophysics for ground-based 
instruments and observatories. The Committee therefore provides 
$100,000,000 for NSF to support the development of next 
generation astronomy facilities recommended in Astro2020.
    The Committee remains strongly supportive of a two-
hemisphere, U.S. Extremely Large Telescope [USELT] program with 
a robust user support system and data archive to ensure broad 
U.S. community access. This is consistent with the direction in 
division C of the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
Public Law 118-42 and Astro2020. NSF, within the construct of 
the National Science Board approval process, is encouraged to 
advance the design of these Astro2020 priority projects during 
fiscal year 2025 so that appropriate Major Research Equipment 
and Facilities Construction funds can be included in the fiscal 
year 2026 budget request. The U.S. ground-based astronomy 
program has been the leader in this critical basic science for 
more than a century, and the NSF has helped ensure open access 
to scientists regardless of their academic institution 
affiliation. The USELT program will provide unprecedented 
opportunities for scientific discovery and represents the only 
major science program undertaken by the Federal Government with 
a 50 percent cost share by non-Federal partners, including 
major U.S. allies. Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this act, NSF shall brief the Committee about how the 
Foundation intends to implement this congressional direction.
    Solar Astronomy.--The Committee commends NSF's ongoing 
efforts to partner with academic institutions and the NSO to 
operate the Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope [DST]. The 
Committee directs NSF to continue working with the NSO and the 
academic community to ensure DST and its associated 
instrumentation remain available for continued research and 
educational programs.
    Green Bank Observatory [GBO].--The Committee continues to 
support NSF's effort to develop multi-agency plans at GBO and 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level to 
support operations and maintenance at GBO through multi-agency 
plans, or directly through the Foundation. The Committee also 
supports efforts to develop new radar capabilities at GBO in 
partnership with other agencies such as NASA, the Department of 
Defense, and industry.
    Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory 
[LIGO].--The Committee supports the Foundation's efforts to 
invest in infrastructure and improve observational capabilities 
at LIGO, including technology development for the next 
generation gravitational wave detection network as recommended 
in Astro2020 and in the recent report of the Advisory Committee 
for the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate. The 
Committee provides not less than the request level for LIGO. 
Not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, NSF is 
directed to brief the Committee regarding the plan to develop 
next generation gravitational wave detection network.
    Neutrino Research.--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. NSF should consider development 
activities for IceCube-Gen2 and ensure an appropriate 
transition between the IceCube upgrade and IceCube-Gen2 
projects to leverage lessons learned and knowledge transfer 
from one project to another.
    Climate and Clean Energy.--The Committee supports the U.S. 
Global Change Research Program and Clean Energy Technology. As 
part of this effort, the Committee encourages NSF to support 
meritorious research into carbon dioxide removal technologies, 
such as: direct air capture, including early-stage application 
of sorbents, solvents, membranes, and related components; 
terrestrial and biological carbon removal; carbon 
mineralization; and ocean-based carbon removal.
    Arctic Research.--The Committee supports NSF's intention to 
build upon the Navigating the New Arctic Big Idea and to expand 
its support of research and infrastructure in the North 
Atlantic sector of the Arctic, which is critical for 
understanding how Arctic warming will affect the environmental 
and socio-economic conditions of communities along the eastern 
coast of North America. This includes observations of emerging 
toxins and pathogens in the Arctic and supports the continued 
funding of long-term observations during this critical time of 
Arctic warming, including atmosphere and snow observations at 
Summit Station and projects observing permafrost thaw and 
microbiomes. In addition, to maximize investments, the 
Committee encourages NSF to develop new multinational 
partnerships to support research teams that address pan-Arctic 
and global concerns linked to Arctic change. Further, NSF 
should enhance support for Arctic-related student programs 
aimed at broadening participation, including graduate 
dissertation fellowships and the Research Experience for 
Undergraduate programs.
    Permafrost Research.--The Committee encourages NSF, in 
coordination with NOAA, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
the Department of Energy, and other relevant Federal agencies, 
to improve existing government efforts to improve Earth system 
models to better account for physical biogeochemical, and 
ecological changes in permafrost regions, including extreme 
events such as abrupt thaw processes, wildland fires, and 
floods.
    Spectrum Innovation.--The Committee supports NSF's program 
for wireless spectrum research and collaboration to 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 
research and workforce development initiatives aimed at solving 
real-world spectrum-related problems.
    EPSCoR.--In recognition that the success of our Nation's 
research enterprise relies on success in every State, the 
Committee reinforces the requirements codified under section 
10325 of Public Law 117-167 that, to the maximum extent 
practicable, 16.5 percent of NSF research funding and 20 
percent of scholarship funding go to EPSCoR States in fiscal 
year 2025. To help achieve these targets, the agreement 
provides not less than $258,370,000 for the EPSCoR program. 
Within the amount provided, no more than 5 percent shall be 
used for administration and other overhead costs. NSF is 
encouraged to support projects in EPSCoR States across all 
funding initiatives and centers, including Regional Innovation 
Engines, Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure awards, and Science 
and Technology Centers.
    Further, the Committee directs NSF to support the existing 
jurisdiction EPSCoR offices, providing up to $750,000 annually 
per State office. The State office will be responsible for 
supporting NSF and EPSCoR grant applications, ensuring the 
continuity of EPSCoR programs across their jurisdictions and 
working with the jurisdictional steering committees on 
statewide plans and vetting EPSCoR Collaborations for 
Optimizing Research Ecosystems [E-CORE] and EPSCoR Research 
Incubators for STEM Excellence [E-RISE] submissions, to ensure 
they holistically benefit the research goals and priorities of 
the entire jurisdiction. To ensure a smooth transition from the 
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 
program to the new E-CORE and E-RISE programs, the Committee 
encourages NSF to consider raising the maximum funding 
available for an E-CORE to $3,500,000 annually and requiring 
that all E-CORE and E-RISE submissions from a jurisdiction be 
submitted through the jurisdictional EPSCoR office. NSF shall 
provide increased technical assistance to EPSCoR jurisdictions 
that receive declinations and are encouraged to submit revised 
proposals. NSF is also directed to more directly engage with 
the EPSCoR community as the agency continues to implement the 
``Envisioning the Future of NSF EPSCoR'' report, including 
regarding how to achieve the NSF-wide funding targets included 
in Public Law 117-167.
    Technical Assistance and Outreach to HBCUs and MSIs.--The 
Committee recognizes the important role that Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions 
play in advancing scientific research and innovation. To ensure 
that these institutions have access to the resources and 
support needed to participate in federally-funded research, NSF 
is directed to conduct technical assistance and outreach to 
applicants from HBCUs and MSIs, including through the Growing 
Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and 
Diversity [GRANTED] program, in fulfillment of section 10524 of 
Public Law 117-167.
    Leverage the Power of Biology.--The Committee supports 
NSF's funding for research in genomics and biodiversity, and 
directs NSF to continue to advance plant genomics research 
programs, to further its work in crop-based genomics research, 
and to maintain a focus on research related to crops of 
economic importance and other elements of the bioeconomy.
    VORTEX-SE.--NSF has been working in conjunction with NOAA 
to build a full research campaign to study the unique 
characteristics of tornadoes in the southeastern United States. 
The Committee expects that future budget requests for VORTEX-SE 
will include adequate budgetary resources for associated 
research and instrumentation that will maximize the scientific 
return of this ongoing research. As part of VORTEX-SE, the 
Committee encourages NSF to look beyond its traditional 
research disciplines and programs and to utilize collaborative 
opportunities for co-funding grants that enhance understanding 
of the fundamental natural processes and hazards of tornadoes 
in the southeast and to improve models of these seasonal 
extreme events.
    Quantum Science.--The Committee supports continued 
investment in quantum science as fundamental, transformative 
research that can position the United States as a leader in 
emerging fields of economic and scientific importance. The 
recommendation provides up to the budget request level for 
quantum information science research to support basic 
interdisciplinary quantum information science and engineering 
research and human resources development in all aspects of 
quantum information science and engineering. Within the amount 
provided, the Committee recommendation includes $185,000,000 
for activities authorized under section 301 of the National 
Quantum Initiative Act (Public Law 115-368), and $50,000,000 
for National Quantum Information Science Research Centers, as 
authorized in section 302 of that act.
    The Committee also encourages NSF to partner with 
institutions of higher education, industry, and other Federal 
agencies in order to develop the next generation of quantum 
computing workforce. Such efforts could include quantum 
computing-related grants and interdisciplinary research 
initiatives related to workforce development activities.
    Artificial Intelligence [AI].--The Committee believes it is 
important to maintain leadership in AI and commends NSF for its 
significant investments in this area. The application of AI and 
machine learning tools in research offers the potential to gain 
new understandings and accelerate discoveries. The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
AI research. Researchers need to understand the appropriate 
uses of advanced computing tools to target scarce compute 
resources toward appropriate research questions and computer 
scientists and programmers need use-specific training to 
optimize the use of advanced computing tools in health research 
and other complex fields. The Committee encourages NSF to 
develop effective AI education and training pathways for the 
research workforce, including trainees and senior scientists, 
to ensure the U.S. research workforce remains at the forefront 
of scientific discovery. Further, the Committee encourages NSF 
to continue its efforts in workforce development for AI and 
other emerging technologies, including education programs for 
non-computer science students, with focused outreach to 
community colleges, HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions, 
Tribal Colleges and Universities, and MSIs.
    National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource 
[NAIRR].--The Committee commends NSF on the launch of the NAIRR 
pilot, in collaboration with the Department of Energy and 
industry partners, to provide needed access to computing 
resources to enable AI innovation by researchers. The Committee 
provides $30,000,000 for the NAIRR pilot and looks forward to 
seeing its continued evolution. Not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this act, NSF shall provide the Committee with a 
briefing regarding the progress of the pilot, planning and 
needs for full realization of the NAIRR as outlined in 
``Strengthening and Democratizing the U.S. Artificial 
Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem'' report, and budget 
expectations for future years.
    Transparency, Interpretability, and Explainability of AI.--
The Committee encourages NSF to fund meritorious research and 
develop technical methods and techniques to improve the 
transparency, interpretability, and explainability of AI to 
better understand why and how models arrive at their decisions, 
recommendations, and other outputs. NSF is encouraged to 
consider this as part of the pilot program for Research in 
Rapidly Evolving, High Priority Topics as authorized under 
section 5401 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 
Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-283).
    Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure.--The recommendation 
provides $50,000,000 for the Mid-scale Research Infrastructure 
program and encourages the Foundation to make no fewer than two 
mid-scale awards to EPSCoR States.
    HBCUs Excellence in Research.--The Committee supports the 
HBCUs Excellence in Research program, and the recommendation 
includes $25,000,000 for the program. The program helps to 
address NSF's previously troubling track record of only 
providing substantial research funding to a small number of 
HBCUs.
    Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences [SBE].--The 
Committee supports the SBE Directorate and recognizes the 
fundamental importance of the research it supports in advancing 
scientific understanding of public health, defense and 
security, education and learning, and the interface between 
humans and technology. The SBE Directorate funds more than half 
of our Nation's university-based behavioral science research 
but remains the smallest of NSF directorates. The Committee 
believes that behavioral science provides evidence-based 
understanding of human behavior and recognizes the SBE 
Directorate's unique role in funding this research and 
encourages NSF to continue its support of these programs.
    NSF is encouraged to support broad-based research in the 
SBE Directorate to develop and publish recommendations, 
including from researchers in the social sciences and ethics 
and technical subject matter experts, on concrete and practical 
guidelines for how organizations will and should deploy AI 
systems and identify limitations and concerns about specific 
deployment of AI systems in settings.
    Research Security.--The Committee notes the importance 
placed on research security in subtitle D of Public Law 117-167 
and supports the continued implementation of the various 
provisions. The Committee further supports NSF's initiative to 
create clear guidelines that inform researchers and 
universities on disclosure requirements pertaining to research 
security. NSF is encouraged to continue to engage university 
and affinity groups to listen to any community concerns and 
share information about NSF's policies and processes. NSF is 
further encouraged to explore ways to assist less-resourced 
institutions on disclosure requirements and international 
talent retention.
    National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 
[NCSES].--The Committee supports the work of the NCSES, and 
encourages the NCSES to identify, compile, and analyze existing 
nationwide data and conduct survey research to better 
understand the National cyber workforce and to support 
additional NCSES personnel to ensure adequate staffing for this 
research.
    Combating Sexual Harassment in Science.--The Committee 
strongly supports NSF actions to combat sexual harassment in 
science, including the implementation of the Combating Sexual 
Harassment in Science subtitle of title V of Public Law 117-
167. The Committee 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 as they support this important work.
    Critical Minerals Mining Research and Development.--The 
Committee encourages NSF to consider supporting critical 
minerals mining research and development activities as 
authorized under section 10359 of Public Law 117-167. In 
particular, NSF is encouraged to support, on a competitive 
basis, institutions of higher education or nonprofit 
organizations to provide training and research opportunities to 
undergraduate and graduate students to prepare the next 
generation of mining engineers and researchers.
    Entrepreneurial Fellowships.--The Committee supports the 
Entrepreneurial Fellowships program within the TIP Directorate, 
as authorized under section 10392 of Public Law 117-167. These 
immersive fellowships provide scientists with training, lab 
space, industry connections, and other resources to translate 
emerging technologies from lab to market in areas key to global 
competitiveness.
    Sub-Seafloor Sampling Program [S3P].--The NSF's S3P is a 
follow-on to the International Ocean Discovery Program. The S3P 
program is the latest iteration of a scientific ocean drilling 
program that NSF has supported for more than 50 years. 
Scientists have collected more than 475 kilometers of core 
samples from expeditions across the globe, representing a 
unique a valuable resource for researchers and industry. NSF is 
directed to report to the Committee within 90 days of enactment 
of this act on its plan to meet the breadth of sub-seafloor 
sampling needs, which could include plans for a new scientific 
ocean drilling vessel. Additionally, NSF is directed 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.
    Uncrewed Aircraft System Technologies.--The Committee 
encourages NSF to consider supporting meritorious uncrewed 
aircraft system technologies research activities as authorized 
under section 10352 of Public Law 117-167, including a prize 
competition and support for undergraduate and graduate 
curriculum development.
    Wildland Fire Research.--The Committee supports NSF's 
recent efforts to advance interdisciplinary wildland fire 
science through funding for initial ideation and development of 
partnerships. The Committee encourages NSF to build upon this 
initiative by supporting collaborative research grants in 
wildfire science, including by leveraging NSF-supported 
environmental data infrastructure for wildfire science and by 
partnering with other Federal programs and agencies such as the 
Joint Fire Science Program and NOAA. NSF is encouraged to 
consider the recommendations included in the final report of 
the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, which 
highlighted the need for new mechanisms to support research on 
scientific innovation and technology development related to 
wildfires, post-fire monitoring and recovery, and watershed 
health-related fire research.
    Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes.--The Committee 
recognizes the importance of the NSF Mathematical Sciences 
Research Institutes across the country, which provide important 
basic research in multiple fields. The NSF is encouraged to 
continue supporting this program.
    Ethical and Societal Considerations Mandate Report.--
Section 10343 of Public Law 117-167 requires that, within 24 
months of enactment of the law, NSF draw on stakeholder support 
to revise proposal instructions to require that ethical and 
societal considerations be included in funding proposals, prior 
to making an award. Within 90 days of enactment of this act, 
the NSF is required to submit to the Committee a report 
detailing the implementation of this requirement.

          MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $234,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     300,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     300,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $300,000,000 for 
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction [MREFC]. 
The recommendation is $66,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and equal to the budget request.
    The MREFC appropriation supports the acquisition, 
procurement, construction, and commissioning of unique national 
research platforms and facilities as well as major research 
equipment. Projects supported by this appropriation push the 
boundaries of technology and offer expanded opportunities for 
the science and engineering community. Preliminary design and 
development activities, ongoing operations, and maintenance 
costs of the facilities are provided through the R&RA 
appropriation account.
    The Committee's recommendation supports the continued 
construction of the Antarctic Infrastructure Recapitalization 
and the Leadership-Class Computing Facility. The Committee 
encourages NSF and the National Science Board to continue 
planning and budgeting for the next generation of major 
facilities needed to ensure the United States maintains its 
scientific leadership.
    The recommendation provides $85,000,000 for Mid-scale 
Research Infrastructure. The Committee continues to support 
investments in Mid-scale Research Infrastructure, including the 
procurement of larger mid-scale instrumentation under the MREFC 
account. Using MREFC for larger mid-scale projects will allow 
these projects to benefit from the oversight that all MREFC 
projects undergo. NSF is encouraged to award at least one mid-
scale project led by an institution in an EPSCoR State.
    The Committee encourages GAO to continue its annual review 
of programs funded within MREFC so that GAO can report to 
Congress shortly after each annual budget submission of the 
President and semiannually thereafter on the status of large-
scale NSF projects and activities based on its review of this 
information.
    Antarctic Research Infrastructure.--The Committee is 
concerned about recent announcements to pause Antarctic field 
research and delay project design for the fourth-generation 
ground-based cosmic microwave background [CMB-S4] and IceCube-
Gen2 due to Antarctic infrastructure challenges. The Committee 
understands the difficult environment NSF is facing and has 
provided substantial support for Antarctic Infrastructure 
Modernization for Science and Antarctic Infrastructure 
Recapitalization over several years to upgrade infrastructure 
at McMurdo, Amundsen-Scott South Pole, and Palmer Stations. 
This effort is now many years behind schedule stretching 
potentially another decade before completion. Delays to CMB-S4 
and IceCube-Gen2 threaten loss of U.S. leadership as 
competitors set up new Antarctic research efforts, loss of 
partner support for new science facilities, and major setbacks 
in our understanding of sea ice and other Antarctic changes 
that are critical to coastal resilience. The Committee is 
additionally concerned that decisions to pause major facility 
design have been made without proper consultation of the 
community and of relevant stakeholders within the Foundation. 
The Committee expects NSF to request adequate resources to 
enable concurrent infrastructure upgrades with ongoing research 
and major facility planning. NSF shall provide the Committee a 
comprehensive plan not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this act that provides, at a minimum, timelines, milestones, 
and funding requirements for future Antarctic upgrades that 
enable continued Antarctic field research, new Antarctic 
Research Vessel deployment, and a reasonable design path for 
high priority South Pole physics experiments.
    Study on NSF Research Infrastructure.--The National Science 
Board's Vision 2030 States that research infrastructure 
``symbolizes a nation's commitment to S[cience] & 
E[ngineering], since it represents a significant long-term 
undertaking.'' Within 30 days of enactment of this act, NSF 
shall update and make public the plan required under 42 U.S.C. 
1862n-4 and shall contract with the National Academies to 
report on NSF's plans to strengthen research infrastructure. 
The report shall analyze whether NSF is providing the major 
research facilities to ensure the United States can conduct 
world-leading scientific research, how the NSF responds to 
international partner interest in major facility construction 
partnerships, the adequacy of NSF's capability to join existing 
partnerships, and recommendations for the current NSF process 
for investing in design and operation of billion-dollar class 
major facilities could be improved, including new funding 
mechanisms. The report shall be released not later than 270 
days after the enactment of this act.

                             STEM EDUCATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................  $1,172,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................   1,300,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,225,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $1,225,000,000 for 
STEM Education. The recommendation is $53,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 2024 enacted level and $75,000,000 below the budget 
request.
    The STEM Education appropriation supports a comprehensive 
set of programs across all levels of education in STEM 
including activities that unite school districts with 
institutions of higher learning to improve pre-college 
education. Other pre-college activities include the development 
of the next generation of STEM education leaders, instructional 
materials, and the STEM instructional workforce. Undergraduate 
activities support curriculum, laboratory, and instructional 
improvement; expand the STEM talent pool; attract STEM 
participants to teaching; augment advanced technological 
education at 2-year colleges; and develop dissemination tools. 
Graduate support is directed to research and teaching 
fellowships, internships, and instructional workforce 
improvement by linking precollege education systems with higher 
education. Programs also seek to broaden the participation of 
groups underrepresented in the STEM enterprise and promote 
informal science education.
    Informal Science Education.--The Committee maintains its 
strong support for NSF's informal science education program and 
provides not less than $70,000,000 for Advancing Informal STEM 
Learning. The Committee encourages NSF to coordinate and 
provide necessary support for investments in summer and both 
in- and out-of-school time STEM education programs across 
Federal agencies, including support for extracurricular STEM 
programs. The Directorate for STEM Education is further 
encouraged to continue its NSF-wide efforts to support informal 
STEM education programs and program providers, including 
support for high-quality professional development, and 
leveraging the research directorates to support activities that 
match their respective content areas.
    Hands-on and Experiential Learning Opportunities.--
Developing a robust, talented, and diverse homegrown workforce, 
particularly in the fields of STEM, is critical to the success 
of the U.S. innovation economy. The Committee directs NSF to 
provide grants to support the development of hands-on learning 
opportunities in STEM education as authorized under section 
10311 of Public Law 117-167, including via afterschool 
activities and innovative learning opportunities such as 
robotics competitions.
    Advanced Technological Education.--The Committee provides 
$75,000,000 for Advanced Technological Education.
    Broadening Participation.--The Committee recognizes that 
the future of U.S. economic competitiveness and our Nation's 
ability to address national, economic, and health security 
threats depends on sustaining a robust STEM workforce. As the 
demographics of our Nation evolve, ensuring individuals from 
underrepresented communities across the country can enter and 
sustain a career as part of the STEM workforce is essential to 
securing the workforce going forward. The Committee is deeply 
concerned that entrenched financial barriers are increasingly 
deterring students, particularly those from underrepresented 
communities, from pursuing STEM careers. The Committee 
encourages NSF to evaluate the adequacy of compensation for 
trainees and early career researchers supported through 
fellowships, training grants, and research awards. NSF is also 
encouraged continue supporting the recruitment, retention, and 
advancement of underrepresented faculty at U.S. institutions of 
higher education through relevant existing programs.
    The Committee supports the requested increases related to 
Broadening Participation in STEM programs. The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the ADVANCE program, the HBCUs Undergraduate Program, the 
Hispanic Serving Institutions program, the Alliances for 
Graduate Education and the Professoriate, the Louis Stokes 
Alliances for Minority Participation, the Robert Noyce 
Scholarship Program, the Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion Across 
the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented 
Discoverers in Engineering and Science [INCLUDES] Initiative, 
and the Centers for Research Excellence in Science and 
Technology. In addition, $20,000,000 is provided for the Tribal 
Colleges and Universities Program.
    Transformative Education Research and Translation.--The 
Committee encourages NSF to establish a program for Centers for 
Transformative Education Research and Translation as authorized 
under section 10395 of Public Law 117-167. These centers could 
instrument large-scale digital learning platforms, enable 
multi-stakeholder partnerships of institutions of higher 
education and State and local education agencies to support 
collaborative research and translation in K-12 STEM education 
innovation, and accelerate STEM learning outcomes of students 
from underserved regions and students of color. The Committee 
encourages NSF to collaborate with the Department of Education 
and consider how these centers could help address the learning 
recovery associated with the pandemic and foster the benefits 
of technology.
    National STEM Teacher Corps.--In order to prepare the 
future STEM workforce and to create a scientifically literate 
public, the Committee appreciates the importance of supporting 
and recognizing outstanding STEM teachers in our Nation's 
classrooms, rewarding them for their accomplishments, and 
creating rewarding career paths to which all STEM teachers can 
aspire. Therefore, the Committee provides $40,000,000 for the 
National STEM Teacher Corps pilot program authorized under 
section 10311 of Public Law 117-167.
    CyberCorps: Scholarships for Service.--The Committee 
provides not less than the fiscal year 2024 enacted level for 
the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program. NSF is 
encouraged 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.
    AI Scholarships for Service.--The Committee recognizes the 
importance of attracting, educating, and retaining a strong 
pipeline of students and workers from diverse and 
nontraditional backgrounds in STEM fields, particularly in AI. 
Therefore, not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
act, NSF shall provide the Committee with the feasibility study 
on the creation of an AI Scholarship for Service Program 
required under subsection 10313(d)(2) of Public Law 117-167. 
Further, if the creation of such a program is found to be 
feasible, the Committee encourages NSF to implement the program 
as directed under subsection 10313(d).
    Enhancing Graduate Education and Training.--The Committee 
supports measures that improve graduate student advising and 
mentorship and funding mechanisms. The Committee recognizes the 
importance of these matters to increase talent retention and 
international competitiveness, including through the 
Innovations for Graduate Education Program. The Committee 
encourages NSF to develop methods that enhance graduate 
education, to set clear mentorship standards in federally 
funded projects, and to study the impact of funding models on 
graduate student productivity and outcomes.

   CREATING HELPFUL INCENTIVES TO PRODUCE SEMICONDUCTORS [CHIPS] FOR 
                  AMERICA WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION FUND

    Division A of Public Law 117-167 established the CHIPS for 
America Workforce and Education Fund.
    Microelectronics Workforce Credentialing.--The Committee 
encourages NSF to establish a pilot program or to utilize 
existing programs to create a national credentialing platform 
with industry-recognized, transferable, modular digital 
stackable credentials for semiconductor manufacturing. The 
awards should connect to regions where the Department of 
Commerce and microelectronics industry are investing in 
manufacturing facilities and workforce development.
    Diversity in Microelectronics and Semiconductors Research 
and Development.--The Committee understands the efforts being 
undertaken by NSF and the Department of Commerce to grow a 
diverse workforce to support the manufacturing of 
microelectronics and semiconductors. The Committee wants to 
ensure that research and development funding supporting the 
microelectronics and semiconductors ecosystem is also 
supporting the NSF's goal of developing talent around the 
country, including in underrepresented communities. As such, 
the Committee encourages NSF to partner with non-profit 
academic organizations that are not already well funded by NSF 
such as some MSIs, community colleges, master's degree level 
institutions, and predominantly undergraduate institutions with 
current or emerging capacity in microelectronics and 
semiconductors research in order to significantly develop these 
capabilities and to increase the graduates from these 
institutions.
    The Committee allocates the funds according to the amounts 
listed in the following table.

 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ALLOCATION OF FUNDS: CHIPS ACT FISCAL YEAR
                                  2025
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Account-Project and Activity                    Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors            $50,000
 [CHIPS] for America Workforce and Education Fund.......
    Research & Related Activities.......................          25,000
    STEM Education Activities...........................          25,000
                                                         ---------------
        Total...........................................          50,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $448,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     504,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     465,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $465,000,000 for 
Agency Operations and Award Management. The recommendation is 
$17,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$39,000,000 below the budget request.
    The appropriation provides salaries and expenses, including 
staff salaries, benefits, travel, training, rent, advisory and 
assistance services, communications and utilities expenses, 
supplies, equipment, and other operating expenses necessary for 
management of NSF's research and education activities.
    The Committee continues to believe that NSF should include 
criteria that evaluate how a grant proposal will advance our 
Nation's national security and economic interests, as well as 
promote the progress of science and innovation in the United 
States.
    The Committee reiterates its long-standing requirement that 
NSF submit reprogrammings when initiating new programs or 
activities of more than $500,000 or when reorganizing 
components. The Committee expects to be notified of 
reprogramming actions, which involve less than the above-
mentioned amount if such actions would have the effect of 
changing the agency's funding requirements in future years, or 
if programs or projects specifically cited in the Committee's 
explanatory statement are affected.
    Tribal Approval.--The Committee directs NSF to update its 
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide to more 
thoroughly address issues relating to the scope of Native-owned 
lands covered by the policy, Tribal delegation of authority to 
Tribal organizations to issue approvals, and the appropriate 
scope of subsistence resources considered in the Guide, after 
conducting a thorough consultation with Tribal nations, Alaska 
Native corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and by 
inviting comments from other Tribal organizations.

                  OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $5,090,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       5,220,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,220,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $5,220,000 for the 
Office of the National Science Board. The recommendation is 
$130,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to 
the budget request.
    The National Science Board is the governing body of NSF and 
is charged with serving as an independent adviser to the 
President and Congress on policy matters related to science and 
engineering research and education.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $24,410,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      28,460,000
Committee recommendation................................      26,500,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $26,500,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General [OIG]. The recommendation is 
$2,090,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
$1,960,000 below the budget request.
    The OIG appropriation provides audit and investigation 
functions to identify and correct deficiencies that could lead 
to instances of fraud, waste, or mismanagement.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes two administrative provisions. One allows 
limited transfers of funds among accounts. The other requires 
notification for disposal of certain assets.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $14,350,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      14,850,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,850,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $14,850,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. This 
recommendation is $500,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and equal to the budget request.
    Donations.--The Commission shall provide to the Committee 
quarterly updates on all gifts and donations, as well as the 
terms of any specific activities funded by the gift or 
donation. Additionally, anticipated funding from gifts or 
donations shall be included in the Commission's annual spend 
plan.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $455,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     488,221,000
Committee recommendation................................     488,221,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $488,221,000 for 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] salaries and 
expenses. This recommendation is $33,221,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request.
    The EEOC serves both U.S. public and private workplaces by 
helping provide a fair and inclusive workplace, committed to 
enhancing employee retention, productivity, and profitability.
    Inventory Reduction.--The Committee continues to direct the 
EEOC to prioritize its staffing and resources toward reducing 
the number of current and outstanding unresolved private sector 
pending charges and public sector hearings. The Committee 
further directs EEOC to use appropriated funds to resolve the 
backlog of existing and incoming claims and not for activities 
that do not directly support this activity.
    Public Comment on EEOC Guidance.--The Committee remains 
concerned that, as the EEOC conducts its business in protecting 
against employment discrimination, its guidance can be adopted 
without the opportunity of public input prior to implementation 
and enforcement. Therefore, if requested by at least two 
Commissioners, the EEOC shall make any new guidance available 
for public comment in the Federal Register for not less than 30 
days prior to taking any potential action on proposed guidance.
    Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness.--The 
Committee is encouraged by the EEOC's recent efforts to ensure 
that the use of software, including artificial intelligence, 
machine learning, and other automated decision-making systems 
used in hiring and other employment decisions complies with 
Federal civil rights laws.
    State and Local Enforcement Assistance.--The Committee 
recommends up to $32,500,000 to assist State and local 
enforcement agencies. This will help ensure that EEOC provides 
adequate resources to its State partners.

                     International Trade Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $122,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     126,100,000
Committee recommendation................................     126,100,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $126,100,000 for 
International Trade Commission [ITC] salaries and expenses. The 
recommendation is $4,100,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted 
level and equal to the administration's budget request.
    ITC is an independent, quasi-judicial agency responsible 
for conducting trade-related investigations and providing 
Congress and the President with independent technical advice 
related to U.S. international trade policy.
    Commissioner Vacancies.--The Committee stresses the 
importance of filling Commissioner vacancies to fulfill ITC's 
critical mission. The Committee expresses its desire to see 
those vacancies filled promptly with qualified nominees.

                       Legal Services Corporation


               PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Appropriations, 2024....................................    $560,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................     566,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     566,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $566,000,000 for 
payment to Legal Services Corporation [LSC]. The recommendation 
is $6,000,000 above the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and 
equal to the President's budget request.
    The Committee's recommendation provides $520,100,000 for 
basic field programs, to be used for competitively awarded 
grants and contracts; $27,900,000 for management and 
administration; $5,000,000 for client self-help and information 
technology; $6,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General 
[OIG]; $2,000,000 for loan repayment assistance; and $5,000,000 
for LSC's Pro Bono Innovation Fund.
    Governance and Management.--LSC must continue to improve 
its governance and management in order to further restore the 
transparency of the organization and direct additional funds 
into legal aid, where resources are desperately needed. The 
Committee expects the OIG to continue conducting annual audits 
of LSC grantees to ensure that funds are not being used in 
contravention of the restrictions by which LSC grantees are 
required to abide.

         ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

    The Committee's recommendation continues the administrative 
provisions contained in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act 
(Public Law 105-119) regarding operation of this program to 
provide basic legal services to disadvantaged individuals and 
the restrictions on the use of LSC funds.
    LSC funds cannot be used to engage in litigation and 
related activities with respect to a variety of matters 
including: (1) redistricting; (2) class action suits; (3) 
representation of undocumented immigrants; (4) political 
activities; (5) abortion; (6) prisoner litigation; (7) welfare 
reform; (8) representation of charged drug dealers during 
eviction proceedings; and (9) solicitation of clients. The 
exception to the restrictions occurs in a case where there is 
imminent threat of physical harm to the client or prospective 
client.
    The Committee's recommendation adopts the administration's 
proposal to permit LSC recipients to operate with boards of 
directors that have as few as 33 percent attorneys without 
requiring appointment by bar associations. LSC recipients 
operating in rural areas, where there are not as many attorneys 
available or willing to serve on boards, stand to benefit most 
from the flexibility that this provision provides. This 
provision also improves the ability of LSC recipients to have 
fiscal experts, community representatives, and others with 
diverse skills and perspectives on their governing bodies.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $4,500,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       5,040,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,040,000

    The Committee provides $5,040,000 for the Marine Mammal 
Commission. The recommendation is $540,000 above the fiscal 
year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget request.
    The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals provide oversight and 
recommend actions on domestic and international topics to 
advance policies and provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-522, as amended). The Commission 
provides precise, up-to-date scientific information to Congress 
on issues related to the safety of marine mammals.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $59,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      61,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      61,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $61,000,000 for the 
Office of the United States Trade Representative [USTR] 
salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $2,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget 
request. USTR is responsible for developing and leading 
international negotiations for the U.S. on policies regarding 
international trade, direct investment, and commodities. Its 
areas of responsibility include all matters relating to the 
World Trade Organization; trade, commodity, and direct 
investment matters dealt with by certain international 
institutions; industrial, agricultural, and services trade 
policy; and trade-related protection of intellectual property 
and the environment.
    Within funds provided, the Committee continues to support 
USTR's accepting full financial responsibilities of the 
Interagency Center on Trade Implementation, Monitoring, and 
Enforcement (formerly named the Interagency Trade Enforcement 
Center) in fiscal year 2025.
    Economy Act Transfers.--USTR is directed to continue 
isolating Economy Act payments as individual transfers and to 
submit documentation of and justification for all Economy Act 
transfers, regardless of amount, to and from other Federal 
agencies, to the Committee not less than 15 days before such 
transfers of sums are made.
    Travel.--USTR is directed to provide monthly travel reports 
detailing all trips outside of the U.S., including the purposes 
and costs of such trips. Additionally, USTR shall continue to 
provide the Committee with quarterly reports outlining the 
status of ongoing trade negotiations, enforcement activities, 
and objectives achieved for existing trade agreements.
    USMCA.--The Committee directs USTR to provide quarterly 
expenditure reports, by object class, no later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal quarter, for funding provided to 
USTR by title IX of the USMCA Implementation Act (Public Law 
116-113).
    Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.--The Committee notes the 
ongoing interagency work to negotiate the Indo-Pacific Economic 
Framework. The Committee encourages USTR to secure commitments 
that strengthen supply chain security for critical minerals, 
pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients among 
nations party to the agreement.
    Annual Trade Agenda.--The Committee requests the 
President's Trade Policy Agenda submitted during fiscal year 
2025 include an explanation of how the administration's trade 
policy objectives and priorities support and advance the 
objectives of the National Defense Strategy and the National 
Security Strategy.
    U.S.-United Kingdom [UK] Trade Relationship.--The Committee 
recognizes that robust trade with the UK is mutually 
beneficial, strengthening our already close economic 
relationship. The Committee encourages USTR to further 
strengthen these economic ties.
    Quad Strategic Partnership.--The Committee encourages USTR 
to further promote and strengthen the economic ties with the 
Quad strategic partnership among the U.S., India, Japan, and 
Australia.
    Rare Earth Minerals.--USTR, in consultation with relevant 
departments and agencies, shall report to the Committee, within 
180 days of enactment of this act, on the administration's 
efforts to address the threat posed by China's control of the 
global supply of rare earth minerals, including (1) the 
administration's efforts and plan to promote a more reliable 
and secure global supply chains for rare earth minerals, (2) a 
summary of any engagements with the Quad partners to promote 
shared investment and development of rare earth minerals, and 
(3) a summary of any engagements with other strategic allies to 
promote shared investment and development of rare earth 
minerals.
    Section 301 Tariff Review.--The Committee notes that USTR 
is wrapping up the U.S. supply chain resiliency and Section 301 
tariff review. Among others, the four-year review considered 
other actions that could be taken in the investigation, 
including additional tariffs on products of the People's 
Republic of China [PRC], such as compound semiconductors. The 
investigation also examined the impact on U.S. manufacturers 
and whether the tariff duty rate should be adjusted. The 
Committee directs USTR to consider taking action under its 
existing authorities, including Section 301, to increase duties 
on imports of indium phosphide, packaged optical modules, and 
finished goods (optical transceivers) from the PRC, as may be 
appropriate to encourage the PRC to eliminate its unfair trade 
policies and practices. USTR is also directed to consider the 
impact of imports of these products from the PRC on the 
domestic supply chain as part of its ongoing supply chain 
resiliency initiative.
    Examining Unfair Chinese Trade Practices.--The Committee 
recognizes that non-allied nations are becoming large exporters 
of electric vehicles worldwide and is concerned that electric 
vehicles from such countries will soon flood the U.S. market. 
Some Chinese automakers are seeking to establish manufacturing 
plants in Mexico and other strategic locations to sidestep U.S. 
tariffs. The Committee directs USTR, in consultation with other 
relevant departments and agencies, to examine non-allied 
nations' non-market policies and practices related but not 
limited to electric vehicles, including industrial targeting, 
non-market excess capacity, direct subsidies, low interest 
loans, loan forgiveness, targeted regulations, and licensing 
arrangements, as well as policies that prevent U.S auto 
manufacturers from competing in their markets on a level 
playing field, and report its findings to this Committee within 
180 days of enactment of this act.
    Trade and Agricultural Exports.--The Committee supports 
efforts to reduce foreign tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers 
for U.S. agricultural exports, including the strong enforcement 
of trade rules and regulations. However, the Committee is 
concerned that trade actions resulting in decreased foreign 
market access for U.S. agricultural products due to retaliation 
threaten to harm our Nation's farmers and ranchers. The 
Committee urges USTR and the Secretary of Commerce to fully 
evaluate and consider the impact foreign tariffs and other 
retaliatory actions have on U.S. farmers and ranchers when 
negotiating with trade partners and in making trade-related 
decisions.
    Parity for American Exports.--The Committee directs the 
USTR to seek parity for American exports, which have been 
targeted and unduly harmed by retaliatory tariffs resulting 
from ongoing international trade disputes, to allow them to 
fairly compete in overseas markets.
    Protection of U.S. Innovation in the Global Marketplace.--
The Committee directs USTR to advance the protection and 
enforcement of intellectual property rights with trading 
partners around the world in order to protect U.S. innovation. 
Strengthening protections for intellectual property rights 
reinforces America's global competitiveness and incentivizes 
the American businesses and workers who bring these 
technologies to market.
    U.S.-European Union [EU] Trade and Technology Council 
[TTC].--The Committee recognizes the importance of the TTC as a 
forum for promoting U.S. and EU competitiveness and prosperity 
through increasing transatlantic trade, investment, and 
engagement on matters related to critical and emerging 
technology. The Committee awaits receipt of the joint report on 
the U.S.-U TTC, as directed by the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 118-42.

                      TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2024....................................     $15,000,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................      15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,000,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $15,000,000 for the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund as authorized under the Trade 
Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-
125). The recommendation is equal to the fiscal year 2024 
enacted level and the budget request.
    Trade Enforcement Trust Fund.--The Committee supports 
efforts to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements and to 
increase compliance of U.S. trade partners. The Committee 
directs USTR, as part of its fiscal year 2025 spending plan, to 
provide a breakdown of expenses for the Trade Enforcement Trust 
Fund's activities.

                        State Justice Institute


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2024....................................      $7,640,000
Budget estimate, 2025...................................       7,640,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,640,000

    The Committee's recommendation provides $7,640,000 for the 
State Justice Institute [SJI]. The recommendation is equal to 
the fiscal year 2024 enacted level and equal to the budget 
request.
    SJI was created in 1984 to further the development and 
adoption of improved judicial administration in State courts.
    Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices.--The Committee encourages 
SJI to continue investments in the areas of fines, fees, and 
bail practices, including assisting State courts in taking a 
leadership role in reviewing these practices to ensure 
processes are fair and access to justice is assured; 
implementing alternative forms of sanctions; developing 
processes for indigency review; promoting transparency, 
governance, structural reforms that promote access to justice, 
accountability, and oversight; and supporting projects that 
implement the principles of Conference of Chief Justices/
Conference of State Court Administrators National Task Force on 
Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices.
    Legal Deserts.--The Committee is concerned that many areas 
of the country have too few practicing attorneys to ensure that 
litigants in these areas can retain counsel without taking 
burdensome steps. The American Bar Association [ABA] has 
referred to these areas as ``legal deserts.'' Using 2020 data, 
the ABA found that 1,300 counties in the U.S. have less than 1 
attorney per 1,000 residents, and many have no attorneys. As a 
result, many litigants appear in court without representation. 
Legal deserts may hit juveniles hardest because they are among 
the most vulnerable participants in the legal system. The 
Committee urges SJI to examine the issues related to legal 
deserts and to prepare a report, within 180 days of enactment 
of this act, with recommendations to address legal deserts.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions 
for the departments, agencies, offices, and commissions funded 
in the accompanying act. Similar provisions were included in 
the fiscal year 2024 act.
    Section 501 prohibits the use of appropriations for certain 
publicity and propaganda purposes.
    Section 502 prohibits any appropriations contained in this 
bill from remaining available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly provided.
    Section 503 limits funds for certain consulting purposes.
    Section 504 provides that, should any provision of the bill 
be held to be invalid, the remainder of the act would not be 
affected.
    Section 505 stipulates the policy and procedures by which 
funding available to the agencies funded under this bill may be 
reprogrammed for other purposes.
    Section 506 provides for a penalty for persons found to 
have falsely mislabeled products.
    Section 507 requires agencies to provide quarterly reports 
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding 
unobligated balances.
    Section 508 requires agencies and departments funded in 
this bill to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing 
or consolidation within the amounts provided to the agency or 
department.
    Section 509 limits funds for the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products.
    Section 510 stipulates obligation of receipts and the use 
of certain funds for victim services available under the Crime 
Victims Fund.
    Of the funds set aside for Indian Tribes, the Committee 
expects that the Office for Victims of Crime [OVC] will award 
such funds to Indian Tribes that have not been designated high-
risk grantees by the DOJ and that comply with grant application 
requirements. OVC is expected to provide instructional model 
grant applications and other guidance to aid Tribes in 
preparing grant applications. Grant-receiving Tribes will need 
to certify that grant funds will not be used to supplant funds 
otherwise available for Tribal victim assistance so that OVC 
can ensure grant accountability and that grants are being used 
effectively to improve services for Tribal victims of crime.
    Section 511 prohibits the use of DOJ funds for programs 
that discriminate against, denigrate, or otherwise undermine 
the religious beliefs of students participating in such 
programs.
    Section 512 limits transfers of funds between agencies.
    Section 513 requires the Inspectors General of the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, NSF, and LSC to 
conduct reviews of activities funded in this bill and requires 
certifications regarding conflicts of interest.
    Section 514 prohibits funds for certain telecommunications 
and information technology acquisitions unless the acquiring 
department or agency has assessed the supply chain risk of the 
technology, including risks from technology originating in 
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
    Section 515 prohibits the use of funds to support or 
justify the use of torture.
    Section 516 prohibits funds for activities that seek to 
include certain language in new trade agreements.
    Section 517 prohibits funds to authorize a national 
security letter in contravention of the statutes authorizing 
the FBI to issue national security letters.
    Section 518 requires notification to the Committees in the 
event of cost overruns.
    Section 519 authorizes funds appropriated for intelligence 
activities for the DOJ during fiscal year 2025 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 has 
certified in writing that he or she has filed all Federal tax 
returns, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the 
IRS Code of 1986, and has no unpaid Federal tax assessment.
    Section 521 specifies rescissions of prior appropriations.
    Section 522 prohibits the use of funds to purchase first 
class or premium airline travel in contravention of current 
regulations.
    Section 523 prohibits the use of funds to pay for the 
attendance of more than 50 employees at any single conference 
outside the United States and limits the cost of any such 
conference incurred by an agency, with certain exemptions.
    Section 524 requires agencies funded in this bill to report 
on undisbursed balances.
    Section 525 requires, when practicable, the use of funds in 
this act to purchase light bulbs that have the ``Energy Star'' 
or ``Federal Energy Management Program'' designation.
    Section 526 prohibits the use of funds by NASA, OSTP, or 
the National Space Council to engage in bilateral activities 
with China or a Chinese-owned company or effectuate the hosting 
of official Chinese visitors at certain facilities unless the 
activities are authorized by subsequent legislation or NASA, 
OSTP, or the National Space Council have made a certification 
pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
    Section 527 prohibits the use of funds to establish or 
maintain a computer network that does not block pornography, 
except for law enforcement purposes.
    Section 528 requires departments and agencies funded in 
this bill to submit spending plans to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees within 45 days of enactment of this 
act.
    Section 529 prohibits funds to pay for award or incentive 
fees for contractors with below satisfactory performance or 
performance that fails to meet the basic requirements of the 
contract. The Committee directs any head of any executive 
branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded 
by this bill to require that all contracts within their purview 
that provide award fees to 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.
    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 in this act to 
require certain export licenses.
    Section 535 prohibits the use of funds in this act to deny 
certain import applications regarding ``curios or relics'' 
firearms, parts, or ammunition.
    Section 536 prohibits funds from being used 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 to implement the 
Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty.
    Section 538 includes language regarding detainees held at 
Guantanamo Bay.
    Section 539 includes language regarding facilities for 
housing detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
    Section 540 extends the availability of certain funds.
    Section 541 provides that the Department of Commerce and 
Department of Justice may utilize funding to provide payments 
pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.
    Section 541 sets certain requirements for the allocations 
of funds related to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Public 
Law 117-167).
    Section 542 is a new provision providing for rescission 
from defunct NASA accounts.
    Section 543 States that each amount designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is contingent 
on the President so designating all such emergency amounts and 
transmitting such designations to Congress. The provision is 
consistent with the requirements in the Fiscal Responsibility 
Act of 2024.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a 
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify 
items of appropriation not made to carry out the provisions of 
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution 
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
    The Committee recommends funding for the following programs 
or activities that currently lack an authorization for fiscal 
year 2025, either in whole or in part, and therefore fall under 
this rule:

         APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW--FISCAL YEAR 2025
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Last year of
                     Agency/program                        authorization
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Commerce:
    International Trade Administration:
      Export Promotion..................................            1996
    Economic and Statistics Administration
      Salaries and Expenses.............................             n/a
    National Telecommunications and Information
     Administration:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            1993
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
      Operations, Research, and Facilities:.............
            NOAA Authorization Act of 1992..............            2006
            Windstorm Impact Reduction Act..............            2017
            Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation             2021
             Act of 2017................................
            Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control.....            2002
            National Ocean Service......................            1993
            Coastal Zone Management.....................            2013
            National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund...            2019
            Marine Protection, Research, Preservation &             2005
             Sanctuaries................................
            Estuaries and Clean Waters Act..............            2005
            National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act              2005
             of 2000....................................
            Oil Pollution Act...........................            2011
            Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act...........            2005
            Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and              1990
             Restoration Act............................
            Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act......            2002
      National Marine Fisheries Service:................
            Marine Mammal Protection....................            1999
            Species Recovery Grants.....................            1992
            NOAA Marine Fisheries Program...............            2000
            Interjurisdictional Fisheries...............            2012
            Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and               2013
             Management.................................
            Endangered Species Act......................            1992
            Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985...........            2009
            Estuary Restoration Act.....................            2012
            High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act            2012
            Lacey Act Amendments of 1981................            2008
            Saltonstall-Kennedy Act of 1954.............            1991
      Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:.................
            Climate Laboratories and Cooperative                    1993
             Institutes.................................
            National Integrated Drought Information                 2023
             System (NIDIS).............................
            Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive                 2019
             Species Program............................
      National Ocean Service:...........................
            Marine Protection, Research, Preservation &             2005
             Sanctuaries................................
      National Weather Service:.........................
      Procurement, Acquisition and Construction:........
            NOAA Corps..................................            2020
Department of Justice:
    General Administration:
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
            Justice Information Sharing Technology......            2009
      Executive Office for Immigration Review:..........
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
      Office of Inspector General:......................
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
      U.S. Parole Commission:...........................
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
Legal Activities:
      General Legal Activities:.........................
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
      Antitrust Division:...............................
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
      U.S. Attorneys:...................................
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
      Foreign Claims Settlement Commission:.............
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
            Fees and Expenses of Witnesses..............            2009
Community Relations Service:
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
            Assets Forfeiture Fund Current Budget                   2009
             Authority..................................
            U.S. Marshals Service.......................            2009
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
            Federal Prison Detention....................            2009
            Construction................................            2009
      National Security Division:.......................
            Salaries and Expenses.......................             n/a
      Interagency Law Enforcement:......................
            Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement......            2009
            Federal Bureau of Investigation.............            2009
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
            Construction................................            2009
Drug Enforcement Administration:
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
      Federal Prison System.............................            2009
            Salaries and Expenses.......................            2009
            Buildings and Facilities....................            2009
Office of Justice Programs:
    Research, Evaluation, and Statistics:
      National Institute of Justice.....................            1995
      Bureau of Justice Statistics......................            1995
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance:
      Adam Walsh Act....................................            2009
      Bulletproof Vest Partnership......................            2020
      Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants..........            2012
      John R. Justice Grant Program.....................            2014
      Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program......            2021
      Missing Americans Alert Program (Kevin and                    2022
       Avonte's Law)....................................
      Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution Program....            2010
      Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)..................            2021
      Drug Court Program................................            2023
      Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program...            2021
      Residential Substance Abuse Treatment.............            2000
      State Criminal Alien Assistance Program...........            2011
      Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes               2012
       Prevention Grants Program........................
      Keep Young Athletes Safe..........................            2022
      National Criminal History Improvement Program                 2022
       (NCHIP)..........................................
      NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP).......            2013
      Paul Coverdell Grants.............................            2021
      Second Chance Act/Offender Re-Entry...............            2023
      Victims of Trafficking Programs...................            2021
Juvenile Justice Programs:
      Part B-Formula Grants.............................            2020
COPS Programs:
      COPS Hiring Program...............................            2009
      Tribal Resources Grant Program....................            2015
      Community Policing Development/Training and                   2009
       Technical Assistance.............................
      Regional Information Sharing Activities...........            2003
      STOP School Violence Act..........................            2028
National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
      Science...........................................            2017
      Aeronautics.......................................            2017
      Exploration.......................................            2017
      Space Operations..................................            2017
      Education.........................................            2017
      Safety, Security and Mission Services.............            2017
      Construction and Environmental Compliance and                 2017
       Restoration......................................
      Office of the Inspector General...................            2017
      National Science Foundation.......................            2027
Related Agencies:
    Commission on Civil Rights:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            1995
    International Trade Commission:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            2004
    Payment to the Legal Services Corporation:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            1980
    Marine Mammal Commission:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            1999
    Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            2004
    State Justice Institute:
      Salaries and Expenses.............................            2008
------------------------------------------------------------------------

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 25, 2024, 
the Committee ordered favorably reported a bill (S. 4795) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, provided, 
that the bill be subject to amendment and that the bill be 
consistent with its budget allocation, and provided that the 
Chairman of the Committee or his designee be authorized to 
offer the substance of the original bill as a Committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute to the House companion 
measure, by a recorded vote of 26-3, a quorum being present. 
The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chair Murray                        Mr. Manchin
Mr. Durbin                          Mr. Hagerty
Mr. Reed                            Mr. Rubio
Mr. Tester
Mrs. Shaheen
Mr. Merkley
Mr. Coons
Mr. Schatz
Ms. Baldwin
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Van Hollen
Mr. Heinrich
Mr. Peters
Ms. Sinema
Ms. Collins
Mr. McConnell
Ms. Murkowski
Mr. Graham
Mr. Moran
Mr. Hoeven
Mr. Boozman
Mrs. Capito
Mr. Kennedy
Mrs. Hyde-Smith
Mrs. Britt
Mrs. Fischer

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of the rule XXVI requires that Committee 
reports on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any 
statute or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the 
statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and 
(b) a comparative print of that part of the bill or joint 
resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part 
thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through 
type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate 
typographical devices the omissions and insertions which would 
be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 
recommended by the Committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, changes in existing law 
proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing 
law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is 
printed in italic; and existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman.

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
         AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (PUBLIC LAW 104-134)


                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Maritime Administration

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



Legal Services Corporation

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



         ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

    Sec. 502. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation to 
make a grant, or enter into a contract, for the provision of 
legal assistance unless the Corporation ensures that the person 
or entity receiving funding to provide such legal assistance 
is--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

            (2) a qualified nonprofit organization, chartered 
        under the laws of a State or the District of Columbia, 
        that--
                    (A) furnishes legal assistance to eligible 
                clients; and
                    [(B) is governed by a board of directors or 
                other governing body, the majority of which is 
                comprised of attorneys who--
                            (i) are admitted to practice in a 
                        State or the District of Columbia; and
                            (ii) are appointed to terms of 
                        office on such board or body by the 
                        governing body of a State, county, or 
                        municipal bar association, the 
                        membership of which represents a 
                        majority of the attorneys practicing 
                        law in the locality in which the 
                        organization is to provide legal 
                        assistance;]
                    (B) is governed by a board of directors or 
                other governing body, 33 percent of which is 
                comprised of attorneys who are members of the 
                bar of a State, as defined in section 1002(8) 
                of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 
                U.S.C. 2996a(8)), in which the legal assistance 
                is to be provided;
                                ------                                


                        BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL


  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO PSEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Budget authority                 Outlays
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee    Amount  in     Committee    Amount  in
                                                           allocation       bill       allocation       bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with the subcommittee
 allocation for 2025: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
 Science, and Related Agencies:
    Mandatory...........................................          487           487           541        \1\541
    Discretionary.......................................       69,235        69,235        84,937     \1\84,927
        Defense.........................................        6,613         6,613            NA            NA
        Non-defense.....................................       62,622        62,622            NA            NA
Projection of outlays associated with the
 recommendation:
    2025................................................  ............  ............  ............    \2\49,494
    2026................................................  ............  ............  ............       20,396
    2027................................................  ............  ............  ............        7,136
2028....................................................  ............  ............  ............        3,406
2029 and future years...................................  ............  ............  ............        3,376
Financial assistance to State and local governments for            NA         2,441            NA        \2\(72)
 P2025
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
 
NA: Not applicable.
 
NOTE.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill as an emergency requirement in accordance with
  subparagraph (A)(i) of section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
  Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will provide, at the appropriate time, a 302(a) allocation for
  the Committee on Appropriations reflecting an upward adjustment of $4,500,000,000 in budget authority plus the
  associated outlays.

         DISCLOSURE OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the 
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should 
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money. As 
defined in Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the 
term ``congressionally directed spending item'' means a 
provision or report language included primarily at the request 
of a Senator, providing, authorizing, or recommending a 
specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit 
authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, 
loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure 
with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality 
or congressional district, other than through a statutory or 
administrative, formula-driven, or competitive award process. 
For each item, a Member is required to provide a certification 
that neither the Member nor the Member's immediate family has a 
pecuniary interest in such congressionally directed spending 
item. Such certifications are available to the public on the 
website of the Senate Committee on Appropriations (https://
www.appropriations.senate.
gov/congressionally-directed-spending requests). Following is a 
list of congressionally directed spending items included in the 
Senate recommendation discussed in this report, along with the 
name of each Senator who submitted a request to the Committee 
of jurisdiction for each item so identified. Neither the 
Committee recommendation nor this report contains any limited 
tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in rule 
XLIV.

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                                                                                                                  Recommendation
               Account                         Project                   Location                Recipient              ($)            Requestor(s)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Mechanical Engineering     Montgomery, AL.........  Alabama State                  300,000  Britt
                                       Training Equipment.                                 University.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Advanced Manufacturing     Lorain County, OH......  Lorain County                  988,000  Brown
                                       Training Equipment.                                 Community College
                                                                                           District.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Gonzaga University Center  Spokane, WA............  Gonzaga University....       1,662,000  Cantwell
                                       for Materials Research.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  University of Washington   Seattle, WA............  University of                1,500,000  Cantwell
                                       AI Research                                         Washington.
                                       Infrastructure.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Forensic Genomics          Cabell, WV.............  Marshall University...       2,500,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       Institute.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Nuclear Magnetic           Monongalia, WV.........  West Virginia                1,100,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       Resonance (NMR) and                                 University.
                                       Liquid Chromatography-MS
                                       Instrumentation.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Center for Education and   Baltimore City, MD.....  Morgan State                 3,400,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       Research in                                         University.
                                       Microelectronics
                                       Equipment.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Gene Editing Institute's   Newark, DE.............  ChristianaCare Health          798,000  Carper
                                       Learning Lab Expansion.                             System.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Biopharmaceutical          Newark, DE.............  University of Delaware       4,000,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Manufacturing Equipment.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Electron Microscopy Sight  Baton Rouge, LA........  Louisiana State              1,000,000  Cassidy
                                       Initiative.                                         University.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Silicon Bayou              Lafayette, LA..........  University of                5,000,000  Cassidy, Kennedy
                                       Semiconductor Technology                            Louisiana Lafayette.
                                       Center--Phase II.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Eastern Illinois           Charleston, IL.........  Eastern Illinois               580,000  Duckworth
                                       University Student                                  University.
                                       Security Operations
                                       Center.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Harper College Quantum     Palatine, IL...........  William Rainey Harper          500,000  Duckworth
                                       Workforce Education and                             College.
                                       Training Network.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Western Pennsylvania       Allegheny County, PA...  University of                1,000,000  Fetterman
                                       Shared Quantum                                      Pittsburgh.
                                       Information Core.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Increasing Capacity and    Kearney, NE............  University of Nebraska       3,000,000  Fischer
                                       Infrastructure in                                   Board of Regents.
                                       Comparative Biomedical
                                       Research.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Advanced Water Resources   Lincoln, NE............  University of Nebraska       2,000,000  Fischer
                                       Research Capacity for                               Board of Regents.
                                       Nebraska.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Clarkson University:       St. Lawrence, NY.......  Clarkson University...       1,500,000  Gillibrand
                                       Flawless Semiconductor
                                       Chip Manufacturing
                                       Through Chemical-
                                       Mechanical Polishing of
                                       Wafers.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Rochester Institute of     Monroe, NY.............  Rochester Institute of       2,000,000  Gillibrand, Schumer
                                       Technology: Rochester                               Technology.
                                       Quantum Network (RoQNET).
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Imaging Equipment for      Onondaga, NY...........  Syracuse University...       1,000,000  Gillibrand, Schumer
                                       Semiconductor Packaging.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Center for Generative AI   Erie, NY...............  University at Buffalo.       2,500,000  Gillibrand, Schumer
                                       Safety Programs.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Electron Microscopy Core   Anderson, SC...........  Clemson University....       1,700,000  Graham
                                       Facility Equipment.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Medical Imaging Equipment  Clemson, SC............  Clemson University....         990,000  Graham
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Intelligent Manufacturing  Charleston, SC.........  The Citadel...........       3,550,000  Graham
                                       Equipment.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Photonics and              Columbia, SC...........  University of South          4,160,000  Graham
                                       Microelectronics                                    Carolina.
                                       Laboratory Equipment.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Developing Safe, Ethical,  City of Albuquerque, NM  University of New              720,000  Heinrich, Lujan
                                       and Explainable                                     Mexico.
                                       Artificial Intelligence.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Graphene and Graphene-     Oxford, MS.............  The University of            4,000,000  Hyde-Smith, Wicker
                                       Like Low-Dimensional                                Mississippi.
                                       Materials.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Old Dominion University's  Norfolk City, VA.......  Old Dominion                 1,207,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Center of Excellence in                             University.
                                       Trustworthy Artificial
                                       Intelligence.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  AMPD Phase II at the CoE   South Charleston, WV...  RAPID Manufacturing          1,000,000  Manchin
                                       for Process Technology                              Institute (a dba of
                                       Development.                                        American Institute of
                                                                                           Chemical Engineers).
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Soil Carbon Sampling and   Falmouth, MA...........  Woodwell Climate               800,000  Markey, Warren
                                       Analysis Laboratory.                                Research Center.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  An End to Forever          Worcester, MA..........  Worcester Polytechnic        1,500,000  Markey, Warren
                                       Chemicals.                                          Institute.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Next Generation            Benton County, OR......  Oregon State                 2,520,000  Merkley, Wyden
                                       Semiconductor Test                                  University.
                                       Facility.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Semiconductor Innovation   Multnomah County, OR...  Portland State               1,650,000  Merkley, Wyden
                                       and Nanoscience                                     University.
                                       Equipment Purchase.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Imaging and                Lane County, OR........  University of Oregon..       3,000,000  Merkley, Wyden
                                       Characterization
                                       Research and Training
                                       Equipment.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Kansas City Kansas         Kansas City, KS........  Kansas City Kansas           2,949,000  Moran
                                       Community College--                                 Community College.
                                       Advanced Manufacturing
                                       Workforce Enhancement
                                       Program.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Kansas State University    Olathe, KS.............  Kansas State                 5,004,000  Moran
                                       Olathe--Advanced                                    University.
                                       Manufacturing.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Advanced Manufacturing     Wichita, KS............  Wichita State                5,000,000  Moran
                                       Technology and Equipment.                           University.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Operational Technology     Tulsa, OK..............  The University of            2,500,000  Mullin
                                       and Cybersecurity.                                  Tulsa.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Clean Energy Accelerator   Centralia, WA..........  Centralia College.....       1,000,000  Murray
                                       Project.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Electric Automotive        Auburn, WA.............  Green River College...       1,400,000  Murray
                                       Center of Higher
                                       Education.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Cybersecurity Science Hub  Olympia, WA............  South Puget Sound            1,500,000  Murray
                                                                                           Community College.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Kirsten Wind Tunnel        Seattle, WA............  University of                3,000,000  Murray
                                       Improvements.                                       Washington.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Cold Lab Upgrades........  Seattle, WA............  University of                5,000,000  Murray
                                                                                           Washington.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Prosser Irrigated          Prosser, WA............  Washington State             1,800,000  Murray
                                       Agriculture Research                                University.
                                       Center Improvements.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Aquatic Pathobiology Lab   Pullman, WA............  Washington State             1,425,000  Murray
                                       Upgrades.                                           University.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Safe and Secure AI         Houghton, MI...........  Michigan Technological       2,500,000  Peters, Stabenow
                                       Manufacturing                                       University.
                                       Implementation Program.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Nanofabrication Cleanroom  Kings, NY..............  New York University          1,000,000  Schumer
                                       Equipment.                                          (NYU).
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Building Capacity for      Durham, NH.............  University of New              890,000  Shaheen
                                       PFAS Analysis.                                      Hampshire.
DOC-NIST STRS.......................  Advanced Qubits and        Tougaloo, MS...........  Tougaloo College......       1,000,000  Wicker
                                       Quantum Systems.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  University of Maine        Orono, ME..............  University of Maine...      45,000,000  Collins
                                       Health Science Complex.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  Healthy Kentucky Research  Lexington, KY..........  University of Kentucky      35,000,000  McConnell
                                       Building.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  Renovation of Forsyth      Hays, KS...............  Fort Hays State              2,600,000  Moran
                                       Library at Fort Hays                                University.
                                       State University.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  University of Kansas       Kansas City, KS........  University of Kansas        36,000,000  Moran
                                       Cancer Center Addition.                             Cancer Center.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  Bolstering Advanced Air    Wichita, KS............  Wichita State                5,000,000  Moran
                                       Mobility Capabilities.                              University.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  Hot Cell Facility          Pullman, WA............  Washington State             7,000,000  Murray
                                       Construction.                                       University.
DOC-NIST Construction...............  Great Bay National         Greenland, NH..........  New Hampshire Fish and       5,000,000  Shaheen
                                       Estuarine Research                                  Game Department/Great
                                       Reserve: Research                                   Bay National
                                       Facility.                                           Estuarine Research
                                                                                           Reserve.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Thames River Marine        New London, CT.........  Connecticut College...          56,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Habitat Feasibility
                                       Study.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Connecticut Shell          Fairfield, New Haven,    CORR--Collective               112,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Recycling and Shellfish    and Middlesex            Oyster Recycling &
                                       Restoration                Counties, CT.            Restoration
                                       Collaborative.                                      Foundation, Inc..
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Equipment Purchase for     Groton, CT.............  Inter District                 699,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Marine Science Education.                           Committee for Project
                                                                                           Oceanology.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  AWF Relic Oyster Reef      Mobile, AL.............  Alabama Wildlife               400,000  Britt
                                       Restoration in Mobile                               Federation.
                                       Bay.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  University of South        Mobile, AL.............  University of South          2,000,000  Britt
                                       Alabama Weather Radar                               Alabama.
                                       Study and Report.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Study of Sediment          Mobile, AL.............  Alabama Port Authority         400,000  Britt, Tuberville
                                       Management in Mobile
                                       Harbor.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Prospect and Control       Whatcom County, WA.....  Lummi Indian Business        1,000,000  Cantwell
                                       Trapping for European                               Council.
                                       Green Crab on Lummi
                                       Reservation Tidelands.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Real-time Southern         King County, WA........  Maritime Blue--Quiet           395,000  Cantwell
                                       Resident Orca Hydrophone                            Sound.
                                       Location Tracking for
                                       Commercial Mariners.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Washington Wild Kelp       Puget Sound, Statewide,  Washington Department        3,000,000  Cantwell, Murray
                                       Forest and Eelgrass        WA.                      of Fish and Wildlife.
                                       Meadow Recovery.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Invasive Blue Catfish      Anne Arundel County,     Maryland Department of         500,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       Mitigation.                Calvert County, Cecil    Natural Resources.
                                                                  County, Harford
                                                                  County, Charles
                                                                  County, Dorchester
                                                                  County, Kent County,
                                                                  Queen Anne's County,
                                                                  St. Mary's County,
                                                                  Somerset County,
                                                                  Talbot County, MD.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Patuxent Riverkeeper and   Prince George's County,  Patuxent Riverkeeper..         313,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       Chesapeake Biological      MD.
                                       Laboratory Pollution
                                       Monitoring Collaborative.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Chesapeake Global          Dorchester County, MD..  University of Maryland         800,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       Collaboratory.                                      Center for
                                                                                           Environmental Science.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Bluefin Tuna Research....  Ogunquit, ME...........  The Bluefin                    129,000  Collins
                                                                                           Collaborative.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  American Lobster           Walpole, ME............  University of Maine          1,000,000  Collins
                                       Settlement Index                                    System.
                                       Expansion.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Gulf of Maine Ocean        Coastal counties from    University of Maine          5,000,000  Collins, King
                                       Observation System.        Washington County to     System.
                                                                  York County, ME.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Aquaculture Research and   Dover, DE..............  Delaware State                 517,000  Coons
                                       Demonstration Facility                              University.
                                       Relocation Feasibility
                                       Study.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Nature Your City Project.  Bronx, NY..............  New York Botanical             750,000  Gillibrand, Schumer
                                                                                           Garden.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Research Operations        Charleston, SC.........  SC Department of             1,000,000  Graham
                                       Support.                                            Natural Resources.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  STEM Programming for       Charleston, SC.........  South Carolina                 336,000  Graham
                                       South Carolina's K-12                               Aquarium.
                                       Students.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Hanakaoo Beach Park Dune   County of Maui, HI.....  Hawaii Climate Change           77,000  Hirono
                                       Restoration Project.                                Mitigation and
                                                                                           Adaptation Commission.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Resurrecting the Wailoa    County of Hawaii, HI...  Hawaii Department of           775,000  Hirono
                                       Station to Support                                  Land and Natural
                                       Amaama Production to                                Resources, Division
                                       Help Revitalize                                     of Aquatic Resources.
                                       Fishponds.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Unomia Survey............  Statewide, HI..........  Hawaii Department of           400,000  Hirono
                                                                                           Land and Natural
                                                                                           Resources, Division
                                                                                           of Aquatic Resources.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Wetland Restoration for a  County of Maui, HI.....  Molokai Land Trust....         596,000  Hirono
                                       Climate Resilient
                                       Community in Molokai.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Hawaii Restorative         Hawaii County, Kauai     Hawaii Department of           500,000  Hirono, Schatz
                                       Aquaculture Feasibility.   County, Maui County,     Agriculture.
                                                                  City and County of
                                                                  Honolulu, HI.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Hawaii Pacific University  City and County of       Hawaii Pacific                 350,000  Hirono, Schatz
                                       Oceanic Institute          Honolulu, HI.            University.
                                       Equipment Initiative.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Data Assembly Hub          Hattiesburg, MS........  University of Southern       4,500,000  Hyde-Smith, Wicker
                                       Production Rollout.                                 Mississippi.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Coastal Virginia Water-    Statewide/Multiple       Middle Peninsula               802,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Level Monitoring Program.  Locations, VA.           Planning District
                                                                                           Commission.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Downeast Institute--       Washington County, ME..  Downeast Institute....         572,000  King
                                       Capacity Building and
                                       Ocean Studies.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Data Collection for        York, Cumberland,        Marine Mammals of              333,000  King
                                       Protected Species.         Sagadahoc, Lincoln,      Maine.
                                                                  and Knox Counties, ME.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Minnesota State Climate    Minneapolis, MN........  American Association           375,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Office, Drought Plan.                               of State
                                                                                           Climatologists.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Multisource Climate Data   Marion, WV.............  High Technology              1,000,000  Manchin
                                       Fusion.                                             Foundation.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Massachusetts' State       Boston, MA.............  American Association           375,000  Markey, Warren
                                       Hazard Mitigation and                               of State
                                       Climate Adaptation Plan.                            Climatologists.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Climate Resilience in      Boston, MA.............  Charles River                  500,000  Markey, Warren
                                       Charles River Watershed.                            Watershed Association.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Fishing for the Future:    Falmouth, MA...........  Coonamessett Farm            1,875,000  Markey, Warren
                                       Developing Climate-                                 Foundation.
                                       Resilient Fisheries for
                                       Massachusetts.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Offshore Wind Roadmap      Multiple Counties, OR..  Oregon Department of         1,500,000  Merkley, Wyden
                                       Implementation.                                     Land Conservation and
                                                                                           Development.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Climate-Ready Coast and    Statewide, AK..........  Alaska Climate                 300,000  Murkowski
                                       Indigenous Climate                                  Research Center.
                                       Resilience.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Southeast Alaska Harbor    Statewide, AK..........  Alaska Department of         1,915,000  Murkowski
                                       Porpoise Assessment to                              Fish and Game.
                                       Avoid Unnecessary
                                       Regulatory and Economic
                                       Impacts to the Salmon
                                       Gillnet Fishery.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Alaska Seafood             Statewide, AK..........  Alaska Fisheries             2,000,000  Murkowski
                                       Modernization Initiative.                           Development
                                                                                           Foundation.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Wild-Caught Alaska         Statewide, AK..........  Alaska Seafood               3,000,000  Murkowski
                                       Seafood Promotion.                                  Marketing Institute.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Capacity Building to       Statewide, AK..........  Bering Sea Fishermen's         500,000  Murkowski
                                       Support Cooperating                                 Association.
                                       Agency Status for Tribes
                                       and Tribal Organizations
                                       in Alaska.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  In-season Genetic          Bristol Bay, AK........  Bristol Bay Science          3,500,000  Murkowski
                                       Analysis of Chum Salmon                             and Research
                                       Bycatch in the Bering                               Institute (BBSRI).
                                       Sea Pollock Fishery.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Northern Bering Sea        Statewide, AK..........  North Pacific Research       2,500,000  Murkowski
                                       Integrated Ecosystem                                Board.
                                       Research.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  PWSSC Oceanography         Cordova, AK............  Prince William Sound           355,000  Murkowski
                                       Profiler.                                           Science Center.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Improving Salmon Counting  Statewide, AK..........  University of Alaska..       1,992,000  Murkowski
                                       with Drone Maritime
                                       Lidar.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Office of the Washington   Seattle, WA............  American Association           375,000  Murray
                                       State Climatologist                                 of State
                                       Outreach Expansion.                                 Climatologists.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Growing a Flood Resilient  Tacoma, WA.............  American Rivers.......       2,000,000  Murray
                                       Washington State.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  CFRF Fisheries Research..  Narragansett, RI.......  Commercial Fisheries           250,000  Reed
                                                                                           Research Foundation.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Salve's Path to Blue       Newport, RI............  Salve Regina                 1,100,000  Reed
                                       Growth: Education,                                  University.
                                       Engagement, &
                                       Aquaculture.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Beach Monitoring Program   Providence, RI.........  Rhode Island                   500,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Data Modernization.                                 Department of Health.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  URI Research to Integrate  Narragansett, RI.......  University of Rhode          1,250,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Ocean Energy into Marine                            Island.
                                       Ecosystems.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  "Next-Gen" Healthy Waters  Narragansett, RI.......  University of Rhode          2,200,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Initiative.                                         Island.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Marine Resource            City and County of       Department of Land and         611,000  Schatz
                                       Management Career          Honolulu, HI.            Natural Resources,
                                       Development.                                        Division of Aquatic
                                                                                           Resources.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Engaging Local Students    Maui County, HI........  Hawaii Department of           500,000  Schatz
                                       in Humpback Whale                                   Land and Natural
                                       Management.                                         Resources, Division
                                                                                           of Aquatic Resources.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Ukumehame Wetland          Maui County, HI........  Hawaii Department of         1,500,000  Schatz
                                       Restoration.                                        Land and Natural
                                                                                           Resources, Division
                                                                                           of Aquatic Resources.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Marine Mammal and Sea      Suffolk, NY............  Atlantic Marine                350,000  Schumer
                                       Turtle Stranding                                    Conservation Society,
                                       Response Efforts in New                             Ltd..
                                       York State.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Queens College Green       Queens, NY.............  Research Foundation of         734,000  Schumer
                                       Energy & Coastal                                    CUNY on behalf of
                                       Sustainability Field                                Queens College CUNY.
                                       Station.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Engineering Study to       Richmond, NY...........  Staten Island Economic         250,000  Schumer
                                       Inform Solutions for                                Development
                                       Flood Mitigation in                                 Corporation.
                                       Staten Island's West
                                       Shore Business
                                       Improvement District.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Squamscott Fields Salt     Epping, NH.............  Epping, Rockingham           2,100,000  Shaheen
                                       Marsh Resiliency Project.                           County, Southeast
                                                                                           Land Trust of New
                                                                                           Hampshire, Land
                                                                                           Conservation
                                                                                           Department.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Public Presentation of     Rye, NH................  Seacoast Science             3,500,000  Shaheen
                                       the Principles of Ocean                             Center.
                                       and Climate Literacy.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  State-of-the-art Systems   Durham, NH.............  University of New              738,000  Shaheen
                                       Control and Automation                              Hampshire.
                                       for Land-Based
                                       Aquaculture.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  State Drought Plan and     Statewide, VT..........  American Association           375,000  Welch
                                       Flood Data Gathering.                               of State
                                                                                           Climatologists.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Stream Gages.............  Statewide, VT..........  Lamoille County                649,000  Welch
                                                                                           Regional Planning
                                                                                           Commission.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Addressing Rhode Island    Statewide, RI..........  The Nature Conservancy         500,000  Whitehouse
                                       Headwater Streams.
DOC-NOAA ORF........................  Corn Neck Road...........  New Shoreham, RI.......  Town of New Shoreham..       1,000,000  Whitehouse
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Electronic Translation     Brown County, WI.......  Brown County..........          20,000  Baldwin
                                       Devices.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Child Advocacy Centers     Statewide, WI..........  Children's Hospital            670,000  Baldwin
                                       Services.                                           and Health System,
                                                                                           Inc..
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Vehicle Barriers.........  City of Appleton, WI...  City of Appleton......       1,457,000  Baldwin
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Detecting Lethal Opioids.  Racine, WI.............  City of Racine Police          185,000  Baldwin
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Housing Supportive         City of Wausau, WI.....  City of Wausau........         491,000  Baldwin
                                       Services.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Victim Advocacy Program..  Statewide, WI..........  Disability Rights              464,000  Baldwin
                                                                                           Wisconsin.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Community Domestic Abuse   Milwaukee County, WI...  Sojourner Family Peace         375,000  Baldwin
                                       Advocacy Program.                                   Center.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Incident Management        Alamosa, CO............  Adams State University         523,000  Bennet, Hickenlooper
                                       Communications System to
                                       Support Emergency
                                       Preparedness.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Sheriff's Office Fentanyl  Denver, CO.............  City and County of             208,000  Bennet, Hickenlooper
                                       Contraband Detection                                Denver.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Denver and Migrant Youth   Denver, CO.............  City and County of           2,925,000  Bennet, Hickenlooper
                                       Community Reintegration                             Denver.
                                       Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Garfield County's Drug     Rifle, CO..............  City of Rifle.........         401,000  Bennet, Hickenlooper
                                       Testing Public Safety
                                       Initiative.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Domestic Violence          New Haven, CT..........  Havenly...............          68,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Survivor Fellowship
                                       Program.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Hospital-based Violence    Hartford, CT...........  Saint Francis Hospital       1,500,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Intervention Trauma                                 and Medical Center.
                                       Recovery Center
                                       Augmenting Staffing
                                       Needs.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Second Chance Re-entry     Hartford, CT...........  Second Chance Re-entry         250,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Initiative Program                                  Initiative Program
                                       (SCRIP).                                            (SCRIP).
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Connecticut De-escalation  West Haven, CT.........  University of New            1,500,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Training Center at the                              Haven.
                                       University of New Haven.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Youth Violence Prevention  Bridgeport, Hartford,    Youth Advocate               1,500,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Project for Connecticut.   and New Haven, CT.       Programs, Inc..
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Essex County School of     Essex, NJ..............  Essex County School of         750,000  Booker
                                       Technology District Wide                            Technology.
                                       Security Camera Upgrade.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Firearms Investigation     Trenton, NJ............  New Jersey State               200,000  Booker
                                       Unit.                                               Police, Firearms
                                                                                           Investigation Unit.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Statewide Legal Advocacy   Trenton, NJ............  The New Jersey                 321,000  Booker
                                       for Survivors of Sexual                             Coalition Against
                                       Violence Project.                                   Sexual Assault.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Rectangular Rapid          Bergen County, NJ......  Bergen County                  500,000  Booker, Menendez
                                       Flashing Beacons and                                Sheriff's Office.
                                       Safety Kits.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Peaceful Families Program  Jersey City, NJ........  City of Jersey City...         800,000  Booker, Menendez
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Alabama A&M Campus         Madison, AL............  Alabama A&M University         200,000  Britt
                                       Security Upgrades.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Rapid DNA Implementation   Statewide (partnerships  Alabama Department of          750,000  Britt
                                       Program.                   in Madison, Jefferson,   Forensic Sciences.
                                                                  and St. Clair), AL.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Baldwin County Sheriff's   Baldwin, AL............  Baldwin County                 396,000  Britt
                                       Office Water Safety and                             Sheriff's Office.
                                       Public Safety Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Bullock County Sheriff's   Bullock, AL............  Bullock County                  50,000  Britt
                                       Department Patrol Cars.                             Sheriff's Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  City of Dothan Gun Shot    Houston, AL............  City of Dothan........       1,257,000  Britt
                                       Detection.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Luverne Police Department  Crenshaw, AL...........  City of Luverne Police         200,000  Britt
                                       Fleet Upgrade.                                      Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Patrol Vehicle for the     Shelby, AL.............  City of Montevallo....          55,000  Britt
                                       City of Montevallo.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Etowah County Sheriff's    Etowah, AL.............  Etowah County                  300,000  Britt
                                       Office Patrol/Dive                                  Commission.
                                       Vehicle.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Akron Law Enforcement      Summit County, OH......  City of Akron.........         146,000  Brown
                                       Life-Saving Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Justice Center Upgrade     Summit County, OH......  City of Barberton.....         750,000  Brown
                                       and Renovation.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Increase Capacity &        Franklin County, OH....  Freedom a la Cart.....         400,000  Brown
                                       Services for Survivors
                                       of Human Trafficking in
                                       Ohio.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Westfield Center Law       Medina County, OH......  The Village of                  50,000  Brown
                                       Enforcement Vehicle.                                Westfield Center.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Expanding Mental Health    San Diego, CA..........  San Diego Community          1,646,000  Butler
                                       and Basic Needs Services.                           College District.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Improving Automated        San Jose, CA...........  San Jose State                 850,000  Butler
                                       Detection of Artificial                             University Research
                                       Intelligence-Generated                              Foundation.
                                       Child Sexual Abuse
                                       Material.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  City of Alameda Crime      City of Alameda, CA....  City of Alameda.......         900,000  Butler, Padilla
                                       Victims Initiative.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Rapid DNA System.........  Bellingham, WA.........  Bellingham Police              517,000  Cantwell
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Mobile Alternative         Spokane, WA............  City of Spokane.......       2,000,000  Cantwell, Murray
                                       Response Teams Expansion.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Cabell County Sheriff's    Cabell, WV.............  Cabell County                  500,000  Capito
                                       Office Mental Crisis                                Commission.
                                       Response.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Morgantown Police Cruiser  Monongalia, WV.........  City of Morgantown....       1,500,000  Capito
                                       Fleet Upgrade.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Nitro Tech Upgrade.......  Kanawha, WV............  City of Nitro.........         500,000  Capito
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Winfield Police Vehicle..  Putnam, WV.............  City of Winfield......          61,000  Capito
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Jefferson County Public    Jefferson, WV..........  Jefferson County               120,000  Capito
                                       Safety Equipment.                                   Commission.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Town of Mason LE Tech      Mason, WV..............  Town of Mason.........         400,000  Capito
                                       Upgrade.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Upgrades...  Cabell County, WV......  Huntington Police              500,000  Capito, Manchin
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  University of Charleston   Kanawha, WV............  University of                1,922,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       WV Corrections                                      Charleston.
                                       Leadership.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Gun Violence Prevention..  Montgomery County, MD..  Montgomery County               70,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                                                                           Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  SafePath Network:          St. Mary's County, MD..  Safe House Project....         251,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       Bridging Hope for
                                       Trafficking Survivors.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Building a Safer           Statewide, DE..........  Delaware Coalition             400,000  Carper
                                       Delaware: Gun Safety                                Against Gun Violence
                                       First.                                              Education Fund.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Emergency    Milford, DE............  City of Milford Police         397,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Rescue Vehicle.                                     Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Enhancing Delivery of      Statewide, DE..........  Community Legal Aid            738,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Legal Aid to Victims of                             Society, Inc..
                                       Crime and Domestic
                                       Violence.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Campus Safety              Dover, DE..............  Delaware State                 725,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Improvements.                                       University.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Department Patrol   Viola, DE..............  Town of Viola Police            74,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Car.                                                Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Emergency Response and     Wilmington, DE.........  Wilmington Police              400,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Rescue Vehicle.                                     Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  In-School Mentoring        Montgomery, PA.........  Big Brothers Big               650,000  Casey
                                       Program.                                            Sisters Independence
                                                                                           Region.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Technology Upgrade  Allegheny, PA..........  Borough of Carnegie...          43,000  Casey
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Eastern PA Regional Radio  Carbon, PA.............  Carbon County                1,000,000  Casey
                                       Network.                                            Commissioners.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Modernization of Central   Centre, PA.............  Central Counties Youth         300,000  Casey
                                       Counties Youth Center                               Center.
                                       for Safety, Security and
                                       Wellbeing of Juveniles
                                       and Staff.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Private Cellular           Lackawanna, PA.........  City of Scranton......       1,000,000  Casey
                                       Networking and Public
                                       Safety Cameras.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Anti-Violence              Philadelphia, PA.......  Concilio de                    340,000  Casey
                                       Intervention and                                    Organizaciones
                                       Prevention School                                   Hispanas.
                                       Program.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Philadelphia Gaming        Philadelphia, PA.......  Institute for the              116,000  Casey
                                       Initiative--Gun Violence                            Development of
                                       Diversionary Project.                               African American
                                                                                           Youth, Inc. (IDAAY).
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Law Enforcement Safety     York, PA...............  LogosWorks............         461,000  Casey
                                       Initiative.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Restorative Intensive      Philadelphia, PA.......  NO-MO INC.............         152,000  Casey
                                       Prevention Service
                                       Program.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  City of Wilkes-Barre New   Luzerne County, PA.....  City of Wilkes-Barre..         522,000  Casey, Fetterman
                                       Police Vehicles.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Dunmore Police Department  Lackawanna, PA.........  Dunmore Borough.......         288,000  Casey, Fetterman
                                       Cruisers.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Middleburg PD Body-Worn    Snyder, PA.............  Middleburg Borough             120,000  Casey, Fetterman
                                       Camera & Dash-Cam                                   Police Department.
                                       Technology Program.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Improving Services at      Philadelphia, PA.......  Villanova University..         850,000  Casey, Fetterman
                                       Civil Justice and
                                       Clemency Clinics.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  22nd Judicial District     Covington, LA..........  22nd Judicial District         675,000  Cassidy
                                       Comprehensive Mental                                Court Specialty
                                       Health and Substance                                Courts.
                                       Abuse Treatment
                                       Initiative.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  East Baton Rouge Crime     East Baton Rouge, LA...  East Baton Rouge             1,280,000  Cassidy
                                       Gun Intelligence Center                             District Attorney's
                                       Program.                                            Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Advanced Forensic Center   Jefferson Parish, LA...  Jefferson Parish             1,000,000  Cassidy, Kennedy
                                       Equipment Project.                                  Coroner's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Cumberland County Jail     Cumberland County, ME..  Cumberland County               77,000  Collins
                                       Public Safety Equipment.                            Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Farmington Police          Farmington, ME.........  Farmington Police              240,000  Collins
                                       Department Public Safety                            Department.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Hancock County Public      Hancock County, ME.....  Hancock County........       2,300,000  Collins
                                       Safety Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Lewiston Police            Lewiston, ME...........  Lewiston Police              2,073,000  Collins
                                       Department Public Safety                            Department.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Rumford Police Department  Rumford, ME............  Rumford Police                 750,000  Collins
                                       Public Safety Equipment.                            Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Somerset County Sheriff's  Somerset County, ME....  Somerset County                294,000  Collins
                                       Office Public Safety                                Sheriff's Office.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Portland Police            Portland, ME...........  Portland Police                325,000  Collins, King
                                       Department Emergency                                Department.
                                       Response Vessel.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Waldo County Sheriff's     Waldo County, ME.......  Waldo County Sheriff's         381,000  Collins, King
                                       Office Public Safety                                Office.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Wells Police Department    Wells, ME..............  Wells Police                   378,000  Collins, King
                                       Emergency Response                                  Department.
                                       Vessel.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Equipment to Enhance       Wilmington, DE.........  Delaware Division of         1,450,000  Coons
                                       Casework Capabilities in                            Forensic Science.
                                       the Toxicology Unit.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Expanding Public Defense   Wilmington, DE.........  Partners for Justice..          93,000  Coons
                                       in Delaware.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Tri-County Special         Humboldt County, NV....  Humboldt County                337,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Response Team Armored                               Sheriff's Office.
                                       Vehicle.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Rapid DNA Machine........  Mineral County, NV.....  Mineral County........         384,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Crisis Intervention        Aurora, IL.............  City of Aurora........         128,000  Duckworth
                                       Training--City of Aurora.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Communications Equipment   Kane County, IL........  County of Kane........         200,000  Duckworth
                                       Upgrade.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Defy Ventures Programming  Chicago, IL............  Defy Ventures.........         100,000  Duckworth
                                       Support.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  A Community School         Urbana, IL.............  Urbana School District         262,000  Duckworth
                                       Project--A Partnership                              116.
                                       for Community Success to
                                       Decrease Community
                                       Violence.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Youth Violence Prevention  Chicago, IL............  Youth Advocate               1,000,000  Duckworth, Durbin
                                       Project for Chicago.                                Programs, Inc..
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Springfield Police         Springfield, IL........  City of Springfield...         750,000  Durbin
                                       Department Equipment
                                       Upgrades.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Kane County, IL........  Kane County Coroner's        1,000,000  Durbin
                                                                                           Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Oak Park, IL...........  Oak Park Police                170,000  Durbin
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Gun Violence Injury        Chicago, IL............  Rush University System       1,700,000  Durbin
                                       Registry.                                           for Health.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Youth Mentoring            Northern Illinois, IL..  Save One Life                  250,000  Durbin
                                       Initiative.                                         Foundation.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Reentry Initiative.......  Sangamon County, IL....  SING-Shifting Into New         300,000  Durbin
                                                                                           Gear Reentry Program.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police and community       Chicago, IL............  University of Chicago          600,000  Durbin
                                       violence intervention                               Crime Lab.
                                       initiative.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Equipment    Luzerne County, PA.....  City of Nanticoke.....         298,000  Fetterman
                                       Upgrade.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Communication Equipment    Venango County, PA.....  Oil City and Franklin          170,000  Fetterman
                                       Upgrades.                                           Public Safety and
                                                                                           Fire Departments.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Omaha Police Department    Omaha, NE..............  City of Omaha.........       1,750,000  Fischer
                                       Public Safety Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Body-Worn Cameras          Lancaster County, NE...  Lancaster County......       1,091,000  Fischer
                                       Technology.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Drug and Violent Crime     Scotts Bluff, NE.......  Western Nebraska               150,000  Fischer
                                       Multi-Jurisdictional Law                            Intelligence and
                                       Enforcement Task Force.                             Narcotics Group.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Holocaust Museum &         Suffolk, NY............  Holocaust Museum &             250,000  Gillibrand, Schumer
                                       Tolerance Center Police                             Tolerance Center of
                                       Training Program ``Law                              Nassau County, Inc..
                                       Enforcement and Society:
                                       Lessons of the
                                       Holocaust''.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Department          Blackville, SC.........  Blackville Police              229,000  Graham
                                       Equipment.                                          Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Department          Eutawville, SC.........  Eutawville Police              120,000  Graham
                                       Equipment.                                          Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Department          McCormick, SC..........  McCormick Police               145,000  Graham
                                       Equipment.                                          Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Law Enforcement Equipment  Clover, SC.............  United States Deputy           450,000  Graham
                                       and Training.                                       Sheriff's Association.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Forensic Laboratory and    City of Albuquerque, NM  Albuquerque Police             908,000  Heinrich
                                       Crime Scene Processing                              Department.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Forensic and Crime Scene   Bernalillo County, NM..  Bernalillo County            1,050,000  Heinrich
                                       Reconstruction Equipment.                           Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Crime Forensic Equipment.  City of Farmington, NM.  City of Farmington....         629,000  Heinrich
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Evidence Processing Lab..  City of Las Cruces, NM.  City of Las Cruces....       1,000,000  Heinrich
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Campus Lighting and        Portales, NM...........  Eastern New Mexico             533,000  Heinrich
                                       Safety.                                             University.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Crime Scene                City of Gallup, NM.....  Gallup Police                  115,000  Heinrich
                                       Reconstruction Equipment.                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Sexual Assault Helpline    Statewide, NM..........  New Mexico Coalition         1,668,000  Heinrich
                                       and Workforce Trauma                                of Sexual Assault
                                       Institute.                                          Programs.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Violence Intervention      Bernalillo County, NM..  Bernalillo County              500,000  Heinrich, Lujan
                                       Program.                                            Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Expanding New Mexico       Albuquerque, NM........  University of New            1,490,000  Heinrich, Lujan
                                       Capacity for Decedent                               Mexico--Office of the
                                       Bone DNA Testing and                                Medical Investigator.
                                       Analysis.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Access to Education (ATE)  City and County of       University of Hawaii         1,100,000  Hirono
                                       Project.                   Honolulu, County of      System.
                                                                  Kauai, HI.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Vehicle Fleet Expansion    Corinth, MS............  City of Corinth Police         474,000  Hyde-Smith
                                       and Vehicle Equipment.                              Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Training for Justice       Statewide, MS..........  University of                  838,000  Hyde-Smith, Wicker
                                       System Professionals.                               Mississippi.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Sheriff Office AEDs......  Greene County, VA......  County of Greene......          28,000  Kaine, Warner
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  FailSafe-ERA Restorative   Statewide/Multiple       FailSafe-ERA..........         460,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Reentry.                   Locations, VA.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Advancing Victim           Fairfax County, VA.....  George Mason                 1,188,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Services: Domestic                                  University.
                                       Violence Response
                                       Training.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Freedom Project..........  Statewide/Multiple       Latisha's House                650,000  Kaine, Warner
                                                                  Locations, VA.           Foundation.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  NextUp--Increasing Safety  Richmond City, VA......  NextUp RVA............         640,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       & Accessibility to Out
                                       of School Time
                                       Opportunities.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Suffolk Commonwealth's     Suffolk City, VA.......  Suffolk Commonwealth's          73,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Attorney's Safety and                               Attorney's Office.
                                       Leadership Academy for
                                       Youth (S.L.A.Y.).
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Gang Prevention & Youth    Statewide/Multiple       The Edward Brown               612,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Empowerment Program.       Locations, VA.           Foundation.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  The Virginia Mass          Statewide/Multiple       VTVCARE...............          35,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Violence Care Fund         Locations, VA.
                                       Victim Support Model
                                       Documentary.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Repeaters for Dispatch at  Camp Verde, AZ.........  Camp Verde............          70,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Verde Lakes Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Department          Nogales, AZ............  City of Nogales--              436,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Incident Command                                    Nogales Police
                                       Response Vehicles.                                  Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Sheriff's Office Public    Coconino County, AZ....  Coconino County              2,230,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Safety Interoperability                             Sherriff's Office.
                                       Communications.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  County Regional SWAT       La Paz County, AZ......  La Paz County                  448,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Team--SWAT Ambulance                                Sheriff's Office.
                                       Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Summerhaven Public Safety  Pima County, AZ........  Pima County...........       1,500,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Radio Coverage.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Pima County Sheriff's      Pima County, AZ........  Pima County Sheriff's        1,350,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Department Training                                 Department.
                                       Facility Upgrades.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Mobile Command/Evidence    Snowflake, AZ..........  Snowflake Taylor               579,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Vehicle.                                            Police Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Vehicles to  Wellton, AZ............  Town of Wellton Police         305,000  Kelly, Sinema
                                       Upgrade Police                                      Department.
                                       Department Fleet.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Equipment    Vermilion Parish, LA...  Vermilion Parish             1,000,000  Kennedy
                                       and Support.                                        Police Jury.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Drug Quality Control       Monroe, LA.............  University of                2,260,000  Kennedy
                                       Laboratory.                                         Louisiana at Monroe,
                                                                                           College of Pharmacy.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Hennepin County Sheriff's  Minneapolis, MN........  Hennepin County                610,000  Klobuchar
                                       Office Focus on Fentanyl                            Sheriff's Office.
                                       Education, Intelligence,
                                       and Warrant Execution
                                       Funding.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Early Support for Mental   Anoka County, MN.......  Anoka County                   626,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Health and Justice.                                 Attorney's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Equipment           Rochester, MN..........  City of Rochester.....         435,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Modernization.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  First Responder Safety     South St. Paul, MN.....  City of South St. Paul         350,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Initiative.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Expansion of School-Based  Albuquerque, NM........  City of Albuquerque,         1,035,000  Lujan
                                       Violence Initiative.                                Albuquerque Safety
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Domestic Violence &        Albuquerque, NM........  Coalition to Stop               93,000  Lujan
                                       Sexual Assault                                      Violence Against
                                       Conference.                                         Native Women.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Law Enforcement Assisted   San Juan County, NM....  San Juan County LEAD..         218,000  Lujan
                                       Diversion.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Patrol Vehicles..........  Los Lunas, NM..........  Valencia County.......         309,000  Lujan
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Upgrades...  Harrison County, WV....  City of Clarksburg....         345,000  Manchin
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Supporting Justice and     Randolph and Tucker      Randolph County                 25,000  Manchin
                                       Healing for Victims of     Counties, WV.            Children's Advocacy
                                       Child Abuse.                                        Center, Inc.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Officer      Greenbrier, WV.........  Town of Rainelle......          50,000  Manchin
                                       Equipment, Evidence Room
                                       Creation.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Changing Behaviors and     Boston, MA.............  Roca, Inc.............       1,346,000  Markey, Warren
                                       Reducing Violence:
                                       Roca's Young Women's
                                       Program.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Veterans Treatment Court.  Lawrence, KS...........  7th Judicial District.       1,000,000  Moran
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Kansas Bureau of           Pittsburg, KS..........  Kansas Bureau of             8,000,000  Moran
                                       Investigation Southeast                             Investigation.
                                       Kansas Regional Crime
                                       Center and Laboratory.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  TITAN: Tulsa Institute of  Tulsa, OK..............  The University of            2,000,000  Mullin
                                       Trauma, Adversity and                               Tulsa.
                                       Injustice.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Technical Assistance for   Statewide, AK..........  Alaska Native Women's        1,000,000  Murkowski
                                       Alaska Tribal Justice                               Resource Center.
                                       Systems.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Anchorage Youth Court....  Anchorage, AK..........  Anchorage Youth Court.          27,000  Murkowski
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Youth Human Trafficking    Statewide, WA..........  Children and Youth             500,000  Murray
                                       Coordination, Training,                             Justice Center.
                                       and Technical Assistance.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Services for Sexual        Renton, WA.............  King County Sexual           2,500,000  Murray
                                       Assault Survivors.                                  Assault Resource
                                                                                           Center.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Interrupting Violence in   Atlanta, GA............  Grady Health System...         145,000  Ossoff
                                       Youth and Young Adults
                                       (IVYY) Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Technology Investments...  Cobb County, GA........  SafePath Children's            100,000  Ossoff
                                                                                           Advocacy Center, Inc..
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  World Cup 2026 Security    Fulton County, GA......  Atlanta World Cup Host         500,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Planning.                                           Committee.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Valdosta Co-Responder      Valdosta-Lowndes         Behavioral Health              210,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Program.                   County, GA.              Services of South
                                                                                           Georgia.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Community Cure Violence    DeKalb County, Fulton    CHRIS 180 Inc.........         677,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Program--Zone 6.           County, GA.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Opioid Detection System..  Fayetteville, GA.......  City of Fayetteville..          90,000  Ossoff, Warnock
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  SafePath Network:          Statewide, GA..........  Safe House Project,            599,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Bridging the Gap for                                Inc..
                                       Survivors of Human
                                       Trafficking.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Community-Based Crime      Sumter County, GA......  Southwest Georgia              474,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Victims Services.                                   Children's Alliance.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Campus Security            Fulton County, GA......  Spelman College,               272,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Improvements at Spelman                             Public Safety
                                       College.                                            Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Pre- and Post-Release      Cobb County, GA........  The Extension.........         787,000  Ossoff, Warnock
                                       Treatment for Substance
                                       Use.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  City of Flint Solar-       Flint, MI..............  City of Flint.........         135,000  Peters
                                       Powered Pole Camera
                                       Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Howell Police Department   Howell, MI.............  City of Howell........         146,000  Peters
                                       Axon Fleet In-Car Camera
                                       System Implementation.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Officer Safety Equipment.  Warren, MI.............  City of Warren Police           38,000  Peters
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Westland Police            Westland, MI...........  City of Westland......          75,000  Peters
                                       Technology Upgrade.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Patrol Vehicles            Houghton, MI...........  County of Houghton....         385,000  Peters
                                       Replacement for Aging
                                       Fleet.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Eastern Michigan           Washtenaw County, MI...  Eastern Michigan               750,000  Peters
                                       University--Police &                                University.
                                       Fire Leadership Training.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  I.G.N.I.T.E. (Inmate       Flint, MI..............  Genesee County                 500,000  Peters
                                       Growth Naturally and                                Sheriff's Office.
                                       Intentionally Through
                                       Education).
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  DNA Analysis Technology..  Paw Paw, MI............  Van Buren County......         576,000  Peters
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Cure Violence Grand        Grand Rapids, MI.......  City of Grand Rapids..         500,000  Peters, Stabenow
                                       Rapids.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Kalamazoo Department of    Kalamazoo, MI..........  City of Kalamazoo.....         963,000  Peters, Stabenow
                                       Public Safety Patrol
                                       Vehicles.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  CLEMIS Modernization and   Waterford, MI..........  Oakland County........       2,000,000  Peters, Stabenow
                                       Transformation Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Day One Child Sexual       Statewide, RI..........  Day One...............         470,000  Reed
                                       Abuse Prevention and
                                       Services.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Elizabeth Buffum Chace     Warwick, RI............  Elizabeth Buffum Chace         335,000  Reed
                                       Center Domestic Violence                            Center.
                                       Survivor Support.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Security Upgrades at       Providence, RI.........  Johnson & Wales                111,000  Reed
                                       Johnson & Wales                                     University.
                                       University.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Nonviolence Support Teams  Providence, RI.........  Nonviolence Institute.         255,000  Reed
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  West Warwick Cruiser       West Warwick, RI.......  West Warwick Police            100,000  Reed
                                       Replacement.                                        Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Women's Resource Center    Newport, RI............  Women's Resource               200,000  Reed
                                       Services for Victims of                             Center.
                                       Domestic Violence.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Statewide Public Safety    Statewide, RI..........  Rhode Island                   689,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Computer Aided Dispatch                             Department of Public
                                       Records Management                                  Safety.
                                       System.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Equipment & Patrol  Central Falls, RI......  The City of Central            990,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Vehicles.                                           Falls.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Victims' Rights Project..  Statewide, VT..........  Vermont Legal Aid.....         385,000  Sanders
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Justice Mobile...........  Statewide, VT..........  Vermont Legal Aid.....       1,601,000  Sanders
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Coney Island Public        Kings, NY..............  Alliance for Coney             600,000  Schumer
                                       Safety Initiative.                                  Island, Inc..
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Hate Crime Victim Support  New York City, NY......  Asians Fighting                100,000  Schumer
                                       and Prevention.                                     Injustice, Inc..
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Therapy & Supportive       Statewide, NY..........  Getting Out and                250,000  Schumer
                                       Services in East Harlem                             Staying Out (GOSO).
                                       for Survivors of
                                       Violence and Families of
                                       At-Risk Youth.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Master of Social Work      Portsmouth, NH.........  Children's Law Center           92,000  Shaheen
                                       Funding Project.                                    of New Hampshire.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Rochester Police           Rochester, NH..........  City of Rochester.....          70,000  Shaheen
                                       Department Virtual
                                       Reality Training Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Law Enforcement            Hampton, NH............  Hampton Police                 925,000  Shaheen
                                       Accountability Program                              Department.
                                       Project.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  De-Escalation Range        Nashua, NH.............  Nashua Police                   85,000  Shaheen
                                       Simulator.                                          Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Increasing Access to       Concord, NH............  New Hampshire                  400,000  Shaheen
                                       Legal Systems for                                   Coalition Against
                                       Victims and Survivors.                              Domestic and Sexual
                                                                                           Violence.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Dispatch and Land Mobile   Newmarket, NH..........  Newmarket Police               353,000  Shaheen
                                       Radio (LMR) Upgrade.                                Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Records and Dispatch       Newport, NH............  Newport Police                 132,000  Shaheen
                                       Software.                                           Department.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  uSafeUS Expansion........  Durham, NH.............  University of New              840,000  Shaheen
                                                                                           Hampshire.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Initiative.  Calhoun County, MI.....  City of Albion........          97,000  Stabenow
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Crime Reduction     Saginaw County, MI.....  Saginaw Police                 250,000  Stabenow
                                       Initiative through                                  Department.
                                       Community Engagement and
                                       Increased Outreach
                                       Efforts.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  SafePath Network--         Mecklenburg, NC........  Safe House Project....         599,000  Tillis
                                       Bridging Hope for
                                       Trafficking Survivors in
                                       North Carolina.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Department and      Mayodan, NC............  Town of Mayodan.......         342,000  Tillis
                                       Fire Department Radio
                                       Upgrades.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Equipment..  Tuskegee, AL...........  Macon County                   150,000  Tuberville
                                                                                           Commission.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Public Safety Equipment..  Camden, AL.............  Wilcox County                  150,000  Tuberville
                                                                                           Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Domestic Violence          Burke County, Columbia   SafeHomes of Augusta,          242,000  Warnock
                                       Training Program for Law   County, Glascock         Inc..
                                       Enforcement and Judges.    County, Jefferson
                                                                  County, Lincoln
                                                                  County, McDuffie
                                                                  County, Richmond
                                                                  County, Taliaferro
                                                                  County, Warren County,
                                                                  Wilkes County, GA.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Tharros Place for Human    Chatham County, GA.....  Tharros Place, Inc....         500,000  Warnock
                                       Trafficking Survivors.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Peer Recovery Coaches in   Waterbury, VT..........  Vermont Department of        1,884,000  Welch
                                       Correctional Facilities.                            Corrections.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Patrol Vehicle...........  North Providence, RI...  Town of North                   62,000  Whitehouse
                                                                                           Providence.
DOJ-OJP Byrne.......................  Police Equipment & Patrol  Scituate, RI...........  Town of Scituate               449,000  Whitehouse
                                       Vehicles.                                           Police Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Emergency Services Radio   Ashland, WI............  Ashland County........       3,486,000  Baldwin
                                       Infrastructure.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Emergency Management and   Fond du Lac County, WI.  Fond du Lac County....       1,300,000  Baldwin
                                       Sheriff's Office Mobile
                                       Command Post.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Office Camera Program....  Jefferson County, WI...  Jefferson County                19,000  Baldwin
                                                                                           Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Ute Mountain Ute Tribe     Towaoc, CO.............  Ute Mountain Ute Tribe       2,000,000  Bennet, Hickenlooper
                                       Public Safety Project.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Community Enrichment       Waterbury, CT..........  Police Activity League          30,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Initiatives.                                        of Waterbury.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Radio Upgrades...........  South Windsor, CT......  South Windsor Police           176,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Town of Ledyard for        Ledyard, CT............  Town of Ledyard.......         229,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Police Dispatch System
                                       Replacement.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Monroe Police Department   Monroe, CT.............  Town of Monroe........         350,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Equipment Upgrades.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Dispatch Call Handling     Simsbury, CT...........  Town of Simsbury......          62,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Software and Upgrades.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  East Windsor Township      East Windsor, NJ.......  Township of East               200,000  Booker
                                       Police Department Next                              Windsor.
                                       Generation 9-1-1
                                       Upgrades.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Comprehensive Emergency    Union City, NJ.........  City of Union City....       1,200,000  Booker, Menendez
                                       Response and Training
                                       Enhancement Initiative.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Batesville Police          Batesville, AR.........  Batesville Police              575,000  Boozman
                                       Department Equipment.                               Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Jonesboro Public Safety    Jonesboro, AR..........  City of Jonesboro.....       3,500,000  Boozman
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Central Arkansas Criminal  Little Rock, AR........  Little Rock Police           4,500,000  Boozman
                                       Intelligence Network.                               Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  University of Arkansas     Little Rock, AR........  University of Arkansas       1,000,000  Boozman
                                       for Medical Sciences                                for Medical Sciences.
                                       Police Department
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Cherokee County Mobile     Cherokee, AL...........  Cherokee County                300,000  Britt
                                       Command Center for                                  Sheriff's Office.
                                       Critical Incidents and
                                       Disasters.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  City of Decatur Public     Morgan, AL.............  City of Decatur.......         250,000  Britt
                                       Safety Enhancements.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Fairhope Law Enforcement   Baldwin, AL............  City of Fairhope......         400,000  Britt
                                       Equipment Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Jacksonville Police        Calhoun, AL............  City of Jacksonville           200,000  Britt
                                       Department Tactical                                 Police Department.
                                       Multipurpose Response
                                       and Rescue Vehicle.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  P25 Radio Upgrade Project  Russell/Lee, AL........  City of Phenix City...         350,000  Britt
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Roanoke Police Department  Randolph, AL...........  City of Roanoke.......         100,000  Britt
                                       Communications.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  DeKalb County              DeKalb, AL.............  DeKalb County                  250,000  Britt
                                       Technological                                       Commission.
                                       Advancements in
                                       Communication and Safety.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Hoover Police Department   Jefferson and Shelby,    Hoover Police                  350,000  Britt
                                       Body Worn Camera Program   AL.                      Department.
                                       Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Pell City Public Safety    St. Clair, AL..........  Pell City Police               400,000  Britt
                                       and Investigative                                   Department.
                                       Technology Enhancements.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Slocomb Police Department  Geneva, AL.............  Slocomb Police                  20,000  Britt
                                       Public Safety Equipment.                            Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  St. Clair County Sheriff   St. Clair, AL..........  St. Clair County               250,000  Britt
                                       Crisis Intervention and                             Commission.
                                       Negotiations Response
                                       Vehicle.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Cleburne County Sheriff's  Cleburne, AL...........  Cleburne County                435,000  Britt, Tuberville
                                       Office Patrol Vehicles.                             Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Lawrence County Public     Lawrence, AL...........  Lawrence County                650,000  Britt, Tuberville
                                       Safety Radio Upgrade.                               Commission.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Cleveland First Responder  Cuyahoga County, OH....  City of Cleveland.....       1,000,000  Brown
                                       Radio Modernization.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Portsmouth First           Scioto County, OH......  City of Portsmouth....         410,000  Brown
                                       Responder Radio
                                       Modernization.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Lake County Public Safety  Lake County, OH........  Lake County, Ohio              966,000  Brown
                                       Equipment.                                          Board of
                                                                                           Commissioners.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Mingo Law Enforcement      Jefferson County, OH...  Village of Mingo......          91,000  Brown
                                       Technology.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Police Department          Huron, CA..............  City of Huron.........         262,000  Butler
                                       Equipment Update.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  EOC Technology Refresh...  Oroville, CA...........  County of Butte.......         200,000  Butler
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Campus Police Upgrades...  Marion, WV.............  Fairmont State                 400,000  Capito
                                                                                           University.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Implementing Community-    Greenbrier, WV.........  Lewisburg Police                11,000  Capito
                                       Oriented Policing.                                  Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  On-Board Computer System   Wetzel, WV.............  New Martinsville                94,000  Capito
                                       for Police Cruisers                                 Police Department.
                                       (MDT).
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  LiveScan System..........  White Hall, WV.........  Town of White Hall....          34,000  Capito
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  WVU Law Enforcement and    Monongalia, WV.........  West Virginia                1,300,000  Capito
                                       Safety Equipment.                                   University.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Technology   Putnam, WV.............  City of Hurricane.....         503,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       and Equipment Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety and          Fayette, WV............  City of Oak Hill......         109,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       Services Technology
                                       Expansion.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Fayette County Sheriff's   Fayette, WV............  Fayette County                  27,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       Department Portable                                 Commission.
                                       Radios.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Computer Aided Dispatch    Baltimore City, MD.....  City of Baltimore            3,700,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       Replacement.                                        Police Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Security Camera            Statewide, DE..........  Delaware Department of         946,000  Carper, Coons
                                       Equipment--Level IV,                                Correction.
                                       Level V and P&P.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Child Exploitation         Delaware, PA...........  Pennsylvania Internet          500,000  Casey
                                       Investigation Support.                              Crimes Against
                                                                                           Children (ICAC) Task
                                                                                           Force.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Integrated Technology      Bucks, PA..............  Warminster Township            665,000  Casey, Fetterman
                                       Enhancement Program for                             Police Department.
                                       the Warminster Township
                                       Police Department in
                                       Bucks County.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Brewer Police Department   Brewer, ME.............  Brewer Police                  256,000  Collins
                                       Public Safety Equipment.                            Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Old Town Police            Old Town, ME...........  Old Town Police                235,000  Collins
                                       Department Public Safety                            Department.
                                       Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Cornish Public Safety      Cornish, ME............  Town of Cornish.......         218,000  Collins
                                       Communications Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Veazie Police Department   Veazie, ME.............  Town of Veazie Police           75,000  Collins
                                       Public Safety Equipment.                            Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Washington County          Washington County, ME..  Washington County              187,000  Collins
                                       Sheriff's Office Public                             Sheriff's Office.
                                       Safety Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  York County Public Safety  York County, ME........  York County...........         500,000  Collins
                                       Communications Project.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Winthrop Public Safety     Winthrop, ME...........  Town of Winthrop......       1,162,000  Collins, King
                                       Communications Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment and Technology   Dewey Beach, DE........  Town of Dewey Beach...         462,000  Coons
                                       Items.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Command Vehicle            Carson City, NV........  Carson City Sheriff's          898,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Replacement.                                        Office.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  First Responder            White Pine County, NV..  City of Ely...........       5,000,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Communication Equipment
                                       Project.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Dispatch and Emergency     Fallon, NV.............  City of Fallon........       1,000,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Response Communication
                                       System.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Senior Center Public       Las Vegas, NV..........  City of Las Vegas.....         840,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Safety Advanced
                                       Monitoring.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Police Training Simulator  Clark County, NV.......  College of Southern            316,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                                                                           Nevada.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Emergency Response         Henderson, NV..........  Henderson Police               341,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Wellness Vehicle.                                   Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Lander County, NV......  Lander County.........         392,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Mobile Crisis Response     Lyon County, NV........  Lyon County...........          90,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Vehicle.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Mobile Emergency Command   Storey County, NV......  Storey County.........         239,000  Cortez Masto, Rosen
                                       Center (MECC).
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Digital Evidence Project.  Carbon County, PA......  Weatherly Police                93,000  Fetterman
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Southeast Communications   Beatrice, NE...........  City of Beatrice......         782,000  Fischer
                                       911 Center Equipment
                                       Upgrades.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Communications and Radio   Minden, NE.............  City of Minden........         292,000  Fischer
                                       Update.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Town of Smithtown:         Suffolk, NY............  Town of Smithtown.....         435,000  Gillibrand, Schumer
                                       Smithtown Public Safety
                                       Emergency Response
                                       Mobile Command Vehicle.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Equipment..  Cayce, SC..............  City of Cayce.........         329,000  Graham
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Police Department          City of Myrtle Beach,    City of Myrtle Beach..       1,000,000  Graham
                                       Equipment.                 SC.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Mobile Security Trailers.  Dona Ana County, NM....  Dona Ana County                268,000  Heinrich
                                                                                           Sheriff's Office.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  County of Maui Real Time   Maui County, HI........  County of Maui........       2,500,000  Hirono, Schatz
                                       Crime Center.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Technology   Florence, MS...........  City of Florence               600,000  Hyde-Smith
                                       and Equipment Upgrades.                             Police Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Fleet Expansion..........  Leland, MS.............  City of Leland........         130,000  Hyde-Smith
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Law Enforcement Training.  Adams County, MS.......  Copiah Lincoln                 150,000  Hyde-Smith
                                                                                           Community College.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Rural Law Enforcement      Statewide, MS..........  Mississippi Department       1,056,000  Hyde-Smith
                                       Project.                                            of Public Safety.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Mobile Data  Moss Point, MS.........  Moss Point Police              100,000  Hyde-Smith
                                       Terminals.                                          Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  City of Bristol Police     Bristol City, VA.......  City of Bristol.......         295,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Vehicles.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  City of Colonial Heights   Colonial Heights City,   City of Colonial                40,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Computer Upgrade.          VA.                      Heights Police
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Dickenson County           Dickenson County, VA...  Dickenson County......       1,822,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Sheriff's Department
                                       Public Safety
                                       Communication Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Prince Edward Public       Prince Edward County,    Prince Edward County..       1,695,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Safety Interoperable       VA.
                                       Radio System.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Police Department Mobile   Loudoun County, VA.....  Town of Leesburg......         400,000  Kaine, Warner
                                       Command Post Trailer.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Police Command Vehicle...  El Mirage, AZ..........  City of El Mirage.....       1,500,000  Kelly, Sinema
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Joint Powers Command       Blaine, MN.............  City of Blaine........         750,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Vehicle Replacement (CV-
                                       1).
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  City of Princeton--Mille   Princeton, MN..........  City of Princeton--            750,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Lacs County Joint Radio                             Mille Lacs County.
                                       Simulcast Equipment
                                       Project.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Lake of the Woods Fast     Baudette, MN...........  Lake of the Woods              542,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Response Boat for Search                            County.
                                       and Rescue.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Prairie Island Indian      Welch, MN..............  Prairie Island Indian        1,178,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Community Mobile                                    Community Department
                                       Incident Command Vehicle.                           of Public Safety.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Northern Minnesota         Cook, Lake, Aitkin,      St. Louis County......       2,000,000  Klobuchar, Smith
                                       Counties Records System    Carlton, Crow Wing,
                                       Collaborative.             Cass, Koochiching,
                                                                  Itasca and St. Louis
                                                                  Counties, MN.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Bernalillo County          Bernalillo County, NM..  Bernalillo County.....         500,000  Lujan
                                       Sheriff's Office Vehicle
                                       Acquisition.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Communications System      Grants, NM.............  Cibola County.........         780,000  Lujan
                                       Enhancements.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Smart County Technology    Clay, WV...............  Clay County Schools...         550,000  Manchin
                                       ``Technically Building a
                                       Safer Clay County''.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Mobile 911...............  Logan, WV..............  Logan County 911......         410,000  Manchin
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Town of Parsons Public     Tucker, WV.............  Parsons Police                  50,000  Manchin
                                       Safety Technology                                   Department.
                                       Integration and
                                       Enhancement.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Sheriff's Office           Jackson County, OR.....  Jackson County........       2,250,000  Merkley, Wyden
                                       Communications Equipment
                                       Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Abilene, KS............  Abilene Police                 104,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Hiawatha, KS...........  Brown County Sheriff..         177,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Cottonwood, KS.........  Chase County Sheriff..         362,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Girard, KS.............  Crawford County                262,000  Moran
                                                                                           Sheriff.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Abilene, KS............  Dickinson County               750,000  Moran
                                                                                           Sheriff.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Hays, KS...............  Ellis County Sheriff..         377,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Elwood, KS.............  Elwood Police                  123,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Ulysses, KS............  Grant County Sheriff..         194,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Eureka, KS.............  Greenwood County               637,000  Moran
                                                                                           Sheriff.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Sublette, KS...........  Haskell County Sheriff         214,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Leawood, KS............  Leawood Police                  43,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Lindsborg, KS..........  Lindsborg Police                78,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Oakley, KS.............  Logan County Sheriff..          68,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  McPherson, KS..........  McPherson County               138,000  Moran
                                                                                           Sheriff.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Paola, KS..............  Miami County Sheriff..         474,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Beloit, KS.............  Mitchell County                141,000  Moran
                                                                                           Sheriff.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Neodesha, KS...........  Neodesha Police                 75,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Norton, KS.............  Norton City Police              63,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Osawatomie, KS.........  Osawatomie Police              157,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Seneca, KS.............  Seneca Police                  536,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Smith Center, KS.......  Smith County Sheriff..          27,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  WaKeeney, KS...........  Trego County Sheriff..          52,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Camera and Public Alert    Wyandotte County, KS...  Unified Government of          225,000  Moran
                                       System Upgrades.                                    Wyandotte County.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Victoria, KS...........  Victoria Police                 78,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Wathena, KS............  Wathena Police                  95,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Technology Upgrades......  Leoti, KS..............  Wichita County Sheriff          80,000  Moran
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Equipment Upgrades.......  Yates Center, KS.......  Yates Center Police            146,000  Moran
                                                                                           Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Internet Crimes Against    Anchorage, AK..........  Anchorage Police               150,000  Murkowski
                                       Children Taskforce.                                 Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Computer and Vehicle       Anchorage, AK..........  Anchorage Police               676,000  Murkowski
                                       Replacement.                                        Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Emergency Services         Chugach Census Area,     City of Valdez........       6,100,000  Murkowski
                                       Infrastructure             Unorganized Borough,
                                       Replacement.               AK.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Marquette Police           Marquette, MI..........  City of Marquette.....         286,000  Peters
                                       Department--Portable
                                       Radio Upgrades.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Portable Radio             Pinconning, MI.........  Pinconning Police               26,000  Peters
                                       Communication Devices.                              Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  East Greenwich Police      East Greenwich, RI.....  Town of East Greenwich         750,000  Reed
                                       Dispatch Center
                                       Modernization.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Lincoln IT Infrastructure  Lincoln, RI............  Lincoln Police                 180,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Upgrade.                                            Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Broadband & Camera         North Kingstown, RI....  Town of North                  600,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Systems.                                            Kingstown.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Dispatch     West Greenwich, RI.....  West Greenwich Police.         200,000  Reed, Whitehouse
                                       Center Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety              Statewide, VT..........  State of Vermont             2,000,000  Sanders
                                       Communications Equipment                            Department of Public
                                       Upgrade.                                            Safety.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Operation Rapid Response.  Suffolk, NY............  Town of Islip.........         716,000  Schumer
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Concord Police Department  Concord, NH............  City of Concord.......         100,000  Shaheen
                                       Active Shooter Response
                                       Equipment & Training.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  ICACCOPS & NH ICAC         Portsmouth, NH.........  City of Portsmouth....       1,000,000  Shaheen
                                       Enhanced Capacity
                                       Program.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Derry, Londonderry,        Derry, NH..............  Derry Police                 1,750,000  Shaheen
                                       Windham Police RMS/CAD                              Department.
                                       System.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Grafton County Sheriff's   North Haverhill, NH....  Grafton County                  90,000  Shaheen
                                       Department Computer                                 Sheriff's Department.
                                       Forensic Unit.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Radio        Hillsborough, NH.......  Hillsboro Police               950,000  Shaheen
                                       Equipment.                                          Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  City of Manchester Radio   Manchester, NH.........  Manchester Police            4,000,000  Shaheen
                                       Replacement Project.                                Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  New Hampshire State        Concord, NH............  NH Dept. of Safety--           360,000  Shaheen
                                       Police Special                                      Division of State
                                       Investigations Unit                                 Police.
                                       (SIU) Cybercrime
                                       Response Van.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Northern Border Dispatch   Pittsburg, NH..........  Northern Border                225,000  Shaheen
                                       Border Security                                     Dispatch.
                                       Communication.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Plaistow Regional Public   Plaistow, NH...........  Plaistow Police              1,000,000  Shaheen
                                       Safety Communications                               Department.
                                       Infrastructure Project.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Somersworth Police         Somersworth, NH........  Somersworth Police             123,000  Shaheen
                                       Portable Radios.                                    Department.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety              Custer County, SD......  Custer County                  964,000  Thune
                                       Communications Equipment                            Sheriff's Office.
                                       Upgrade.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Greensboro Police          Greensboro, NC.........  City of Greensboro....         820,000  Tillis
                                       Technology & Real Time
                                       Intelligence Upgrades.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Holly Springs              Holly Springs, NC......  Town of Holly Springs.       1,074,000  Tillis
                                       Interoperable
                                       Communications Equipment.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Mooresville Police         Mooresville, NC........  Town of Mooresville...       1,478,000  Tillis
                                       Technology Improvement
                                       Project.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Rapid DNA for the Union    Monroe, NC.............  Union County Sheriff's         861,000  Tillis
                                       County Sheriff's Office.                            Office.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Strengthening the          Athens-Clarke County,    University of Georgia.       1,500,000  Warnock
                                       Commitment to Public       Tift County, Spalding
                                       Safety at the University   County, GA.
                                       of Georgia.
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Public Safety Through      Hinds County, MS.......  Hinds County Sheriff's         750,000  Wicker
                                       Technology.                                         Office (HCSO).
DOJ-COPS Tech.......................  Humphreys County           Humphreys County, MS...  Humphreys County......         460,000  Wicker
                                       Sheriff's Department
                                       Technology Upgrades.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Astrophysics and Data      Avon, CT...............  Talcott Mountain             1,700,000  Blumenthal, Murphy
                                       Science Education                                   Science Center for
                                       Destination.                                        Student Involvement,
                                                                                           Inc..
NASA-SSMS...........................  Northern Ohio Materials    Cuyahoga County, OH....  Ohio Aerospace               1,700,000  Brown
                                       and Infrastructure                                  Institute.
                                       Consortium for the
                                       Hydrogen Economy.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Akron Aerospace Research   Summit County, OH......  The University of            1,059,000  Brown
                                       Center.                                             Akron.
NASA-SSMS...........................  NASA STEM Space            Santa Ana, CA..........  Discovery Science            2,000,000  Butler, Padilla
                                       Exploration Coding                                  Foundation.
                                       Initiative.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Keystone Region Space      Jefferson, WV..........  Keystone Space               1,500,000  Capito
                                       Innovation Programming.                             Collaborative.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Procurement of X-Ray       Monongalia, WV.........  West Virginia                  600,000  Capito, Manchin
                                       Diffractor for                                      University.
                                       Advancement of Cross-
                                       Disciplinary Research in
                                       Energy, Materials, and
                                       Biomedicine.
NASA-SSMS...........................  National Children's        Washington, DC.........  National Children's          1,175,000  Cardin, Kaine, Van
                                       Museum STEM exhibits and                            Museum.                                 Hollen, Warner
                                       PreK-5 educational grade
                                       programming.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Addressing Air Quality     Baltimore County, MD...  Goucher College.......         151,000  Cardin, Van Hollen
                                       and Environmental
                                       Inequities.
NASA-SSMS...........................  STEM Education Programs    Allegheny, PA..........  Gwen's Girls..........         325,000  Casey
                                       and Career Exploration
                                       for K-12 Students.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Equipment and Programming  Allegheny, PA..........  Keystone Space                 500,000  Casey
                                       for Space Industry                                  Collaborative.
                                       Innovation Center.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Develop Mentoring and      Philadelphia, PA.......  Mentor Leaders Produce         200,000  Casey
                                       STEM Tutoring Pilot                                 Mentor Leaders.
                                       Program.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Cosmic Ray Modeling and    Honolulu, HI...........  University of Hawaii..       1,900,000  Hirono, Schatz
                                       Forecasting for Space
                                       Weather.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Demonstration of           Starkville, MS.........  Mississippi State            2,500,000  Hyde-Smith, Wicker
                                       Composite Manufacturing                             University.
                                       for Blended Wing Body
                                       Airframe.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Bolstering Advanced Air    Wichita, KS............  Wichita State                5,000,000  Moran
                                       Mobility Capabilities.                              University.
NASA-SSMS...........................  Hypersonic Flight          Wichita, KS............  Wichita State               10,000,000  Moran
                                       Research.                                           University.
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  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2025
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                        Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                            compared with (+ or -)
                             Item                                     2024         Budget estimate      Committee    -----------------------------------
                                                                  appropriation                      recommendation         2024
                                                                                                                        appropriation    Budget estimate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
 
              International Trade Administration
 
Operations and administration.................................          573,000           657,500           598,000           +25,000           -59,500
Operations and Administration (emergency).....................           50,000   ................           50,000   ................          +50,000
Offsetting fee collections....................................          -12,000           -12,000           -12,000   ................  ................
    Direct appropriation......................................          611,000           645,500           636,000           +25,000            -9,500
 
                Bureau of Industry and Security
 
Operations and administration.................................           31,817            74,575            15,000           -16,817           -59,575
Operations and Administration (emergency).....................           20,000   ................           50,000           +30,000           +50,000
CWC Enforcement (Defense).....................................          139,183           148,817           141,000            +1,817            -7,817
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Bureau of Industry and Security....................          191,000           223,392           206,000           +15,000           -17,392
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
              Economic Development Administration
 
Economic Development Assistance Programs......................          370,000           437,000           369,000            -1,000           -68,000
    Economic Development Assistance Programs (emergency)......           30,000   ................           41,000           +11,000           +41,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Economic Development Assistance Programs....          400,000           437,000           410,000           +10,000           -27,000
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................           68,000            85,864            73,000            +5,000           -12,864
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Economic Development Administration................          468,000           522,864           483,000           +15,000           -39,864
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
             Minority Business Development Agency
 
Minority Business Development.................................           68,250            80,000            70,000            +1,750           -10,000
 
               Economic and Statistical Analysis
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................          125,000           138,500           130,000            +5,000            -8,500
 
                     Bureau of the Census
 
Current Surveys and Programs..................................          328,500           367,347           367,347           +38,847   ................
Periodic censuses and programs................................        1,054,000         1,210,344         1,210,344          +156,344   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Bureau of the Census...............................        1,382,500         1,577,691         1,577,691          +195,191   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
  National Telecommunications and Information Administration
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................           57,000            65,000            59,650            +2,650            -5,350
Facilities Management & Construction..........................            2,000             2,000             2,000   ................  ................
    IIJA By Transfer (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment  ................          (-5,000)  ................  ................          (+5,000)
     Program).................................................
    IIJA Transfer (Connecting Minority Communities)...........  ................           (5,000)  ................  ................          (-5,000)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, National Telecommunications and Information               59,000            67,000            61,650            +2,650            -5,350
         Administration.......................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
           United States Patent and Trademark Office
 
Salaries and expenses, current year fee funding...............        4,195,799         4,554,940         4,554,940          +359,141   ................
Offsetting fee collections....................................       -4,195,799        -4,554,940        -4,554,940          -359,141   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, United States Patent and Trademark Office..........  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology
 
Scientific and Technical Research and Services................        1,080,000           975,000         1,064,244           -15,756           +89,244
    (transfer out)............................................          (-9,000)          (-9,000)          (-9,000)  ................  ................
Industrial Technology Services................................          212,000           212,000           225,000           +13,000           +13,000
    Manufacturing extension partnerships......................         (175,000)         (175,000)         (175,000)  ................  ................
    Manufacturing USA.........................................          (37,000)          (37,000)          (50,000)         (+13,000)         (+13,000)
Construction of Research Facilities...........................          168,000           311,500           150,600           -17,400          -160,900
    Construction of Research Facilities (emergency)...........  ................  ................           95,000           +95,000           +95,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Construction of Research Facilities.........          168,000           311,500           245,600           +77,600           -65,900
 
Working Capital Fund (by transfer)............................           (9,000)           (9,000)           (9,000)  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, National Institute of Standards and Technology.....        1,460,000         1,498,500         1,534,844           +74,844           +36,344
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 
Operations, Research, and Facilities..........................        4,548,485         4,357,238         4,679,077          +130,592          +321,839
    Operations, Research, and Facilities (emergency)..........  ................           15,000   ................  ................          -15,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Operations, research and Facilities.........        4,548,485         4,372,238         4,679,077          +130,592          +306,839
 
        (by transfer).........................................         (369,522)         (377,363)         (335,131)         (-34,391)         (-42,232)
        Promote and Develop Fund (transfer out)...............        (-369,522)        (-377,363)        (-335,121)         (+34,401)         (+42,242)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal..........................................        4,548,485         4,372,238         4,679,077          +130,592          +306,839
 
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction.....................        1,619,866         1,941,093         1,146,516          -473,350          -794,577
    Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (emergency).....          100,000           180,325           815,000          +715,000          +634,675
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Procurement Acquisition and Construction....        1,719,866         2,121,418         1,961,516          +241,650          -159,902
 
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery...............................           65,000            65,000            70,000            +5,000            +5,000
Fishermen's Contingency Fund..................................              349               349               349   ................  ................
Fisheries Disaster Assistance.................................              300   ................              300   ................             +300
Fisheries Finance Program Account.............................          -15,000           -12,000           -12,000            +3,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....        6,319,000         6,547,005         6,699,242          +380,242          +152,237
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                    Departmental Management
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................           94,500           112,238            95,000              +500           -17,238
Renovation and Modernization..................................            1,142             1,142             1,142   ................  ................
Office of Inspector General...................................           48,000            50,900            50,000            +2,000              -900
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Departmental Management............................          143,642           164,280           146,142            +2,500           -18,138
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Total, title I, Department of Commerce....................       10,827,392        11,464,732        11,544,569          +717,177           +79,837
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Appropriations........................................      (10,627,392)      (11,269,407)      (10,493,569)        (-133,823)        (-775,838)
        Emergency appropriations..............................         (200,000)         (195,325)       (1,051,000)        (+851,000)        (+855,675)
    (by transfer).............................................          378,522           381,363           344,131           -34,391           -37,232
    (transfer out)............................................         -378,522          -386,363          -344,121           +34,401           +42,242
 
                TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
         Justice Operations Management Accountability
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................          142,000           163,905           145,000            +3,000           -18,905
Justice Information Sharing Technology........................           30,000           202,395           155,029          +125,029           -47,366
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Justice Operations Management Accountability.......          172,000           366,300           300,029          +128,029           -66,271
                                                               =========================================================================================
Executive Office for Immigration Review.......................          844,000           981,133           860,000           +16,000          -121,133
    Transfer from immigration examinations fee account........           -4,000            -4,000            -4,000   ................  ................
        Direct appropriation..................................          840,000           977,133           856,000           +16,000          -121,133
Office of Inspector General...................................          139,000           166,590           146,000            +7,000           -20,590
 
                United States Parole Commission
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................           14,000            15,530            14,591              +591              -939
 
                       Legal Activities
 
Salaries and expenses, general legal activities...............        1,090,000         1,194,493         1,130,000           +40,000           -64,493
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund........................           22,700            36,738            22,700   ................          -14,038
Salaries and expenses, Antitrust Division.....................          233,000           288,000           304,000           +71,000           +16,000
    Offsetting fee collections--current year..................         -278,000          -304,000          -304,000           -26,000   ................
        Direct appropriation..................................          -45,000           -16,000   ................          +45,000           +16,000
Salaries and expenses, United States Attorneys................        2,611,000         2,826,433         2,664,000           +53,000          -162,433
United States Trustee System Fund.............................          245,000           263,514           250,000            +5,000           -13,514
    Offsetting fee collections................................         -230,000          -245,000          -245,000           -15,000   ................
        Direct appropriation..................................           15,000            18,514             5,000           -10,000           -13,514
Salaries and expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission...            2,504             2,656             2,504   ................             -152
Fees and expenses of witnesses................................          270,000           320,000           320,000           +50,000   ................
Salaries and expenses, Community Relations Service............           24,000            29,088            25,024            +1,024            -4,064
Assets Forfeiture Fund........................................           20,514            20,514            20,514   ................  ................
Office for Access to Justice..................................  ................           10,478   ................  ................          -10,478
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Legal Activities...................................        4,010,718         4,442,914         4,189,742          +179,024          -253,172
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                United States Marshals Service
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................        1,529,000         1,865,630         1,537,000            +8,000          -328,630
    Salaries and expenses (emergency).........................          163,000   ................          196,000           +33,000          +196,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Salaries and expenses.......................        1,692,000         1,865,630         1,733,000           +41,000          -132,630
 
Construction..................................................           15,000            18,000            18,000            +3,000   ................
Federal Prisoner Detention....................................        1,850,000         2,140,697         1,990,697          +140,697          -150,000
    Federal Prisoner Detention (emergency)....................          250,000   ................          250,000   ................         +250,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Federal Prisoner Detention..................        2,100,000         2,140,697         2,240,697          +140,697          +100,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, United States Marshals Service.............        3,807,000         4,024,327         3,991,697          +184,697           -32,630
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                  National Security Division
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................          128,000           143,540           133,512            +5,512           -10,028
 
                  Interagency Law Enforcement
 
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement........................          547,000           550,458           550,458            +3,458   ................
 
                Federal Bureau of Investigation
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................        4,318,154         4,573,433         4,028,047          -290,107          -545,386
    Salaries and expenses (emergency).........................  ................  ................          338,000          +338,000          +338,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Salaries and expenses.......................        4,318,154         4,573,433         4,366,047           +47,893          -207,386
 
Counterintelligence and national security.....................        6,325,559         6,699,511         6,395,715           +70,156          -303,796
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subtotal, Salaries and expenses...........................       10,643,713        11,272,944        10,761,762          +118,049          -511,182
 
Construction..................................................           30,000            61,895           211,895          +181,895          +150,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation....................       10,673,713        11,334,839        10,973,657          +299,944          -361,182
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                Drug Enforcement Administration
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................        2,859,000         3,338,723         2,890,723           +31,723          -448,000
    Salaries and expenses (emergency).........................          328,000   ................          361,000           +33,000          +361,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Salaries and expenses.......................        3,187,000         3,338,723         3,251,723           +64,723           -87,000
 
        Diversion control fund................................         -620,000          -651,723          -651,723           -31,723   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, Drug Enforcement Administration............        2,567,000         2,687,000         2,600,000           +33,000           -87,000
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
      Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................        1,625,000         1,952,000         1,685,000           +60,000          -267,000
Construction..................................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives        1,625,000         1,952,000         1,685,000           +60,000          -267,000
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                     Federal Prison System
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................        8,392,588         8,557,339         8,492,588          +100,000           -64,751
Buildings and facilities......................................          179,762            81,215           171,215            -8,547           +90,000
    Buildings and facilities (emergency)......................  ................          179,000           119,000          +119,000           -60,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Buildings and facilities....................          179,762           260,215           290,215          +110,453           +30,000
 
Limitation on administrative expenses, Federal Prison                     2,700             2,700             2,700   ................  ................
 Industries, Incorporated.....................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Prison System..............................        8,575,050         8,820,254         8,785,503          +210,453           -34,751
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
          State and Local Law Enforcement Activities
 
Office on Violence Against Women:
    Prevention and prosecution programs.......................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
        (by transfer).........................................          (80,000)  ................  ................         (-80,000)  ................
    Crime Victims Fund (transfer out).........................         (-80,000)  ................  ................         (+80,000)  ................
    Violence Against Women Prevention & Prosecution Programs..          633,000           800,000           739,500          +106,500           -60,500
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal..............................................          633,000           800,000           739,500          +106,500           -60,500
 
Office of Justice Programs:
    Research, evaluation and statistics.......................           65,000            77,000            75,000           +10,000            -2,000
    State and local law enforcement assistance................        2,350,061         2,009,000         2,149,338          -200,723          +140,338
    State and local law enforcement assistance (emergency)....          125,000   ................  ................         -125,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, state and local law enforcement assistance..        2,475,061         2,009,000         2,149,338          -325,723          +140,338
 
    Juvenile justice programs.................................          375,000           407,000           407,000           +32,000   ................
 
    Public safety officer benefits:
        Death benefits........................................          174,000           246,000           246,000           +72,000   ................
        Disability and education benefits.....................           34,800            34,800            34,800   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal..........................................          208,800           280,800           280,800           +72,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Office of Justice Programs.....................        3,123,861         2,773,800         2,912,138          -211,723          +138,338
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
Community Oriented Policing Services:
    COPS programs.............................................          664,516           534,000           548,123          -116,393           +14,123
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, State and Local Law Enforcement Activities.....        4,421,377         4,107,800         4,199,761          -221,616           +91,961
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                       General Provision
 
        Total, title II, Department of Justice................       37,519,858        39,588,685        38,425,950          +906,092        -1,162,735
                                                               =========================================================================================
            Appropriations....................................      (36,653,858)      (39,409,685)      (37,161,950)        (+508,092)      (-2,247,735)
            Emergency appropriations..........................         (866,000)         (179,000)       (1,264,000)        (+398,000)      (+1,085,000)
        (by transfer).........................................           80,000   ................  ................          -80,000   ................
        (transfer out)........................................          -80,000   ................  ................          +80,000   ................
 
                      TITLE III--SCIENCE
 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.......................            7,965             7,965             7,965   ................  ................
National Space Council........................................            1,965             1,965             1,965   ................  ................
 
         National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 
Science.......................................................        7,334,200         7,565,700         7,575,700          +241,500           +10,000
Aeronautics...................................................          935,000           965,800           965,800           +30,800   ................
Space Technology..............................................        1,100,000         1,181,800         1,181,800           +81,800   ................
Deep Space Exploration Systems................................        7,216,200         7,618,200         6,436,200          -780,000        -1,182,000
    Deep Space Exploration Systems (emergency)................          450,000   ................        1,212,000          +762,000        +1,212,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Deep Space Exploration System...............        7,666,200         7,618,200         7,648,200           -18,000           +30,000
 
Space Operations..............................................        4,220,000         4,389,700         4,399,700          +179,700           +10,000
Space Operations (rescission).................................  ................           -1,000   ................  ................           +1,000
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement..          143,000           143,500           143,500              +500   ................
Safety, Security and Mission Services.........................        3,129,000         3,044,440         3,044,400           -84,600               -40
Construction and environmental compliance and restoration.....           50,000           128,100           424,100          +374,100          +296,000
    Construction and enviromental compliance and restoration            250,000           296,000   ................         -250,000          -296,000
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Construction and environmental compliance             300,000           424,100           424,100          +124,100   ................
         and restoration......................................
 
Office of Inspector General...................................           47,600            50,500            50,500            +2,900   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, National Aeronautics and Space Administration......       24,875,000        25,382,740        25,433,700          +558,700           +50,960
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                  National Science Foundation
 
Research and related activities 1/............................        7,067,190         7,519,320         6,449,280          -617,910        -1,070,040
    Research and related activities (emergency)...............  ................          420,000           973,000          +973,000          +553,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Research and related activities.............        7,067,190         7,939,320         7,422,280          +355,090          -517,040
 
        Defense function......................................          109,310           106,000           106,000            -3,310   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal..........................................        7,176,500         8,045,320         7,528,280          +351,780          -517,040
 
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction..........  ................          300,000           300,000          +300,000   ................
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction                    234,000   ................  ................         -234,000   ................
 (emergency)..................................................
Education and Human Resources 1/..............................        1,172,000         1,300,000         1,225,000           +53,000           -75,000
Agency Operations and Award Management........................          448,000           504,000           465,000           +17,000           -39,000
Office of the National Science Board..........................            5,090             5,220             5,220              +130   ................
Office of Inspector General...................................           24,410            28,460            26,500            +2,090            -1,960
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, National Science Foundation........................        9,060,000        10,183,000         9,550,000          +490,000          -633,000
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Total, Title III, Science.................................       33,944,930        35,575,670        34,993,630        +1,048,700          -582,040
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Appropriations........................................      (33,010,930)      (34,860,670)      (32,808,630)        (-202,300)      (-2,052,040)
        Emergency appropriations..............................         (934,000)         (716,000)       (2,185,000)      (+1,251,000)      (+1,469,000)
 
                   TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
 
                  Commission on Civil Rights
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................           14,350            14,850            14,850              +500   ................
 
            Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................          455,000           488,221           488,221           +33,221   ................
 
                International Trade Commission
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................          122,000           126,100           126,100            +4,100   ................
 
                  Legal Services Corporation
 
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation.....................          560,000           566,000           566,000            +6,000   ................
 
                   Marine Mammal Commission
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................            4,500             5,040             5,040              +540   ................
 
             Office of the US Trade Representative
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................           59,000            61,000            61,000            +2,000   ................
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund..................................           15,000            15,000            15,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Office of the US Trade Representative..............           74,000            76,000            76,000            +2,000   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                    State Justice Institute
 
Salaries and expenses.........................................            7,640             7,640             7,640   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, title IV, Related Agencies.........................        1,237,490         1,283,851         1,283,851           +46,361   ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                  TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Crime Victims Fund (transfer out) (Sec 510)...................         (-10,000)          (-5,000)          (-5,000)          (+5,000)  ................
    Department of Justice OIG (by transfer)...................          (10,000)           (5,000)           (5,000)          (-5,000)  ................
Economic Development Assistance Programs (rescission).........          -35,000           -30,000           -20,000           +15,000           +10,000
DOC, Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (rescission)..................      -12,440,000        -9,560,000        -9,560,000        +2,880,000   ................
DOJ, Working Capital Fund (rescission)........................         -131,572          -340,000          -250,000          -118,428           +90,000
Federal Prison System, Buildings and Facilities (rescission)..          -19,000          -579,000   ................          +19,000          +579,000
DOJ, Drug Enforcement Administration (rescission).............  ................          -10,000   ................  ................          +10,000
Office of Justice programs (rescission).......................         -120,000          -125,000          -125,000            -5,000   ................
COPS (rescission).............................................          -15,000           -20,000           -20,000            -5,000   ................
DOJ, Violence against women prevention and prosecution                   -5,000           -15,000           -15,000           -10,000   ................
 programs.....................................................
DOJ, Assets Forfeiture Fund (rescission)......................         -500,000   ................  ................         +500,000   ................
HAVANA Act Payments (NDD).....................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
HAVANA Act Payments (Def).....................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
Inflation Reduction Act (rescission) (P L 117-169 Sec 10301)..  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
DOC, Periodic Censuses and Programs (rescission)..............          -10,000   ................  ................          +10,000   ................
DOC, NIST Working Capital Fund (rescission)...................          -10,000   ................  ................          +10,000   ................
FBI S&E nondefense (rescission)...............................         -149,176           -20,000           -20,285          +128,891              -285
FBI S&E defense (rescission)..................................         -218,524           -30,000           -29,715          +188,809              +285
DOC, Working Capital Fund (rescission)........................          -10,000   ................  ................          +10,000   ................
Space Operations (rescission).................................  ................  ................           -1,000            -1,000            -1,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, title V, General Provisions........................      -13,663,272       -10,729,000       -10,041,000        +3,622,272          +688,000
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
                     OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
 
       THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, 2022
 
                         (P L 117-58)
 
                  DIVISION J--APPROPRIATIONS
 
                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
  National Telecommunications and Information Administration
 
Digital Equity................................................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                  (550,000)         (550,000)         (550,000)  ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, National Telecommunications and Information      ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
         Admin................................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 
Operations, Research, and Facilities..........................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                  (515,584)         (515,583)         (515,583)              (-1)  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Operations, Research and Facilities............  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery...............................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                   (34,400)          (34,400)          (34,400)  ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Total, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 2022...  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
 
 BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
                             2022
 
                         (P L 117-159)
 
                  DIVISION B--APPROPRIATIONS
 
                     DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                  Office of Justice Programs
 
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance....................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                  (280,000)         (280,000)         (280,000)  ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance.....  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
Community Oriented Policing Services Programs (STOP School      ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
 Violence Act)................................................
    Appropriations available from prior year advances                   (20,000)          (20,000)          (20,000)  ................  ................
     (emergency)..............................................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Community Oriented Policing Services...........  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Total, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, 2022.........  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
        Total, Other Appropriations...........................  ................  ................  ................  ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
Grand total...................................................       69,866,398        77,183,938        76,207,000        +6,340,602          -976,938
                                                               =========================================================================================
    Appropriations............................................      (81,529,670)      (86,823,613)      (81,748,000)        (+218,330)      (-5,075,613)
    Rescissions...............................................     (-13,663,272)     (-10,730,000)     (-10,041,000)      (+3,622,272)        (+689,000)
    Emergency appropriations..................................       (2,000,000)       (1,090,325)       (4,500,000)      (+2,500,000)      (+3,409,675)
(by transfer).................................................          468,522           386,363           349,131          -119,391           -37,232
(transfer out)................................................         -468,522          -386,363          -349,121          +119,401           +37,242
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grand total excluding Other Appropriations....................       69,866,398        77,183,938        76,207,000        +6,340,602          -976,938
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